The Journey to X & Y Truly Begins Here!

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Join us for the J2XY!

We’re now almost a month away from Pokémon X & Pokémon Y releasing internationally, and it’s time for us to have some fun. Over the next five or so weeks we’re going to be running a series of articles following the Journey to X & Y. There’s no need to worry, the usual Journey to X & Y episodes will still run, but we’ve decided to expand the title to an entire series of articles. After all, the journey truly begins now, right?

It’s no coincidence that five is not only the number of weeks remaining until the game release, but also the number of Generations of Pokémon games we have had up until X & Y. That’s exactly what our weekly themes will be!

Leading up to October 12 each week we will publish daily articles featuring on a generation of Pokémon, beginning with the first and ending with then fifth. After the fifth week our extensive Pokémon X & Y coverage will begin, including unique features and articles. This set of weekly generation themed articles will begin later this week.

What can you expect to see? That’s simple: a variety of content over various posts. We’ll have some discussion based articles, like Dae Asks and JungleTalk, some new opinion-based articles, competitive-centric features and even a collection of generation theme fan art from all over the net. Our usual weekly coverage of news will also resume, expect to see Corocoro, Smash and tomorrows Pokémon Direct coverage. It’s just our original content features and that will take on these weekly generation themes.

That’s not all though! It wouldn’t be PokéJungle if we didn’t ask you, the reader, what you’d like to see from us in the upcoming weeks. Is there something you’d like us to explore in a specific week? Or even a question you’d like us to pose to the community? Let us know and we’ll do our best to fulfil your wishes!

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220 thoughts on “The Journey to X & Y Truly Begins Here!”

  1. So this is the something new huh? Sounds like a great idea
    Personally, I would love to see articles on fanmade artwork from each gen or maybe info about the staff’s favourite Pokemon from each gen and why

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  3. What does PokeJungle think about the “Leaked Kalos Dex” that’s been going around?

    http://pastebin.com/C6761nic

    I’ve seen it passed around and it looks interesting like Melkor’s pre-BW leak. It originated on /vp/ though I believe, with the post explaining more about where it originated. Here’s the original thread: https://archive.foolz.us/vp/thread/13602130/

    I think it’s fake, but I’d like to see PokeJungle break it down like they do with most rumors. It didn’t leave much breathing room, and we may see it confirmed/deconfirmed tommorow.

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  5. I personally feel that the direct tomorrow will showcase “transfer your shiny dialga/palkia/giratina event from B2W2 over to X and Y and you’ll unlock the elusive *inserts new pokemon name here*

    MY BODY IS READY

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  6. Id like to see an article for each gen about what team each member of staff would make using Pokemon from each gen. Then we could all discuss our teams in the comments. Then in the week of XY release we can comment about how our team’s are shaping up as we play the games.

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  7. Just a question to the staff, if something like a leaked pokedex or art of the starter evos shows up, will that be hidden in spoilers? I know that was done with the B/W release, so I’m curious if that will be the case again. If not, I’ll have to go into hiding when something like that happens. 😛

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  9. I think they may introduce how to transfer Pokemon from BW/B2W2. That or another new mechanic on how to evolve Pokemon. I think we’ll see Pancham’s and Inkay’s evolution methods.

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  11. I know that this is a bit off topic (sort of) but.. Do you think they might introduce a playable character for Smash Bros. from Pokemon?

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  12. This doesnt apply to pre-launch, but I would like to see a main article going up the day before release(when Nintendo World Store shoppers can get the game IIRC, and Japan will have it almost 24 hours before anyone in the US can get it except at that one store in NYC), that will be updated with each new Pokemon found and its location. Readers can post pictures and sources in the comments, and together we can hopefully put together a rough Pokedex within the first 2 days of release! (since AFAIK there isnt a way to strip the data out of the game card)

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    • What did you mean by ” exept one store in nyc”? If there is a place to get the games early in ny ill need to drive up there that weekend!

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      • Sorry I should have been clearer on that- I heard either Nintendo World or it could be a Pokemon Center either one, in New York gets them the day before or at midnight, dont remember which one. Im sure you could google it and find out more, but its just for people that pre ordered it im sure!

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        • Ohh okay. I thought you meant like a significant amount of time earlier. My local gamestop does the midnight release but i always end getting the new games 3-7 days before release anyways here in MD

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          • Nah, just a day. Is gamestop doing midnight release for these as well? I thought they couldnt do that with Nintendo titles for some reason? What store can you get the game that far in advance??? 0_o

          • Idk i never heard that before but i know my local gamestop is for x and y. Its a little import store here in MD i use to date the owners daughter i only got b/w a few days early but d/p i ended up getting the Japanese. Version 5 days before it released in japan. Lol

  13. Could you guys do an article on favorite everythings? Ex: Fav Pokémon, Gym Leader, Elite Four Member, Rival, Champion, Evil Team, ect.

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  14. OMG!!!! I LOVE THIS IDEAAAA!!! I WANT TO CRY :’D IT’LL BE REALLY AWESOME PJ!! I want to remember all the pokemon games 😀 thanks a lot for the gift

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  18. I have a question and sorry it’s out of topic but I live in Dominican Republic and the time right now here is 7:16 pm! I want to know when the news about pokemon x and y start tomorrow?

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  20. I’m fine and cool with anything that will keep me from destroying everything for having to wait so long, yet so short of a time as October 12th. But, if I think about it, I would like something like a region breakdown or something about the stories of the games. That can be kinda cool. But whatever’s fine 😀

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  25. I would like a comparison of the past 6 generations and how much information we had at this point. It might be difficult to find reliable info for the first/second generations but surely the most recent ones can provide us some insight.

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  27. my body is ready for 2 things. starter evos and some hint of the story
    I mean come on. They dont have to show the last evo of the starters. They can just show the first evo and I will be happy

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  28. My hopes for Nintendo Direct:
    – STARTER EVOS!!!
    – NEW GYM LEADER(S)!!!
    – NEW POKEMON!!!
    – NEW MEGAS!!!
    – But most importantly…
    US ESHOP DEMOS! WHO’S WITH ME! But really, starter evos better happen. Or Oorotto as well, since that thing hasn’t been mentioned in months! Possibly an…
    EARLY GAME LEAK??????? 😀
    Despite the fact that the Early Game Leak won’t happen, or the ESHOP demo for the US, a guy can dream. I will try to be on the forums more often and catch up with X/Y news since just 39 short days until the release! :D:D:D:D

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  30. With the couple days I will have to play X and Y, I will stay up all night. Then my grades will start dropping. Thanks GameFreak! 🙂 < 🙁

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  31. who all is gettin x and or y and or both on the first day?
    I know I am. If I dont Ima get my old slave whip out on my parents(jk)

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  33. Something I want to see is actually in the green header bar: links to the forums, Twitter, Facebook(), and the new Community Guidelines should all be available from the front page, I think.

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    • You know, I have no idea why that still hasn’t happened. Just realised since the new theme there’s not even a link to the forums any more.

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  36. You know how we are all saying that we want to see the new Trio or the new this and that? We really don’t know how many old ideas will carry on through this generation, so at this point anything goes. Your wildest dreams could come true in the new world of Pokemon 😀

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    • Well, there is the potential for new trends, definitely, or even breaking trends. We may not have a Lucario/Zoroark counterpart this generation for instance, there has been absolutely no promotion of anything that could be, maybe because Zoroark wasn’t quite as resounding in popularity as Lucario was *though, I do like Zoroark, but the counterpart factor to Lucario could have been seen a bit forced* but I’d think we will DEFINITELY have a Legendary Trio. Had one since Gen I, it is as core to the series as starters are I’d think.

      I do think, though, we should try and dissect Pokemon dialogue more. I saw a Pokememes that remarked that someone in Pokemon BW2 actually brought up wanting to ride Pokemon instead of bikes. And they SO often say something in earlier games that come true later. So we should compile a list of interesting ‘possible things in the future’ that haven’t happened yet.

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      • Very well said. The fun thing about this open speculation for X and Y is that any ideas we have could carry on in the future, with any luck.

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  37. So are people going to post pictures of some unique things they discover in X and Y here on pokejungle at/after October 12th? Someone is definitely gonna find a shiny starter. They should post a picture here.

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  38. I think it would be interesting post a few new polls every week to go along with each generation’s coverage. They could be as basic as, “Do you think this generation was an improvement over the last?” or they could be something more deeply related to that generation in particular, like, “Which game or games from this generation were an improvement?” or, “Which game or games did you like best from this generation?” It’s an easy and fun way to get the community to interact with the site without having to leave comments.

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  40. I’d like to see a article about the Safari Zone and its variations throughout the years. That, or the Game Corner throughout the years.

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  41. This sounds like quite the ambitious project, I’m surprised you would try something like this. That being said, it sounds like it should be fun! Good luck, hopefully it turns out to be five weeks of exceptional articles.

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