Legends will rise…
In Episode Five we’re going to be asking readers to take a shot at what they think the legends (and myths) of the Kalos region will be.
We’re almost in the final stretch to October 12 now, and things are about to get crazy, so make sure all eyes are on the site! As we get closer to release episodes of this series will become more frequent, leading up to an X & Y extravaganza week, with more details on that coming soon!
Episode Four — Reader Opinions
It’s difficult to believe that it has been over a month since the last episode of J2XY (abbreviations like that are cool, right?) and what a month it has been. The news flow has been almost constant, with Mega Evolutions getting a reveal at the start of the month and fans across the world getting a chance to play Pokémon X & Pokémon Y before it releases in October.
In Episode Four we asked readers to focus on the storyline of the Kalos region in Pokémon X & Y or, specifically what ours readers wanted to see from the story of the upcoming games. We received some great replies, in fact a little too many to pick the best ones. As such, for the first time we’d like you to head over to the previous episode and read through some of the best comments.
The Legends of Kalos
Fans of Pokémon know that with each new region comes a whole new lot of legends and myths, some intertwining Pokémon into them and some completely separate from the Pocket Monsters. Legendary Pokémon are a great way to create a regional back story, and even regular Pokémon can be given an importance to the story – maybe Honedge has a greater importance than fans choose to believe?
There’s not a huge amount that can be said here, so it’s straight to the main event. We want our readers do get a discussion going about what they believe the legends and myths of Kalos will be. Including Pokémon in your speculation is a given, so there is also an opportunity to think up some interesting concepts for new Pokémon here. So, get commenting and liking! In the next episode we’ll feature the comments and ideas with the most up votes, so vote wisely!
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Fix the comments lol :p
I like the new layout, but all the old comments are gone? Still working on it I suppose, but really like the new layout! And I like my name green now 😀
They’ll be back! Updates and fixes to the layout will be carried out over the next few days. I’ll also be rolling out new article images. 🙂
Cool, thanks!! Looking forward to everything 😀
My comments! NOO!
Comments aren’t gone. They are still on Disqus, and the linking is just broken.
“Let the water wash over you
Wash it all over you
Swim to the ocean floor
So that we can begin again
Wash away all our sins
Crash to the other shore”
I love fresh starts.
What’re you talking about? The comments are still there.
I’ve just had a new hairstlye.
A saloon in the ocean floor? Cool.
Cool new Layout 🙂
For some reason your icon made me read this in Ash’s voice.
Your comment made me read it in Ash’s voice
I agree the new layout is amazing and it looks so professional.
Is this the confirmation of all Megaevolutions? http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ng_ikWgH4BA/Ug_LOA2o-8I/AAAAAAAAJSo/_J0sfosHixg/s1600/Mega+Evolutions+-+Pok%C3%A9mon+XY%5D.png
Nope, that was from the Gameshow for people who didn’t have the Gen 5 games to battle with those select teams I believe.
I don’t think so. Where’s Mewtwo, Kangaskhan,Absol and Mawile?
That’d be awesome if there was a volcarona mega evolution!
No, one of the sites owners said no himself a long time ago, it is from something else
Nope, this literally says “Rental Teams” at the top in Japanese. So, not in the least bit.
Awesome, streamlined, intuitive and FASTER layout….I LOVE it. Thanks PJ =D!
Whoa!!! I was not expecting such a cool new layout!! hahahaha
I would really like if they went on that Nord theory that has been up since January, having a third dragon/snake like pokémon and a squirrel being the cute-ish legendary
Love this layout! Props to the idea’s man!
Very nice new layout!
Layout is beautiful! 😀
Yep. It sure does. ;D
This new layout is amazing! I can finally reply to a comment without tapping the downvote 40 times!
I love the new layout! It isn’t as confusing, and it is quicker to load.
The Page Layout is Pure Sexyness. ;D
LOL. Yes it is.
I love the new layout! My favorite part is that it’s fast! When it’s late and I wake up I sometimes check PokeJungle to see if there is any news, my iPod would crash like 3 times before actually opening the site. Now it’s takes less than 30 seconds to fully load! 😀 The only thing (if possible) I would like to see would be the return of the article pages button it was quite useful and it would be easier than going to the homepage to check if there is a new article. (Again not mandatory but a convenience) Thank you! 😀
What button do you mean? I’m a little confused 🙁
That button under the avatar and name of the person who posted the article. It said the name of the article before and after the article you are on.
It looked something like this~
As far as legends go, I’d like to see a Dragon/Poison dual type legendary based on Norse mythology. The type hasn’t been done yet and could have a cool design.
If Xernias and Yveltal are based off Norse Mythology, the stag that guards the tree, the eagle above the tree, then hopefully we can get the Serpent that feeds on the roots of the tree.
I also remember reading about a type of Nymph or Squirrel that acted as a messenger between the eagle and the serpent. I can see this being the Mew/Jirachi/Shaymin type of legendary, probably the final dex pokemon of Kalos.
I can imagine our trio this time will be 3 fairies.
Also, too add… Even though I want there to be a “Z” legendary, if they make a “Z” game I want Rayquaza to be the mascot on the box art, and I want it to be like a sequel game to Hoenn/Kalos.
I’m still itching for a 3D emerald remake, “Hoenn” rhymes with the name of the trainer “N”, and I can totally imagine him befriending Rayquaza (based off Ziz) and make a “Z” game. That’ll be so cool.
I like that there is a new type, but aren’t there too many fairy types already? Back on Gold Silver, there were a few steel (like the amount of dragons).. I think. I would like something more unique, like the original birds. DP trio wasn’t as fun.. or creative by that matter.
The messenger one sounds cool.
Fairy/Grass, Fairy/Water, and Fairy/Fire. I want elemental fairies, darn it!
I’d like fairies of the four elements, with one of them maybe being a secret legendary.
Fairy/Ground (Earth)
Fairy/Fire
Fairy/Flying (Wind/Air)
Fairy/Water
Or you could go a different route and create five elemental fairies that represent the five elements of witchcraft
Fairy/Ground (Earth)
Fairy/Fire
Fairy/Flying (Wind/Air)
Fairy/Water
Fairy/Ghost (Spirit)
I really want the trio to have a larger role this time around. I mean, of course, the trio of the region have always played quite an enduring amount but I want them to be more important than in Black and White 2. I really like your idea of three fairies being the new trio of region. Water/Fairy, Grass/Fairy, and Fire/Fairy as their typing would be nice.
I know this is kind of off topic for this particular discussion, but does anyone know if X & Y will have some kind of feature that’ll allow them to get Pokemon from the Generation V games, like the Poke Transfer did between Generations IV and V? I’ve got a lot of Pokemon that I could transfer, including a lot that I’ve bred just to fill up the Pokedex
Nothing has been confirmed yet, but I don’t see any reason to believe there won’t be a transfer feature in X & Y.
The Shiny Creation Trio is very suspicious… I bet they’ll play a part like the Shiny Beasts did for Zoroark. Why else would they just simply give it away?
Honestly, I very well may be the only person who thinks this way, but it defeats the purpose of catching them all, when most of them are easily transferred from other games. Though, I understand how this would be especially nice for competitive battling as well as special pokemon with pokerus or shiny attributes. As well as unobtainables, if there exists any.
I’ve already caught them all, why should I have to go through the trouble of catching hundreds of Pokemon again? Plus as you mentioned, there are some special Pokemon for people like competitive, shiny, pokerus, or just sentimental. It would suck to have them stuck on an older generation game.
You are not the only one…I’m with you. In Gen V they gave away for FREE more than Half of all (Shiny/Exclusive Attacks) Legendaries (like Zekrom/Reshiram) on Wi-Fi. Makes me wonder why I even bothered to catch one….if they we handing them out for free. I mean the least they could do is allow us to catch them ourselves….but that my opinion on it.
About a month ago i figured they would just have a way to transfer your pokemon from black or white, but then someone pointed out to me that pokemon are completely different from previous gens. theres now new ways too see your EVs and even a new way to see your stats. It would seem like they would have to fabricate a lot of elements in pokemon you transfer from the past games just so you could do it. I dont see this happening now, and while its upsetting it’s basically like your starting a brand new journey and i think thats what these x and y games are all about.
They’re making EVs more visible, not changing their mechanics as far as we know. Just a new way to actually see them and acquire them. I don’t see why that would have an impact on old Pokemon.
From what i know its no longer a number based thing..its more like what the contest stats used to be..i’m just saying this isnt the same game anymore so i wouldnt have my heart set on getting my old pokemon back. with that being said i’m with you and i would also still like to be able to transfer.
The contest stats WERE number based, you just couldn’t see them in-game. As a romhacker, I know this to be very true.
Wasn’t there a mention of it? Like it was going to be back but different from what we are used to?
Anyway, although I agree it defeats the purpose of “catching them all”, it wouldn’t make sense to lose all those event and legendaries that have been given so far. Also, I wonder if X&Y will have them all, or if trades with people that played previous versions are still necessary.
Also, there is still people that like their collection, moves from the past or just don’t want to do it all over again and simply want to play the game and use new pokes.
I so badly want a Garden of Eden related pokemon; a poison-apple serpent as well as a male/female adam and eve inspired pokemon, though these motifs would be more subtle. I love the idea of Norse Mythology, but I think a multitude of philosophies of divinity should be implemented IN ADDITION to Norse Mythology.
Overall, I hope we see more of this juxtaposition of spirituality/romanticism with science/logic as the connective thread among the various legendaries.
Please no Trios that are identical as well! Ie. the lake trio.
Or trios that don’t look like pokemon. ie. the legendary golems.
I like sets that are more diverse like the legendary dogs, legendary birds, and the swords of justice quartet.
Speaking of Trios, I wonder what mythology they will be based on this time. The most mysterious one in my book are the Regis….(hence my name)
Why don’t the golems ”look like pokemon”? I’ll admit they’re unorthodox but I was unaware that was actually a definition of what actually constitutes to being a pokemon. I’d rather they mix it up than giving us more cats and dogs.
They look like Pokestudios characters. Not having any distinguishable face or likeness of a pokemon. They are also non creative designs that could have been executed much better. Think Golem from Monster Rancher, it is massive and intimidating yet has some innovation that distinguishes it from looking like blah piece of rock. They could have gone with the same concept and brought them to life. Rather they appear to be a big chunk of rock or ice with no personality or charm to speak of.
I don’t think Game Freak will go completely Norse Mythology but if they do…I believe we will be getting 13 Legendary pokemon in X and Y excluding the event pokemon. Xerneas being the Stag near Yggdrasil tree, Yveltal being the Eagle above Yggdrasil, possibly a Poison/Dragon Serpent that lives under Yggdrasil and the “cute” legendary will be the Squirrel on Yggdrasil. The other 9 will represent the 9 Realms in Norse Mythology so possibly a pokemon representing Odin, Surtr, Ymir and the other leaders of those realms (I’m not to familiar with Norse Mythos aside from Marvel’s Thor comics.)
Well first things first, I’m loving the new layout for the site, you guys did a great job with it.
And secondly, I’ve been doing a bit of back research on X/Y while the news is dry, and I think I’ve filled a few holes on some things. I’ll be posting several images with stuff I think I have figured out, and not just about the games. 🙂
i know this has nothing to do with this but does anybody here make youtube banners…
I could, what would you like?
its kind of much lol but Background:Blue, Yellow and orange checkered patternPictures: IX (roman numeral 9) in the center of the banner black a little bigger than the other pictures
Honedge and Parappa the rapper on the left side of the IX
Lighting (from ffxiii-2) and Nagato uzamaki on the right side of the IX
Okay I’ll try :p Keep in mind it has to be less 1 MB so.. yeah..
it says 2 and ok is something dosent fit ill think of something to remove thank you
Oops sorry 2 mb*. xD
All done! Sorry it took this long, banners take quite some time!
Credit to Xous54 on DeviantArt for Honedge
Credit to http://www.techcircuit.net/jay-z-parappa-the-rapper-awesome/ for Parappa.
Credit to http://ayakashi-ghost-guild.wikia.com/wiki/File:Lightning_FFXIII-2.png for Lightning.
Credit to -page doesn’t show up- for Nagato Uzumaki.
If possible, please give credit? Thanks! 😀
you are awesome thank you
No problemo! 🙂
if we cant transfer then i will cry. I started my pokemon journey at Pearl ( Yes i went back and played rest!!) and i have my Luxuray scince i began till now. In W2 i still have it it is level 68. i never want it to be 100 till last game
i make learn a new move everygame and gain 2 levels each game.But…..
if i cant contniue its legacy into X and Y then…then…..(v_v) huff. ill cry. And i REALLY want to have a double battle with Luxuray And Litleo last form. i love Electric types and Fire types. Which means i particrlly loved black and white legends except they were dragon i dont really like dragons. But im sorry for long speech thing face life jump……AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
I will miss my Luxuray if they dont allow transfering. its been with me from begining. which is pearl but i played before ones guys. and also i want to do double battle with Luxuray and if litleo is a fire poision type in last form then it would be Luxuray and Flioision
Don’t know how anyone missed it, but it seems this is is the tree you can cut down with HM01 Cut (Image below). The tree which now looks like a bush is obstructing a path on a route.
Another thing to note is that the skaters have various helmets/outfits resembling Pokemon. Korina appears to have one resembling Meinfoo and the girl in the image below seems to wear one related to Dunsparce. The player characters also have hats which resemble Pokemon such as Pancham, Fletchling which we already knew about. It seems Pokemon themed clothing is popular in the Kalos region.
The main characters each have 2 official names. Xavier and Yvone are the first however when the main character is a rival of yours, it becomes Calem/Serena. We already knew about the first names for a long time though.
In the latest X/Y Anime Trailer, it’s shown that Lickitung, Ditto, Politoed, Whismur, Medicham and several Pokemon are native to Kalos. This could suggest that they are within the Kalos dex.
As of August 2013, Japan sold out of copies of X&Y for people to preorder.
This image (Seen below) unofficially confirms that America will be getting limited edition X&Y 3DS XL. Note it says XL not LL so it’s not japan related.
And the last thing I’ll post for now, is the official proof for the Pokemon trademarked to get a Mega Evolution SO FAR (Image below). This list is the same one Pokejungle posted a few weeks back but this is the actual trademarked proof.
More to come soon 🙂
interesante
You mean August 2013, Right?
Yeah I do x’D
Wow… This is amazing info especially the last one which further confirms that the Pokemon listed on the PJ list might get Mega-evolution’s.
Not might. Are. If they spent the time and money getting them trademarked, which by the way was back in May 2012, why leave them to be unused?
I didn’t know that they already copy-righted everything back in May 2012. My bad. ;D
If you look at the last image, the dates on the left side all hold 2012.
OK. Thanks for letting me know. ;D
My pleasure 🙂
granted, just because they trademarked it, doesn’t mean it will get used. if they didn’t, i could go and trademark a pokemon with mega in front of its name, then make nintendo buy it from me when they want to use it. they probably trademark a lot of things without using them..check out all of nintendos pokemon related trademarks and try telling me they all get used 😛
Trademarking something is essentially holding something in place so that they can eventually use it if need be. The fact that these we’re trademarked back in 2012 means they are planning to use them for X/Y. Seeing as Development on X/Y started back in 2009, it’s natural to trademark things in advance.