안녕하세요! Annyeonghaseyo!
I had the great pleasure to experience the demo of Pokémon XY here in Seoul, Korea. Nintendo was showcasing it at the COEX mall located in the Gangnam area. I arrived on one of the final days of the showcase, which initially lasted about a month. I arrived that afternoon expecting huge lines and a packed crowd, but to my surprise I only saw a handful of people checking it out. I didn’t even have to wait in line, I got to jump right in and play. Most of the people there had their 3DS’ out to get their promotion Pokémon (I think it was Eevee, Liepard and Gabite. I wasn’t paying a whole lot of attention to the Pokémon they were giving out. I was there only for the new game!).
I was quite surprised by the lack of crowds.
So instead of writing a big long paragraph about my thoughts regarding the demo, I have decided to section it out for ease of use. While most of us have seen demo videos and feedback, this is just my personal opinion of the time that I was able to play.
Layout/Controls
Being the first 3D Pokémon game, I was a little nervous at the fact that Game Freak was treading in some unknown territory with the series. However, I was quite impressed with the overall layout and fluidity of the game, particularly with the 3D layout. The controls felt natural and, while the walking was a little slippery, it responded well to my commands (for a demo, at least). I wasn’t allowed access to any particular menus other than the battle and Pokémon Ami menu. I did think that the menu for Pokémon Ami was a bit confusing and unresponsive to my commands, but I think that was due to A.) me playing a demo and B.) not all of the features were allowed to be accessed. Riding on Gogoat felt pretty normal to me as well (a definitely step up from the recent bicycle controls).
Graphics/Sound
GameFreak made a great 3D game. Visually it was extremely appealing and it was great to see all of these fantastic Pokémon really come to life. After playing this, I don’t think that they could ever go back to a 2D installment to the series. What I really did enjoy were the battle animations. They weren’t horrendously slow like in the BW entries, but they weren’t lightning fast, either. The pace was steady and it kept me from being bored of the same battle animations. I can’t say how long that would last as I only got to play for maybe 10 minutes, but so far I wasn’t irritated by the long, repetitive battle scenes.
The sound was typical of any Pokémon game. I just hope that one day it will be fully (or partially) voice acted. /swoon
Gameplay
Aside from the updated 3D models, it’s what you would expect from a Pokémon game. The battles are quite straight forward as they normally are. I didn’t get to experience sky or swarm battles, which I’m sure would mix things up from the usual Pokémon style of fighting that we all know and love. The mega evolution bit of the game was easy to use and added an extra spin to the fight. I wish that I had been able to see the stat changes of my Mega Mewtwo to see how it’s affected. However, a Thunderbolt put a level 100 Dragonite at half health. I don’t know if super effective/resistances were working during this demo, but I thought it was still quite a bit of damage! There wasn’t much gameplay aside from walking around, fighting and catching Pokémon, so I didn’t get to do too much. If you’ve played Pokémon before, you won’t be unfamiliar with the style.
Here are some of the pictures I took! I didn’t get to take many because some of the representatives told me I had to put my camera away, but I did manage to sneak a few more (although their quality is questionable). They were also displaying some of the new 3DS models (including the new Animal Crossing one). It makes me want to get a promotional 3DS XL!
Overall, I was quite impressed with the demo and was glad I was able to participate! However, my only gripe is that the demo was far too short. It would have been nice to test out some other Pokémon and participate in one or two more trainer battles. Also, I think that adding sky and/or swarm battles would have made if much more interesting.
And, last but not least, a video of the demonstration!
Speaking of demos, the X/Y demos that were supposed to be at the Nintendo Experience Tour weren’t there this weekend in Michigan, went there yesterday/today. Not sure if they are going to have the demos at the future tour sites or not. Only positive is that I spoke with the Nintendo Representative there and convinced her to start a contact list for all the people who had drove a long way to play the demo. Hopefully we get some sort of apology from Nintendo.
How does that even happen? I’m very sorry to hear.
Not sure! Whole setup was kind of sloppy, one guy drove 5 hours with his kids just to play it. Felt bad 🙁
An apology? More likely coming from GF than Nintendo.. that’s never gonna happen. Anyway, so crappy to hear.
Hey guys, heres a drawing I did of mega scizor for fun. What do you guys think?
Wow! You are VERY talented! I love his scissor like hands much more than his stubby little crab claw things. I would really like it if this was a real megalution! Great job!
Not only does it looks good, its very similar to a ken sugimori design
It’s cool you made a good job of making it a combination of a scyther and sizor.
Love it!
Thanks! Its my first time trying to draw an evolution/mega evolution.
When I was in Seoul, I was surprised to get only 2~3 Korean street passes in a week (had like 3 from foreigners), kinda surprised they have 3DS events there
It rains so much where I live that you would have thought Kyogre lives in my backyard. I’m not exaggerating, I wish Rayquaza could live here instead. I need that Airlock ability.
Florida?
Yessir
Here in North Carolina, Kyogre is showing his wrath!
Groudon is here :L Its too hot over here
Someone needs to call Rayquaza!
Actually, in Florida, this the battleground for those two. Hot, rainy, hot, rainy, hot, rainy…COLD. *sigh*
So true!
hahahaha someone woke up groudon and kyogre!!! who will find and catch rayquaza?
Yes, exactly. It’s like the Hoenn region is based on Florida or something….
That would be kinda cool! I hate when it gets cold though *shivers* It isn’t as cold as New York but it’s still cold!
I feel bad for you guys Georgia doesnt have it that bad
Son, if you come to Long Island here in NY, you’ll be amazed. We are the one part of the state that can experience all 4 seasons in less then a week.
If you think Florida is bad, try Kentucky. One year we had severe thunderstorms with hail, several tornadoes drop down, 10 inches of snow, and finally a day of 110 degree heat. All of that in the span of about three days.
The one thing I would like to see in Florida is SNOW! Wouldn’t that be awesome!?
That would only happen when Arceus comes to Earth
It happened once just hasn’t happened yet…again.
LMAO I cant wait till that day comes
Just have a master ball ready when it reaches the earth. I do not want to be brought to justice; i have so much to live for.
Did you hear that weather forecasters are expecting this year to have the most snow in U.S. history? I believe they said it would span across nearly every state, so you might get some snow this year.
ARTICUNOOOO!!!!!!!!
OMG!!! It would be the first time it would happen in 35 years! I would love to be able to experience it so much!! :DD
Abomasnow’s Snow Warning! The attack of the MegaAbomasnow!
The closest I’ve seen was a flurry. A thin one at that ._.
I sure there had to be a Absol outside before that happened. Maybe even a MegaAbsol lol
Yeah and because we have hurricanes, we may have Lugia near here too (but in the games, it cannot learn the move of the same name).
We need a Celebi in our city to bring the plants back; they all fainted from Groudon’s Heat Wave.
Looks like you need a Meganium!
Sorry, Celebi is currently frolicking in my city. ill be sure to send it over there after o3o
OMG I’m in NC too and it has been raining most all day..
Same here. If Pokemon were real, Kyogre would either here in Florida…
… or Seattle. I here it always rains there, but then, so does London.
i live in Florida too
That was a Skiddo you were riding in the demo, not Gogoat. Skiddo evolves into Gogoat.
Would it be weird if your gender rival became the champion ?
*Cough* Gary *Cough*
IK im just saying in X and Y what if there was a certain twist to it
Team Flare boss/Champion could be cool..? It adds a twist we have never seen before :p
🙁 I dont like the new rival 🙁 they look like normla! I want some more dark or badly
Well you never know 🙂
Yea gamefreak May do something surprising
I really hope sooo!! because I love Hugh!! for me he’s the best rival ever but his history suucks -.- he need to find his’s sister pokemon -.- he looks too badest for that!! But I still love him!! He looks like sasuke
Yes it would be very cool and maybe what if the champion had the opposite legendary pokemon or what if in what ever version you get the champion is different and has the opposing legendary (xerneas and yveteal)
N too, doesnt it?
Gary was the only champion to do that! I would love to see Serena (If you choose the Male Character)/Calem (If you chose the Female Character) be the champ! Still, I would like to see a original champion!
Personally, I want another female Champion. I’m still riding on Alexa being the Champion.
A female Champion and a female Team Flare leader 😀
Yes! ;D
When I was younger I would make what I would hope to be regions or what I wanted to sent to GF. The bad guys would always be “Team Sky” with Lucia as their leader :p
Same! I would really like to see a Female Champ! Cynthia and Iris would have a new friend! ;D
Does GameFreak have reason for putting certain Pokémon together on the banners in the pictures that Justin took?
I don’t think there is anything there. It’s just displaying the new pokemon. :/
I thought it might be version exclusives, but they wouldn’t do that to the regional bird.
Maybe what some of your rivals will end up having? Or just advertisement?
Have you guys realized that we have only 6 weeks until X and Y are released, and we’ve only seen 30 or so Pokemon? If we are going to get over 100 or so like previous generations, they’re going to have to pile it on us quick. They literally can’t hide forever; the leakers might beat them to the punch.
Thats why I feel this coro coro will reveal 15 pokemon 10 new pokemon and 5 megalutions
Well we have Corocoro within our reach! We’ll see then 🙂 Let’s hope they pile it on us!
How big is CoroCoro? And how much is Pokemon (or specifically for X&Y)?
Corocoro is the monthly Japanese magazine that release news for Pokémon games and other Japanese stuff. There’s usually I think 3-4 pages full of Pokémon stuff, but last time there were 6. And since were expecting this one to be the last one before X and Y, we’re expecting a lot of information on the game. However, there might be another one in October right before the game’s release.
Good enough, thanks!
They’ve only released 30 Pokemon? That’s what you’re complaining about? Ever considered that they’re saving the rest of the 100+ Pokemon for when the game actually releases? So we could, I don’t know… ENJOY the game and not know everything about it?? What’s the point of buying or even playing a game when you already know everything about it?
What’s the point of you coming here?
What’s yours?
Whoa buddy, I’m not complaining about anything. It’s just that eager fans want to, you know, organize our teams and pick what version we want because of exclusives. This conversation could go both ways.
i see where he’s coming from though. We’re waiting less time for a new game than we usually have to…so why not wait for the game to come out to see the pokemon? It’s a balancing factor. And I mean, they arent gonna release everything…..I know for me it takes the fun out of the game if I already have a team devised before the game even comes out
It’s not that I want to learn absolutely everything about the game; I just want to know the Pokemon for the sake of knowing. In fact, I want to know about the new Pokemon more for the metagame than the game itself; I enjoy the trivia that comes with each addition. Let’s just put this aside and look ahead to what will be shown; at least a few new ones and some Mega Evolutions.
Maybe I came across as being rude, which I’m not. I want to know what I am going to have on my team too,
But
For the sake of enjoying the game, it’s not gonna happen. It makes no business sense for Gamefreak neither.
So cruel if X and Y was just April Fools joke or a joke. Cause they started releasing legit info around that time. Maybe the first vid they showed was just something they put together. i would cry
Hey MErth go to bed its late.
I guess sure wish someone would read what i put…
I read it.
I had thought about that for MONTHS. Omgosh, I was like, “What if this was come kind of Creepypasta about an awesome that never really existed, and no one else will ever be able to play it” but of course it’s just the wait getting to me.
Yeah it turns out the game is Actually in 2D and you can’t transfer your Pokémon or Do Anything on Wi-Fi at all, including battling other trainers… Enjoy =]
What if my whole life is one cruel joke?
Oh wait, it is.
That’s really depressing 😉
change chespin to grass/steel or grass/rock and it will work well, hope froakie will be water/electric ninja.
what other normal meves could become fairy type?
Meves?
He meant moves.
Sing and metronome. I usually don’t use normal moves, so those are the only ones I can think of without looking them up. :p
What about Wish and Lucky Chant?
Hmm. Assist, Attract, Lovely Kiss, Sing, Metronome, Wish, Lucky Chant, and Sweet Kiss are just some of the moves I could think of being Fairy-Type!
I agree with all except for Assist. Unless they make a Fairy-Type cat or something, I think it will stay Normal.
Yea, your right! Assist should stay as a Normal-Type move! I will edit my message!
Don’t forget captivate, charm, covet, heal bell(kind of iffy), Moonlight(iffy),
Oh Yea! Thanks for reminding me of some of those moves! I don’t know about Captivate and Covet, yet I’m sure Charm, Heal Bell, and Moonlight would be Fairy-Moves!
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Who else hates when after a huge burst of news, there’s no news for like 3 weeks?
Hi!
Me! I hate it sooooooooooooooooo much! But there is an upside to it! We have time to speculate!
Hello there, I’m so sad that you have witnessed some sort of cyber-lynch going on down there.
What?
Keep seeing alot of people saying it’s Junichi Masuda on Smash next week but it’s not him, it’s Morimoto, but it will still be good. 😀
I’m also surprised at how many people want 15-20 pokemon revealed in corocoro, does no one want and pokemon to be left as a surprise until you actually play the games?
I don’t want that much Pokemon revealed in CoroCoro, that’s too much. I want to find a lot on my own. But other than what we know will be in the next CoroCoro (Fairy type chart, some new Pokemon and some new Mega Evolutions), what I want to know most is if there’s a transfer method in X and Y that will allow you to bring Pokemon from Gen 5. If I remember correctly, didn’t CoroCoro go over the transfer method for Black and White?
Yeah, I want alot left as a surprise. I’d be happy with the same amount as last months issue; 6 Mega Evolutions and about 3 brand new ones, I’d love them to show off a Rock, Ground and Ice type coz we haven’t seen any of these yet and would be a nice touch. The Fairy type chart is exciting as well.
Just 40 days till release people, we can all do it!
Let the next 40 days be the 40-day storm
(Lugia and Biblical reference)of speculations, hopes, and expectations to wait our appetite for its release.Yeah, I want to be like, “Omg, what the fudge is that?! I gotta catch it!!”
I would at least like a dex leak thats real like right before the launch say oct. 11th 🙂 gives me a reason to talk to random people at.midnight release
I want to know how big the Coastal, Central, and Mountain Kalos Pokedexes are. A Pokedex so large they split it into three mini-regions must be huge.
I want a dex leak! I prefer making my team before I play the game! 😀
Have you ever played a Nuzlocke on release? I imagine getting a surprise pokemon and getting to know him on the way <3 ..and then having it die somewhere :1 haha
No I’ve never even heard of Nuzlocke I live in a world of Pokémon and Mario :p
Nuzlocke is a fan-made challenge when playing a Pokemon game. I never do it because I just enjoy playing the game. But basically you can only catch the first Pokemon you encounter on every route. If the Pokemon faints, its considered dead and you release it.
I don’t recommend it by any means, but definitely adds to the experience. So for example, I plan to buy both X&Y, play one with nuzlocke (and probably fail) and then the other properly. It’s actually quite popular.
http://www.nuzlocke.com/challenge.php
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Nuzlocke_Challenge
I agree. I’ll admit when BW came out i looked at all the pokemon to see which ones i might be interested in but i didnt make a team. I dont like doing that before I even get the game
I want him to talk more about other features like new battles or type chart or something not having to pokemon/mega pokemon. And I really want surprise that’s why I don’t want him revealing starter evos/mega evolutions or even new pokemon.
Really? I want him revealing everything you said XD
i really dont want chespin to end up grass/dark
You are like.. the only 1…
i was hoping for grass rock..i think grass dark will hinder it if it is defensive…if its offensive….well its screwed…but thats just my opinion
If you picked Chespin, you would have an immunity to Fennekin’s Psychic typing. It would make Chespin the best starter (ignoring stats) if the rumors of their secondary typings are true.
Mmm, that made me think.. Grass > Water, but Fight > Dark. Fire > Grass, but Dark > Psychic. And lastly, Water > Fire, but Psychic > Fight. A full circle..
There goes my hope of Water/Ghost. Grass > Water, Dark > Ghost xD I’d still take it..
Well I’m open to anything really, I honestly think Chespin will be Grass/Ground but Grass/Dark is cool too. Only thing I’m hoping for is that Froakie isn’t Water/Fighting but if he is I’ll deal with it 😛
Why? He could end up being the Dark Knight :p
Why not! Your the 2nd person I heard say that! I would make a awesome triangle! Grass/Dark, Fire/Psychic, Water/Fighting!
The triangle thing would be so amazing. But if you want it to be grass/steel that is respectable… I guess
I want grass/steel
Here’s a question do you guys prefer the Pokemon bieng a surprise or get your team ready? I’m carious to see who thinks what.
Surprise, hands down.. It makes the game feel completely different and more special.
I want it to be a surprise because I’ve never experienced being surprised by a pokemon I’ve never seen before. I’m not old enough to have played RBY firsthand, and when I started playing pokemon in Gen. 3, I looked up every existing pokemon, so no surprises there. I was spoiled in Gen. 4 by Marriland. Serebii killed Gen. 5. I just want a few pokemon to discover on my own.
Team :p I don’t like surprises
I like to get my team ready early! As @Skiddo said I don’t like surprises!
For this generation I am doing surprise
I prefer my 1st game play to have the surprise. I realized that I’m going to restart anyways after finishing my first run because there are probably many secrets I’ve skipped.
1st run: to know plot and general info
2nd run: find hidden secrets and be a little experimental by using things I haven’t tried.
3rd run: create the perfect team
Since I usually end up training pokes afterwards, the Playthrough doesn’t really leave me with useful pokes. So anything is fine..
a surprise
This is my first game without knowing all the Pokemon. I had emerald and had sceptile. Black I got it about 3 months before the release of black and white 2 this is my first game without knowing all the Pokemon so why spoil myself.
Same here, I spoiled myself in RSE, DPPt, BW, and BW2. I knew waaay too much before their release. That’s why X and Y are my anticipated pokemon game of all time.
Haha when I was younger I didn’t understand the Internet so I wasn’t spoiled for Gen 1-3
When I was about 5-6, I got Pokemon FireRed which was my first Pokemon game! I wasn’t spoiled for any Generation! I started spoiling myself in 4th Gen!
LeafGreen was my first :p then I got Gold, Silver, Sapphire, and Red. Then I discovered Serebii when D/P/Pt came out
I discovered Serebii around 3rd-Generation when I was looking up Pokemon websites! I played R/B/Y/G/S/Cr on Emulator because my older brothers never let me play! (Sucks to be the youngest). Yet, I played the other Pokemon games and own hard copies of them!
I start to feel old ._. Only game I started “unspoiled” was … Red. On a GameBoy. You know, a real one. It was bigger than me XD I can’t imagine to start with FireRed o_o” You are all so Young D; Enjoy it, really. I’m serious.
Yea! I’m 13! (Yet, I’m in High School because of Australia Schools are different before I moved to the US.) My brother still have the older copy! It doesn’t work because the inside battery died! Later on in the future, sell the hard copy of Pokemon Red! You will get a lot of money! $200+
I discovered serebii when i played Diamond too. I wouldnt have even known about platinum coming out if it wasnt for serebii. Like seriously, my body wouldnt have been ready
OMG ME TOO!!! good times 😀 firered
Lol I didn’t even know there were sites like serebii and such on the Internet until a month before gen 5 was released (I have had pokemon sense red).
I may be one of the few people who STILL enjoy something even after being spoiled. I spoil myself to see if the game is to my liking because being a college student I don’t have alot of money to waste.
My approach to new Pokemon generations is that I always want to know as many Pokemon as possible beforehand but NOTHING about the story line (ie which pokemon gym leaders have, the evil team’s goal, the elite four etc). My goal in pokemon is always to catch them ALL so I don’t pick teams rather I like knowing pokemon beforehand just to see all the new pokes I will be catching and any old pokemon that get evos or preevos
I like knowing the gym leaders Pokémon, the Elite 4, and Champion. I don’t like knowing the main storyline though.
I’d rather keep the E4 and Champ secret imo.
Well for me I kind of spoiled myself with black and white (I just looked up all pokemon and gym leaders and elite 4), but when I got the game, i thought it wasn’t as fun as it could of been if I didn’t spoil myself. So for this generation I’m trying my hardest not to (it also helps gamefreak hasnt had one of those ‘revealing 10 pokemon’) but I have that urgent need everyday to check serebii and this site everyday. I love this site mostly because it is so interactive I love it so I prefer this site more than serebii though.
If its a new gen then I wont do it. If its a game like bw2 or Platinum or HGSS where I already know all the pokemon, then I’ll make a team before the game comes out
Exactly I’m not going to spoil myself with new gens from now on
For platinum i devised a team way before the game came out lol
I did that for black lol
Well I spoiled myself not by the Internet but from a friend who knew everybody.
What abilities do you guys think the new Pokémon will have? I think Talonflame and Pangoro will have Intimidate, Gogoat will have Sap Sipper, Fletchling, Pancham, Skrelp, Clauncher, and Flabébé idk (Flower Gift for Flabébé?), possibly a new ability for Noivern, and Shield Dust for the Scatterbug line.
Pangoro has Iron Fist/Mold Breaker.
I forgot about that :p
i feel like clauncher will have something like sniper or hyper cutter and i think it will gain another type
Probably Sniper and I hope Electric or Fire type
You know what I just noticed? Froakie seems quite similar to Jellicent (that white foamy beard).. so it could be another Water/Ghost!! Which would go better with Fennekin being Psychic and the whole Ninja Deal.
Hm… Good catch… I like it! But a simple design isn’t necessarily a key. Ghosts for shadows, fighting, well… Ninjas fight!
Well, ninja’s hide and .. assassin! (OHKO moves haha)
But yeah, doesn’t go with the whole triangle weakness for the starters..
Maybe! Yet, I think Water/Fighting would mix better with a Ninja!
I still don’t like the idea, but I might as well get used to it.
Similar color palettes ≠ similar pokemon typing
I wish something amazing would be hinted at… Then the usual discussions and arguments can begin!
Something shocking needs to be revealed….(not electric attacks though)
Defibrillator Pokémon
How about a needle Pokemon. Shots for all the trainers!
Oh, how about a toxic shock syndrome pokemon.
We already have Chimecho which is the cause of toxic shock, though, they could give it a megalution for max absorption of monthly flow.
do you guys watch shofu
No never heard of it
No.
WTF is that?
lol i fooled you all
Shofu’s videos are really bad now! I can’t stand watching them. 😛
i was just gonna ask if you guys have seen his pokemart heist rap
I liked his TM87 Rap. After that I didn’t really like the others!
I love Pokemon. One of my Favorite Game Series!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WHY JESUS WHY? 🙁 IM GOING TO TAKE EXAM IN 14 NEXT MONTH AND POKEMON i’LL GET POKEMON IN 12 D: EXAM OR POKEMON? WHAT I NEED TO DO?”
Exam 1st then play Pokémon
Yeah, I start another class in September, then a fourth and final one in October, after Pokemon X and Y comes out.
Depends on what exam it is exactly… You know, I have to write my Bachelor exam starting in October, but that won’t stop me one minute… Is it something important? Or just something like school? ;D
So Pokejungle posted on their Facebook account that a new Mega Evolution may be revealed through a McDonalds promo in Japan. I’m sure they’ll add a post about it here soon.
Oooh! I want to see that!
Pokémon toys now at McDonalds in every HappyMeal!
you mean like today?
September 6th
So do you think corocoro will release the 5th for that reason?
Nope. 15th is the actual date, like always. Probably and hopefully, it will leak a few days before.
What if its vanaluxe