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

[Jq1790]

As long as the Fire starter is NOT Fire/Fighting, I think we can call it a step in the right direction at least.  Here's hoping.

[Raikaria]

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

No, if anything the design of the water-type starter means we will not be seeing Water/Fighting. Why would a Scholar-Frog become Water/Fighting? Grass/Fighting [Looks like it could become a fighting-type], Water/Psychic  [Scholartoad] and Fire/Dark [Kitsune] are more likely, and exemplify the triangle, when usually the water starter can just grab Ice Beam later and kill both starters.

If it's a Triangle and an Inverse Triangle, it'll become like Gen 4 where the starters are just 1 > 2 > 3. [Infernape would beat both Torterra and Empoleon with Flare Blitz and Close Combat]

[Red Frost]

Apparently we have to protect the Dragon Balls in the new game.
 
I was really hoping for a Gen 6 reveal instead...  Oh well, back to White 2 for me.

[BT]

For fucks's sake.

Stop making formes.

[trancehime]

For fucks's sake.

Stop making formes.

They are running out of ideas... :V

[Kasu]

It kind of makes sense considering the theme of the games seems to be genetics but...

Overall, I'm not entirely sure how I feel about it.

[NekoNekoRex]

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.

Hey man, I liked that aspect of Gen V, it was a nice throwback to how the original Pokemon games played. I honestly prefer to not have the same 20 pokemon popping up in every single game (Zubat, Pikachu, Magikarp, etc)

sure smells like nostalgia goggles/ anti-hype / pokepurist in here

[Ikari]

I played pretty much every pokemon games ever, and I seriously don't mind the new Generations bringing a bunch of whacky new pokemons.

Not only do I agree with NekoNekoRex (Not the same damn things again and again), but it also messes up my type memorization. If we kept the same pokemons all the time, I'd just, y'know, use the same move over and over again on what I know will be murdered by said move. Now I can play the fun guessing game of what type my enemy is. It's silly, but it keeps me entertained when I stumble on random encounters.

Also Audinos are the greatest thing ever. When dead, obviously.

[Tommy Vercetti]

I'm hoping to hear more about the new Mewtwo lookalike Pok?mon. One thing I liked about Generation V was that it added in a whole batch of new faces. Instead of seeing the same Zubat and Magikarp, it added a lot more to variety. What also made me like BW: TMs don't expire after use. That was a godsend last generation.

The starters this generation don't seem to be that bad. Hopefully, their evolutions are revealed within the next couple months or so. Then I can make a good judgement call on who'll be my starter.

[Ikari]

What also made me like BW: TMs don't expire after use. That was a godsend last generation.

Yes.

Dear god yes.

[trancehime]

sure smells like nostalgia goggles/ anti-hype / pokepurist in here

No, I am against thematically cool and nice Pokemon like Farfetch'd and Dunsparce remaining either piss-poor weak and useless (in the case of Farfetch'd) or forever gimmick and novelty and never actually competitively viable on a consistent basis (in the case of Dunsparce).

I'm hoping to hear more about the new Mewtwo lookalike Pok?mon.

I hear it's the Eclair forme.

[BT]

Gen V didn't add variety any less than the past generations, really. It just forced you to use the new ones, how nice.

What angers me about formes is that it was a cool and fitting concept at first (Deoxys) but now it's just a way of adding more events and noise.

I've been mulling over the idea, and I think I'd appreciate a reset at this point, a-la Ruby/Sapphire. The game is way too versatile and virtually nothing can be added, and we know that they'll add things anyway until we choke.

[Zerviscos]

Whoa whoa whoa! What's this thing about a mewthree?

[Frog]

Edit: I feel stupid and should've read a few posts up.

[NekoNekoRex]

Gen V didn't add variety any less than the past generations, really. It just forced you to use the new ones, how nice.

What angers me about formes is that it was a cool and fitting concept at first (Deoxys) but now it's just a way of adding more events and noise.

I've been mulling over the idea, and I think I'd appreciate a reset at this point, a-la Ruby/Sapphire. The game is way too versatile and virtually nothing can be added, and we know that they'll add things anyway until we choke.

What? I beg to differ, Gen V was the reset. They took out all the hold items, stones had one evolution each plus iirc most of the stones weren't used, location-based evolutions weren't used, formes were moveset based or for that one guy with the DW ability, all the Pokegear was removed, the list goes on.
The only new features were more Wifi connectivity and that hardly affected the game. I never even got to use Dream World because I have a DS Lite and Wifi hotspots for those just plain don't exist any more, I got through the game fine.

[trancehime]

What? I beg to differ, Gen V was the reset. They took out all the hold items,

I'm not sure where you got the idea that "they took out all the hold items," as a good chunk of the relevant hold items are pretty easy to procure.

[NekoNekoRex]

Meant the new pokemon don't use them, they were there to be available post-game

[BT]

I'm more referring to the fact that everything is available to everything at this point and there's a big & ugly power creep. Eventually the original generations will all but fade away.

...Actually I don't know what I'm saying here considering a "reset" means starting from scratch.

I don't know what point I'm trying to make.

[Wriggle]

Oh, why hadn't I seen this thread before? :V

Well, I like Gen VI so far, except Xerneas. Flandre should feel bad for him. Mewbuu is okay, although I'd prefer they revealed Syl's type before making such... "surprise". And I'm glad it's a new pok? and not a forme, because these are getting out of hand.

(Fennekin :* )

[trancehime]

Eventually the original generations will all but fade away.

I somehow doubt that. There will always be genwunners after all.  :qq:

Well, I like Gen VI so far, except Xerneas. Flandre should feel bad for him.

Are you kidding? Xerneas is badass. Better than Yveltal :V

[Bound]

So it's been confirmed the new mon is in fact a new form of Mewtwo.
Quoth Serebii, "(CoroCoro) confirms that it replaces Mewtwo on the movie poster and confirms that it is in fact a new form of Mewtwo, with the poster explanation stating that Mewtwo has awakened and become its new shape". Thoughts?  :munch:

[Raikaria]

So it's been confirmed the new mon is in fact a new form of Mewtwo.
Quoth Serebii, "(CoroCoro) confirms that it replaces Mewtwo on the movie poster and confirms that it is in fact a new form of Mewtwo, with the poster explanation stating that Mewtwo has awakened and become its new shape". Thoughts?  :munch:

Well seeing the name of the movie that was obvious and anyone thinking otherwise was a fool...

Movie with Mewtwo in called 'Mewtwo's Awakening'

People were saying that was a completely new pokemon when it's Mewtwo with conjoined ears and his tail on the back of his head.

[Wriggle]

Oh, so it's a new forme after all? Someone told me it was officially stated that it was a completely new Pok?mon, but it didn't check it myself... funny how Mewtwo only got a signature move 4 gens later, and a new forme 5 gens later. :V

Now I come back to wonder how they'll balance the stats, since Mewtwo already has a huge BST, they're more likely to rearrange it similarly to Shamin-S, who traded off defenses for atks and speed, but left HP untouched.

[BT]

I don't know what they want to do, really. It's probably because Mewtwo was The Original Legendary so people wanted it back, but then you might ask why Ho-Oh / Lugia / Rayquaza / Arceus are basically left to rot, the answer to which probably being "cause first generation".

[trancehime]

I don't know what they want to do, really. It's probably because Mewtwo was The Original Legendary so people wanted it back, but then you might ask why Ho-Oh / Lugia / Rayquaza / Arceus are basically left to rot, the answer to which probably being "cause first generation".

rayquaza got v-create

that's something

[Wriggle]

I don't know what they want to do, really. It's probably because Mewtwo was The Original Legendary so people wanted it back, but then you might ask why Ho-Oh / Lugia / Rayquaza / Arceus are basically left to rot, the answer to which probably being "cause first generation".

rayquaza got v-create

that's something

Iirc it got V-create because it won some contest thing in Japan (the one Ditto was 2nd, but since Rayquaza didn't have a hidden ability which the contest was kinda for, they gave another thing instead). But the saddest thing is about Arceus. Why did the Hall of Origin event never happen? In gen 5 at least you can get a shiny, nickname and EV train the DW Arceus, but still, it's not the same thing. :/

[Red Frost]

Good news, everyone!  New Pokemon.
 
Not much, but it'll tide me over.  I usually don't like the starting bird Pokemon, but this one's oddly cute.  And who doesn't love that smug, little, Panda-bastard?
 
We've also got a clear shot of the protagonists and it looks like we'll be able to edit their appearance somewhat.

[Edible]

Banned in china due to displaying fainting pandas

[The Hating Hater]

Yamchan

Panda Pokemon

Naughty Pokemon

Face

 :getdown:

[Jq1790]

Yamchan

Panda Pokemon

Naughty Pokemon

Kinda makes me think of those commercials for Panda brand cheese.  Though I suppose that panda's less naughty and more psychotic.