New Pokemon Games Announced: Pokemon X and Y!

[Hi no Seijin]

Huh, I hadn't noticed until you said something, but those eyes do look like they could be compound eyes.

[MagmarFire]

Ah, another good point. Didn't think about that one myself.

[Zelda Veteran]

If there were to be another type, it would probably be like a Sound type (giving pokemon like Exploud, Politoed, Kricketune, Wigglytuff etc. dual typings). They could even give Palpitoad like a different evolution path, going further into sound. Idk, it's kind of dumb, but I'm just throwing it out there. Maybe an Air type, but flying kind of covers that. Don't listen to me xD

[MagmarFire]

I'm hoping for a Light type myself. Give it kind of a Metroid Prime 2 feel where it's weak to Dark and Dark itself is weak to Light, for instance.

And make it so Normal's super effective against it. Normal's always been screwed by never having a type advantage aside from being immune to Ghost and the like.

[Zelda Veteran]

So... I'm certain everyone is already aware, but I'll put it here since nobody else has.

Mewthree

... Or so it has been code-named. Not particularly happy about the way it looks. It looks like they just glued his tail to his head, and gave him some derpy toes. It looks like they were trying to do some sort of halo/horns type of thing, but it fell short, for me at least.

[MagmarFire]

I think it looks fine, personally.

[Zelda Veteran]

The new type is leaked to be the "Fairy" type. Supposedly, Sylveon and Xernias are going to be Fairy types, and Clefairy, Clefable, and Togekiss are getting retyped.

The PokeCommunity is taking this guy seriously because he's also the dude who leaked 5th gen's entire pokedex, so his word carries some weight.

[Zelda Veteran]

[Hi no Seijin]

It looks like you can ride the grass goat.  I hope this means you can ride Ponyta.

And that glare looks like it's part of that electric lizard's tail.

[Zelda Veteran]

I would have posted here with information, but I had to run. I'll elaborate for anyone who hasn't already looked up the information for themselves.


This little ball of awesomeness is Yanchamu. He's a pure fighting type (yeah, Kung Fu panda, omg) and he's my favorite of the sixth gen pokemon so far. He apparently knows the new move Parting Remark. No news on what the move does yet.


This one's Erikiteru, (which sounds like Japanese people trying to say "electer"), and he's a new type combination! Electric/Normal has never been done before, and while it gives him a weakness to fighting, it gives him a handy immunity to ghost! I think the trade is worth it. It uses sunlight to generate electricity, so we can probably count on seeing it have a unique special ability. It has access to the new move Parabola Wave. It's a move that works damages the opponent and heals the user, much like Giga Drain.


This generation's Normal/Flying type, Yayakoma, is based on the Japanese robin. Not much to say on this one, except for the fact that it knows the new move Nitro Charge. No news on what the move does yet.


Lastly, we have Gogoat, the Riding pokemon. He's a pure Grass type, and can be "ridden in cities" according to the magazine that the images were scanned from. He knows the signature move Horn Leech. No news on what the move does, but we can infer that it'll damage the opponent physically and heal the user. It also introduces the concept of riding a pokemon instead of a bike, which I think is awesome.

I hope I can ride my Shiny Rapidash. That'd be amazing. I assume that since he's called the "riding" pokemon, he'll be the only one you can ride (in this generation anyhow). I also wonder if he'll be given to you like an HM, so you can scale mountainsides with him, or cross otherwise impossible terrain. A "kinda legendary" like Snorlax from Gen1, and Sudowoodo from Gen2.

But new pokemon aren't the only news.



In the center of the right page of that scan, you'll see the trainer's with different skin tones. There has been revealed to be a small amount of character creation this time around. It's shown that you can change the skin tone and hair color of your character, but nothing else has been confirmed. I'm pretty darn excited about that.

[Zelda Veteran]

Kalos region


The new star-shaped region is called the Kalos region. With a name to the place, we've also received the official english names of the revealed pokemon. The panda's name is Pancham, the bird is Fletchling, the Electric/Normal type is Helioptile, and Gogoat remains the same.

Slideshow of new screenshots

New Gameplay Trailer

Pancham's signature move "Parting Remark" is revealed to lower both the target's attack and special attack, and switch him out. Helioptile's "Parabola Wave" is an AOE attack, which makes its healing properties even more potent.



Rumors

There's a rumor of a man named Prof. Sycamore, who will allow you to choose either Bulbasaur, Charmander, or Squirtle. I hope not, because I worked hard to get them in Pokemon White 2.

There's also a rumor of a pokemon that evolves one way normally, but differently if you hold the 3DS upside-down. Weird, but neat.

There's a new poison-type attack called Belch, that has 120 base damage, but requires a berry.

Pancham will evolve into Pangoro at level 30, but requires a Dark-type Pokémon in your party.

Fewer HM's in this game than in previous pokemon games.

There's a Fairy-type attack called Draining Kiss that has 60 base power, and heals the user equal to the damage dealt.[/li][/list]

Lastly we have boxart.

[MagmarFire]

Wait, so there is a new type!?

HOLY FRICK.

THIS IS AWESOME

OH, GOSH

OHHHHHHH, GOOOOOOOOOOOSH

...I'm late to the party, but OHHHHHH, GOOOOOOOOSH

[Zelda Veteran]

Wait, so there is a new type!?

I put it under "rumors" for a reason ::)

Nothing substantial to report as of late. I've kept my eyes peeled, but all I can dig up is that there's going to be a 90-minute round-table Q&A about X and Y at Nintendo's E3. Really excited for that.

[Zelda Veteran]

Fairy type confirmed. It's super-effective against Dragon type.
3 confirmed reclassifications are
Gardevoir -- Psychic/Fairy
Marill -- Water/Fairy
Jigglypuff -- Normal/Fairy

two new pokemon revealed: Vivillion and Noivern




Excitement.

[Hi no Seijin]

So, I was wrong about Sylveon's typing, but I don't care because, dude, fairies.

Also, does anyone think that Noivern looks like a bat?