One of our staff members, Sammydodger, has now received his copy of Pokémon X! This is the beginning of our coverage of the game. We’re compiling our own experiences, along with information from 4chan, Reddit, and a large chunk from Serebii’s early explorations. This post will be updated constantly with information and images 🙂
Region Information
Towns
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- Vaniville Town
- Aquacorde Town
- Santalune City
- Lumiose City
- Camphrier Town
- Cyllage City
- Ambrette Town
- Geosenge Town
- Shalour City
- Courmaline City
- Laverre City
- Dendemille Town
- Anistar City
- Couriway Town
- Snowbelle City
- Kloude City
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Locations
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- Santalune Forest
- Parfum Palace
- Connecting Cave
- Glittering Cave
- Reflection Cave
- Sea Spirit’s Den
- Kalos Power Plant
- Pokéball Factory
- Lost Hotel
- Frost Cavern
- Terminus Cave
- Pokémon Village
- Victory Road
- Chamber of Emptiness
- Pokémon League
- Flare Cafe
- Team Flare HQ
- Azure Bay
- Battle Chateau
- Battle Maison
- Tower of Mastery
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Pokémon
Abilities
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- Proteon: Changes the user’s type to match the last attack used
- Competitive: Raises a user’s Special Attack when one of their stats is lowered
- Pixilate: Turns Normal-type attacks into Fairy-type attacks
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Battles
Mechanics
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- Inverse Battles: In these battles the type-chart is inversed
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New Attacks
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- Dazzling Gleam: (TM99)
- Play Nice: Lowers opponent’s attack by one stage
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Game Features
Gyms
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- Bug Badge – Pokémon up to Lv. 30 will obey you without question.
- Cliff Badge – Pokémon up to Lv. 40 will obey you without question.
- Rumble Badge – Pokémon up to Lv. 50 will obey you without question.
- Plant Badge – Pokémon up to Lv. 60 will obey you without question.
- Voltage Badge – Pokémon up to Lv. 70 will obey you without question.
- Fairy Badge – Pokémon up to Lv. 80 will obey you without question.
- Psychic Badge – Pokémon up to Lv. 90 will obey you without question.
- Iceberg Badge – All Pokémon will obey you without question.
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Pokémon-Amie
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3 Mini Games
- Berry Picker – Pick berries and give them to your Pokémon before they lose patience. The more you do the better rating you get. Things speed up as the timer counts down. Difficulties – Easy, Medium, Hard, Unlimited (3 Lives).
- Head It – Head strings of wool as they fall from the sky, timing is everything. The more you hit without missing the greater the combo (but the faster they come!). Aim for a highscore. Difficulties – Easy, Medium, Hard, Unlimited (3 Lives).
- Tile Puzzle – Old traditional slide puzzle, try and reorganize it.
Other people’s Pokémon visit your amie home and can give you gifts.
You unlock Poképuffs and furniture for your amie home by playing the mini games and interacting with your Pokémon.
Make facial expressions and the Pokémon might notice!
Your other party Pokémon join in with the mini games too.
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Post-Game
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- Friend Safari: Area in which you can capture Pokémon with their Hidden Abilities. Type of Pokémon appearing depends on registered friends and user selection
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Items
Held
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- Ability Capsule: Allows to switch between the two normal abilities of a Pokémon. Costs 200BP
- Assault Vest: Raises Special Defense, but prevents use of status moves
- Safety Goggles: Prevents damage from weather and ‘Powder’ attacks
- Weakness Policy: Raises the holder’s Attack and Special Attack when hit by a super-effective move.
- Exp. Share: Received after the first gym, now affects all Pokémon in a trainer’s team
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Neat Little Details
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- Player bends down when talking to youngsters.
- You can turn your head side to side when sitting down on a bench.
- Player blinks and stretches.
- Nicknames are 12 letters not 10.
- When trading in game you don’t need to get the Pokémon out of your PC as it will let you pick from there automatically.
- If you character walks past a sign, for example, they will turn their head and face it. You can then press A to interact and read the sign.
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<3 PJ
Featured Thread: Pokemon nicknames for x and y by atmosphere
So, Vivillion formes…they are not based entirely by country.
A player from Ohio found a modern pattern.
A player from Virginia found a garden pattern.
I wonder if the patterns change when we travel state to state?
http://imgur.com/kfbAeY4
There is an asterisk however that says that this is unconfirmed. To me it makes sense since the US is so large and diverse in whether in different regions as opposed to other nations.
It says Vivillion changes forms depending on climate in dex entry.
We yeah, but until now it seemed like each nation (and their climate) was defined by one pattern, but now if true, the process might be more exact in regions withing a nation.
I really want to see which pattern will Brazil have… Maybe a Tropical one!
Supposedly Brazil: http://i.imgur.com/PHWljTv.jpg
Nice pattern! =D Tks
WANT ONE!
I saw a german one with a different pattern so I’m kind of doubting this whole theory.
I have it in my 3DS now! ^^
http://www.serebiiforums.com/showthread.php?617694-Serebii-net-Pok%E9mon-X-Y-Discovery-Thread see the spoiler
Wow, what a lie. He’s had the game for almost a week now.
Do any of you know when the eshop version will be up? It’s always inconsistent…
Games like Fire Emblem went live exactly at midnight in each person’s region, so I guess it’s the same for this. I don’t know for sure though- I’ve never downloaded.
Was AC at midnight as well? I think it was at 2 in the morning for Japan, and MH4(which is a huge title for Japan) was like at noon. God, I hate how inconsistent it is.
There is a lot we don’t know though. Having to prepare the servers for all those download connections must be havoc.
I don’t know- I just remember lots of people whining or boasting on Gamefaq about it.
It better be midnight in the UK. I checked the eShop just now and it’s already listed with pricing and such, so I’m assuming they pretty much only need to flick a switch for it to go live.
Oh, FYI, I just checked how big the file is, for those wondering. 14,000 blocks. Make sure you’ve got room!
It better be midnight for all countries.
And good to hear that all the stuff seems to be set, can’t wait!
Midnight of the person’s country/time zone.
I hope so.
It says it in the eShop bulletin board.
Is that the one with the blue icon within the eshop? I ask because mine is not in English and I don’t see anything that says it will be.
It’s on the message bulliten that has the announcements go across the screen. That’s what mine says anyway.
hmm… Froakie’s hidden ability is Protean. Wondering how exactly that will work for a dual-type pokémon though.
What does this ability do?
Changes the user’s type to match the last attack used
So it’s like Conversion (or 2) as an ability. That’s neat. Thanks.
it’s like a reverse kecleon
Kecleon has this ability too! =D
Kecleon’s is a bit diffent
No, I meant that it has this Proteon ability now too, in addition to Color Change.
really thats cool
They’ll just lose the dual-typing, just like Soak.
So, if I use Surf with Greninja (assuming it mantains its ability after evolving), it will become Water only intead of Water/Dark?
I would think so, but I don’t have the game yet… It’ll probably have the same effect as using Soak on Gyarados, and that’s worth a shot.
That can make up for a lot of mind games, actually… changing its type to Water then Dark or even other types… since it’s a fast pokémon you may be caught guessing which type will it be in the next turn… Cool!
Protean changes the Pokémon’s type to the type of the move it just used. So I bet the Pokemon loses its secondary type
Frogadier animation is amazing!!
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http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f8aNCxRAvaY
Dentsetsu No Pokémon!
Weather abilities got nerfed according to Serebii.
Nerfing Weather abilities and adding a few new weather conditions… Interesting move GF, interesting move.
I hope they do nerf stealth rock, for my Fire Pokémon’s sake
It’s rumored that the cap is at 25%… I hope that’s true.
O Thanks Goomy
HP’s maximum power was reduced to 60 too I believe.
It’s BP is now a set 60.
There’s also a person that can change its type for your Pokemon I believe.
How does that work?
I don’t know. I never knew the specifics of Hidden Power to begin with. That’s just what I’ve read. It has a set power of 60, and someone can change the type of the move for your Pokemon. Like if your Swirlix’s Hidden Power was Electric, some NPC can change it to a different type.
I see. So my guess was right all along.
I really hope that HP doesn’t change with the IVs… I spent waaay too long breeding my Pokemon in White to have their Hidden Powers suddenly be useless (the last thing my Lucario needs is a Steel Hidden Power).
This will do wonders for Technician Special Attackers though…
Fire Blast, Thunder, Hydro Pump, Blizzard and Hurricane also gets nerfed… 110 BP now.
wait what?!! NooooooooO!
Dislike. All that time breeding a hidden power is now in vain.
Champion battle!
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http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ER4nMAGR70o
Coro Coro me want Coro Coro!
wait. I just caught Ralts. It is psychic/fairy. So what gallade will be?
It should still be Psychic/Fighting, just change the element upon evolution, that’s nothing unusual.
So
Anyone wanna trade some Charizardnite X?
can we download x and y for pc or this is just a shit ?
U cant
Is just a shit
Not yet, but I heard they are developing a Vita version.
cuz i already download a link from u tube but its need a password .
Its a virus….
For sure
the file size 90 mgb u think this is a virus ?
Well considering you thought the game was downloadable for PC, and you downloaded the link from YouTube, it’s a pretty safe bet it’s a virus…
If it were real it would be over a gigabyte.
thanx
I think you’re lucky that you don’t know the password lol
hhhh i dont think its available
Yea, those are tricks. You agree to let a virus on your computer and the files in the folder are corrupt.
I feel bad for you.
dont feel bad cuz i learned something better thats i didnt know before
idropulsar animation is fabolous!!
idropulsar?
water pulse
Are you italian? (Idropulsar is italian for Water Pulse)
Will PokeJungle consider doing a version exclusive list?
http://www.serebii.net/xy/exclusives.shtml#x
Because Joe is wrong…Heracross and Pinsir are in both versions according to leakers.
At the beginning of the post it is stated that a portion of the information is gathered from Serebii so details like this will be pretty much the same. Until everyone has more time with the game, every detail won’t be ironed out for a while.
He’s still deliberately wrong by people who have already completed the game. I don’t mind that he’s slowly gathering information but spreading incorrect information is bad. I trust PokeJungle to actually do their homework.
It’s not deliberate, it’s accidental. He, just like everyone else, has been playing and posting as fast as he can. Accidents happen. He’s been going at it for about 6 hours and has already given a lot of helpful info. You can’t write someone off because of one slip up. Especially with this amount of info being passed around.
It’s not deliberate, its accidental. Serebii has been playing and posting for about 6 hours straight. There is bound to be slip ups with this much data being passed around.
He’s been playing for over a week, and he’s been compiling all this data long before his coverage started.
Whether its been a week or a day. Accidents still happen. All it takes is for someone to inform him then it gets fix. The game hasn’t been 100% yet and with that all information is still being worked on.
Its not deliberate, its accidental. Serebii has been working hard to get the info that is presented now. Slip ups such as exlcusives are bound to happen with this much data being passed around.
Who’s getting y because serbii says manetric is exulsive to y and I’m going to get x somebody trad please!
NOO! I love Manectric! I’m getting both, but X first, Y Christmas!
I’m getting both love Manectric and Houndoom
Oh GOD so much info to digest…..I LOVE IT!!!!
I am going to cherish my final moments of my Gen V games as much as possible! It’s funny though that the last thing I’ll do in Gen V is get shiny Giratina once I get X and Y.
I need to finish up and get the Spiritomb from Yancy. She won’t trade with me anymore <(O.O<)
The Curtis/Yancy sidequests are a pain.
I’m going to EV Train my Shiny Flawless Snover so that he can become a beastly Mega Abomasnow come December!
EV training is really easy you know. It’s called Super Training and looks really fun.
Is ability capsule a key item?….can it switch to dream world abilities?
No, can’t u read?
It says nothing about key item or not?
nvm
Oh, I meant about dream world abilities. We’re not sure if its a key item. Key items haven’t cost before, so not sure
it says held item….-_-
It’d be kinda sad if Ability Capsule isn’t a key item. 200 BP for each use, sheesh.
It says held item…..that’s lame
That nerfs this item quite a bit. Waste a held item slot just for an ability change?
Someone needs to confirm truly if it’s a held item….I doubt anyone bought this yet
Hey regi, GeckoPutt earlier told me his/her’s Quilladin’s Special Defense and Speed were just 1 point different, and the nature is Hardy. I’m trying to decide what nature I want for my Chespin. I’m down to Careful and Jolly. It seems based on the info we have, a rough estimate of Chesnaught’s BST is: 90/100/120/80/70/70.
What nature would you go with?
Hmm….I love chespin’s Spiky Shell (Protect + Iron Barbs) move….I’d go with Impish for competitive and Adamant for in-game
Thank you.
np xD
That’s an excellent suggestion!
Impish is great to switch into Rock Slide, Earthquake and Waterfall as chespin resists all of them
Argh it’s so difficult for me to decide just what I want to do xD Do I go for the physical wall approach? Do I try to max his physical attack? What about trying to up his speed by going Jolly? Or balance him a little defensively by going Careful? Dammit Natures, dammit! xD
yeah I really need to know what moves it can learn….but 100 atk isn’t amazing so I’d go defensive. And it can learn leech seed and Spiky Shell. But if it can learn mach punch and bulk up….well we have an interesting starter on our hands
I’d be so happy if it can learn Mach Punch!
My friend keeps saying it will OHKO my Chesnaught with Ice Beam from Greninja… it HAS to have Mach Punch or something like that to counter that. D:
When you battle your friend, slap a choice scarf on Chesnaught 😉
I just hope it does not use this as well on Greninja lol
Actually that can work if it has 70 base speed….but only if it’s atk is higher than 100 OR it has a ton of 100+ BP move like Superpower, Wood Hammer, and Earthquake
Well we know it can learn Wood Hammer 😀 And judging from the looks of it, I’m willing to bet it can learn Earthquake as well. Most starters can.
What do you make of these stats. Does the BST I posted before seem right?
In this pic, it has a nature that decreases Special Defense and raises Speed: http://cdn.idigitaltimes.com/data/images/full/2013/10/03/12099.jpg
And I just saw another screenshot online where it’s Lv 61, and has 188 HP.
I do think it seems right. I’m hoping for a little higher HP and Atk xD
It would be like a bulky Breloom!
yup…grass/fight has so very nice resistances….water, grass, rock, ground, electric, and dark
but a 4x weakness to flying and a gained weakness to Psychic is annoying
for flying you have spiky shell….
But yeah it has it’s flaws….but Chesnaught is not a piece of paper unlike breloom. Outside of flying moves, I can see it take some super effective hits
Does spiky shell eventually fail after multiple uses like protect or detect?
yeah otherwise it’s too good xD
Good point, XD I’m pretty new to competitive battling
np xD…I think this gen is the best time to begin competitive. The metagame appears very balanced atm (Excluding some megas). Plus you have less changes to get used to! xD
Reason how I got into competitive battling was when I realized my Absol caught Pokerus about 3 months ago
Ahh…funny thing about pkrs. I never find shinies…but i found pkrs in Sapphire, Emerald, Pearl, Platinum, Heart Gold, and even Black…..xD
Only shinies i’ve ever seen were a zubat and an bidoof
my first shiny strangely was a Regice in Sapphire xD
I’m pretty sure it’ll be able to learn Drain Punch. That could be a good move for it, right?
definitely and I’m also assuming swords dance and bulk up
Wood Hammer, Drain Punch, Bulk Up, Earthquake/Rock Slide/Stone Edge.
Oh but damn, I love the Spiky Shield move!
I don’t think he’d have trouble taking any resisted hits however to maximise his defensive power using an impish nature makes perfect sense.
I think you should opt for Jolly and and take a purely physical approach. With that 90 base HP Chesnaught isn’t that bad and so you should try keeping his defensive stats untouched.
However if you’re focused on mixed offence then why don’t you try a speed lowering nature.
I think it depends on his movepool. If he has a poor special movepool then go Jolly.If good then Careful could be an option but I wouldn’t recommend it. Hope I was helpful =]
I’ll be going all Physical with Chespin 🙂 Thank you too! Still got a day to decide, but it’s nice to get suggestions from others 😀
Thats really disappointing…..
It also says Exp. Share is a Held Item but we all know it’s a Key Item now so I’m guessing PJ made a mistake.
You hare getting my hopes up…..^_^
are there going to be move toturs in these games
Someone already confirmed yes, but i’m not sure:)
This is it, y’all! 1 day and 12 hours approx. to go! Pack your bags and Pokemon, because we’re moving to Kalos!
I’ll be working at a cafe in Lumiose City. If anyone wants to meet up 😛
i will be aat pokeball factory
Ohhh sounds cool. I might see ya around!
But who will deliver my customised Pokéballs ordered from Pokétsy?
Everyone who picked Fenniken and is showing it off on Youtube has it as a female. Not sure if lucky, or just reset the game to get it to be female.
Some pokemon just have higher chances of one specific gender. I remember lucario is almost always male.
Starters have always been 7/8 male. Even Chikorita
The starters have the same gender ratio as lucario. I find it odd that people keep getting female fenniken. I really think they’ve been reseting the game.
They may have switched it up for this generation. Female Chesnaught has the tan shell while male has green. Female seems to be dominant gender for starters
this generation. Based on all the pictures so far
That is what I’m going to do, and not just any female; a female Fenniken with a sp atk-boosting nature (preferably Modest).
I love modest nature for my spec. Attackers!
cough…cough…Milotic! 🙂
By bro will be resetting his game to get a female Fenniken. But he’s not picky about natures.
Alright I will take back everything bad I said about Greninja if it can have Proteon and High Jump Kick……
“What is the secret behind Vivillon’s patterns?”
To all who have the game, could you please evolve your Spewpa?
what nature should my froakie have???
in-game?
competitive!!
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Ahh… I don’t know what Egg moves it gets….But A mixed attacker definitely….if it learns high jump kick or any good physical moves like u-turn
I’d go with Naive
what does naive do?
+ Speed – Special Defence
Hasty (+ speed – def) is not good because of Mach Punch, Extremespeed, Bullet Punch, Sucker Punch….etc
Timid if you want to play it safe or hasty/naive if you want to use a mixed Froakie. Though I’d recommend the former.
I heard its a speedy sp atk sweeper. Not sure on defenses, but If you don’t want attack lowered, choose mild or rash, which lowers def and sp def, respectfully.
hasty (-def +speed), modest (-att +spatt), timmid (-att +speed) are all good.