The E3 Nintendo Direct has confirmed that Fairy Type is now a real type! It is Super Effective against Dragon Type Pokémon, but other type effectiveness has yet to be confirmed. A new Fairy Type attack was also released; Moonblast damages foes and can also lower Sp Atk. Some Fairy Type Pokémon:
- Sylveon
- Marill (Water/Fairy)
- Gardevoir (Psychic/Fairy)
- Jigglypuff (Normal/Fairy)
Two new Pokémon were also revealed! Vivillon is a new Bug/Flying Pokémon and is able to learn the move Struggle Bug. Vivillon is said to evolve from a Pokémon called Spewpa. The other new Pokémon is Noivern which is Flying/Dragon and learns a new move known as Boomburst.
A few other tidbits were also revealed:
- Games launch worldwide on October 12th
- Male protagonist is named Xavier
- New “Pokémon-Amie” feature brings some pet simulation elements to X & Y
- Another new Fairy Type move has been shown, being used by Gardevoir. It is known as Fairy Wind.
[UPD 1]: PokéBeach has captured some photographs from another trailer at E3, the trailer shows three new Pokémon and a new female character. One screenshot also seems to confirm that Sky Battles are in the game. No further details are known but we will be covering the session later this evening LIVE. The images are below.
[UPD2]: Bulbagarden has posted an image showing how Sky Battles will look in X&Y. Find it below!
We will to continue to update this post!
I really don’t know what to do with myself xD I’m so excited! People whining about the addition of Fairy type, you know you’ll still buy it, and you will eventually LOVE IT because that’s the way Pokemon is, it throws something completely new at you but you learn to embrace it and it adds to the amazingness of pokemon! Can’t wait for more information!
Btw, am I the only one disappointed at the fact that Pikachu barely appears on the Smash Bros trailer?? lol. Hope the Pokemon Trainer returns as well!!
Most likely they change Pokemon Trainer and Lucario. It seems to be the theme since Melee to change the Fire Emblem and Pokemon characters to current characters out. Lucario become the 6th gen Lucario like pokemon, Pokemon trainer pokemons change, Ike probably become Chrom.
can someone link to where the info on spewpa is
looks like a lot of people are not liking the fairy type confirmation news on facebook. haha. just give it time
I’m personally really, REALLY excited about fairy type. There’s a lot of potential there and it’s going to make one of my favorite pokemon, Azumarill, even stronger and more fun and interesting to use, we don’t even know what other Pokemon might gain Fairy as a secondary type, it’s strong against dragon type… I just can’t even take it I NEED THIS GAME
i too love the fairy type. everyone on facebook is butthurt because they dont like fairy but rather they have light type. dumb excuse
I love the new Fairy type! And it’s nice to see some old favorites get some new legs. There’s also a rich history of mythology to reach into for new Pokemon. Being like Sylphs, Dryads, Nymphs, Leprechauns, Will O’ the Wisps, Pixies, Elves, Banshees, Gnomes, and even Demons can all be Fairy types. I also find it interesting that they’ve chosen to keep sound as a pseudo-type. To me it seems like they wanted to make it a type unto itself but realized that it would require that moves like Grasswhistle, Bug Buzz, and Metal Sound would need two types to make any sense at all and so they scrapped the idea but kept the cool-looking Wyvern. I’d have loved it if the Butterfly was Bug/Fairy and I think they missed out on a huge opportunity there but otherwise everything so far is looking great!
Wouldn’t Banshees and Will O’ Wisps be Ghost. Could see some sick type combos with Ghost/Fairy though.
The more I look at this, the more I think it’s possible although the change in type would be a little weird.
Get ready for everything after Luvdisc-Alomomola.
I love all of the new pokemon! Like OH EM GEE! They are perfect! With Generation V I was thinking to my self What Thee Eff, but with these I’m like LUVVZ IT! Except Marril, that rat mixed rabbit is no fairy at all.
i wonder what there going to do with Noivern cause it looks like it could be a stand alone pkmn like Druddigon but i could also see it as the new pseudo-legendary Pokémon
Swoobat evo.
that would be the weirdest evo ever. since woobat and swoobat have a heart theme which noivern does not. and woobat and swoobat primary type is Psychic which i have never seen change upon evolving expect for azurill and the eevee family
Steelix? Swablu?
i knew about steelix but i honestly did not know about swablu but still such a drastic change in typing like switching it’s primary typing to flying and then adding a different second type makes it seem unlikely
Why is it flying/dragon anyway?
i have no idea i find it weird that it’s primary type is flying
It’s not a Swoobat Evo, otherwise they would’ve said so.
I thought it was Swoobat evo until I saw it from the front and it looked like a dragon
well it’s typing is flying/dragon and i am not saying it couldn’t happen but such a drastic change in typing just tells me that it won’t happen
pokemon x and y will be released on October 12!
You know, Fairy Wind didn’t seem to do that much damage to Hydreigon if they are both level 50, for something that is supposedly 4x effective…
Hydreigon is also part Dark so it might be 2x damage against Dark/Dragon types. We still don’t know what Fairy types are weak against
Well, the rumors suggested that Fairy type would also be super effective against Dark. Though, the Ominous Wind/Silver Wind theory is probably a good one… Still, a 4x effective move with stab, coming from Gardevoir’s Special Attack seemed ripe for a one hit kill on Hydreigon. Not like those rumors were the be all end all anyways, he did at least correctly say there would be a Fairy Type, that it’s strong against Dragon, and then the poison weaknesses appears to be confirmed thanks to Pokemon Smash, for what it’s worth. I just wonder if the other details may have been mistaken or even changed since the guy appearently beta tested the game, or what not. *shrugs* More importantly, I’m just happy they have officially confirmed it.
Might be like Ominous Wind or Silver Wind. Base 60 attack with a chance of raising all stats. A weak attack that you use as a gamble.
Anyone else wondering how they are going to handle the new Fairy typings of Pokemon in the animé?
just how they did it in johto saying it is a newly discovered type
And with that discovery gardevoir suddenly became a fairy
But during that time, the new types didn’t have much of an impact since only one Pokemon had its type changed. I mean, come on, Ash and company had Jigglypuff following them for so long, but all that time it was a normal type. Now suddenly it is Normal/Fairy. What is Ash going to do, just be oblivious to that fact?
it is still the same as magnamite
Not sure about how I feel about Fairy type. I guess I’m still in shock from a new type being introduced to the series after so many years.
Where have you been hiding all these weeks?
Under a rock.
Anybody notice when they showed pokemon-amie, the music was in the gen 5 soundfont?
Did anyone else notice that Haxorus looks a bit chunky?
Interesting for Nintendo to release their game on a Saturday for once (If you haven’t noticed a lot of Nintendo games, including Pokemon versions, release on Sundays). I’m totally gonna buy this at midnight. Anyways, I’m glad we can finally put the fairy type rumours to an end as well as the Sylveon’s type debate. I’m surprised they never mentioned Clefairy, as that Pokemon should deserve being changed to pure fairy type. Gardevoir was a surprise and should be pretty interesting to see. I do know that Fairy will probably be neutral to Dark considering if it was super effective Fairy Wind would have probably taken out Hydriegon. Then again, we do not know that Gardevoir’s level so I could be wrong.
So that’s the new bond system eh? I wonder how that will affect the growth of the Pokemon. Would it become stronger? That would also be a big change in the metagame. Either way, who doesn’t wanna play with their Pokemon?
According to the Pokemon website, Vivillon has some sort of secret in its wings. I wonder what that could be? Noivern looks cool, it’s like a Bat Dragon or Dragon Bat lol. I still wanna know these Pokemon’s abilities Nintendo! It’s also interesting that they still did not release the types for Xerneas or Yveltal yet….maybe Xerneas isn’t fairy like the rumours say. Hopefully there’s even more news tonight or Saturday!
I am convinced we will see the dex as they have released noises for pokemon…thoughts? I am happy not to know legendary types,as thats fair enough 🙂 Hoping for the dex though.
What do you mean the dex? If you mean the whole list of Pokemon, absolutely not! If you meant the Pokedex in general in regards to how it looks and plays, maybe. Sure they have sounds but that doesn’t really tell us anything (as far as I know)
It seems everyone was at Lv. 50 (even though some weren’t shown, everyone else was Lv. 50 so just assuming), but maybe Fairy Wind is a weak attack? I hope Fairy isn’t Super Effective against Dark type though.
Edit: Nevermind, maybe Gardevoir is indeed a lower level and Fairy is Super Effective against Dark too (still hope not). I just realized Noivern is Lv. 80. So the levels aren’t all Lv. 50, meaning that Gardevoir can potentially be lower leveled to perhaps hide the fact that Fairy would destroy Hydreigon.
It could be a weak attack…but who knows? Fairy should not be super effective against Dark, I agree
If you watch the japanese trailer, the Zoroark is at lv:48. …Why change it? xD
If Fairy was super effective against Dark, the Fairy Wind attack Gardevoir used on the Hydreigon should have done a lot more damage.
I am convinced we will see the dex as they have released noises for pokemon…thoughts? I am happy not to know legendary types,as thats fair enough 🙂 Hoping for the dex though hehe ONLY TIME WILL TELL 😀
Since they name the male protagonist, I assume that you can meet your counterpart in the game
All protagonists have some sort of “default” name, regardless of whether or not you see the other in-game. It’s used for promotional things like this and for anyone who doesn’t enter in a name at the beginning of the game.
Xerneas and Yveltal better have some amazing type combination if we have to wait this long >:-(
Here is my Speculation:
Xerneas: Fairy (Looks somewhat similar to Virizion, possibly Fairy/Fighting or Fairy/Grass)
Yveltal: Fairy/Dark, Fairy/Psychic, Faity/Flying, Flying/Dark, Flying/Psychic, pure Flying and that’s about it
Now I want to see Inkay and Malimar!
Insatiate human nature
http://pokebeach.com/2013/06/live-from-e3-more-new-pokemon-one-character
New pokemon and international character ^^!
Woohoo Fletchling evo has a flame pattern!
Phoenix it is!
Phoenix with polka dot pants, how cool is that!
I hope each evolution gets a different evolution screen thing so fletchling can rise from the ashes
I love the seahorse and the shrimp/lobster looking thing, but the Fletchling evo looks kind of generic to me. I’ve loved most of the Pokemon so far though and I wasn’t expecting too much from Fletchling’s evolution (and maybe the official art will make it look better? we’ve only had a glimpse so far) so I’m still super excited!
I’m presuming that the Fletchling evo is its 2nd stage evolution – I still have high hopes for an amazing third stage evo!
i’m hoping it would be too, but it would be too much of a jump from a little bird to a big hawk imo.
I’m late to the party aren’t i
well i love the new Bug pokemon
3 NEEEEEEEEEWWWWW POKEEEEMONS WERE ALSO REVEAALED!!!
I am glad to have a new type, it opens up for more strategies. I enjoy the new Pokemon, all of them! I have a list of things I noticed in the trailer, but most of them have been mentioned by other users. I especially love Noivern! One thing I find out is how Marill is a Fairy type Pokemon, either way I am still happy. 🙂
Has anyone else noticed that in the Pokemon-Amie section all the other pokemon are using their game cries but Pikachu is actually saying ‘pika-pika’?
I hate Pikachu receiving positive discrimination.
“Hast du Lust auf einen Himmelskampf gegen mich…” is the beginning of a german phrase meaning “Do you want to …… a sky battle against me?”
SKY BATTLES CONFIRMED
That purple seahorse is most likely Inkay, it just gave me that vibe since its purple and Used a Poison type move. Hopefully it’s uploaded by IGN or the official site later on.
Man just 4 more hours; the first time Pokemon eve appeared at E3 and comes with 5 new Pkmn, 2 new trailers, a new type, and new gameplay features. Like holy shit this is awesome!!
Nice catch 😉