My friend Aaron and I stopped by the MEGA TOKYO Pokémon Center in Ikebukuro, which some of you know because I tweeted out pictures while I was there, and he made a video of our trip. If you’d like a virtual stroll through the store check out the above video! I’m the gay guy with the red bag 🙂
If you want to see more videos about life in Japan make sure to go subscribe to Aaron on YouTube!
<3 PJ
You can’t just post this and not bring us, Paul.
I wish I could ;;
I’m still going to Japan next summer! It’s not Tokyo though, it’s Kyushu. Unless you want to make a big trip, that’s the closest we’ll ever be.
I’ve wanted to go to Japan for quite some time now! Let me know how you like it there, and buy an original Dedenne plush while you’re at it 😉
I’m going to take lots of pictures, especially of me hitting my head on various objects. Living the tall life isn’t meant for Japan.
Woh really??
I think my school has that same trip!
It’s not through school for me. I’m basically just tagging along with my grandparents when they go because I’ve always wanted to go to Japan.
Oh, but still awesome!
I’m excited because they’re going to be pre-occupied, so I get to roam around by myself. I’ll be 17 then, so it shouldn’t be a problem.
You’re not the gay guy with the red bag.
You’re OUR gay guy with the red bag.
Hahaha love you guys (;
We love ya bro
Looks like Nintendo filed a patent for a new system that does not contain a disc drive. This could mean that they’re going completely digital with upcoming titles. While it could be as simple as them just testing out a few designs to see how they fit with their budget and their gaze into the ninth generation of gaming consoles, this could be our first idea of what the NX is like. We know they’re planning shipments of the console mid-2016 or so, and Square Enix is planning to bring Dragon Quest X and XI to the console when it releases. Perhaps next year, assuming we get our new Pokemon game announcement then and not now, we could be seeing some cross-compatability with the NX, an open-world Pokemon game, the next installment solely on NX, one game for each console, who knows? But the lack of a disc drive is interesting. This does leave room for one to speculate that it is cartridge-based similar to the 3DS or older consoles, or perhaps there is a feature where 3DS games could be played on the NX for better viewing through a television screen. The possibilities really are endless and could go any way. Thoughts?
I think that could be a patent for the console AFTER the NX, or the NX itself. Also, I think my children will grow up with consoles that are completely clean all around with no disk drive (such as the Mac Mini I’m using to type this). This is inevitable, and I’m glad. I can’t make shelf space forever. 😛
For some reason I prefer having the physical copy of the game just so I know nothing goes wrong within the hardware of the system and erases the game–just a thing of mine. I guess if this is to be part of the next generation of consoles, I wouldn’t have a choice. Anyway, Nintendo has been filing quite a few patents in recent, so I wouldn’t be surprised if they are planning ahead. I don’t know, but maybe they’re planning something huge for the next installment and want to dedicate better hardware to it for a complete experience. That being said, if the NX doesn’t come with a disk drive, that leaves full potential for handheld compatibility, and granted we get an exceedingly varied Virtual Console lineup, we could be seeing one of the best gaming consoles ever due to the sheer amount that can be done as a compilation of games from a variety of different systems. I, personally, would love to see a Pokemon experience on a home console because of everything it can handle that the 3DS can’t. An open-world experience, as I mentioned in my first comment, that takes the full-3D battle style of Pokemon X and Y. I don’t think they switched Pokemon from 2D to 3D just to change up the formula a bit–I think they have something planned, and I wouldn’t be surprised if that something has to do with the next home console. Current games seem to steer towards a 3D experience as opposed to 2D or 2.5D anyways, so for the future of Pokemon and the expansion to more consoles, a movement to 3D was a smart one. But I’m still going out on a limb here assuming that in as little as a year, we could have our first main series title coming to a home console. And that’s big. While I don’t want Pokemon to turn into an RPG like Xenoblade or The Witcher, I would love to see it expand its horizons through the capabilites of a ninth generation console like I hope the NX will be.
I don’t like the idea of having all digital games. Same reason I hate E-books. You own nothing. You own a bunch of pixels and data. There’s nothing there. You can’t sell what you bought and make a profit.
That is true. Sometimes I just like to have the physical copy so I know it’s there and it hasn’t been lost within the console.
Cartridges are better imo. Yeah disks can store more info but memory cards are growing fast with large memory sizes. I could see them using the NX with cartridges like the 3DS but more like a flash back to the original consoles.
I agree. Hopefully that’s what they were going for.
From the beginning, I’ve speculated that the NX would be a sort of handheld-console hybrid, and I think that that may be right.
An open world Pokémon game is something I’ve wanted for years. It would be amazing. And now it’s starting to look possible.
Japan does get all the cool stuff. 🙁 I wanna go so bad.
Wow… Pikachu and Charizard statue, I bet casual fans are getting pokemon orgasm…
Oh man I want Torchic socks.
Why does Japan have to be so much better at being awesome than the rest of the world? I mean it’s not even a fair fight.
Oh the Pokemon center… I remember going to the one in New York when I was like 9 years old before it was the superstore
I can’t remember much but apparently my mother told me I was beyound overstimulated I blacked out
But I do remember I gigantic wall of mini figs and a arcade machine with not only Pokemon Snap BUT also a demo for the upcoming Luigi’s Mansion
At the end I couldn’t decide what figure to buy except the Delibird I asked her to hold and unknowingly shoplifted
The awkward moment when the gay guy with the read bag whispers, “So was your mom.”
It’s almost time to switch back to my Byron avatars… But until then I have some more Archie stuff I wanna use!
That’s very close to being naked
Adult needed
Allow me,
Hmmmm… Yes, they are indeed almost naked…
It was a picture with Matt and Archie but it cropped it so I Archie mained. I’ll switch to the Matt one maybe next week.
oh man the old one is better .
I got 3 sisters, Summer, Autumn, and Winter… One of them is Definitely Lesbian, We love her and support her, because to be honest, it’s hard to be gay with a straight face and say it without coming off in a bad light… I have a disability, difference is, I can’t fix it, i live with it, even if i don’t want to… You made a choice to pursue it rather than suppress it and i think, as someone Diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome as a kid, growing up in a world of haters, is really brave. I admire your confidence, it takes me a lot sometimes to feel confident due to my difference, but like you, i want to make a difference and make the most of it that i can, that’s all we can really do, right?
Woah are those really their names? Does that mean your name is Spring? Yeah it is hard to be different in a world that wants you to change something you can’t help. My parents hate my relationship with my boyfriend and want me to “turn” straight. People don’t understand if they would just accept that not everyone is the same, the world would probably be slightly easier to live it.
Well, I am a spring forme Deerling, so i hope so…
I think the difference is here, if you have a disability, there’s no way to change it, so people have to have some level of tolerance because no matter what they do, it’s not gonna fix it, or change it really. With Homosexuality, it’s a different stretch and different battle due to preference, but not always mind you, you cannot help who you are attracted to, But you can change your approach with your parents, maybe they’re worried about you and don’t completely understand the relationship. Maybe if your boyfriend is around ask him to maybe see if he can do something practical to gain approval, if not, to heck with them, you’re trying to make him seem more acceptable to them, if you’re an adult, it’s your life, if you live in America, they cannot legally stop you from the relationship. But If they are trying to change your preference, that should be your call, not theirs.
Okay, I understand this side of the argument, but I think the problem is with the “labelling” itself. If we treat mentally affected people, or sexual deviants as having ‘disorders’ it basically strengthens the “survival of the fittest” argument. To be able to live in a world where different people are accepted and nobody is hurt, we need to give up labelling and acknowledge that EVERYONE is different. We are all deviants in our manner, and we would be hypocrites if we didn’t accept others. People who’s differences affect their functioning, such as mental or other disabilities as we call them today will actually recieve much better assistance if they are free from that label. Also, I’m sure anybody in these situations will agree that we hate pity, which is more derogatory than indifference.
The problem here is that… You and i are one person each, there are over 8 billion in the world, so unless they are willing to give up labels, they will still exist, i do agree labels aren’t a wise idea in all senses, but not all labels are bad, either. for example, Genius is a label, you are implying they belong to a group of very smart people. Artist is a label, it implies they are a person who does art for any reason of motivation or outlet. Hero, Is a label, it means someone who does something extraordinary, helpful, positive, or generally useful to themselves and/or others. Labels don’t have to be negative, they’re just a method of defining something or someone in a way WE understand, which actually DOES help us to evolve as a species. But the saying “One bad apple spoils the bunch” is a valid reason why they’re misused and often thought of as negative. I think it’s fair to say your points are valid, and to a sense, I agree, but i wasn’t putting down anyone here, i was just making a point about certain similarities i observed and learned and lived through to make those points valid and honest. I want to thank you for challenging my argument because you do indeed think outside the box, it’s another good way to learn and grow from an experience than just a few words of agreement or validation on my part.
I really wasn’t trying to accuse you or create bad blood 🙂 Just something i thought of to create a healthy debate! Glad you could see my point of view!
Some new megas I want
Mega Druddigon
Dragon Steel
Tough Claws
HP: 77
Atk: 170 (+50)
Def: 120 (+30)
SpA: 70 (+10)
SpD: 120 (+30)
spe: 28 (-20)
I know it takes Dialga’s unique type, but I steel think it is really cool, also it grants AMAZING power little weakness all at the cost for going last most of the time.
Mega Beartic
Ice
Sheer Force
HP: 95
Atk: 140 (+30)
Def: 100 (+20)
SpA: 100 (+30)
SpD: 100 (+20)
Spe: 50
I just really like Beartic, and I think this would make it more viable, even though Ice type is not a good type.
Mega Kecleon
Normal
Protean
HP: 60
Atk: 150 (+60)
Def: 120 (+50)
SpA: 60
SpD: 130 (+10)
Spe: 20 (-20)
Get Kecleon more love and power
How does Druddigon gain steel out of no where?
Beartic is fine Sheer Force Aqua Jet
but seriously 150 attack power for a Kecleon? what freed the beast in that meek reptile
Same way Ampharos gained a Dragon typing.
Well that’s easily explainable since Ampharos’s Japanese name is Denryu can be taken to mean 電流 denryū (electric current) or 電竜 den ryū (electric dragon), and it may incorporate 電球 denkyū(light bulb), referring to its tail.
It’s a naked sheep.
Whatever it is what it is and it has plenty of facts supporting its type
That wasnt copied and pasted…
What about Lopunny gaining a fighting type?
Why didn’t it gain a type like fairy or stay normal?
Druddigon Is like a gargoyle but instead of being the simple rock it turns to steel instead I mean I would be fine with Rock Dragon too, it doesn’t matter, but I think Dragon steel would be more unique and unexpected
I knoooow Sheer Force Aqua Jet Would be mighty powerful!
And Kecleon is sick of everyone being so mean and disregarding it, so It just just mega evolves gets bigger and turns to a 3 horned chameleon
GF is all about the unexpected so the typical dragon rock might be too obvious
But that doesn’t explain anything, you just can’t slap on a type just because its unique or cool
Kecleon is nothing more then a Hoenn Poster-boy and will never amount to much
You’re just trying to crush my dreams, it won’t work! :p
I don’t crush dreams, my cold hard logic dismantles them
Like Druddigon might have a craggy rugged body but how in any way does its scales or bones turn to metals
Whatever you say dream crusher!
What’s your opinion on a Dragon/Dark Mega Gyarados?
I think it suits it immensely
Mega Evolution is supposed to bring out a Pokemon’s innermost traits and power
and Gyarados’s most greatest power is its unyielding rage and savagery burning down everything in its path until its quelled and Dark Type fits that very well
So stop crying that you didn’t get another effing Dragon
We’re probably going to get a Mega Druddigon at some point, whether you like it or not 😛
i’m not saying we may not i’m just questioning the unlikeliness of gaining a steel type for no reason
Oh, so you think it would keep its pure Dragon typing? That’s possible too, I suppose. Maybe it would become Dragon/Flying?
No thanks I’ll pass on the flying half
I prefer Dragon Pure/Steel/Rock
those wings ain’t for flying they’re used to collect as much sunlight needed to keep its body moving
Well that’s what I mean, those dinky wings could be upgraded immensely in its new design.
maybe maybe it’ll just go like Mega Pinsir or Slamence and gamefreak will be Fuck it will just give it Aerilate
Exactly, it doesn’t get that many flying type moves (or even normal types either) So I think it would be best to keep flying out of it
the only Mega i’ll allow to have Aerilate would be Mega Rapidash since we all know that things going Pegasus one of these days
Sorry to sound like a noob but how does aqua jet get a sheer force boost?
Lol oh wait, it doesn’t
I’d love a Mega Druddigon, because it’s not exactly the most popular Dragon-type Pokemon. I always found that it was under appreciated, mainly because it has no evolutions…kind of like Heatmor.
Yea I love druddigon even though many people say they hate the way it looks : I absolutely adore it!
(also fun fact drddigon is the only non legendary dragon type that doesn’t evolve)
Another Mega I’d like to see is Forretress. It’s like the definition of an under-appreciated Pokemon for me. It has the same type as Scizor and looks like Glalie, what’s not to love?
Oooh Mega Forrtress, forretress used to be really popular among the competitive scene in gen 5, but I don’t think people liked it, just used it to use it
Mega Forretress would be awesome 😀
I would also like to see a Mega Lanturn
Mega-Foretress could TOTALLY SHOW US WHAT’S INSIDE that mysterious shell! Kinda the reverse of Mega-Slowbro
Mega Beartic could be Ice/Dark considering how viscious polar bears are, or ice/fighting, considering their girth, or lastly ice/water considering they can swim well…
Shame Unova had the most potential for megas yet only got one
Excadrill……
One day we’ll find the fabled Excadrite…..
oooh that reminds me what Stone Holster would he use
*has
I will get my Mega Cofagrigus.
Not before my Mega Excadrill
And I will get mega Druddigon or Mega Beartic
Alrighty
Mega Rapisdash
Fire/Flying
Aerialte
HP: 65
Attack: 150
Def: 70
Sp. Atk: 80
Sp. Def: 80
Speed: 165
All you’d ever see
Flare Blitz
Double-Edge/Strength
Drill Run
Protect
Pretty much.
i looked on google images and literally every pic had it with wings
Well of course you didn’t add anything to special attack,
Doesn’t need it
If you’re going for a pegasus image, Fire/Fairy would work too! :3 especially since the recent obsession with it due to the novelty value
Yea I think it Fairy would be nice, and maybe they can change it to be able to relearn Play Rough
I really think that could work actually, Fire and Fairy would also be unique too
Yeah and it would cut down on the stealth rock damage… though i dont know the exact type resistances..steel would be negated
It would resist: fire, bug, grass ice fighting dark fairy
Weak to: water poison ground rock
immune Dragon
Good against: Bug Dragon Fighting Dark Grass Ice Steel
doesn’t sound half-bad! i think the steel negation will probably be epic
Mega Rapidash
Fire Fairy
Fairy Aura! (Kidding actually I want Serene Grace)
HP: 65
Atk: 145 (+45)
Def: 80 (+10)
SpA: 90 (+10)
SpD: 80
Spe: 150 (+45)
Serene grace could ensure burns for all those bulky physical sweepers… but won’t pixilate give it access to insane physical fairy moves? that way they won’t need to change its moveset either
Meh I think Giving it Play Rough then giving it Serene Grace would more unique than changing type then typical pixalate, but I guess you are right but I would rather do what I did
or Runaway? Kidding! Levitate might work too (since its supposed to be a pegasus and all)… Serene grace sounds awesome though
Exactly! or introduce a flare-blitzy fairy version for it (wishful thinking), something along the lines of magic horn or something less sexual… there’s only one physical fairy move as of yet
Heart Pierce ?
Golden Arrow (from Cupid) ?
Fairy Tail (playing on fairy tale) ?
Lovely Punch (lol) ?
Fey Fang (considering fairies have hidden fangs) ?
I like the first two! xD we need to play around with that big erm “fairy” horn it’ll be having enlarged… Rainbow Impale?
I would like a arrow type move Cupid arrow would be good with a 20% chance for the opposite gender to fall in love!
Yeah! or it could have a decent power like 75 AND reduce attack like play nice or Charm
Yes it definitey should have a chance to cause infatuation, maybe a lower one but this gives infatuation a chance to shine since it is not present so much.
All are kinda lame… Lovely Punch are you serious
Yes, I am being dead serious, tiniwini.
Well sorry but those are just unbelievably stupid, Baby Bite… Of all words you use that one
Well my target audience is unbelievably stupid and since I caught your attention, bingo. Of all words you use that one…tsk tsk
Some better ones
Crescent Slash(Physical version of moonblast)
Pixie Punch
Celestial Arrow
No,
Celestial is not fairy
Fuck no, I’m not letting you taint this majestic beast with a stupid fairy
Aaaahhh! He’s arrived with anger for fairies! Hurry burn all the comments!!
NO OTHER WAY HAHAHAHAAHHAAAA
Lul Just kidding I want you to watch it and watch in horror 😀
because it’s our opinion and you can’t change it
ha ha ha
But I can do something better, prove you wrong
Really, how can you prove “speculation” wrong? xD it’s already implied to be mere…. *drumroll*…. speculation.
Easily, no matter what there’s always logic, you don’t just makes things a certain way without a reason
Well I’ve already reasoned everything out so feel free to start anytime 🙂
I just beat the Pokemon League in Crystal! It took me 17 hours over the past 2 days but it was worth it. Such a good game. It feels so much faster than the modern games, because it is.
Since everybody is posting their conceptual megas I have one here:
Mega Weezing
Poison/Fire
Levitate (Of Course)
HP: 65
Attack: 100 (+10)
Defense: 150 (+30)
Sp. Attack:105 (+20)
Sp. Defense: 150( +80)
Speed: 20 (-40)
Ayy I actually like that 😀
Thanks! And conceptually i imagine it as some sort of radioactive exploding thing, that sets stuff on fire and drenches it in toxic nuclear waste!
No freaking way
I’m not letting you buff up that numb wall
This is unbelievably stupid.
Mega Ditto (random stat changes that are irrelevent, or maybe no boosts)
Impostor
Doesn’t need any item to transform, needs to know transform so it can have choice scarf
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strategically you could use it like a normal ditto, transforming into the opponent.. upon opponent switch out and switch in, you can use “mega-evolve” transforming into the opponent pokemon! Gives people a redo on the transform bit without having to switch out. The best part is that it won’t have any design at all!
one flaw is the move it choses upon the mega evolving turn. It could essentially use one of the moves of the first opponent moveset while having a new moveset on the next turn… encore will be a problem if used on that turn, though it can just fail.
That just sounds just so unnecessarily complicated I hope Ditto never Mega Evoles as to spare us this garbled mess
xD i guess so.
Now, this is unbelievably stupid.
Alright proof positive of my ox like strength
I carried 80 pounds of rocks from my room down a flight of stairs all the way to the back of the house
Ok, want a biscuit?
Naw had a apple turnover
Why the fuck did you have rocks in your room?
why do you have a picture of near naked Archie
Sexy sauce
Hi i’m Earthen I FREAKING LIKE ANYTHING EARTH ELEMENT
This is unbelievably pathetic.
This story is unbelievably stupid.
I just played Pokemon X for the first time in ages, and I forgot that I completed the National Pokedex (except for Hoopa and Volcanion) and have over 5 million Poke-dollars. So that’s why I stopped playing…
Megas that I want in the next games
Mega Arcanine
Mega milotic
Mega volcarona
Mega zoroark
Mega Haxorus
Mega Luxray
Only give Zoroark and Drud the rest are too obvious
Gosh, unbelievably stupid.
Mega Froslass please
We already have mega glalie, mega froslass is only a matter of time
Mega Zoroark could be interesting… It could become the mega evolution of the pokemon it’s morphed into (purely in an aesthetic sense ofc) But what about the pokemon without megas? Would it break it’s identity? OR MAYBE the opponent won’t even KNOW IT’S MEGA EVOLVING and it’ll just continue to look like the illusion till it breaks… Wonder if GF would do that
Does anyone know if there’s a way to put all audio through the GamePad?
Not quite sure, but why would you want a double feedback of audio from the same device? I know the Wii U does do surroudsound by using the gamepad, but i don’t think the combination will turn out how you like, even with a direct feed… Could be wrong though.
Mute the TV
*magic*
Speaking of Mega Evolutions, I would love to see :
Mega Claydol
Mega Excadrill
Mega Rapidash
Mega Luxray
and Mega Xatu :p
😮
You’re back! 😀
I never left tho 😮
Mega Luxray Electric/Dark please!! 🙂
But why is it evil?
Well it looks like a dark type and it learns a few dark moves. Plus I love those two types. Seems fitting.
Ok not to stifle your wishes but looks don’t equal typing
I mean tons of people want a Mega Lux to be a Dark type but it’s anything but so other then it’s black fur and scary looks but not like a sinister trickery that Dark Types poses and don’t forget it’s bright younger self that transitioned to having X-ray eyes
I know it may not happen, I would personally just like to see it. I’m looking forward to the new typings in whatever pokemon game is next. You know, whenever they announce that…
I think we’re good on new types for a while
Sorry I meant new type combos. We probably won’t get a new type for 2 generations at the least..
Oooooh well we don’t want to go willy billy especially for Megas when we could have gen 7
This idea is unbelievably stupid.
This is unbelievably stupid.
This thing is unbelievably stupid.
This question is unbelievably stupid.
Mega Claydol
Ground/Psychic
Prankster
Mega Excadrill
Ground/Steel
Tough Claws/Sand Rush
Mega Rapidash
Fire/Flying
Aerialiate
Mega Luxray
Electric
Mega Xatu
Flying/Psychic
Analytic/Forewarn (kinda obvious)/Magic Guard
These are unbelievably stupid.
Man…Worlds is boring this year.
Every team is basically, Mega Kang, Landorus, Thundurus, Heatran, Amoongus and and Mega Mence
YES!
No uniqueness
Was better last year when they were limited to only 450 Pokemon and most of these legends weren’t allowed
those were the days
Thios days are unbelievably stupid.
Welcome to VGC. I wish there were rules about stuff like that, like change usable megas every year.
But But But
I am actually okay with that
Because Mega Kanga was barely there last year, so It doesn’t matter
Still good battles
Exactly. I thought single battles were stale and boring, so I quit and played doubles, only to discover that all the teams are the same and I got bored very quickly. Now I’m just waiting for a new meta before I think about start battling competitively again.
The reason they’re so common is because of how good they are. You really don’t have many viable options anymore because of all of the new possible strategies. And not everyone who has these Pokemon plays the same way lol.
I read a couple of made up moves down below and thought I should chime in haha
Soul Crash
-Psychic type Flare Blitz
Poison Dart
-Priority poison type move
– Base 40
Radiant Pulse
-Fairy
-Base 80, chance to lower accuracy
Boulder Bash
– Base 90, Rock, Physical, 100% Accuracy
Beast Claw
– Fairy, Physical, Base 70, High Crit Ratio
I really like the poison dart. They should make another tree frog type pokemon with high speed, attack, and defense and have that be it’s signature move.
Toxicroak
That’s why I said another! 😛 Toxicroak doesn’t look much like one. I want a cute little green and orange one that stays a quadruped.
unbelievably stupid
To add on to the move creation train…
Pyro Smash
Physical Fire-Type move, 100 base power, 80 accuracy, 10 PP, does special damage.
Radiant Light
Special Fairy-Type move, 70 base power, 100 accuracy, 15 PP, heals 10 damage when contact is made.
Wide Slash
Physical Normal-Type move, 60 base power, 90 accuracy, 20 PP, hits all opposing Pokemon even in Triple Battles, critical hit chance boosted.
Dynamic Fury
Physical Fighting-Type move, 130 base power, 60 accuracy, 5 PP, hits adjacent opposing Pokemon.
Idk some of these are stupid but whatever.
I don’t think these are stupid. But some farten warriors may come at you.
I like the idea of Pyro Smash but I think it needs tweaking I see like a solidified fireball that does physical damage based on its special since plenty of fire moves are special and why need another when this could be physical
Radiate light sounds likes a mix of Dazzling Gleam and Draining kiss
Wide Slash could work
And I love the name Dynamic Fury
This post is unbelievably stupid.
When are we gonna get an international release date for Hoopa? It’s getting a little old…I’m tired of them announcing things and then drawing them out for 10 months.
I’m expecting before the end of the year.
Volcanion will probably get a CoroCoro reveal before the end of the year too, with an international release date next year to promote Gen 6.5 (if that becomes a thing.)
It’s just so annoying! They made us wait so long with Diancie too -_- And it’s not like they’ve been giving us interesting wifi events in between. I keep bitching about Jirachi because I just don’t understand why we haven’t seen him yet? It’s the only Hoenn legendary not included in the game, a game that has been out for like 10 months now.
I’m guessing Hoopa will be around October. Volcanion probably revealed in December
Seems like an accurate prediction. It’s funny, I was thinking to myself one night that maybe Volcanion was the first Gen 7 Pokemon… but then I realized that would be like Victini being revealed in Platinum’s code, which wasn’t the case.
It may be released onto gen 7 games but it would certainly be strange if they retconned it to not be gen 6. I’m still secretly hoping for an announcement during closings. Is that tomorrow?
It is. Not sure on the time, though. Last time I checked it was around 2:00pm PST.
In all honesty, it doesn’t seem likely at all to me. That’s the debbie downer GF has trained me to be :^)
Well, to be fair, they have been breaking some traditions lately, so it’s still possible the Closing Ceremony could bring some new information to light. But announcing two games at one event is probably overdoing it in their eyes. We’ll just have to see. If it’s not Worlds, it’s next month’s CoroCoro. We’re guaranteed a name for the green blob and a reveal of Mega Zygarde before the end of the year, especially after Mega Evolution Act IV airs. It’s only a matter of how long GF desides to milk out Mega Zygarde and the green blob before they announce their next game. I’m really leaning towards a Spring 2016 reveal date and Winter 2016 release. This allows for a movie to be released in between and shed some more light on the new game. With Mega Zygarde set to make an integral appearance in Movie 19, it’s inevitable that something has to be revealed before, otherwise Movie 19 is kind of useless. And after that, I think it’s in our best bet to assume that Pokemon will be taking another hiatus for a year or two as they make the port to the NX, which would honestly be the best step they could take.
It’s certainly exciting. They’re gearing up toward something. Hopefully this longer break delivers an even better game than ORAS (which was a solid 9/10 for me) and improves on it. I just hate waiting! It seems even longer because I’m already a junior in college and thinking so far into the future kinda freaks me out haha
Haha, right. Waiting is one of the excruciating parts about Pokemon, especially after a reveal. This community helped me get through the 10 months between XY’s reveal and release, which truly was a tough time in terms of waiting. I just hope that if we get a sequel/continuation to XY, they really improve the game. I’d love to see Gym Leader Rematches, an actual postgame, the villain showing up more throughout the story, your rivals actually being helpful (shocker), and for the first time I’d love to see Gym Leaders actually make up part of the story and ally with the protagonist. I would really like Pokemon to branch out just a little bit into the RPG genre and allow players to accept sidequests throughout the story and after, make allies with different people, etc. While that would steer away from the traditional Pokemon formula, we’re really getting the same game with a different face every year. I think GF’s going through that innovation phase right now, and getting a bit deeper into the RPG genre would be a great next step. They brought 3D into Pokemon, they brought a new type, they brought a new form of Evolution, and more. I don’t know if that means making the game(s) longer, but allowing us to do more, battle more, get challenged more! Remember Challenge Mode from BW2? And Gym Leader Rematches in Emerald? They need to go back to those roots because that’s what makes you want to keep playing. Maybe more collectibles, even. Villain’s aftermath! Different endings… that might be pushing it, but you get the idea. Okay, rant over.
Jeez…I want all of this! Hopefully GF actually listens to us once in a while!