[UPD1] A few new pictures added
The evolution for the recently revealed Pokémon Amaura has been leaked by the website Jeux Video. Its name is Aurorus and has a new attack called Freeze-Dry which is super effective against Water-type Pokémon and may freeze opponents! Update: IGN has now released some pictures of Tyrantrum, Tyrunt’s evolution. It can learn Head Smash.
Game Details
In addition to the two new Pokémon, various game outlets got to play Pokémon X & Y and have revealed some small additions to the games.
- New Kalos Pokémon will not be receiving Mega Evolutions, only Pokémon from generations 1 through 5
- It’s official, Masuda has confirmed that the overworld will not be in 3D, only battles and some special scenes
- PokéCenters will now feature an area to customize trainer appearance alongside the medical area and PokéMart
- Pokémon now gain XP when the wild opponent is captured
- Professor Sequioa asks you to run an errand at the start of the game: delivering a letter to your mother
Media Briefing Articles/Interviews
IGN.com — Men are from Mars, Pokémon X and Y are from France
Eurogamer — A new perspective: How Pokémon X and Y refreshes the series
Polygon — Pokémon X and Y director discusses the games’ strategic depth and Mega Evolutions
Trivia
Amaura and its evolution are both probably based on Amargasaurus. The artist of the above picture has depicted it with skin sails similar to the two Pokémon, but recent theories speculate that the rows of spikes probably stood on their own without any connecting tissue.
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Is anyone else surprised it took THIS long to invent a Tyrannosaurus Rex Pokémon?
i hoped for a T-rex pokemon since gen 2. 😛
Yes XD though my theory is that they wanted to go with the lesser known invertebrate fossils first to make them stand out from the other pokemon and seem a little alien. Now that fossil pokemon are the norm, it’s easier to go with more conventional, widely-known fossils
Actually it could have been made a long time ago but never used until now.
i hope tyrantrum will be 6-7m long!
Based on the model, I really doubt it. It’s physically larger in terms of being thick, but it’s about on par with Aurorus, who height is 8’10, and based on that we can guage it’s length, and Tyrantum is only a little bit longer, and maybe a bit shorter, or at the same height.
i hope he will be at least 3m long, but he’s still a badass if he is short.
Well, length wise that might be fairly accurate, but I’m fairly certain they will show it’s size stat by it’s height, and based on screenshots, it looks like Tyrantum will be 7’8″ to 8’1″ or so. But it does look longer than Aurorus is tall, so 3 meters long from snout to tail may be right.
i have BIG hopes for this pokemon!
I’ve just realised that the spikes on Tyrantrum’s tail look like stalagmites!
Tyrantrum is so amazing i hope his german name is good 😀
Well, you can always nickname him Tyrantrum if it’s not quite as good heh. But there are some pretty awesome terms that could be used, one that comes to mind is Kaiser could maybe be used, I think that would be pretty fitting.
German names are always epic!
My Team So Far
Tyrunt box/Extra
FOSSILS!
I love Aurorus but think the manes would’ve been more awesome on her back rather than her head
I am so very in love with amaura, it is amaaaazing!
both of them are amazing in my opinion. 😀
I think it’s the way the mouth and jaw are shaped in the official art that make me not like tyrantrum as much. It’s tongue is weird looking and the jaw seems at a weird angle to me. I still like it, but I think I prefer Aurorus even though I prefer tyrunt to amaura.
Can we all agree that there are the best fossil Pokemon ever?!
Amen to this!
I think we can all agree that these are the best Pokemon games ever~
Tell that to the Genwanners though I’m prettysure it’ll just go out the other ear lol.
They can cower in fear over the epicness of Tyrantrum for all I care.
LMFAO Good one. Couldn’t said it better myself
Aerodactyl still may be my favorite, but this guy is gaining on him and Archeops.
Aerodactyl had another chance with his mega!
LOL. True I bet they lost their hearing.
Very true.
Agreed 🙂 but Kabutops still has a special place in my heart.
Yes!
Really good? Yes.
Best? Debatable.
For me personally, every generation had exactly one fossil pokemon I liked, except 3 where I liked both.
Prof. Sequioa? It’s a typo. It’s Sycamore still! You guys should change it!
Where did you see it was just a typo?
Are you sure? It’s from the IGN article, and it still says Professor Sequoia there.
You have one too, it’s Sequoia. 😛
I wouldn’t think so. It seems you don’t even meet Sycamore until after the first gym.
Since the official site has to update along with IGN and those websites I think we can expect a new trailer soon with more Pokemon and more details ^.^
maybe tomorrow we will have a new trailer!
With release around the corner they’ll be teasing all kinds of news.
I hope they have more Pokemon in store and every week or so they “accidentally” leak it.
http://www.gamesradar.com/pokemon-xy-why-director-masuda-himself-answers/
Click on the picture of the starters to read that part of the interview. Pretty much confirmation of the Knight, Mage, and Thief theme 😀
See a graphical update? (It is Lumoise City. Yet, the areas in each screenshot is not the same).
See a graphical update? X & Y is looking good! (It is Lumoise City. Yet, the areas in each screenshot is not the same).
Yeah the first one was when the game was still in beta. Obviously they would be improving over the past few months 😛
Darn, the colors look less clear in the new one. I like the old ones more, but then again, this picture is a bit fuzzy. Then again, I guess the new one does look a bit more realistic. Gah, who cares how much better it looks- it’s still tons better than the old gens!
Try telling that to “Genwunners” 🙁
Urgh, I know! I feel like my expectations don’t even exist for some games anymore. It’s like, no matter how badly they could screw this up, it’ll still look better than the old ones. Same with Smash Bros- even if they took out my favorite character (PT), at least they’re making another one!
It’s just a picture, i’m positive that it will look good on the actual 3ds screen
True- 3DS games tend to look pretty bad in pictures but great on the system. I’ve never played a bad looking 3DS game.
Amazing improvement.
Has anybody seen a game play video pertaining to this new info?
Nope but we should expect one soon maybe even revealing new Pokemon in the trailer!
Sounds good to me! The wait is killing me! I have been playing these games from day one and i have not been this excited since the rumors of a new pokemon named pikablu!
Dang I wonder how tall Tyrantrum is
Based on these screenshots, it’s quite a bit shorter than Aurorus, so I’d speculate 7’5 at the least to 8′ at the most.
Mr. Masuda set us straight, “So the X and Y actually come from the two axes, the X and the Y axes,” Masuda said. “These are used as kind of a way to express different ways of thinking–different opinions–and it’s actually tied into the themes of the games, which is expressed through certain differences in the story between the two versions. So there will be slight differences to the story in X and Y. It also ties into the message we want to convey with these games: Even though X and Y are representing these two different ways of thought, there’s a point where they overlap. So we really want to convey the message of finding these points that we as humans share in common, rather than focusing on the differences we have.”
Source: http://www.gamesradar.com/pokemon-xy-why-director-masuda-himself-answers/
I have a feeling these stories are gonna be amazing.
And that the Z axis is eminent…..
If they did, most likely the entire game would be 3D considering what the Z axis is. But I don’t know how it would tie into the story they are hinting at.
B/W focused more on the differences of people’s opinions…truth and ideals conflicting, Team Plasma abusing people’s emotions, what was ‘right’ and ‘wrong’, black and white thinking. X and Y seem more…3-dimensional (hah c wat i did thr), diving deeper into the thoughts and emotions of creatures. Interesting.
Xerneas also seems to represent eternity, while Yvetal destruction. Perhaps Team Flare do desire eternal youth? Or maybe they want to destroy all that they deem unworthy?
Or both?
3 dimensions? HUEEERNN CNFIRMD
Hmm, eternal youth has to do with beauty, and they said that beauty a key theme of the Kalos region. Hmm…
The Fountain of Youth!
I have been thinking about it and those two ideas are probably the most accurate.
From what we’ve seen so far with Team Flare they originally want money, probably as a means to an end.
We know they are scientists, again money could be funding some machine they are trying to make. Aswell as that fact that they have cybernetic goggle things lol
I think they could be trying to harness the power of the two Pokemon and using it on the Kalos Region.
And if you see in the Anime trailer with the Garchomp, it is going around destroying things randomly AND has a red ring around its neck. Now I dunno if Garchomp have this normally but it may be the work of Team Flare; sending Pokemon on rampages in places they see unfit to be in a “Perfect World” ?
We are all geniuses we knew this when they were revealed in January good job homes!
I thought seeing the fossil Pokemon’s evolutions would make it easier for me to decide on one. I was mistaken 🙁
I’m not sure if anyone else saw this yet..but I’ll put it here anyways.
“Update (11:30 AM): With thanks to KurowaSan for the translation, an interview with Eurogamer has revealed that there will be a greater variety of wild Pokemon in the grass. The idea is that each time you enter tall grass, they want you to find a different Pokemon. Also, depending on the color of the flowers in the tall grass, the ratio of the Pokemon encounters and their types are different. Masuda also stated that there might be an easier way to obtain Shiny Pokemon, while Yoshida said that they wanted to make a Shiny Pokemon’s color stand out more.”
Credit to Pokebeach (http://pokebeach.com)
Edit: Here’s the original source: http://www.eurogamer.pt/articles/2013-09-19-exclusivo-pokemon-x-and-y-entrevista-com-a-gamefreak (note it is in Portuguese)
Easier way to obtain shiny pokemon……YOU HAVE MY ATTENTION!!!!
Easier Way to obtain shinies? Well they’re practically giving them out for events
Make shiny stand out more??? THANK YOU!!!
They had better make Shiny Garchomp more noticable
It’s a tragedy what happened to shiny Garchomp.
Shiny Gible and Gabite looked so cool…..and then facepalm
So much of this. I loved getting the Shiny Gible from Benga, but I was fearing its evolution.
Garchomp obviously had no use for Shiny colors, he was good as is. *joking*
I just finished training my Shiny Garchomp. I’d love for him to look even better.
No it’s different, it is slightly darker than normal.
uh yeah, I know. That’s why I said JOKING. But it’s such a negligible change that you may not even notice outside of the sparkle effect. Which is the entire point. And, it’s a common joke. That Garchomp’s shiny form looks basically exactly the same because Garchomp is perfect already.
If it was pitch black like Charizard, it would be fine. Right now it’s like…navy blue.
No more garchomp-esque shinies!
Yay! Happy day! *clap* *clap*
This is gonna be fun! >:D
Tyrantrum, Xerneas, Honedge, Pangoro, Noivern and Frogadier are my team so far! 😀
Y team: Frogadier Honedge Pyroar Tyruntrum Helioptile Malamar
X Team: Braxien Furfrou Sylveon Aurorus
Oh yeah I forgot I’m getting both!
Ha, and Tyrantrum was probably added either today or a week ago. Imagine what’ll happen in a week if they reveal someone even more cool than the guys on your list… You’ll have some real problems!
I for one haven’t planned anything besides my X team having Chespin, Charizard (one of my favorite Pokemon of all time) and Litleo (I love Lion King) and the Y one having Fennekin. Planning too much will spoil it!
only thing i changed is tyruntrum for noivern
Wow, tomorrow is already the 20th. September is almost over….this is a very good thing 🙂
Wow! That was fast O.O
Time flies!
Like a Beautifly!
As of tomorrow, I’m only one week away from my red Pokemon 3DS XL. I’m so hyped for it. Then it means 2 weeks and a day… gah!
That 3DS looks awesome! I like it better than the blue.
I’ve already got a red 3DS, but I love its colors so much that I really don’t mind upgrading to the new one that’s also red. I considered blue because it’s different, but then again, you can’t have too much of a good thing.
I got the Special Pikachu 3DS XL Best money spent!
The worst is going to be the last few days before X and Y’s release. I had a nightmare last night that I fell asleep to long and all the copies of X and Y were sold out even though I pre-ordered them and my internet was out so I couldn’t look up stuff on it.
Thank God it was only a dream!!
I’m so paranoid when it comes to preorders. I’m just expecting to go to Gamestop next week and see that they don’t have my Pokemon 3DS xl in stock. I’m even thinking waiting till after 10 am to leave campus just so that I can call ahead of time to see if they’re in stock instead of wasting a 40 minute round trip on the bus instead of getting there when it opens. And now I’m afraid that Target won’t have my Y in stock when I get there at 8 am on the 12th. Fire Emblem Awakening ruined me!
I pre-ordered both versions and a guide on Amazon with 1 day ordering so I won’t get the games till Monday 🙁
No worries, big hits are almost always in stock at label retailers. I got my copy of Y paid off at GS and have yet to face one preorder that didn’t come out on release day there. But I HIGHLY recommend not to preorder these games at Newegg, as my initial order would have come on October 21st -o-. Everywhere else is fine.
Yeah but I think Intelligent Studios never expected FE Awekning to be so popular so they made fewer shipments. I’m pretty sure GF expects X and Y to be extremely popular so it might be less likely to sell out.
That’s true- I’ve just never pre-ordered from Target before… I’ve always pre-ordered Gamestop and they’ve always been great.
I have similar fear that my preorder will arrive 3 days late! If it is late, I’m just going to go out to the nearest store and buy it!
The kalos pokemon better be stronger then the previous gens to compensate with the fact that they won’t get mega evolutions :S.
WHHAATT!? So that means my Quilladin evolution won’t Mega Evolve!!??
nope. maybe in the next generation of games..
At least not in X and Y. I’m sure it will in the future. Gives us a chance to appreciate the Kalos Pokemon, before they go improving them via Megas 🙂
Is it time yet?
Maybe ShinyXatu knows.
Time for what?
Time for RANDOM DANCING (jk)
Time for them to reveal their Mega Evolutions!
Nope lol. Probably not till Z/Sequels, or the 7th generation.
At least we’re only allowed one Mega per team. That way, any opponents with Megas will be easier to beat if we use a team of all Kalos Pokemon instead of battling a team of all Megas with no Megas. It seems odd to steal the spotlight away from the new Pokemon by not allowing them to Mega Evolve.
So the starters aren’t going to get Mega Evolutions…
We are getting Kanto starters first instead of the Kalos starters!? WUUT!?
My first Pokemon from Gen 6/X & Y isn’t going to be Chespin…
No, we get the Kanto starters later.
Keep calm and carry Repels.
No lol, we get the Kalos starters first. We don’t get the Kanto starters until we get to Lumiose City.
That’s what I thought but I read a post saying that it was heavily hinted at that we get the Kanto starters first…
Nopers xD Chespin will be your first Pokemon in Kalos! ^_^
Froakie is the beeeeest muwhahaha
CHESPIN! <3
Must…have…all…
No you get the Kanto starters when you meet Professor Sycamore sometime after the first gym so you’ll be stuck with your Kalos starter and the start of game Pokemon until you get past the first gym.
I know it was just heavily hinted at in interview 🙁
The only thing I saw in the interview was that they were originally NOT going to give us the Kanto Starters. They decided to after they saw the designs for the Mega evolutions. Either way, just get it out of your mind. Kalos Starters are our starting Pokemon, end of discussion, nothing to worry about.
Thank you for the clarification 😀
it does not matter to me when we get the kanto starters i am only using kalos pokemon for my run though
Hopefull they’ll be level 10 and NOT level 5.
Yes tyrunts eco it looks awesome