Pokemon X and Y announced for 3ds

[AlanJohn]

Another thought, it could be called X and Y and the inevitable Z because of the 3D. X and Y for 2D and the Z plane bringing it into 3D. A playon perhaps?

Nah man, instead the sequels will be X2 and Y2.

 

[iFish]

I wouldn't be so sure about that. As in this video at 0:58 Still up for debate though.

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You're right. I might be incorrect.

 

[solarsaturn9]

Nah man, instead the sequels will be X2 and Y2.

Nah bro, XX and XY

 

[porkiewpyne]

I don't know about you guys, but does the dude remind you of Hilbert of BW?

And while Froakie may be my least favourite, I still think Froakkie > Oshawott

*runs away*

 

[Snailface]

Official site:
http://www.pokemon.com/pokemonxy/en-us/

 

[ShadowSoldier]

Nah man, instead the sequels will be X2 and Y2.

X2... = X-Men 2...

 

[cotyboy]

X and Y... when I was reading that not watching the announcement I thought the names just hadn't been announced yet.
Also: WATER STARTER NOOO!!!! WAHT R U DOIN'? I always choose water and its this crappy toad thing. I'd go for Fire but that goes against all I know now.

me either, for all the water based animals in the world why a frog

 

[KingVamp]

^ Froakie is awesome looking. Do you go something against frogs?


And we still may not get full movement, but I'm fine with that.

 

[Clydefrosch]

oh damn, X and Y, I get it
x axis and y axis create a 2 dimensional space

third legendary Z makes it 3 dimensional like 3DS ... lol

 

[FAST6191]

oh damn, X and Y, I get it
x axis and y axis create a 2 dimensional space

third legendary Z makes it 3 dimensional like 3DS ... lol

Can't we have i and make it imaginary?

I hope not I want the Japanese names or at the very least a option for Japanese names.

Far be it for me to question such things but why? Most of the names seem to be puns and wordplay and that seems to defeat the object.
Edit- disclaimer- my knowledge of Japanese pokemon begins and ends with my once watching this

 

[Valwin]

wait so the rumors were true OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[Blaze163]

And here I was expecting it to be another huge let down like B/W 2, only for it to turn out to be awesome on toast. Never looked better. I hope they upgrade the cries as well as the graphics though. Pikachu can clearly speak so I don't want any of those monophonic ringtone cries we've had for over a decade.

 

[emigre]

In fairness, it really is encouraging to see some evolution on the series. Since Gen 2, I've always felt the Pokemon series has been creatively bankrupt. So, it is good to see Game Freak are seemingly dedicated to incorporating change. Shame, the trailer doesn't confirm whether we can finally move in EIGHT DIRECTIONS.

And yeah, the grass and water starters look ridiculous.

 

[Valwin]

also why is bianca a pokemon

 

[Clydefrosch]

In fairness, it really is encouraging to see some evolution on the series. Since Gen 2, I've always felt the Pokemon series has been creatively bankrupt. So, it is good to see Game Freak are seemingly dedicated to incorporating change. Shame, the trailer doesn't confirm whether we can finally move in EIGHT DIRECTIONS.

And yeah, the grass and water starters look ridiculous

may I ask, where exactly you see this so called creative change?
It's still just pokemon. it still looks like you move on a chessboard. battles are still turn taking like before. ok, they are now in celshading 3D (which reminded me a lot at the models they use in prof. layton). the perspective seems to change randomly as it did since black and white... and though we can only guess its about gym leaders, an evil team and the france branch of the pokemon league, it seems pretty much the same as before, doesn't it?

 

[DragorianSword]

Holy crap! That certainly is a huge jump for the francise!
And here I thought ninty was going to make another slightly better looking game than B2/W2!

 

[The Real Jdbye]

I can't wait for this, but I really hope X and Y are just placeholders, they don't sound like real names.
I'm kind of disappointed that they didn't do more with the graphics, the 3DS is capable of much more than that. But I didn't really expect any more since this keeps it in the same style as previous generations.
However, something with graphics like the GC/Wii games, perhaps even improved more would look great on the 3DS.

And judging from the starters, the lineup of new Pokemon is probably gonna be the worst one yet. The Grass starter looks like a different Pokemon in a green costume, and Froakie just looks bad, the head's shape is all weird and the name is retarded. So I guess my starter is decided... easiest starter choice yet.

Holy crap! That certainly is a huge jump for the francise!
And here I thought ninty was going to make another slightly better looking game than B2/W2!

To me that's pretty much what this is. All they did was change the characters to 3D and improve the textures. But they haven't shown what the battle screen is like, it might still be in 2D. They showed attacks, but they might be part of a cutscene and not what the normal battle screen looks like.
Edit: Oh, and they make better use of camera angles, which means this game will probably make great use of the 3D effect.

I don't know about you guys, but does the dude remind you of Hilbert of BW?

And while Froakie may be my least favourite, I still think Froakkie > Oshawott

*runs away*

I prefer Oshawott. Especially after it evolves.

 

[Foxi4]

Well, shit. That looks alright, actually... Nintendo stepping it up... the end is nigh.

Also, I'd like to remind everybody about a conversation we had last month:

"RARARA SPRITES ARE AN ARTISTIC CHOICE RARARA NO TO 3D IN POKEMON. NEVER GONNA HAPPEN!" <--- Remember that?

 

[ov3rkill]

YES! FINALLY! Perhaps my 4th Pokemon game to be played since yellow, blue and red. LOL!

 

[emigre]

may I ask, where exactly you see this so called creative change?
It's still just pokemon. it still looks like you move on a chessboard. battles are still turn taking like before. ok, they are now in celshading 3D (which reminded me a lot at the models they use in prof. layton). the perspective seems to change randomly as it did since black and white... and though we can only guess its about gym leaders, an evil team and the france branch of the pokemon league, it seems pretty much the same as before, doesn't it?

I'm proclaiming cautious optimistic not utmost revolution. The use of 3D feels very refreshing compared to the last decade. The fact it feels refreshing is what encourages me which I haven't felt since Gen 2. I'm not going to make a lasting judgement on whether I'll buy this or not till I hear more details. If there are significant changes than great. If there aren't than I'll criticise it. I do try and give everything a chance.