6th Gen Your Favourite Thing About X & Y

[Snork]

This generation has certainly taken more then one step forward from the previous gen and is personally my favourite game in the series since the gen II remakes. So what is your favourite thing about this new generation? Is it the highly improved graphics? Mega evo's? Storyline? Character customization? Or that awesome moment when something cool is happening and you get to crank up your 3D.

Discuss away! I'd love to hear your opinions :D

Personally, I like the pokedex, especially in the early areas. Most of the new pokemon are awesome and they've brought back a lot of oldies a veteran like me love :)

 

[Gigginold]

Admittedly, there is a lot to love about this generation. The music, the presentation, the Pokemon, the region, everything is a step up!

I'm loving the regional pokedex variety. There's a lot of Pokemon that you can obtain in just one game cartridge, and it never feels like you're being swindled out of it.

But my favorite feature has to be the Player Search System. It makes finding battles online better, finding trades better, and it makes playing Pokemon feel like a unifying experience! Convenient and practical. It's hard to get any better than that, personally.

 

[s0nido]

There is so much to love about Pokemon X and Y that it'd be impossible to pick just ONE thing. So I'm going to talk about everything that I love about these games because I can. :P

Let's start by talking about the most obvious improvement - the graphics. While Pokemon has never been a particularly ugly series, per se, by the 5th generation, the 2D sprites were starting to show their age, and in a very 3D overworld, the 2D sprites didn't look very appealing. One of the things that really blew me away in Pokemon X and Y was how beautiful everything looked, being rendered in full 3D. The Pokemon models in battles looked absolutely wonderful and I found something to love about every Pokemon, even previous ones whom I didn't like very much in previous games. The graphical improvements in X/Y really breathe life into the series and make me want to play it for hours. The Kalos region is also amazingly fleshed-out and very detailed. There is so much to see and do, and it really does look beautiful. I also love the new Pokemon. Even though there aren't many that were introduced in this generation, each and every Pokemon has had thought put into it and feels complete in every way. The new multiplayer features present in the game, present in the vastly improved Player Search system, make playing with other people a breeze and really makes the world of Pokemon players feel so much smaller and better connected. I am also a huge fan of Pokemon Amie. It could do with a few more mini-games (you can only play the same 3 mini-games for so long before they get mind-numbingly boring), but it's a wonderful way to interact with your Pokemon, and I am absolutely in love with the way that all the Pokemon are fully animated in Pokemon Amie. Super Training is also a welcome addition, and it's one of the main reasons why I'm spending a lot more time on this Pokemon game than I've ever spent time on a Pokemon game before. Seeing the stats of your Pokemon increase before your very eyes based on the work you're putting in really gives you an incentive to keep training. I guess you can see from my longish post that I really enjoy X/Y. I don't think I've enjoyed a Pokemon game this much in well... ever.

 

[Hiatus]

I really like mega-evolutions, as well Friend Safari. Mega-evolutions, because, well, the feature is pretty unique! It forces Pokémon to reach their highest potential and have their strengths become as powerful as those of legendaries. Isn't that awesome? Few of my favorite megas would have to be Charizard Y, Aerodactyl, Blastoise, and Mawile. They look amazing and perform quite nicely when battling, too. I've used these Pokémon in many of my matches; without their help, I probably couldn't have won them. Friend Safari—I like it because it gives us a great reason to share friend codes and interact with other players. You're also able to capture a variety of Pokémon from here whose got their hidden abilities.

By the way, we already have a thread on the exact, same topic—it's right here. Due to that, I'm afraid I would have to close this. Next time, before you create new threads, please take a few seconds to search around and make sure that you're not posting any duplicates. ^^"

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