The Leper Colon V posted:

Pokemon Spinoffs have always been absurdly well put-together, at least in as far as presentation. I've never seen an ugly Pokemon game.

McDragon posted:

What about Green? That Mew cracks me up every time I see it.

McDragon posted:

What about Green? That Mew cracks me up every time I see it.

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Choro Notes: Hey let's look at the Xtransceiver!

They made changes to the Xtransceiver itself, most notable of which is it is now a usable item instead of just being a plot-y thing.


Over the course of the game you'll get additional plot-relevant characters added. The big thing though is you can actually use it to call people. OUTGOING CALLS? YOU KNOW IT!


Cheren continues his role as "the smart one"


Also apparently he is bad at taking photos because I keep getting him when he blinks. Cheren gives generic advice about gameplay as well as will tell you type matchups. His more useful skill, though, is asking him about abilities:

when it's sent out."
He tells you about it with more detail than the in-game menu. BUT, he does something the In-game menu DOESN'T:

of encountering wild Pokémon."
He'll tell you the secret additional FIELD effects of the abilities like Intimidate's encounter rate reduction, Static's attraction of electric-types, CompoundEyes increasing the chance of wild Hold-items, etc. It's GREAT. Good job, Cheren.


Bianca also continues her role as "the cute one."


You can ask her for advice, which tends to just be little things she thinks of in her little C= way.


She's also a mobile friendship checker, instead of having to fly somewhere to find out.


"You know, 'cause she is biting your arm. C="


Surprisingly, this means that Jawnie has a fairly good happiness rating. Like, 150-194 out of 255.

Prof. Juniper does the things Bianca said: She rates your Pokédex completion like she would at a PC. But she also has another ability Bianca mentioned: Show her a Pokémon and she'll tell you a hint on how it evolves:


Riolu evolves from having maximum happiness during the day time so there we go.

As for Jawnie:

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You can also call your mother and she'll give you information about your current location.

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Choro Notes: Alright, check THIS out!


Bianca added an additional mode down at the bottom left:


Basically, what it does is tells you when you've seen everything there is to see on a route. This is really handy because if you remember, there were some raaare encounters in Black and White. You'll get a Poké Ball stamp once you've seen everything there.


Fishing, Surfing and Grass are all sorted and on different pages so not fishing up a Basculin won't give you a false "You need more from the grass". If you look, We can see that we have not seen all that can be found in Floccesy Ranch's grass yet because there's no stamp. (Both of these monsters are found in rustling grass.)

Seeing an opposing trainer use a monster will also fill in the appropriate spots in the habitat listing. It's SUPER helpful and also just a really cool mechanic in general!

So of course they didn't bring it back in X/Y.

Cythereal posted:

You know what you must do. Sunkern/flora as a party regular.

Chorocojo posted:

SirPhoebos posted:

The Habitat list is greatly missed in X/Y. Especially since there are a crapload of Pokemon just in one route.

Chorocojo posted:

: Thank you for going so far for this errand, Bianca. And, Cheren, how are you enjoying being a Gym Leader?

Arcade Rabbit posted:

Ditch the fluffy stuff liek pokemon following you,

Arcade Rabbit posted:

I meant skip the fluff stuff as a worst case scenario. I realize that fitting the whole game plus the accumulation of all material added on over the years may not be possible. Therefore, I'd rather have the things with tangible benefits and then fill in the lines with fluff like Pokemon following behind you. My point is I miss this stuff and am frustrated it keeps getting dropped.

As for games being developed by different teams, that would make sense from a time management perspective. I believe XY were in development since around the time the DS first came out, or something along those lines. So having different games being worked on by different standalone teams would make some sense. That being said, having at least some cooperation between teams would be beneficial for everyone involved. At least, that's how I feel.

Arcade Rabbit posted:

For the past few years Pokemon has had a bad habit of implementing good (or at least interesting) ideas for a game, promoting the hell out of it, and then dropping it forever. The Habitat List, Cheren, and Bianca are super useful in this game and I love them. Naturally, they did not transfer to X/Y or have any analogues to that game. PokemonAmie? Unless the next games are X2/Y2 I can guarantee you that it won't show up in the next released Pokemon games and the one pokemon that needs it for evolution will just be given a hold item to substitute for it like Feebas was.

Pokemon contests and associated stats, pokemon following behind you out in the field, the pokewalker, customizable Safari Zone, the Dreamworld. I get that there's limited room on the card, but still. Ditch the fluffy stuff liek pokemon following you, but at least keep that stuff like the Habitat List that provides a genuine benefit for us.

Sakuramei posted:

The Secret Hideouts are still some of my favorites and while the Underground in D/P was neat, it wasn't nearly as awesome.

Raitzeno posted:

Wrong. I spent so much loving time in that digging minigame, holy poo poo. I would love to see that return.

saihate posted:

Cheren's super pale eyelids are freaking me out.

saihate posted:

Cheren's super pale eyelids are freaking me out.

RabidWeasel posted:

Oh god, I thought it was just me. What the gently caress is wrong with him?

SirPhoebos posted:

If I had to pick a most-hated rival, I'd pick Silver. His utter lack of pattern recognition comes off as really grating. Even after beating him again and again, he acts like he's a hot-shot.

Crosspeice posted:

I'd associate that more with Blue, who stays arrogantly jerkish even up to being the Champion. After all, we've only beaten him six times before, surely we can't beat him now he's a Champion. And he still doesn't get it that much even after we kick his rear end.

saihate posted:

Cheren's super pale eyelids are freaking me out.

Crosspeice posted:

I'd associate that more with Blue, who stays arrogantly jerkish even up to being the Champion. After all, we've only beaten him six times before, surely we can't beat him now he's a Champion. And he still doesn't get it that much even after we kick his rear end.

Silver, meanwhile, is a jerk to begin with, but after getting thrashed by Lance, he really, really questions his way of training and almost doubts his ability to beat you towards the end, even encouraging you to beat the Elite Four when you rematch him. His Golbat even evolves because it loves him! So that makes him my favorite.

H.R. Hufflepuff posted:

On the other hand, Silver's "starter" was straight up stolen from Professor Elm. So, you know, gently caress him forever.

Crosspeice posted:

His Golbat even evolves because it loves him!

Chorocojo posted:

SirPhoebos posted:

Kinda feeling the Hugh-hate (the Huate?) is getting a little overblown. Yeah he's a douche, but almost every rival in Pokemon is.

If I had to pick a most-hated rival, I'd pick Silver. His utter lack of pattern recognition comes off as really grating. Even after beating him again and again, he acts like he's a hot-shot.