Moments ago, the official Pokémon Facebook page revealed the newest Pokémon X & Y species! With the ability No Guard, this Steel and Ghost-type Pokémon is capable of carrying out intricate attacks by telepathically coordinating its two blades to deliver twice the slice in battle.
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Featured Thread: ‘Misprints’ in the Original Pokemon Handbook? … Or are They? by VirtueSereneGraceAuraHeart
Pokémon gain experience even when the opposing wild Pokémon is caught – subsequently a caught Pokémon gives the same experience points as a defeated one.
Sky Battles are limited to Flying-type Pokémon and those with the Levitate ability – some moves can’t be used.
There is an adjustment to the inheritance system of breeding.
Ghost-type Pokémon can freely escape from battle without being influenced by Shadow Tag.
The item Exp. Share will revert to Exp. All as in Generation I, where when one Pokémon holding this item participates in battle, all other Pokémon in the team receive experience as well. Unlike in Generation I, the experience is not split but rather received by all Pokémon. This means that the participating Pokémon receives 100% experience, while non-participating Pokémon gain 50% experience.
When distributing new moves and abilities, priority was given to new Pokémon.
The CGI style is different from Pokémon Stadium and Pokémon Battle Revolution, as those games were supposed to emulate “realism within fantasy”. Since the handheld Pokémon series is supposed to be accessible to everyone, battles were made “cuter”.
The standard selection process for Pokémon Mega Evolution is based on three points: visual looks, popularity and game balance.
The power-up of Mega-Evolved Pokémon is meant to elevate them to the class of legendary Pokémon, hence the restriction of only one Pokémon being allowed to hold a Mega Stone during battles.
The timing to Mega-Evolve is selectable.
Some moves, with focus on special ones, have had their power and accuracy revamped.
http://mynintendonews.com/2013/09/25/new-pokemon-x-y-information-emerges-looks-at-games-mechanical-changes/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
We know this already
I didn’t.
Agreed, I didn’t know anything about them changing the EXP Share back into an EXP All. Or there will be adjustments in Breeding Inheritance, whatever that means. At least it gives some clarification on what power level the Megas should be boosting too, which seems about right. Now whether that means 680 or not, I don’t know, but the fact that Garchomp LOST speed when going to Mega Garchomp seemed like a fairly good tipoff it shouldn’t be that much over 600.
The Exp. Share part is new to me
“The standard selection process for Pokémon Mega Evolution is based on three points: visual looks, popularity and game balance.”
Really? That’s too biased.
It should have been- Ugliness, least popular, and most weak.
So they can have the spotlight once in their lifetime (╯︵╰)
*Read in Dwan’s voice*Buneary! Spot..light!*Stop reading in Dawn’s voice* Sorry I had to :p I guess they want to bring older/former fans back into the mix! I have only seen these commercials on more adult channels like [adult swim] or Comedy Central. Never have I seen a commercial for X & Y on Disney, Cartoon Network, etc.
For those thinking that there won’t be any cross gen evolutions this gen because GameFreak isn’t revealing any need to think about that, just because GameFreak doesn’t officially reveal any evolutions from past gens (other than Sylveon and Megas) doesn’t mean they won’t be there. For all we know they want us to discover these evolutions in the game itself so don’t give up hope just yet. We only have about 35 Pokemon revealed so far so don’t give up like that, who knows what surprises we might find in the Kalos Dex.
I’m still hopeful 🙂
There will definitely be evolutions and/or pre-evolutions to old Pokemon. Probably not gonna be another Eeveelution, but anything else is possible! 😛
I’m still hoping as well. I really don’t want mega evolution to be the new cross gen evolution. I love mega evolution with all my heart. It’s the greatest thing GF has ever done in history! But I don’t want it to be overdone to death or it won’t be fun.
I actually have to disagree there about the megas, I like a few of them but the concept is a bit dumb. Especially Mega Garchomp, Mega Blaziken, and Mega Mewtwo X/Y. This is just my opinion though. But yes we should stay hopeful. Also correct me if I’m wrong but did GameFreak ever reveal the gen 4 cross evolutions? Or were they just revealed in game?
Yeah, in one of the corocoros before the game was revealed, the showed a BUNCH of them all together.
Oh alright, well there goes that theory.
Well, it was worth a try, hoping I mean.
I wish I knew about the reveals of Gen IV cross evolutions. I got into the games in Gen III (FR/LG), took a break from the franchise during Gen IV, and came back to the franchise during Gen V (B/W). This is my first time waiting for a new generation to begin.
As for Mega Evolutions, I think GF is over doing it. Legendaries and Psudo Legendaries really should not get them. When I think of Mega Evolution, I think of the FINAL form Ichigo went through in Bleach and how glorious it was. But it’s not so cool when GF is being an Oprah Winfrey about it!
YOU GET A MEGA EVOLUTION AND YOU GET A MEGA EVOLUTION EVERYBODY GETS A MEGA EVOLUTIOOOOON!~
I quite like the design haha and it reminds me of that eyes on hand monster from ‘ahhh real monster’ show :B
I’m not gonna use it on my team but I think it’s fab cause of it’s simplicity (and also cause it’s symmetric….which is good for people with OCD)
Yep.
O.k Trainers who wants to bet that when (or if) Doublade evolves it gets a shield
Cause don’t get me wrong a living suit of armor sounds totally cool
I’m praying that it goes Magnezone….and not Vanilluxe. I wanna see something new besides the color pink.
i can can see the point why people are complaining about it dosent look dull at all, in fact he looks pretty sharpe, infact i’ll bet he will have a cutting edge over the compition.
No Non Eevee Cross Gen Evolutions in Gen VI? Some weak Pokémon might not Mega Evolve? Well, at least there’s still the Baton Pass Method.
Honedge is evolving!
Your Honedge has evolved into Doublade!
Doublade now has pink eye!
FFUUUUUUUUUU
*in monotone voice* You have pink eye…looks like you need clear eye.
Finally!!! Honedge is evolved in Doublade 😀
No Non Eevee Cross Gen Evolutions Confirmed?
All the hate that I see it getting from various sites makes me like it even more. I’ve always been attracted to the unappreciated/underdog.
So is Duoblade two Honedge morphed into one, or two swords being possessed by the same spirit?
I’m wiling to bet its two sword and one soul.
when two lonly honedges meet and fall in love they, decide to get married, and grow old and evovle together and then they have a baby to make a three blade pokemon
It’s funny because Honedge really does have genders.
Maybe spirits of two fellow swordsmen.
Am I the only one who thinks it’d be pretty awesome if their was a Steel type gym leader who’s main Pokemon was Duoblade and the Duoblade is frequently seen riding on the gym leaders back?
That would be funny. Sadly, it would be Duoblade doing the battling not the gym leader.
My Pokemon X team so far. Gonna leave 2 spots for unknown Pokemon (not that kind of unknown lol).
I have half of my Y team confirmed. The last half will be new Pokémon.
My reaction: Goddamnit, but YES!
Upset that GF pretty much confirmed that there will be no non-eevee cross gen evolutions?
(I’m typing this from school, I gotta go XD)
Later!
Well we don’t really know that yet…*Tries to stay optimistic*
Looks like something Quilladin’s final evo could use as a weapon when it finally evolves into a Grass Paladin…
I’m not sure why everyone is suddenly saying”no cross-gen evolutions confirmed.” This doesn’t mean that at all. What led everyone to that conclusion? Just because they announced it would be an evolved Pokemon didn’t mean it was the deciding moment to see if all cross-gen evolutions would or would not exist.
That started from me. Sorry, I don’t mean to be pessimistic. It’s still possible there will be cross-gen evolutions (not eevee related), but with the rave of mega evolutions and many unknown new pokémon, it seems less and less likely to happen.
I don’t think that’s necessarily true. Remember Gen IV, where they had a huge slew of new evolutions that were completely unhinted-at before the release of Diamond and Pearl.
I didn’t wait for Gen IV at the time. This is my first time waiting for a new generation to begin.
well back then, all those evolutions after Weavile were completely unmentioned before the games were released, and it took a lot of people by surprise, so the same thing might happen here.
Ok. Then what was GF talking about at the time? More than half of the Sinnoh Pokémon (I think) are Cross-gen evolutions. Were they just talking about 20 new ones and new game mechanics?
Not many Pokemon games before this one got this much constant attention and releases. This is probably because of the international release…
I don’t get why people want pre-gen evolutions so badly. This takes away from the new Pokemon. That’s why I accept Megas, even if I don’t want to use the mechanic. Megas are basically new evolutions without being permanent so they don’t take away from the Pokedex.
I mentioned this on someone else’s reply, but the reason why people want cross-gen evolutions so badly, at least in my opinion is this: There are many weak Pokémon that are never used. Let’s say you’ve wanted to use them for such a long time but didn’t because of their stats, Tropius, Lunatone, and Seviper for example. With a cross-gen evolution, you can use all three in the same party and be content. However, if these three get a Mega Evolution, that means you can only Mega evolve one of them and not use the others at all (unless you want to, but they’re too weak to fight)!
I suppose you mean for competitive battling? You can beat the main game with a Pidgey if you really felt like it (and if you’re a cheapass/got patience of steel).
The point there, though, is that not every Pokemon CAN be of equal strength. Some Pokemon will always be better than others. Tiers are the curse of all competitive play. People will always abuse whatever is top tier, but to make competition exist, not everything can be of equal strength.
I’ve seen videos of people using an assortment of teams, so it CAN be done. It depends on how you use them. It would work just as well for a Pokemon to be ‘fixed’ via stats/IVs, attacks, and abilities in order to keep up with the competition. But not every Pokemon can be made competitively capable.
That’s why we have Olimar in SSBB.
That was so touching. To answer your question, I did mean competitively, but I don’t battle competitively anyway so it doesn’t matter. You are absolutely right! There will always be limitations, and not every Pokémon can be made competitively capable, but in Story Mode (IDK what to call playing non-competitively) you can any Pokémon well enough to beat the game. I too have seen a few gameplays where Neverused Pokémon were used well. I just keep thinking that there is some hidden potential that can only be unlocked through evolution. But I have now realized that it’s not through evolution, it’s through the heart!
Pretty much, yes. They really showcased Weavile and Munchlax. A lot of time was spent talking about all the new features and how being on the DS was going to significantly change the gameplay. For a while, Diamond and Pearl were also going to have fully 3D interiors to their buildings, like we have in Black and White, but that was scrapped because it made the games lag too much.
I really like Doublade, much better then I expected it to look + I think ppl r just mad because it wasn’t an evolution to an older Pokémon or a 2nd Eeveelution. I’m glad they didn’t show an evolution to an older Pokémon I want to see evolutions to new 6th gen Pokemon!
-17 😀 WOW just two week and a few days more I guess( refresh if you cant see the picture)
The person is a bit behind. We are at 16 days already! 16 days, 9 hours, 25 minutes, and 30 seconds.
now 25
no dude!!!! look you neeed to wait 9 hours to say
: 16
It all really depends on whether you use either today or the day it comes out on this countdown to make it 16 or 17 days.
It also depends on what timezone you’re in because TIME DOESN’T EVEN EXIST LOLOL
This is also true hahaha
Not really 😛 We need to wait 9 hours to say 15. Isn’t that better though? Less wait! 😀
wtf? you are really a kid1!!! Please think about it ok? if you have 15 days 10 hours and 5 minutes you are still in 16 because you need to wait OMG Be more smarter ok?
I never said we are in 15 days. I said we need to WAIT 9 hours to say that there is 15 days left. We are still at 16 obviously.
we are still at 17 OMGGGGGGGG MAN WHATEVER
Whatever, uggh timezones >_>
Also the countdown is official so the time it says there is the real time left. Right now it’s at 16 days. Either way the games are coming so I’m going to stop now.
Not trying to be rude, sorry, but Samurott is kinda right.
And you are too.
It’s 17 days away.
But we’re in 17 day so it’s 16 plus whatever’s left of the 17th day.
Both of you are right.
I don’t think that’s what Samurott was trying to say. It sounded like he was arguing that it won’t be 16 days left until today is completely over. Basically…he’s rounding up. Which you kind of can’t do because it’s ignoring the fact that time has already passed.
Team Flare frightens me.
On my BIRTHDAY I will shake Team Flare’s core with my awesome Ground type Pokemon mastery!
No matter what i do, my teams always have a strong weakness to Ground…I disappoint myself…
so we got the klink of the generation now so will the final have a big shield in the back
honeage look like a final evo unless doublade is the final and the pre is a little dagger
Guys, i just want to confirm that one bit of the rumor with Wailmer being one of the balloons is at the moment true. It seems the GameStop my girlfriend works put out the boxes for display and preorders, and had the official sleeves (meaning carts are somewhere -o-) and on the back she and I both saw Wailmer in Super Training. So, yeah also Doublade looks cool, but its not something I’ll put on my team sadly.
shiny Honege( Gold)
Shiny Doublade (Diamond)
I bet u on that
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN7dYDYfvVg
YES.
Okay…wasn’t expecting this…but God, swords are cool. I love its Celtic designs. And its smiles…I see this thing giggling eerily a lot. I need to draw a character wielding these swords. I was kind of hoping for a shield and sword but twin swords are DOUBLE THE POWER. If you’re Lloyd Irving anyway.
its totally the klink of generation VI
Klink is worse in my opinion.