Pokemon X/Y ReviewChristmas if fucking awesome. This year I got a 2DS
and a copy of Pokemon Y. And yeah, since then there’s been a good amount of
Pokemon. If you need my back-story on Pokemon, I’ve given it before. I went
back on from Leaf Green, and ever since I’ve been a big fan. Played everything
besides Black and White 2 since Pokemon Soul Silver. And this year, with the
game going onto a new system, there is a lot of new, and a lot of good. First,
Mega-Evolutions are now a thing, and you can evolve old Pokemon in battle, even
a legendary Pokemon. (Mewtwo) And yeah, I love the mega-evolution ideas. This
allows a whole new layer to Pokemon, allowing so many more possibilities. I
mean, possibilities aside, playing as these Pokemon are cool and nostalgic. But
mega-evolutions are only the beginning. The 3D world, and 3D battles are
amazing. I can’t really say much either than I doubt many people will be able
to go back, as the new game-play is so superior to anything previous. As for
the story, pretty simple. Team Flare I don’t like, but they do their job. I do
like the story with the mega-evolutions and the friends. But with things like a
new ending, and seeing the dialogue and all this other new stuff, It proved to
me something was possible. Before I don’t think story could really be taken
seriously in Pokemon. Although I don’t think I’ll say any of the stories have
been bad, I never really took them seriously to a game with real story. Most of
the characters I probably couldn’t recognize nowadays. They were boring and not
that good. But in this, the game proved to me a story was possible. Although I
won’t even say the story was great or anything, but the characters were
characters. They felt more real and solid than any I’d met before. Although
dialogue and the formula didn’t change drastically, the new style and world proved
to me that story was possible. Anyway, there is also the new Pokemon. They’re
all right. To be honest, with not many Pokemon around this generation, and me
only really liking maybe half, this is probably the weakest generation yet. But
unlike previous generations, this one focuses very little on there being new
Pokemon, whereas that was the draw for former years. Anyway, there are also new
features. Pokemon Amie although mostly just one of those, "oh look at this
thing!” things in the game, I thought it was better than most past features. On
top of actually seeing your Pokemon move and do things, the new feature allowed
you to actually do something with your Pokemon. As for other new things, there
is Sky Battling, and hordes of Pokemon. I like both, but neither really felt
that relevant in the game. Sky Battling is mostly just fighting in the sky, not
really different than any ground match. Hordes are just you fighting really
weak Pokemon, and don’t really happen often enough to leave an impact. Also,
there are a lot of things that I like they are taking risks for. Like you get
two starters, one from the first generation, one from the current. And at the
end of the game you get another starter from the current game. Also, roller
skates. There bad ass. Moving around diagonally with a joystick, yeah, in
Pokemon. Also, another big risk, they’ve added a new type. Fairy types, and
yeah, I really like the idea. I don’t know why, but the chart now feels
complete, even before when I didn’t know it was missing anything. Also, there
is the big Exp. Share system. In previous games, you could give a Pokemon an
Exp. Share, and it would also gain experience. It helped when you needed to
raise a weak Pokemon. But now you’re entire team gets experience, and to be
honest, I was skeptical going in. But going through the story, I had a team for
the first time. Usually I just have a couple really strong Pokemon, and the
others are ones I caught at the end, like the legendary Pokemon. But for the
first time I was switching around my Pokemon, using all six Pokemon I had,
really taking full potential. And not to mention, when you catch Pokemon, you
still get experience. I’ve wanted that forever, and I finally got it. Another
feature, you can finally customize your character. At first I was disappointed,
because I saw little room to customize your guy. But later I was relieved, and
saw much more items, and was satisfied enough. Also, this was the first time I
went online in a Pokemon game. Yeah, so many games, never went online. But with
an actually good working 2DS, I was able to connect to the internet, and yeah,
trading has been really fun. Things from GTS to Wonder Trade make it really
interactive and easy to trade. Haven’t tried battling, but trust me, I’ll get
around to it. Anyway, I thought the game overall was amazing. The game gave
Pokemon fans exactly what they wanted, and what they needed, if they didn’t
know it all. It changed the game up in one big mix up, and brought an amazing
product that is the best in the series so far.
Pokemon X/Y gets a 5/5
