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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Pokémon X and Pokémon Y Take Some Bold Half-Steps Into The Next Generation

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Which game are you getting?

X 20 35.09%
 
Y 25 43.86%
 
Both 11 19.30%
 
Total:56
BasilZero said:

The first thing to strike me was the way that movement works with the Circle Pad and directional pad. Using the Circle Pad will automatically equip your character with rollerblades, allowing you to move quickly (except for in tall grass) in 16 directions. Touching the d-pad, however, will remove them and let you walk around slowly, but only in eight directions. It’s a convenient system that allows for speed or precision.

Other alterations have been made in favor of convenience as well. There is a new “Restore” command beneath your Pokémon’s icon when you go to check your party during a battle. This is a shortcut that allows you to choose a healing item (to heal hit points or power points/status effects) without having to rummage through an item screen via the traditional “Bag” button. Game Freak has always been the master of subtle half-steps

Apparently, much like the C-gear in Pokémon Black and Pokémon White, the games will show you how many players are in your vicinity, and allow you to interact with them. The first time you meet them, they have to agree to accept your offer to battle, trade, or chat—but after you meet someone twice, they get bumped up to “acquaintance” status. Once you meet them five times, they’ll be automatically registered as a friend on your 3DS and you can talk to them, trade, or battle as often as they’re online. Pretty cool, huh?

 

Awesome. Awesome to the max.



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