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

[Mounting Jaggis]

There's a GameFreak blog post here. And while it's mostly saying that the new game is awesome, he has one quote that intrigues a lot of people.

"A new battle mechanism that allows your Pok?mon to become even more powerful when the bonds you share grow stronger."

I wonder how will this affect stats or abilities of Pokemon. I just hope this isn't another form of EV training, but it'll probably get turned into that. I hope some of the weakest Pokemon benefit from this more that the stronger ones. Mainly the never used of NU,  since it might bring more variety into teams.

[trancehime]

I already mentioned this in my first post in this thread but it's most likely an enhancement to Friendship/Happiness value.

[Mounting Jaggis]

If it was just a friendliness enhancement, then it he wouldn't have mentioned it as a battle mechanic or that it makes your Pokemon more powerful. Seeing as friendliness doesn't affect anything in battle aside from Return and Frustration.

[trancehime]

If it was just a friendliness enhancement, then it he wouldn't have mentioned it as a battle mechanic or that it makes your Pokemon more powerful. Seeing as friendliness doesn't affect anything in battle aside from Return and Frustration.

No, that's the point.

That they might make Friendliness MORE than just something that affects the base power of Return and Frustration. If they were to make an entirely new battle mechanic based on "the bonds shared between player and Pokemon" rather than use something that already basically IS the bonds of a player and Pokemon, that would be really stupid IMO

in b4 they actually do that

[BT]

If it's something dependent on the happiness value, shit all happens on the competitive front anyway.

If it's something dependent on the moves you use / things that happen during battle, then, that's a thing.

[BT]

Linkers

I find this extremely amusing

[Red Frost]

So... we gettin an Eeveelution.  Pretty cute, but I'm hoping it's not the only one we get.  It looks like it'd be a Normal type, but I would've figured they'd make a Normal evolution look more Eevee-ish than the rest.

[trancehime]

So... we gettin an Eeveelution.  Pretty cute, but I'm hoping it's not the only one we get.  It looks like it'd be a Normal type, but I would've figured they'd make a Normal evolution look more Eevee-ish than the rest.

ニンフィア "NYMPHIA," it seems, yeah.

A Normal type Eeveelution would be odd given Eevee is already Normal, but... Eh. We'll just have to see.

[BT]

It probably means they're done making Eeveelutions and it's about time that happened.

[Kasu]

One of my friends said that the scan hints at a new type and a new evolution method but... I'm pretty skeptical.  The new evolution method is certainly plausible but I don't really see what the point of introducing a new type would be.

[BT]

I don't think it's a new type. Actually, people think it might be Flying-type because of the scarf flapping in the wind and the ears.

[Edible]

The name and the design leads me to believe it'll be a gender-unique evolution, and that there will probably be a male counterpart as well.

[Moerin]

So... we gettin an Eeveelution.  Pretty cute, but I'm hoping it's not the only one we get.  It looks like it'd be a Normal type, but I would've figured they'd make a Normal evolution look more Eevee-ish than the rest.

Um... Hmmm... Uh... Huh.

...Guess they can't all be winners.

[Raikaria]

I'm more interested in the fact that a new Eeveelution confirms that this isn't gonna be like B/W where they do nothing but shove Gen 6 down your throat, and give hope for those Luvdiscs and Farfetch'ds and Pinsirs.

[BT]

You mean Luvdisc and Farfetch'd and Pinsir

POKEGRAMMAR IS IMPORTANT

But fuck those guys, my childhood dream was always a Torkoal evolution

[Moerin]

Hmmm... I think my main problem with the new Eeveelution is that it's too involved, if that makes sense.  There's just so much going on with it that it kind of lacks the simplistic yet unique designs that all the other ones have.  I guess it just doesn't really fit in with the others...

...But who knows, maybe I'll learn to love it like I love the others.  Eevees are awesome like that.

Want to see a Dunsparce evolution.  Because hey, why not? :yukkuri:

[trancehime]

Hmmm... I think my main problem with the new Eeveelution is that it's too involved, if that makes sense.  There's just so much going on with it that it kind of lacks the simplistic yet unique designs that all the other ones have.  I guess it just doesn't really fit in with the others...

i think it's fine, i think it's very pretty :/

Want to see a Dunsparce evolution.  Because hey, why not? :yukkuri:

dunsparce needs more love.

I'm more interested in the fact that a new Eeveelution confirms that this isn't gonna be like B/W where they do nothing but shove Gen 6 down your throat, and give hope for those Luvdiscs and Farfetch'ds and Pinsirs.

Pinsir isn't actually a pile of trash, though.

[Raikaria]

Pinsir isn't actually a pile of trash, though.

It's more:

Scyther got Scizor in Gen 2
Scizor is a re-typed Scyther, with the same BST, moved around.

A logical evolution for Pinsir would be Bug/Fighting
Heracross has the same BST as Pinsir
Heracross is Bug/Fighting
They have a lot of movepool overlap, but not complete, like Scyther/Scizor.

Honestly, Hecacross should be a Pinsir evolution.

Pinsir has been screwed out of an evolution from his counterpart for 4 gens already. Let's not make it 5.

For that matter, equality for Banette too. Every gen that thing gets worse than the Duskull line. First Dusknoir, then Evolite...

[BT]

This is two days old.

Also: pfft. It's more likely to be The Love Pokemon or something, but this is still a thing, as Nintendo are being really shifty about the typing.

[Zork787]

This is two days old.

Also: pfft. It's more likely to be The Love Pokemon or something, but this is still a thing, as Nintendo are being really shifty about the typing.

Last time I checked, most people are speculating that it's gonna be Light Type, but personally I think it gonna be a flying type myself.

My reasoning being that it's English name Sylveon, is taken from Sylph, which is a Air Elemental from western mythos, and to cite Wikipedia

"Sylphs are winged air elementals or fairies. They ride the wind, flying high with eagles, Sylphs are female and are almost transparent. They're slender and graceful, with large glistening eyes and huge wings. Sylphs befriend and protect other flying creatures, such as birds, moths and butterflies. Sylphs can move as fast as lightning, but they may also drift along on draughts or puffs of wind."

And I believe the ribbons on Sylveon represent said wings, and seeing as how Sylph's are for the most part, exclusively female, we could have a Female exclusive Eeveelution on our hands like Edible has suggested, though it is odd how they only unveiled one Eeveelution this time around rather than a pair of Eeveelutions like they have done in the past (Espeon and Umbreon, Glaceon and Leafeon), though they could just be doing Sylveon for now and plan to reveal the second one at a later date, at least, thats what I think at any rate, but for all we know, Sylveon could be the first time they only release 1 Eeveelution instead of 2, but we'll need to wait and see though.

[trancehime]

Honestly, Hecacross should be a Pinsir evolution.

Pinsir has been screwed out of an evolution from his counterpart for 4 gens already. Let's not make it 5.

Heracross being a Pinsir evolution makes no remote logical sense. Even by GameFreak standards.

My reasoning being that it's English name Sylveon, is taken from Sylph, which is a Air Elemental from western mythos, and to cite Wikipedia

The Japanese name ニンフィア taken from ニンフ Nymph and the feminine suffix "-ia" is kind of :V

[Athrel]

So recently, what is supposedly a leaked list of the names and typings of all of the gen VI pokemon was posted.link

There's no confirmation on wether any of it is true, but it's still pretty interesting. If it is true, then gen VI will have a lot of quadruple weaknesses.

[Chaore]

So recently, what is supposedly a leaked list of the names and typings of all of the gen VI pokemon was posted.link

There's no confirmation on wether any of it is true, but it's still pretty interesting. If it is true, then gen VI will have a lot of quadruple weaknesses.

...

I am crossing my eyes sideways at 'Houndoomed'.  seriously

I mean i imagine they weren't really trying but seriously

[BT]

#1: The names don't sound like they were translated from Japanese.
#2: There's no reason for there to be a list of Pokemon and typings that conveniently got leaked -- a list of names alone is the likely scenario.
#3: "Houndoomed".

My Leak Can't Be This Fake

[Athrel]

Yeah, it doesn't really look that real, though I am hoping that some of the typings that appear in it show up in gen VI. I always thought that a centipede like bug dragon type would look pretty cool and a flying fighting type would also be interesting.

[Chaore]

Yeah, it doesn't really look that real, though I am hoping that some of the typings that appear in it show up in gen VI. I always thought that a centipede like bug dragon type would look pretty cool and a flying fighting type would also be interesting.

another good reason it's fake

seeing interesting things that you think are interesting at first

[Athrel]

I didn't really think that it was real in the first place. I only posted the list in sort of hopes that it would lead to some speculation on what actual new pokemon there might be or what the types of the ones already revealed are.

[MatsuriSakuragi]

wasn't it already pretty much confirmed that the final forms of the starters would be grass/dark, fire/psychic, and water/fighting

[BT]

I don't think it was confirmed but it's certainly likely.

[Chaore]

wasn't it already pretty much confirmed that the final forms of the starters would be grass/dark, fire/psychic, and water/fighting

not in the least, there was an unreliable source (I.E. completely unofficial source that was theory guessing) and that's about it

we have no idea still what they will be, and may not until they're out, p.sure