Pocket Monsters 6th Gen (Dimensions) - Less than a week till release

[Bio]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bIrWryFc7A

Pokemon design sure is deteriorating.
Legendary pokemon shaped like letters?

Definitely not done before.

If there's already a thread excuse me.

Flying bird is Y legendary and deer is the X legendary, after lengthy discussion with a friend and looking at the designs of the actual letters.

e: More comments from me.
Starters: a chipmunk with a hat, vulpix/purrloin, palpitoad. Look all special except grass.
Wonder how Z legendary will look, it's obvious the third game will be z right? Unless they pull another bw2.
The christmas reindeer (those christmas lights) looks like stantler/sawsbuck/cobalion mix.
Final review: still more excited for mystery dungeon 3d.

[trancehime]

Trailer here: link to Pokemon Direct (YouTube)

First mainstream Pokemon game that's NOT in 2D or 2.5D

Starters:
GRASS: Chespin
FIRE: Fennekin
WATER: Froakie

Rollerblades > Bikes in this new game. Furthermore, it appears that friendship seems to have a larger impact on gameplay than in previous versions. There's not much that can be garnered from the trailers, except that the development of X and Y is more focused to take advantage of 3DS hardware, and also to avoid the localization time as much as possible. Hence...

Worldwide Release: October 2013, for the 3DS.

Discuss!

[trancehime]

Your thread came before mine by 10 minutes, for what it's worth.

Fennekin is a Fennec fox, I thought that was obvious.

EDIT: In case my thread gets nuked, the worldwide release date is October 2013.

[Hinacle]

Holy crap, that looks amazing. I like the starter designs especially  Fennekin.

[Raikaria]

Holy it looks like the fire starter might not be Fire/Fighting when it evolves!

Still, I has no 3DS.

Dissapointed about frog based Water starter. Didn't we JUST get a water-type toad in Gen 5 [Albeit not a starter]. Hoping he doesn't become Water/Ground.

[Bio]

Your thread came before mine by 10 minutes, for what it's worth.

Fennekin is a Fennec fox, I thought that was obvious.

EDIT: In case my thread gets nuked, the worldwide release date is October 2013.

Would be much easier to keep your thread and add mine as a reply, since you seem to have a more professional op trance.

[Molten]

I am now looking forward to October. The things we got to see in the trailer looked really neat. Here's to hoping that the fire started doesn't end up being Fire/Fighting, we could use some variation. I'm also looking forward to seeing all of the new Pok?mon and if there gonna be one who can contest Garchomp's status of being  my favorite.

[InfernalExuro]

So how 'bout dem new legendaries? Groudon and Kyogre's lovechild and DEER GOD. :getdown:

[Helepolis]

Your thread came before mine by 10 minutes, for what it's worth.
Fennekin is a Fennec fox, I thought that was obvious.
EDIT: In case my thread gets nuked, the worldwide release date is October 2013.

Would be much easier to keep your thread and add mine as a reply, since you seem to have a more professional op trance.

Do not worry. I got this.

[Raikaria]

So how 'bout dem new legendaries? Groudon and Kyogre's lovechild and DEER GOD. :getdown:

We just had three deers and a unicorn.

Not impressed by Deer God.

[trancehime]

We just had three deers and a unicorn.

Not impressed by Deer God.

you kidding me? condor looks dumb

[Yatakarasu]

For the love of Arceus, the fire starter better not turn out to be fire/fighting. I will have to hurt someone if it does.

Grass starters lost their all reptile thing they had going on.

[Raikaria]

you kidding me? condor looks dumb

I never said Condor is good either.

But honestly, we just had three deer-based legends. And a fourth Unicorn to tie them up. They were even shoved in your face in B/W2.

Really not wanting a 5th Deer Legend in 2 gens.

For the love of Arceus, the fire starter better not turn out to be fire/fighting. I will have to hurt someone if it does.

Grass starters lost their all reptile thing they had going on.

Considering it looks like a Vlupix/Growlithe crossbreed, hopefully it doesn't become a Biped Fighting type.

In fact, having a Quadraped final form Fire starter would be new in itself.

[Hinacle]

I'd kinda like to see the fire starter be fire/steel or fire/poison.

[trancehime]

Really not wanting a 5th Deer Legend in 2 gens.

Still looks way better and more majestic than the Y legendary  :derp:

I'd kinda like to see the fire starter be fire/steel or fire/poison.

I don't think Fennekin is going to evolve to be Fire/Steel or Fire/Poison. :V

Still, I has no 3DS.

Me neither ._.

[Hinacle]

I don't think Fennekin is going to evolve to be Fire/Steel or Fire/Poison. :V

It'd make an interesting type though!

[PapillonReel]

Holy crap, I wasn't expecting a new generation this soon. We haven't even gotten a Stadium game for Gen V yet!

Note in the debut trailer that the starters all use a move that's separate from their main type: Chespin uses Aerial Ace, Fennekin uses Confusion and Froakie uses... Close Combat, I think? This is p. much grasping at straws considering how early on we are in the release cycle, but if the connection is there then we might get Grass/Flying, Fire/Psychic and Water/Fighting for starters this time - nothing really new, but interesting types nevertheless. At the very least, I hope we don't get a repeat of Gen V's disappointment.

I'm really hoping this turns out to be a balancing generation like II and IV were, as Gen V OU as it stands right now is kind of insane. At the very least, I hope Drizzle, Drought, Sandstorm and Hail get nerfed back to the stone age, or at least changed so that the weather expires a few turns after the setter leaves the field. A return to Gen IV rules (i.e. autolevel and species clause w/o dealing with a ridiculous ban list) and new evolutions for Farfetch'd, Corsola, Qwilfish, Mawile, Sableye and other Pokemon like them would be nice as well.

[trancehime]

It'd make an interesting type though!

We already have a Fire/Steel.

It's called Heatran, and it's strongth

new evolutions for Farfetch'd, Corsola, Qwilfish, Mawile, Sableye and other Pokemon like them would be nice as well.

Yes, make Farfetch'd and Mawile NOT SUCK PLS.

[Kasu]

Am I the only one that thought of genetics when I first heard the titles of the new games?

Well anyway, Fennekin is probably the first fire starter that has seriously made me think about whether or not I want to choose water as my starting type.

Also this probably isn't going to be the case, but I feel like the new region could be based off France, though that's only from what I'd seen in the trailer.

[Cadmas]

So Nintendo finally run out of colors or what?

[Jq1790]

*looks at starters*  Why!?

The designs are of course deteriorating as expected, and yet I will still end up wanting one of the versions because I'm a sucker for the series and have played at least 1 game from every generation since the first.  Oh well, I don't yet have a 3DS either, so I won't need to worry 'bout it til I do, though I'm sure I'll have one before October.

[Suikama]

Am I the only one that thought of genetics when I first heard the titles of the new games?

If you look closely there's a little Double Helix in the new logo

Not in the vid but in the Japanese version of the title

[trancehime]

So Nintendo finally run out of colors or what?

Iwata was only harping about evolution in the games for a good couple of minutes or so.

I prefer the joke explanation of "X, Y and 3rd version = Z" on the 3DS, but I believe it's the X and Y chromosomes.

[Mounting Jaggis]

When I first saw the Gen 5 starters, I didn't really like them, but when I saw their evolutions, I began to like them. Emboar is now my favorite fire starter(used to be Thyplosion). Let's wait until we see the evolution for these starters.

Chromosomes was my first thought on the title rather than dimensions, even before seeing the DNA helix on the logo. I really hope that this theme means new evolutions for some of the weaker Pokemon.

[Rikter]

I just hope they rebuff explosion back to it's former glory.

At least for singles if they can't have it in doubles.

[Moerin]

We go through this every generation, don't we?  Everyone moans about the new designs and about how everything's deteriorating and how it's going to suck, but we're all going to buy the games and love them and the new Pokemon anyways.

...I like the new starters, by the way.  All of them.  Especially Froakie, since a frog with what looks like pince nez is awesome.  Really looking forward to seeing their evolutions.  And an international release date?  I won't have to wait months to get the game this time around! ^_^

[Edible]

I like the legendary designs, not sure about the others.  As Moerin said, I don't really mind overall though.  Gen 1 had Mr. Mime ffs.

[MaStErSpArK94]

I guess this means I need to buy a 3DS after all. Thoughts on the starters:

Chespin: You're... OK I guess. :wat:
Fennekin: You're cute! Just do not evolve into something bipedal and fire/fighting (dammit Tepig) and I'll probably like you even more. :V
Froakie: You're a frog and you have a funny-sounding name, so I like you. :V

The legendaries... meh. I generally don't care about legends anyway.

[MatsuriSakuragi]

We go through this every generation, don't we?  Everyone moans about the new designs and about how everything's deteriorating and how it's going to suck, but we're all going to buy the games and love them and the new Pokemon anyways.

Yes, thank you.

I don't see what everyone's complaining about. The new starters are adorable as fuck, as a nice contrast to how boring I thought Gen V's were. For once, I'm intrigued by all of them and will actually have to try to decide which to use. (Probably Fennekin. :3)

Also Deer God looks pretty sweet too.



...now I just gotta get a 3DS before October. <_<

[PapillonReel]

Yeah, same here. I like the starters as well, but I'm holding off on my judgment until I see the final forms.

Also: for the record, Gen V rocked some of the best designs in the series, as far as I'm concerned. Gamefreak's got my vote of confidence, at least for the meantime.

One thing I like about the legendaries: they're not dragons! Thank the good lord, we're getting some type variety in the PokeGods again. Also, it might mean I can look forward to new typings for my Dragon Gym without having to worry about the good ones being banned.  :V