X & Y Reviews and Pokémon Bank Info

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The first reviews for Pokémon X&Y are being put online. We’ll be updating this post throughout the day to keep track of the games and what new reviews there are for you to read. Let’s get started!

Reviews

  • Mashable: “‘Pokémon X’ and ‘Y’ Are Polished But Play It Too Safe”
    • The much-anticipated 3DS addition to the Pokémon series will not disappoint fans of the franchise. 3D has been a long time coming, and I’m glad it turned out so well. While the battles are as fun as ever, I wish developers would had taken more risks with its structure and story. Still, whether you just want to casually battle friends or enter tournaments, Pokémon X and Y will give you enough to chew on for many, many hours of fun.
  • IGN: “Pokemon X and Y Review: A Mega Evolution” (9/10)
    • “Every so often, evolution takes a significant leap. Pokemon X and Y is smarter, better, and faster than its predecessors, but it’s the impressive online social features and fantastic new 3D look that make the latest game in the 15-year-old RPG series amazing. As long as you’re within the range of Wi-Fi, you’re never alone in Pokemon X and Y, and we finally have the tools to express ourselves over the course of this 35-hour adventure.”
  • GameInformer: “Seeing Pokemon From a New Angle” (8.75/10)
    • “Pokémon hasn’t made a concerted effort to step outside of its comfort zone ever since it first released in Japan in 1996 – and for good reason. It found its hook nearly 20 years ago and has held on firm for better and worse. In this way, changing things in Pokémon presents a certain degree of uncomfortable risk. X & Y offer no significant changes in direction to the Pokémon series, but this is the most drastic step the series has ever taken. “
  • Digital Spy: “‘Pokemon X’ review (3DS): As engaging and addictive as ever”
    • “Pokemon X and accompanying game Pokemon Y represent what is perhaps the biggest evolution of the Pokemon series since it debuted to a huge following in the mid-nineties.
      Receiving a graphical overhaul, new ways to connect, customisation options and Mega Evolutions, not to mention a wealth of new Pokemon to catch, the games are packed with first-time features and fresh new ideas.At its core, however, Pokemon X doesn’t stray too far from the original ‘gotta catch ’em all’ concept that has made the series so addictive and engaging.”

Still waiting on the outright negative review!

Pokemon Bank

In other news, it has been confirmed that Pokemon Bank will be released in the US  on December 27th, 2013 with a yearly fee of $4.99 ! You do get one free month of the service, however, and only need to start paying past the 30 day trial. It has also been shown that items do not transfer with the Pokemon.

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  2. Correct me if I am mistaken (which is possible), but I believe I read that the 3DS can’t be hacked. As such, does that mean we can’t get all the code or whatever for the new pokemon game to see all it hides? If that is true, couldn’t there potentially be tons of mega evolutions? Somewhere, deep down, I am hoping that when they said “not all pokemon have mega evolutions”, they were referring to unevolved pokemon (e.g. no mega charmander or charmeleon, but yes to mega Charizard). We have some underpowered comrades out there whose fully evolved base stats are under 400. How can we let this go on??

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      • ok…so, really even after the whole pokedex is revealed, there are many “easter eggs” or additional, hidden pokemon, that MIGHT be revealed in the sequel, but still be trade-able with XY. I will stay optimistic.

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    • It can’t be hacked completely, but cheats are available. They’re all over the place online for Monster Hunter 4, a popular 3DS game in Japan. As for figuring out hidden pokemon, we probably can. Even without complete cracking, we can do sort of a trial and error thing and eventually stumble upon the hidden pokemon.

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  4. As far as I can think of, we have seen the evolutions of all previously revealed or leaked Pokemon (correct me if I’m wrong) So NEW POKEMON HYPE!

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  9. I think one of the best things in this game will be the exp share – making easy for casual gamers if they have it on all of the time. or really hard for people who don’t use it to beat the gym leaders.

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  10. Thus far, on metacritic, a culmination of all the reviewers thus far, averages 88/100 for XY.

    BW averaged 87/100.

    It’s looking great so far.

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  14. nymphomania – fairy – causes all opponents of the opposite gender on the field to become attracted to the user.
    Or as an ability, quadruples egg laying rate. haha

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  20. I had also wanted to mention, a long time ago, when they announced the fairy type to balance out the dragon type, I wondered if they realized that it’s not dragon as a type (particularly a move type) that is so great, it’s the stats they have chosen to consistently give dragon types. Dragons are powerful because of their high stats, not because of their type. A dragon Delcatty scares few.

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    • You also have to consider that they previously only had 1 resistance, and that resistance could be overcome through the use of Earthquake or fire type attacks that a lot of dragons carry. But yeah, I do understand your point.

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      • Yeah, I get it, and I don’t dislike it…just struck me as a “problem” they had made over the years…but I guess this is the way to “fix” it at this point, like they did with psychic in gen 2.

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      • I also, personally, have a distinction between pokemon types and move types. Ice is great move type, but a difficult pokemon type. Dragon type moves are not as great (supereffectivity wise), as a dragon type. I wouldn’t give a dragon move to a non-dragon type, for example.

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    • Based on that weirdly dark pic of Flabebe with text going around, I think Flabebe is ‘that’ flower pokemon. Just a guess though, nothing confirmed yet!!

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    • No, Unova’s story was dark. This sounds like the usual non-realistic conflict
      Kanto & Johto was Money/Profit
      Hoenn Land vs Water
      Sinnoh had the whole “Reshape the World” theme going on
      Unova did the real philosophical pondering arguing whether capturing pokemon and forcing them to battle was morally correct in the first place and whether pokemon are better off without human interference
      Kaolos is probably goes back to “reshaping the world” but focuses more on making it more beautiful

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