Re: Pokemon X and Pokemon Y announced (Gen 6)
Posted by: Zowayix
Date: 2013-06-12 01:58:56
Of course, there's some newsy things to go with it:
- I stand corrected on the language selection not including Japanese, apparently it does. Weeaboos rejoice!
- The male character's name is Xavier, unless that's just some dude's name who they're using for the demo. It could also be the female's name, but that's weird. Another another another update: If these are indeed the default names and not just arbitrary demo names, the female is named Yvonne.
- Game Freak is working on importing stuff from Gen 5 to Gen 6. Not too surprising, but this means that they aren't going to change mechanics like IVs and EVs because that would break backwards compatibility (see also: Why you can't go from Gen 2 to Gen 3)
- It will read your friends list. They have not confirmed the absence of a feature where it will see that you don't have any friends, and laugh at you.
- You can ride on a Rhyhorn now. DAMMIT THAT WAS ALMOST A PUN
- Talonflame evolves from Fletchling (the little bird thing that was revealed ages ago). If the latter is available early game like most small birds, Fennekin is going to have to be good to compete with it.
and if there's a level cap for the five Pokemon (Total number of levels must be less than or equal to 100).
I very much hope that if there is a level cap, it's configurable or can be turned off entirely. Let the players decide their own challenges if they want, I say.
Another update: According to that Gamespot place, Pokemon X and Y are going to be $39.99 each in the US. This means in Australia, they will cost something like $99 (based on how much all other technology stuff costs compared to the US here). Gotta love that exchange rate of 1 USD = 1.06 AUD. Wait, what?
EDIT: Yeah, alright. Next time I'll actually do some research before making snarky comments in jest. They'll be $68AUD here. (However, 68 is a lot more than (39.99 * 1.06 = 42.3894), so my jimmies are still a bit rustled)
Another another update: According to this, you can only choose languages at the start of the game. I suppose that's a bit of a letdown, because I don't see any reason why they need to have it work that way. So if any of you had secret evil plans about learning another language using this, go to plan B.