Wednesday, 2 October 2013

My Top 5 Hopes For Pokemon X and Y

Pokemon X and Y is out in 10 days, how exciting. I've heard that there's some people around the world getting their hands on a review copy, some of them even leaking some of the info bit by bit.

While that's all fine and dandy, some people don't really like spoilers. I'm not the type that refuse to look at spoilers, but I would like it if those people follow the rules they were given, and not reveal any info until the proper date. I heard that the official day for all info to break loose is Oct 4th, which is the day the reviewers who got the review copy to actually release their review of the game. So I wouldn't mind if any info revealed after that date since it's official.

Anyways, not the main point of the topic. While the leakers revealed stuff bit by bit, I still didn't see a whole lot in the game, which is good. So I can keep my hopes up on what they might have added in the game itself.

Here's my top 5 hopes for Pokemon X and Y (not in any order):

5. Pokemons Walking With You.
I really like the idea in Heart Gold and Soul Silver where the Pokemon in your first slot follows you wherever you go. It's really adorable (even though sometimes the Pokemon aren't, haha). And the fact that you get to interact with them makes it so nice, like you bonded with them a bit. 
It's sad that this feature did not appear in Gen V, which is strange. Considering how N was urging people not to keep their Pokemons in the Pokeballs, you would think that you could walk with your Pokemon right?
Since it is shown that you can ride certain Pokemon like Gogoat, I really do hope you can walk with them too. But even if you can't, I really wouldn't mind.

4. Easy Understanding of IVs.
I knew what were EVs and EV training since I learnt that sometime last December, but I never understood IVs. They just seemed so complex. Getting the perfect Pokemon is hard enough, but the fact that the game never really tells you directly what are your Pokemon's IVs makes it very confusing sometimes. I really respect those guys who play Pokemon competitively, cuz I never really understood how they were able to breed such perfect Pokemon and yet have such good skills at battling with people.
In X & Y they revealed this thing called 'Super Training', which seems like an easier way for EV training your Pokemon. I think this is a good idea, since EV training will take a while, but I would also like if they add some features to help people understand IVs better, or make people get perfect Pokemon a lot easier.

3. Awesome Streetpass Features.
I live in a country where there aren't many 3DS users, but we do have a community of 3DS users in my country. Sometimes (usually once a month), they will have this thing called a 'Streetpass Gathering', where people with 3DS would meet up and play some games like Mario Kart, Monster Hunter, and Animal Crossing.
Games like Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem has this Streetpass feature that lets you sent your team (in Fire Emblem) or you house (in Animal Crossing) to other 3DS users who have the game. I am 100% certain that Pokemon X & Y will have Streetpass functionality, but I do wonder what would it be, and how awesome will it be?
I would like it if they have this feature where you not only send your trainer card to others, but also your team. And you can have your Streetpass team (controlled by AI) fight with the opponent's team like how Pokemon battles are played in the Battle Tower/Subway/PWT. It would be even cooler if you could 'trade' one of your Pokemon for one of the Streetpasser's Pokemon, but I doubt that would happen. 

2. Special Outfits for Spotpass.
As we all know, we can dress up in Pokemon X and Y. So I guess it would be a no brainer for Nintendo to regularly release some special outfits to wear on Spotpass like Red's attire. Dressing up as your favourite characters in Pokemon would be really cool if they do release tons of outfits from Spotpass. Then we can see people dress as Gym Leaders, Champions, and even Evil Organizations from previous generations. 
I could imagine the sheer amount of people who would be wearing Red's outfit should they release it, or even a whole gang of people in Rocket's uniform when they group up in the union room. That would be so cool to see.

1. Version Exclusive Mega Forms for Certain Pokemons.
It was revealed a while ago that Mewtwo has two Mega forms, exclusive for each game. It has also been revealed from the Pokemon Origins OVA that was aired in Japan a few hours ago that Charizard also has version exclusive forms. And we see a lot of people cancelling their pre-orders for Pokemon Y in favour of a Fire/Dragon Charizard in Pokemon X ( and my decision to get Pokemon X doesn't seem like a bad idea anymore, in fact it just gets better and better). 
Overall, it's still a bit unfair that they revealed Mega Charizard X and not reveal the fact on whether the other two Kanto starters will have version exclusive Mega forms or not. In fact, it's still a bit unfair that there is Mega Blaziken but no Mega Swampert or Sceptile in sight. 
While I'm pretty certain that other Megas like Absol and Ampharos won't be getting a version exclusive form, I would like it if the remaining Kanto starters would have it, and that all remaining starter Pokemon that has not have a Mega form have one (and version exclusive ones too) since starter Pokemons are usually the more 'special' Pokemon.

Anyways, this is just my hopes and ramblings on what I hope for in the new Pokemon game. I really hope that it lived up to it's hype. 10 more days for the release of the game that will dominate this October!

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