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Xander Olivieri April 14th, 2012 4:45 PM

Watched the video and counted 7 buildings. It was a surprise...but sadly the "City" looks smaller than Lacunosa Town to me.

Zelda April 14th, 2012 5:06 PM

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Originally Posted by XanderO (Post 7132285)
Watched the video and counted 7 buildings. It was a surprise...but sadly the "City" looks smaller than Lacunosa Town to me.

Well it is only the city you start in, and the first location in the game. I didn't expect anything too huge, and this looks pretty good to me!

I like the fact that we start in a city instead of a town! It just comes to show that GameFreak is starting to put an end to some of the boring repeated things in the game that we always have and expect. It's definitely one of the reasons people are liking what they hear so far, so much.

Man I'm so excited just to be in this city let alone play the whole game. o3o;

antemortem April 14th, 2012 5:10 PM

It's really made no impact on me, honestly. Though, I have thought of the starting trainers as always fitting better if they start in a small town. I see them more of an underdog, someone who wasn't thought of to be great in the world of Pokemon, and even being seen as such, they depart from their small town and go on a year-long journey, or, in our case, a couple of days long, to prove all the doubters wrong and become something more.

Starting off in a city is more like a rich kid leaving and knowing he'll attain greatness because he's rich, lives in a city, etc.

From the looks of the female girl, though, that second theory is all but right...

Jellicent♀ April 14th, 2012 5:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Kaori (Post 7132322)


Man I'm so excited just to be in this city let alone play the whole game. o3o;

I'm right there with you. The city tickles me pink. <333
Did they say what other buildings are going to be in the city other than the Center and school?

Zelda April 14th, 2012 5:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Jellicent♀ (Post 7132334)
I'm right there with you. The city tickles me pink. <333
Did they say what other buildings are going to be in the city other than the Center and school?

Not that I know of, I'm pretty sure most of what was shown was just the rival and protagonist wandering around the place. The home of the protagonist in the city looks sweet though!

Jellicent♀ April 14th, 2012 5:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Kaori (Post 7132344)

Not that I know of, I'm pretty sure most of what was shown was just the rival and protagonist wandering around the place. The home of the protagonist in the city looks sweet though!

Aw, well shoot. I love the protagonist's home. It looks so cute. And am I he only one who got more excited when I saw concrete walkways instead of dirty and grass?

antemortem April 14th, 2012 5:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Jellicent♀ (Post 7132350)
Aw, well shoot. I love the protagonist's home. It looks so cute. And am I he only one who got more excited when I saw concrete walkways instead of dirty and grass?

Nope, I'm adoring that as well. I like that they're finally straying off the stereotypical country-side that all Pokemon games seem to... well, always experience, even in the third generation when there was an attempt to add things like that to places like Slateport and Mauville. It didn't work. :I

Zelda April 14th, 2012 5:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Minzy (Post 7132358)
Nope, I'm adoring that as well. I like that they're finally straying off the stereotypical country-side that all Pokemon games seem to... well, always experience, even in the third generation when there was an attempt to add things like that to places like Slateport and Mauville. It didn't work. :I

Slateport and Mauville are amazing, don't hate! SMH RN BE ASHAMED.

I noticed that as well though! It brings out the New York in Unova, especially since it is a city. Cities need to be like that. :P

I'm quite pleased with Hiougi City really. It still screams "home", which I like.


Ho-Oh May 15th, 2012 6:15 AM

Okay so in my timezone, it's still technically the same day, so it's not over a month, and Jake said in general earlier he doesn't care about the revival rule that strictly and the thread Suicune posted it in can't lead to any discussion because it's for new things, while this thread is for the starter city specifically. :(

...anyway, since we now know Aspertia City (as revealed in a press release) is the name of the starting city, how do you guys feel about it? It's interesting that they actually kept that it's a city in English (and do you prefer the other name, Hiougi City?) AND what does it even mean?! ...I haven't yet checked, lol. :x

Mystery Soul May 15th, 2012 6:22 AM

A a fragrant fan made of hinoki cypress tree wood.

^The definition of the city's Jap. name.

So Aspertia may be an allusion to some sort of tree?

Hikamaru May 15th, 2012 6:30 AM

So Hiougi City has been localized as Aspertia City.

Interesting name but still doing the pun on clouds I presume?

At least this is the first hometown for the player that is actually a city.

Can't believe they released the English name this early.

Zephele May 15th, 2012 6:54 AM

Aspertia sounds like a cool name to me, and I feel it fits the names of the others.
According to Bulbapedia, it is indeed a continuation of the cloud theme, this time using the undulatus asperatus cloud.

On starting in a city, it's hard to tell how much of an impact (if any) it'll have until you start playing the game, I suppose. Though I guess it's nice to have a little bit of a change.

Shiny Celebi May 15th, 2012 7:36 AM

Im glad the player character is from a city, such a nice change, even if just because of the look of it. It might not be a huge city, but it's a step up from the little starting towns previously.

Ho-Oh May 15th, 2012 7:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Mystery Soul (Post 7176472)
A a fragrant fan made of hinoki cypress tree wood.

^The definition of the city's Jap. name.

So Aspertia may be an allusion to some sort of tree?

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Originally Posted by Zephele (Post 7176498)
Aspertia sounds like a cool name to me, and I feel it fits the names of the others.
According to Bulbapedia, it is indeed a continuation of the cloud theme, this time using the undulatus asperatus cloud.

On starting in a city, it's hard to tell how much of an impact (if any) it'll have until you start playing the game, I suppose. Though I guess it's nice to have a little bit of a change.

Well, chances are it could be part of a tree and part of a cloud. Possibly because the city is found in the woods with a lookout to the actual sky? So basically the name was chosen to reference both, maybe.

XtinaIsMeLuvinWWE May 15th, 2012 8:39 AM

I'm not going to lie, I've always loved the fact that the character comes from this tiny town and makes it in the big wide world, not to mention when people are like "Oh, you're from Pallet Town?" it kind of puts it on the map and makes that place more important :)

Having said that I do think being from the city is a refreshing change and I really like the idea :)

Zephele May 15th, 2012 9:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Requility (Post 7176552)
Well, chances are it could be part of a tree and part of a cloud. Possibly because the city is found in the woods with a lookout to the actual sky? So basically the name was chosen to reference both, maybe.

I did a little bit of searching, and it turns out that there's a tree with the scientific name of Streblus asper, which the city could also be named after. If that's the case, it's pretty cool how they're able to retain the idea of trees from the Japanese name, and include the theme of clouds, into one name.

Jellicent♀ May 15th, 2012 9:17 AM

Aspertia City?
...<3
I keep falling more and more in love with this game, legit.

^See, the whole, "Oh you from Pallet Town...", thing has gotten a little...bland. But now, it's like, "Oh, you're from Aspertia City?!" Like, it's a city. Idk, it just has more of a status, to me.

Satoshi Ookami May 15th, 2012 9:17 AM

I still think American GF will translate it as Town =D

blue May 15th, 2012 9:26 AM

I like the fact that it's more populated and... well bigger, it's more of a cultural city to be in and from the images it looks great.

Daydream May 15th, 2012 9:32 AM

^ The official translation is city. It was on the US website, I believe.

Asper also means rough or uneven. So that could have something to do with a city being rougher than a town? I think the cloud/tree is more likely. I'm happy we get to start from a city, I just hope that there's more of a reason to come back to it. Otherwise, I dunno. It's just a cool gimmick.

mikey May 15th, 2012 10:38 AM

I like the fact of starting in a city. Theres more to do and its a nice fresh change from starting in a quiet town.

Aquarius1997 May 15th, 2012 1:31 PM

I actually like the idea

Its about time we got a STARTER CITY i hope they have a good feature in this city so i can ACTUALLY revisit it

Zayphora May 15th, 2012 4:42 PM

Asperita is such a nice name. I like that it's a city, maybe it will actually have a Poke Center now....

droomph May 16th, 2012 11:46 AM

Well, this is a sequel, so they might just change things up a bit because this isn't square one anymore, and it's CONTINUING the story.

Jellicent♀ May 16th, 2012 1:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Zayphora (Post 7177137)
Asperita is such a nice name. I like that it's a city, maybe it will actually have a Poke Center now....

There is a Center, now! Which makes me very excited. c:
And I pretty much agree with droomph. This isn't some humble little town anymore in a humble little region. Things have happened, people have moved on, this place needs to be juiced up a bit, and what better way to do that than with the characters beginning in a city?


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