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Poor Australia, they always seem to get the games last, actually they're proably the ones who benefit the most from this world wide premire (well except GF and Nintendo of course, big money made) as they don't have to wait so long compared to the rest of the nations that get Pokemon games (still wonder about Korea's date though).
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Say they decide not to use the date but release the game at the exact same hour as well. GMT would be a good choice to use. So the UK get to buy the game at 12:00, western Europe at 11:00. That would mean that Japan gets the game at 2:00. On the other hand: the USA (east coast) gets the game at 17:00, while Alaska gets the game at 21:00. This wouldn't work. At all. Why have a game released during the night (in Japan/Australia) or in the evening (Alaska). Even during the day wouldn't work. Stores would just put the games on the shelf in the morning, like they always do with new releases. Such a timed release wouldn't work. A world wide release date is the most logical option. On October xth local time you can buy the game. Some countries might get it ahead of you, other countries might get it after you. It's just the way timezones work. |
I'm thinking Japan > Europe > America > Australia. I just have a feeling with the Region presumably being based in Europe, it will have an effect on the release order maybe. That was the order for Black & White so it could have a similar trend..
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I'd love for the next gen to be based of Australia. I'd imagine it'd be similar to Hoenn.
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I think it's localization that's the cause. It makes sense to translate the game fron Japenese to English first, after that's done the game can be released in North-America (I don't know what language games Canada gets). Next the games have to be translated to several different languages (French, German, Spanish, Portugese?). These are all European languages. Eventhough some countries get the English version (the UK, the Netherland and Belgium are the ones I know of), it doesn't make sense to release one version ahead of the other versions, so Europe has to wait untill all localized versions are done. (not counting the incident with Heart Gold in the Netherlands/Belgium)
And now for Australia. It gets the games last, because it's Australia. I can't think of a logical reason why Australia has to wait so long when the English version is already done. |
Well the fact that Europe got BW before any of the other International areas shows that it's pretty erratic. I'd put money on Europe being first in line shortly after Japan which would be shortly followed by the rest.
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I still think that Japan will get it first, and if they didn't... well that'd just feel strange after all this time.
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I thought it was just a worldwide release in October. I'm probably wrong though.
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I kinda wish it gets delayed a month. It'll come out just before my year 12 exams, it's like Game Freak wants me to fail.
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The only times Australia came last in releases was with Red & Blue and Black & White, and they did get Gold & Silver before the US. I'm sorta speculating the pattern will be the same as most games - Japan > US > Australia > Europe. In fact, here's the patterns based on the last few games (I'm counting Japan out since it's always first): Red & Blue: US > Europe > Australia Yellow: US > Australia > Europe Gold & Silver: Australia > US > Europe Crystal: US > Australia > Europe Ruby & Sapphire: US > Australia > Europe FireRed & LeafGreen: US > Australia > Europe Emerald: US > Australia > Europe Diamond & Pearl: US > Australia > Europe Platinum: US > Australia > Europe HeartGold & SoulSilver: US > Australia > Europe Black & White: Europe > US > Australia Black 2 & White 2: US > Australia > Europe Notice how it's almost the same pattern? Australia usually almost always ends up in the middle. Even though some games had a big few months' difference with the international releases, it often ended up with the same pattern except for Red & Blue, Gold & Silver and Black & White. Quote:
Every game I owned up to Black & White (and including Black & White) I did get on my birthday, probably cos they didn't have any release date for October. |
I'll still get them on the release day regardless. But I would rather have sleepless nights and unproductive days when exams are finished.
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But yeah, interesting information I compiled into that last post of mine. I mainly got that information off Bulbapedia, since it's a reliable source of information. I also follow Serebii for any news-related items. |
I was looking at Pokémon X and Pokémon Y as names and I have come to the conclusion that Pokémon Y, aesthetically, looks extremely awkward. Especially all by itself.
... Pokémon Y... ... So awkward. |
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... Pokémon W... .... Definitely worse than Pokémon Y when by itself. |
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Japan gets them first because it's where the games are made. The US gets them second, because translating from Japenese to English makes sense. A delay between the American release and the Australian release makes no sense, but it's there. Then the translation to the other European languages begins, so the games can be released in Europe (in all languages at the same time). --- More than likely I'll get the games the day before the release date. I think Diamond might've been the last Pokémon game I bought on the release date, all others I bought before the official release date (with Black being the exception, but I got white the day before the release). I even got my 3DS the day before the official release (does that make me a very early adopter?). |
Well there's no real structure to base it off from that, although the US have had the prority the majority of the time, there've been occasions where both Europe and Australia have got the games before others so it could just happen again.
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Despite knowing that the games would be released worldwide in the same month doesn't necessarily mean that it'll be released on the same day. I'm sure later on they'll reveal the separate days in where it's going to be released. I'm assuming the US will get it before Japan for a change.
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So unfortunately... I'd have no choice but to buy it right on it's release, the same thing will happen with X and Y. So disappointing though, but I guess that's their strict guidelines. :( |
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And according to Hikari's stuff, it'll go US, Aus the Eu. |
It does seem too short for a Pokemon game, I'm used to saying Pokemon Platinum, Pokemon White etc but it just seems cut short when saying Pokemon X or Pokemon Y.
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Another possibility is that it can be something like XX or XY, from the whole genetics speculations I guess~!
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Either give us W and Z games and a quartet of box legendaries instead of the mess that was B2W2 or do nothing. W and Z could establish Pokemon that are the beginning and the end to the Xerneas and Yveltal focused Mythos, and perhaps give us an interesting story to go along with XY and Y. Sequel of course, but with massive differences to XY, unlike B2W2 again. The reason I'm saying this is cause with DLC there is no justification for releasing the same game once again with minor updates when they could just patch the game over. Sequels are the only thing that could work with the advent of DLC, and even then they could give the original games a DLC option to start a memory link style new game+
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Unless they decide to leave out DLC from these games... it's possible.
Though I agree with the W and Z for sequels, after all W and Z make up a another sex-chromosome pair (birds irc). |
Paraquoting here but Masuda said a while back charging for non-substantial DLC is wrong, so likely if any DLC comes from the games it would be massive updates, like what the Battle Frontier or Pokewood can be considered. Stuff like that being added in bundles, and perhaps having the world evolve throughout the years would eliminate the need for 3rd versions/sequels. Not to mention if they feel bad about non-substantial DLC being sold, its wholly hypocritical for them to even consider 45 euro games like B2W2 being sold anymore.
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IMO Battle Frontier and Pokéwood aren't "substantial updates", but I'd pay $2.99 for them.
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What about DLC for Gen VI's event Pokemon, as well as alternate skins for your background like the C-Gears?
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The backgrounds/skins would need to look very cool or beautiful for me to buy them. Legends...well they practically had those of us who wanted the Therian formes of the Kami trio, so I can see something like that for legends.
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What about DLC trainers, similar to the e-reader trainers in gen III.
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Yeah, I can see DLC playing a big part in these games, they have a lot of potential for many different uses such as events, aesthetic changes, new areas, new extended features etc.
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That would at least make each and every trainer look different and unique in their own way. ;) |
I'm looking forward to some things getting evolutions from gens 1-5 that needed them. Hopefully, nothing else or maybe just 1 thing from 1st gen gets an evolution as most of them already do :s Buuuut, for something like Girafarig, I could see a step up being neat. I always liked Girafarig. Dat typing.
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More X&Y insider junk from 4chan.
Yes, while I do know that "leaks" from 4chan can be easily taken with grains of salt, (in this case, I highly doubt 4Chan would be anyone with inside info's first port of call...), and yes, I know it's not real info and only just speculations, its just, some of those speculations are... kinda interesting! Like the Timetravel idea. Plus given that it's happened before in the games, it wouldn't be as out-there as one may think. The Bond system has serious potential as well, giving pokémon-trainer relationships a bigger role than the Happiness Counter, which, admittedly, I follow. Using it to make way for more moves similar to Return, in addition to the fuzzy feeling you get when your psychotic, sadistic 3 headed Dragon loves you so much, would make raising the critters far more rewarding. Of course, maybe it would also solve the Sylveon evolution mystery? Finally, while most of these "new pokémon" sound.... weird, those Card Quartet Legendaries sound kind of cool~ My best guess is that they'd be dual types akin to the Rotom formes who share one basic type. Perhaps Normal or Dark. Or maybe a Normal/Ghost is a combo? |
What made me skeptical about that rumor is the mention of the total number of new Pokemon as 99, which is far too few for Pokemon standards (not to mention Sylveon being a pure normal, which ruins the pattern of the eeveelutions being based on formerly special-based types).
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I think that 4 Chan person might be a PC visiter as I mentioned the 4 card thing in new pokemon speculation... |
Does anyone know when the next leak will be
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While some of the rumors are cool, i am pretty sure they're fake.Whoever made that up has good ideas. The Bond system was beautifully done.
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I'm not buying it at all. Also Pinsir should get an evolution not a baby form.... edit: Just read further and saw he mentioned a Pinsir evolution along with a baby form.....eh I don't know why I'm even bothering. |
That was a completely awesome, and non-believable rumor. Some of the stuff made so much sense, DLC event legendaries come later likely with 6 basic onces, bonding replacing friendship and having it as a huge battle changer with stat boosts and what not, but the amount of detail everything has up to the fact that you have 99 Pokemon with 30 of them being extensions is way too much, including the time travel and the fact that the pokedevice is really a time machine. All cool, radical changes that won't happen, but the rumor is definitely great.
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That entire rumor wasn't believable at all, although the concepts he came up with were very cool. I really liked the Trainer Level idea. Though the Bond thing effecting stats would be overkill.
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Where's this 4chan rumor? I went through /vp/ and found nothing.
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Ya I did miss read what you posted initially, but mine helps your point. The number they add is up to Gamefreak. Each region usually has around 100 though. |
And introducing only 99 new Pokemon instead of 100 will only bring some fans screeching about how GF is running out of ideas for new Pokemon.
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99 just sounds odd to finish on. XD;
Just go the whole mile, GF. ;) |
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Right, Generation 5 had 156 or so and many still whined about the lack of creativity (sure some of them are based off food, but Sinnoh also had one (the cherry Pokémon)). In my time in the fan base it seems like the ranting on this has become higher since Generation 3 (I'm still not sure if people dislike more Sinnoh's or Unova's, I think it might be Sinnoh's...(I love Sinnoh though tbh) we should take a pool).
Anyways GF seems to like odd numbers, ending the dex in an odd number for almost all the generations, and making the odd generations the reboots (well Hoenn, and Unova as Kanto was the start). So it might be possible, yet an odd plus an odd would make an even so maybe 104 or 106 is my prediction/wish. |
I would like 121 new Pokémon, or maybe 144 new Pokémon. I like my square numbers okay?
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On another topic, I was wondering about the rival's choice. Do y'all think that the rival might not actually chose the leftover starter, and rather something brand new with an advantage over you?
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I think that Gamefreak should step their game up with trainers and the rival being much much stronger if you're going to have a starter that's strong against your rivals. If the rival still get that advantage over you, I think that Gamefreak still have to make the rival and general trainers much more stronger. The game is just too easy sometimes. Some probably thinks that the game is balanced but I would still like to see it getting a bit harder than the previous games. |
I highly doubt that. It has been tradition that the rival chooses a Pokemon from the same starter batch given by the professor. GF is not likely to suddenly make a huge change from what it has done for many, many years.
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Well they've made lots of other traditional changes, actually. I mean, they could use something found much later on but at the same level, however when it's at level 50 it's 10x more powerful than your starter, making it a real challenge for you as it grows up, and you face the rival more.
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Well 10x was just random :x But yeah certainly the whole I'm-better-than-you type rival would definitely be along those lines if there was to be a really strong opposing-the-starter Pokemon.
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Hm... wouldn't it be interesting to actually have a rival that actually acts friendly throughout the adventure and then at the end... it turns out that he is the leader of the evil team? That's something similar to Evice from Pokémon Colosseum.
But I feel it would bring that big surprise to everyone at the end, where you have to battle him to save the new region from destruction. |
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It should be way more awarding to fight and beat your rival, imo. Nowadays they are just, childhood friends from home. I'd like your rival to be like, a moral enemy this time! A rival that would side with evil or more anti-heroism~! That'd be cool!
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I'll like it if the rival were like Wally, looks fragile but later gets strong. If they do 2 rivals like in BW I'm hoping for that Dynamic, with the boy being the weak bodied one like Wally, and the girl being strong and a jerk like Blue.
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Yes, That's why i want them to do another Silver with some twists.
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Wasn't N that though? A prominent figure that could be considered your league rival, until you find out he's really with TP. I don't think we need that again. Something I would really like is if your rival is really the recent league champion. He could be in the need for a fresh start to enlighten himself, and on his journey to his home town, perhaps your's even, he sees you playing with your new starter. This reminds him of his self a couple of years ago, and decides to play the role of your rival. An older, wiser mentor who doesn't hold back, and someone you eventually surpass. The twist would be while you do beat him many times, he always held back, until your true champion battle.
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What if our rival was a significant member of the evil team and we knew it from the moment we met him? He could be the child of the team's leader kind of like Silver, but this time he fights believing in his parent(s)' goals. However, he's been so cut off from the world and kept under his parents' wings, that he doesn't realize that there's so much more out there that he doesn't know about the world, the people, and Pokémon. So when he meets us, he becomes intrigued by how persistent we are to stop him and his family. Which will all lead up to the point of him realizing that what his family and their evil organization are up to is wrong.
I, myself, have grown kind of weary of the childhood friend rival. I wouldn't mind it so much if we had a second rival that spiced things up a bit. Actually, I hope we have more than one rival in general. |
I don't think i consider N as a rival. He's just a prominent character.
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The only regions that didn't have childhood rivals were Johto and Hoenn (ironic as the main characters from those games came from Johto, remember May/Brandon didn't grow up in Hoenn). So it'll be kind of nice to see that again, especially with 3 (well 4 due to BW having 2) childhood friends as rivals in a row (not counting HgSs).
If we only get one rival whose sex isn't determined by your players than I hope it's a girl, I'm tired of all the male rivals (May and Bianca have been the only ones with the two going on to help the proffesor in research...) |
What if our rival was girl again? I really enjoyed it during R/S/E ^_^
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I would like it if the rival was the opposite of your gender though. |
Or has many people have thought, maybe with the possible Genetics theme here, the rival can be a male or female depending on what game you play!
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I'm almost certain that Sylveon is either a Normal type or Flying type (the other types wouldn't make much sense). The only thing that steers me away from Normal is that they seem to be making a big deal out of its type by not revealing it (listing it as ???) and if it were a Normal type I honestly think they would've just told us. I'm thinking pure Flying since it will only be the second pure Flying type to be introduced (and the first non-legendary one). God forbid them introducing a new type for it.
I wonder if Sylveon differs depending on its gender? The one we've seen is very feminine looking. |
Maybe it's the first duel type eeveelution? I'm hoping it's pure flying as it'll make it the second (third if one counts Sky Arceus) pure flying which seems like a big deal. Hopefully we don't have two wait over a month to find out like with the Mascots...irc Reshiram ane Zekrom's type already leaked around this time. Maybe a Pokésmash member liked Dark, or Flying types...go on put it in your blog...
Hope they disclose them soon, cause if not then the new type people will be salivating as it'll seem like too much to withhold a already existing type/ type combo (even a new combo) for longer than 2-3 months. |
I'm trying to image Sylveon flapping its ribbons around to fly and nothing is non-outlandish enough for me to make believable mentally, aha. I imagine it might be something similar to how Sesshomaru from Inuyasha flies, in the fact Sylveon will kind of glide on the tails lowest on its body as they extend below/perhaps wrap around its feet or something like that. Not that that's any less outlandish...
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That wasn't why I posted those XD
The others above were trying to picture Sylveon flying and I found those the other day on Tumblr XD |
Painful yes, but not overly unlikely when it comes to Pokemon. :(
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I think it'll be more like Sesshomaru than Tails. Or at least I hope so cause it'll seem weird imo if it were by flapping them like helicopter blades.
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It definitely doesn't seem to be as painful as the thought of Doduos spinning their necks like a helicopter trying to fly. Oh gosh...
On another note, not sure if anyone brought this up before but, it seems as though more rumors are floating around 4chan based on this article here, Pokémon X And Pokémon Y To Bring Significant Changes To Series? I'm almost 99.9% these are fake, but there are some pretty cool ideas in there. One of the interesting things that stuck out to me is the plot being heavily influence by past and present time travel and how the past affects the present and future. Also, there's some cool new "rumored" items and info on the new Legendary Pokémon. For something that's likely fake, it's a good read. |
I don't want Jean and Jane so I'm just... simply dismissing them as fake, in a really hopeful way. :(
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Well, I know it does sounds fake, but:
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HeartGold and SoulSilver definitely didn't shy away from time travel with the events of Celebi and Giovanni, so I would find it extremely interesting if they incorporated such a thing as a major plotline in the games.
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I can't have been the only person to say this; but, What if Sylveon was a gender based pokemon with a 100% female ratio?
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Well travelling to the past and future could make sense given that B/W were to do with the past and future, so heading back and forward does seem logical for the next games, but I do doubt the entire leak is true given that well, Jane... yeaaah.
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Later on you get transported back to your own time, tell everyone the bad news, how everything will be overrun by team rocket. So on and so on. This would be a plot to a great storyline! |
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