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.”
- “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.
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.
<3 PJ
Featured Thread: Canada’s Largest Pokémon Gathering by Freeduck
I find the Gameinformer review to be very critical of the game. Also he/she didn’t like Spewpa
If they didn’t like Spewpa, they must die!
By the hands of Viola.
And her powerful bug type pokemon!
And her camera!…..wut? 😀
Her camera of death!
AND MY AXE!
Which would you rather want to see , Mega Sableye or Sableye Evolution? Remember, Sableye’s weak to Fairy now.
I highly doubt there would be a Sableye evolution.The only pokemon that got a regular evolution so far is Eevee 🙁
That is true. I believe Eevee will be the only one as well. However, there is a rumor that Sableye will get an evolution.
If so I hope it gets prankster 😀
The more pokemon receive mega evolution, the lesser older pokemon get an evolution.
Because Mega Evolution is the new Cross Gen evolution.
If all pokemon gets a mega evolution, it’s fat chance we’ll see an actual evolution. I’m starting to hate mega evolution already. Wow. I don’t know..
I’m a huge fan of Mega Evolution, but I HATE how GF is giving it to pretty much everybody, like candy during Halloween! I thought of the first six Megas as the chosen ones that would rule the metagame! But now, what makes them so special?
You still have to find their respective Mega Stones. And its not like everyone is getting them.
Sableye evolution
I’d like an evolution, but since Mawile got a mega evo, Sableye’s likely to get one too.
I just want to know one thing: What will be the animation for Wailord using Rollout? 😮 Is it gonna roll sideways or turn into a ball or what?!
Only time will tell.
I can’t wait to see all the unique animations Pokemon have for different moves! It’s gonna be so awesome, and pretty time consuming to see the different ways that Pokemon do the same move.
Only 7 days to go!
Oh man. Judgement might look threatening!
What about Curse? It varies depending on if a Ghost type uses it or any other type. What if Banette stabs itself with a needle? 😮
Ewwww. I didn’t even think about that!
Eww 🙁
How about a Chansey using Softboiled? :O
I want to see substitute animation!
What do you guys think a mega Arceus would look like?
it might have more of those jewels raped around its neck
Maybe Doesn’t it already have like base 700 stats?
720
:O well it defiantly isn’t getting a mega evolution.
If it does, it’ll probably get Slow Start or Truant as its ability.
Oh god no! Truant I could see happening and people woud just span hyper beam but slow start just sucks.
Also, Mewtwo has a BST of 680, but that didn’t stop GF from giving it a Mega.
It might even get 2.
Raped around its neck? o.O I think you mean ‘wrapped’. Raped is something very, very different and horrifying.
Maybe stand on two legs and wear a cloak. Arceus did get some competition in Gen V when Black and White Kyurem were revealed.
I’ll be disappointed if Arceus didn’t get a mega evolution. He’s the creator of Pokemon.
That can be caught.
If they did I think they would just buff his stats his ability is part of him.
MeagArceus: The creator of all Mega Pokémon!
Because of Pokémon Bank, do you think there will be an Arceus in-game event in X and Y in which we have to transfer the Shiny Creation Trio from BW or B2/W2?
Maybe I mean we got the shiny legendary beasts in HG/SS to get Zoroark so I don’t see why not.
I bet Mega Gardevoir would be the most generic looking, stereotypical fairy in the whole Pokemon universe.. Unless they reveal something we haven’t seen yet.
Oh god I am NOT going on 4chan when that’s revealed.
Diggersby stats. http://bootythug.tumblr.com/image/63154976856
http://i.imgur.com/2DFaX8T.jpg
It is ugly
No one ever said you had to catch one or evolve your Bunnelby.
Well if you look what happen to glameow.. Guess it got the same treatment.
but purugly is the best… I love purugly, its my favorite ever!
I’m not a big fan ether.
This is one of the best looking Pokemon in Kalos
Seriously?
Everyone has their own opinion….just drop it. You don’t like it, he does. That should be end of discussion as far as i’m concerned
I didn’t say I didn’t like it I said seriously as it thought they were joking.
Oh…sorry if i misinterpreted. I just don’t like seeing irrational arguments about a Pokemon’s looks.
Nah it’s fine I don’t have a problem with looks lickilicky is my favourite pokemon I’m just surprised someone else likes it’s design it’s stats on the other hand…
It has pickup so great Pokemon to have at the beginning & good for Clemont
It’s the only new ground type revealed so far so I don’t think we have much of a choice.
Well Kalos ground, apparently there’s a Ground/Fairy (I believe) yet to be found, most likely Mountain Dex
Mountain dex is pretty late in the game and I think after Clemont so it will be a looong wait.
ye but you can take out clemont with Chesnaught
#TeamChespin
I like him, because of his face its derpy. xd
Finally a ground type!
Now I need 5 or 4 more to have a team!
oh yeah today the new show Pokemon Get TV starts hours away:D
Ok guys #123 of the Central Pokedex need to fill in with a new or old Pokemon so any ideas?
The ground/fairy type!
Hmm good idea but what will look like?
Hmm not sure.
Looks like we got a big case on our hands.
It could me anything but it sure does have good typing.
Hmm what new Pokemon that has the typing Ground/Fairy?
It was only said by a reviewer but I can’t wait to see it 😀
Yeah me too:D
Why isn’t Diggersby a fighting type?
Bc he’s a bunny with digging ears.
But they look like massive fists.
You could say the same thing for Lopunny, has slight fist ears as well
It’s part Ground because I think of it as those stereotypical fat, rough builders/miners
http://i.imgur.com/IzY4NUV.jpg
Aegislash Blade forme http://i.imgur.com/wJ1Lzss.jpg
Burgmite evolution Avalugg. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v303/jrc6248/avalugg_zps3ee54341.jpg
too small to see! D:
Sorry I couldn’t find a bigger image.
any one has a link too day 3 leak recap
From /vp/ “Recap of the last day or so of leaks from /vp/
> BASED SLIGGO
> You can hit Pokemon in Amie
> New Move: Venom Drench – Pretty much spits a pile of venom on a poisoned Pokemon and lowers Speed and Sp. Atk
> New Key Pokemon, Klefki
> Mega Gyarados!
> Ice Chunk Pokemon
> BASED BINACLE’s EVO
> Almost all reviews were 9/10 or 4.5/5
> Serena/Callum falls in love with you at some point in the story
> Dat fucking overworld man..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4vu…e_gdata_player
> Korrina gives you her Lucario that warms up to you
> You can ride Furfrou in Lumiose
> Routes each have their own names
> Oorotto Pre-Evo Discovered
> Pumpkin Pokemon Discovered
> Nitx, Bug/Dark Bat Discovered
> Glow Punch’s ENG name is Powered-Up Punch
> New XY Movie teaser shows unknown Pokemon
> Mega Gardevoir accidentally popped up in a review, no pics of it
> Crafty Shield is a new move learned by Klefki that is like a Protect for non-damaging moves like Attract
> The starting town isn’t actually Vaniville, and you move to Vaniville after your mum is done with a short tutorial
> Ground/Fairy Pokemon dropped by Kotaku
> 70 New Pokemon rumor debunked
> Instead of dust clouds in caves and rustling grass, there are new signals in the overworld that replace them. Falling dust in caves and and bushes on routes are the replacements.
> Yveltal is catchable during the main game unlike Kyurem
> Sabyleye possibly has an evolution
> Grass Field and Fog Field are two new weather-like moves
> Make-up can be used in customization
> You can see your Pokemon interact in the overworld at the Daycare
> The Vanillite Taxis can be used to get around Lumiose City
> Some cafes/restaurants do special types of battles, like having to beat an opponent in X turns…because that’s how much time it would take for your meal to cool down and be able to eat, apparently.”
Games radar review, notice the unseen pokemon-amie minigame around 4:40
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PpFHSQdrI8
We need clues so we can Complete the Central Pokedex.
Orrotos English name is Trenavant
we known that for awhile now,but thanks
I’m always late to the party 🙁
trevenant*
Thanks the image was a bit to blurry for me to read.
one more week! I CAN’T WAIT! :O
me too! XD
time should pass faster
im playing old games to pass the time. xD
Which ones?
I’m hoping to atleast beat red in Soul Silver before the game arrives!
pokemon leaf green, mario bros but today i wll terminate both of them, im going to start again pokemon white btw. 😀
Nice! I’m replaying platinum in the spirit of X and Y 😀
Pokemon Platinum is a great game to start again!
It’s weird to think how the franchise has evolved over time.
yeah, we are in the final week before the release and i cant realize that there is 8 directional movement and before one year we could’t even sit!
All hail the mighty benches and roller skates!
Can’t wait to sit on a bench! xD
We are coming down the home stretch:D
This Bug/Dark Nitx, is there a picture of it?
Only hand a hand drawn picture
So Mewtwo and Lucario have both been in Smash bros but now they both have mega evolutions who do you think/would like to return?
they are probably gonna do mewtwo because it has two megas
Probably it’s so iconic.
I really hope that there IS a postgame.. I don’t care about new areas or something like that
But some quests to fullfill like pokethlon, musical, contests or battle facilities ToT
Does pokemon amie count?
I don’t know.. until now it doesn’t really convince me
I mean it’s nice to play with your own pokémon but it’s not like a real task to fullfill x_x
Hmm, how about super training?
It’s cool for EV training that’s true but that’s not enough for me >o<
Maybe Furfrou grooming?
nice idea but doesn’t replace a real post game xD!
Clothes shopping?(I’m running out of ideas)
I think character customisation is a huge and good step forward but that would’nt thrill me like battle frontier or contests in hoenn or pokewood :/
think there’s a battle tower after you beat the game.
I miss battle Frontier :c
Me too 🙁 I put hundred of hours into it back in Emerald days.
I’d ather have a really long game rather than some elaborate postgame I’m not gonna put much time into anyway XD
I agree 100%. I’m hoping for something similar to the battle frontier in Pokemon Emerald and Platinum, man I could spend my life playing that!
Electric weather http://s7.postimg.org/gog3d5tjf/1380970132113.jpg
Wow is Heliolisk really beating Chesknight?
Chesnaught, you mean?
I do believe that the battle is with Clemont who has two pokemon previous
Chesnaught just took down the first two pokemon as well.
I think we’ve all been caught up in this storm.
Lets have a recap at somethings that MAY have been forgotten/not given as much attention due to the hectic few days we’ve had..
Imagine..
– If Gamefreak never found a way for us to send our Pokemon from 5th Gen? Just imagine all that hardwork, all them guys we’ve caught gone to waste? Shouldn’t we be happy that we have this PokeBank?
– Another Fire/Fighting starter..It may have had the best design and concept but lets face it pretty much the majority if not entire fan base would go crazy and why not? 3 times in a row was enough. We now have a unique Fire/Psychic combo only shared by Victini finally breaking that horrible Fire/Fighting streak.
– No Super training..with no access to our previous pokemon and with the games growing so much if they never gave us an easier way to train then..imagine how hard it would be and how gruelling? They’ve made it much more easier for us!
– Boring, predictable/generic starters..Imagine if Gamefreak gave use three horrible pure fire/grass/water starters. They haven’t though! We have unique typings for starters in Grass/Fighting, Water/Dark and Fire/Psychic. In fact these typings are rare in general too. And the designs aren’t generic. All evolved forms were completely different than what we expected. They have the uniqueness about them. Delphox has this awesome witch/mage theme, imagine if it was a generic fox on four legs? Chesnaught looks like a beast but imagine if was something predictable like a small mole grass ground thing or if Greninja was the white bubbly thing we all expected. Gamefreak shook us, took a bit of a risk and props to them.
Or perhaps another set of Dragon Title Legendaries..or no Mega evolutions or..less than 50 new Pokemon or more than a 100 but badly designed, the designs this gen have been spot on right?..or imagine if we had no trainer customisation..
And many many more..
I think we should take a breather and think how fortunate we are with the many progressions this game made.
To heck with the reviews criticising the story line, the this and that. A reviewer is a reviewer. They look at the games differently. Maybe more objectively but no ONE can experience games like a true fan!! Like us!
you’re right with what you say and I’m grateful for all these huge upgrades but personally I’m just afraid that the new games are too flat and don’t use their full potential
Me too! I’m really hoping that there is some post game. At least something. And although I love the new Kalos mons, I still feel that we need a few more decent guys to add that finishing touch.
Lets keep our fingers crossed / :]
yeah the new region is really beautiful and the new pokémon are lovely but it just feels not complete so I’m really starving for some more leaks that show me otherwise xD!
So what other legendarys are there
The hype. I can’t handle it!
Hey y’all
Trying to keep up with these leaks is crazy, and I really don’t want to keep scrolling just to find what I miss. Can someone please post a link for the Poké Dex lists?
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NEW POKEMON
CENTRAL DEX
001. Chespin / 002. Quilladin / 003. Chesnaught
004. Fennekin / 005. Braizen / 006. Delphox
007. Froakie / 008. Frogadier / 009. Greninja
010. Bunnelby / 011. Diggersby
014. Fletchling / 015. Fletchinder / 016: Talonflame
020: Scatterbug / 021: Spewpa / 022: Vivillon
057: Litleo / 058: Pyroar
068: Flabébé / 069: Floette / 070: Florges
089: Skiddo / 090: Gogoat
091: Pancham / 092: Pangoro
093: Furfrou
114: Espurr / 115: Meowstic
117: Honedge / 118: Doublade / 119: Aegislash
129: Spritzee / 130: Aromatisse (Y exclusive)
131: Swirlix / 132: Slurpuff (X exclusive)
TOTAL = 36 or 37 (15 or 16 evolutionary lines)
COASTAL DEX
010: Inkay / 011: Malamar
021: Binacle / 022: Barbaracle
030: Skrelp / 031: Dragalge (Y exclusive)
032: Clauncher / 033: Clawitzer (X exclusive)
046: Helioptile / 047: Heliolisk
064: Tyrunt / 065: Tyrantrum
066: Amaura / 067: Aurorus
085: Sylveon
089: Hawlucha
110: Dedenne
124: Carbink
TOTAL = 18 minimum, 30 maximum (11 minimum evolutionary lines, 19 maximum evolutionary lines)
MOUNTAIN DEX
019: Goomy / 020: Sliggoo / 021: Goodra
050: Klefki
061: Phantump / 062: Trevenant
063: Pumpkaboo / 064: Gourgeist
079: Bergmite / 080: Avalugg
149: Yveltal (Y exclusive)
TOTAL = 11 minimum, ?? maximum (6 evolutionary lines thus far)
UNVEILED KALOS POKEMON STILL AWAITING DEX INCLUSION
* NEW *
Noivern
Xerneas (X exclusive)
Z Legendary
* OLD *
Joltik / Galvantula
Mewtwo
Torchic / Combusken / Blaziken
NEW POKEMON THUS FAR = 68
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MEGA EVOLUTIONS
REVEALED
Abomasnow
Absol
Aerodactyl
Ampharos
Blastoise
Blaziken
Charizard X
Charizard Y
Garchomp
Gengar
Gyarados
Kangaskhan
Lucario
Mawile
Mewtwo X
Mewtwo Y
Venusaur
CONFIRMED
Druddigon
Galvantula
Gardevoir
Heracross
NEW MEGA EVOLUTIONS THUS FAR = 21″
This good?
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