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Old May 19th, 2014 (7:26 PM). Edited May 29th, 2014 by Sheep.
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29 May staff note: please use this as the hub for any battle-related discussions, including changes to existing mechanics and visual environments.

In this article, it is stated that a developer by the name of Shigeki Morimoto allegedly promises that ORAS will contain a battle environment different from X and Y.



As is seen in this image of a Kalos battle scene, they were already a massive upgrade from previous generations. Still, they seemed a little dull, and there are lots of possible terrains that they could make new battle environments for in Hoenn.

Not much information, but I've posted in various threads about the diverse geography of RSE, and this could be attributed to that fact. In order to bring the areas to life, they could be designing much more detailed and map-specific battle environments. What do you think this means? Could it be merely propaganda and nothing more, or do you see them changing how battles look in an extreme way?
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I'm sure the 3D will be improved from X/Y.
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Either they may add newer camera angles to show each Pokemon in different exhilarating actions, or they may (or not) change the battle scheme altogether. I really don't know but I hope its nothing too drastic.
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i hope they get rid of the rather obvious circles that your Pokemon stand on during battle. That was one thing back in the day, but nowadays I think it'd look better/more natural if the circles were removed.
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i hope they get rid of the rather obvious circles that your Pokemon stand on during battle. That was one thing back in the day, but nowadays I think it'd look better/more natural if the circles were removed.
Agreed, they looked very out of place in X and Y and I wondered why they bothered keeping them..
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Aww you guys really don't enjoy the battle fields in X&Y? That's disappointing!
I think they're really beautiful, myself. The colors just pop and the backgrounds are so pretty!

I hope whatever the decide to do, that it won't be anything too crazy. But knowing Game Freak they won't go all out on a remake. Hoenn is a great region, but these aren't exactly 'new gen' games. So I think they'll save any huge changes for the future gen instead of introducing them into a remake.

If anything they'll probably optimize the animations on Hoenn Pokemon (make better ones, I mean), change up the backgrounds... hey, maybe they'll even make backgrounds that are more involved in the battle field and surround it more! Rather than just having floating circles and trees off to the side. XD;
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I'm sure they are going to be different. They have always changed with each new game. It'll probably just be something subtle, no major changes.
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Maybe they'll replace the circles with one large circle that fits both. Or maybe a square that takes up the majority of the environment.
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I loved the battle scenes in X/Y, especially the various camera angles you'll see when you leave it idle such as rotating around and zooming in and out of the Pokemon. And also how certain battles had a background made out of the area you were battling in, such as when battling a Gym Leader, Elite Four, Champion etc. in fact even the center path of Kalos Route 6 had its own battle background which I think was pretty cool.

But still, I'm hoping they can improve on the animations, backgrounds and such in a way that will make me want to leave my Pokemon alone during battle even more, just to see the beauty of the battle scene.
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Maybe they'll replace the circles with one large circle that fits both. Or maybe a square that takes up the majority of the environment.
I'm kinda imagining some of the special trainers like Gym battles and such.

Maybe they could add cinematic actions and show part of the battlefield in 3D and see the Pokemon be lively and realistic when they plop down to the ground. But yeah the circles does have to go and replace them with your suggestion haha :)
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All I want is the circles removed, why are they even there?
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All I want is the circles removed, why are they even there?
Maybe because they developers wanted to emphasize where the Pokemon is stepping on? I don't know haha
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Minor changes do get made every time they release new Pokémon games (well, almost), but battle environment doesn't fit that description; it actually plays a huge role. Big features such as this don't get much overhaul unless a new generation is being introduced. Though, it might always get slight edits, like different-colored health bar. :] Aside from that, battle environment is going to remain pretty much the same as X and Y.
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I don't know why they would mention this if there weren't plans to make a big change to the battle scenes, but it may just a few minor alterations that simply became glorified with reporting and media. On the other hand, Hoenn remains one of the geographically diverse regions in Pokemon and I could see them doing some cool things with this. We'll see!
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Minor changes do get made every time they release new Pokémon games (well, almost), but battle environment doesn't fit that description; it actually plays a huge role. Big features such as this don't get much overhaul unless a new generation is being introduced. Though, it might always get slight edits, like different-colored health bar. :] Aside from that, battle environment is going to remain pretty much the same as X and Y.
Maybe they could expand on the random items when using specific moves in battle? They did that in XY so you could get some of the berries and other items? Since Hoenn is once again diverse and natural, they might add more items and expand on this mechanic?
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So do you guys think that sky battles will be in the Hoenn Remakes? I think Winona will use this battle style at the Fortree Gym. What do you guys think? :)
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Yes I think sky battles will e in the game, but if Winona's gym is sky battle only, I will not be impressed.
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Yes I guess it would be annoying if you could only use certain pokemon to battle her.
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Sometimes I don't exactly get why people are so pissed over sky battles. It's optional after all..

I'm more pissed about horde battles. Those things are true hell.
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Yeah Horde battles are pretty annoying do you think they'll be in the remakes?
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Let's see if they do a sky battle for Winona that'll leave us with Flygon and it's pre evolution, the Claydoll line, Skarmory, the Swellow Line, the Pelipper Line,the Altaria line, the Tropius Line. I think those are most of the levitating/ flying types we can get before post game. Skarmory seems like the most useful out of that list along with Flygon.
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Yeah I agree with Skarmory its a good choice in a sky battle!
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Sky battles were fun! Whenever I have a flying-type Pokemon out as well as my opponent, I always used to wonder, what if we could battle airborne? Kind of like how Ash took on Winona in the anime, if anyone watched that episode. For my first run through, I actually didn't have a Pokemon compatible with Sky battles, but after catching a Jumpluff, I got to experience it. Only downfall is because of the extremely limited amount of Pokemon you can use, if their flying type trumps yours, there's not much you can do about it. I'd like to see it come back in ORAS though, added some diversity to trainer battles. :]
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I never cared for sky battles, probably because they were poorly implemented into the game. They're especially not great when they're only during the main story when you have a limited number of eligible Pokemon and are more concerned with HMs and type variety.

And a forced sky battle (against a Gym Leader no less) is a terrible idea.

But if they had Sky Battles as an option in the Battle Tower/Frontier or PWT or whatever, that'd be pretty good.
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Obviously they wouldn't have the same rules as a regular sky battle. They'd make it so that the player can use any Pokemon they please, possibly due to a platform that the creature can stand on. I don't know, I think it'd be an awesome way to represent Winona's flying type Pokemon. Of course, if it was with regular Sky battle rules, it would be horrible!

It's time to get rid of the circles Pokemon stand on in battle scenes and make the background compensate to look like an actual arena, especially with the switch to a 3D graphic style.
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