The Pokemon Thread

[Chrisksaint]

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Mega Charizard? Pokemon is dead to me

[Kobalt]

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[redsrule]

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I hate Nintendo now that they ruined Charizard.

[kingkilla56]

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For comparison sake




















At least the not blue one has some kind of continuity in the design my goodness.

[Candyman5]

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The new Charizard mega evolution needs one giant intervention.

This is Mega Charizard X the other was Y I guess.



Idk man. Super digimonish to me. Oh and that Sword pokemon evolves into two swords of the same design just change in color. So yeah.

So the blue one is X?

[kingkilla56]

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So the blue one is X?

Seems like the mega evolution will depend on your version of the game. At least for Mewtwo and Charizard so far.

[DukeC]

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If you guys saw how badass MegaCharizard X is (Hint: He goes toe to toe with Mewtwo) in the Pokemon Origins OVA (doesn't have subs right now, will soon though) you wouldn't be as down on him as you are.

[VTPack919]

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There is a key from a 2002 Honda Civic on that thing.

That's just, bad.

[TracerBullet]

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-Picture of terrible Pokemon-

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Let it be the key to your heart as well, Kobalt.

[Kobalt]

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Let it be the key to your heart as well, Kobalt.

Thanks a lot, it's getting much better.

IGN gave this game 9/10. I've seen some new pokemon, they're pretty cool. Mostly cooler than crappy.

[kingkilla56]

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Btw the blue charizard is a flying dragon type. No more fire type on that version.

[Flawless]

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Polygon - 9.5

Pokemon X and Y will be remembered for the the graphical improvement, but it's not the biggest thing the game has going for it. Pokemon's online multiplayer functionality is more robust than any game Nintendo has ever published.

Multiplayer activities are carried out through the "Player Search System," which is ever-present on the bottom screen. It separates other players into three categories; Passersby, which is someone recognized as a fellow player of Pokémon X or Pokémon Y nearby or around the world; Acquaintances, a player who you've traded or battled with at least once; and your Friends, somebody you've registered to your Nintendo 3DS Friends List — which, mercifully, you can register in-game.

Interactions with other trainers are instantaneous and simple; tap on another player's avatar in the menu and you can trade or battle with them on the spot. You can view one another's "Trainer PR Videos," 10-second clips that you can customize to introduce yourself to new players. You can voice chat with friends, and exercise a number of battle and trade matchmaking options — including Wonder Trade, in which you send a Pokemon into the internet ether and receive a blind trade in return.

My favorite multiplayer function is one called O-Power, which lets you cast buffs — heals, stat increases, XP boosts, etc. — on yourself and other trainers. These powers, which increase in strength the more you use them, drain a pool of energy that regenerates slowly over time. What's clever is that they cost much less to use on other players than they cost to use on yourself, giving you an impetus to commit random acts of networked kindness.

In a series first, you now earn XP for capturing Pokemon. More drastic are the changes to the returning Exp. Share item, which gives every inactive member of your party a half-portion of rewarded XP at the end of every battle, no questions asked.

You're not just incentivized to catch ‘em all, you're given an easy method for getting your new acquisitions in fighting shape. You don't have to tie yourself down to your strongest monsters — I rotated the members of my party constantly throughout the campaign, giving me ample freedom to experiment with the game's new Fairy Type and Mega Evolution mechanic.

Eurogamer - 9

Super Training, allows you to increase individual Pokémon's base stats through a series of soccer ball-based mini-games, focusing on individual stats to, for example, balance a creature whose attack stat vastly outweighs its defence. Used in conjunction with the Technical Machine items you find on your travels (which allow you to teach specific moves to your Pokémon), the scope for minute customisation is vast. 60 hours in, your squad will be uniquely yours, the manifestation of a thousand tiny decisions and victories.

Even here, outside of the menus, the additions are many and varied. You character communicates with his or her friends via hologram messages while mob battles force a random adjusting of tactics with one-on-six encounters. A ludicrously well-featured virtual camera allows you to take photographs at scenic spots, adjusting everything from aperture to depth of field in order to secure the finest shots; you can even cultivate a field of berry trees.

There are a few niggles. Again, the process of depositing and withdrawing captured Pokémon is needlessly overlong and fussy. Some of the physical puzzles that must be cleared to progress the story are clumsy. On the technical side, the stereoscopic 3D effect is limited to battles, and in some locations the way that the camera tracks your character's motion will make even the most firmly rooted player feel somewhat giddy. The story is thin and melodramatic and its tone is sometimes jarringly preachy. ("Accept the ways of living and thinking that sometimes conflict with your own; This will truly broaden your horizons," offers one character. It's a wise sentiment, no doubt, but one that feels somewhat out of place in a game so red in tooth and claw.)

Nevertheless, Pokémon X & Y is the finest expression of Satoshi Tajiri's obsessive vision yet. The transition to 3D is smooth and natural and the multitudinous additions to the proven formula will excite even the most jaded Pokémon fanatic. Meanwhile, the kernel of Pokémon's appeal - filling every blank in that collection, catching 'em all - remains resolutely undiminished after all this time. For the young, the game is a soothing promise that, if you work hard, concentrate and look after others, victory and success will be yours. For the young at heart it's a warm reminder of the childlike thrills of discovery, compilation and care.

[Flawless]

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Pokemon Bank launches December 27, will cost $5/year

In short, the subscription service lets you store Pokemon in the cloud and transfer them from Pokemon Black & White to X & Y. It will be available on December 27th, Nintendo announced on Twitter.

The service will have an annual fee of $4.99. A FAQ explains that the fee will ensure "that everyone can store their Pokemon online and that the service will be compatible with future Pokemon games. The annual fee will support this maintenance." It will also make Nintendo money, but they forgot to point that out.

Some will ask: "why can't I just transfer my Pokemon directly?" Nintendo points out that the differences between the 3DS family of systems compared with the DS family make it "not possible to communicate directly" between the two systems. However, there will be a free trial for fast-acting players that want to transfer Pokemon for free. "If you download and open Pokemon Bank by January 31, 2014, you will be able to obtain a pass that will allow you to use the software for no charge for 30 days," Nintendo promises.

Because Poke Transporter is not available separately from Pokemon Bank, the free trial will be best for fans that want to transfer from Pokemon Black & White into X & Y.

[Candyman5]

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If you guys saw how badass MegaCharizard X is (Hint: He goes toe to toe with Mewtwo) in the Pokemon Origins OVA (doesn't have subs right now, will soon though) you wouldn't be as down on him as you are.

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[ubernoob]

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If you guys saw how badass MegaCharizard X is (Hint: He goes toe to toe with Mewtwo) in the Pokemon Origins OVA (doesn't have subs right now, will soon though) you wouldn't be as down on him as you are.

The OVAs have subs.