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Pokémon Sun & Moon First Information - May 10th 12:00 UTC
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That's exactly what I meant. I didn't realize X and Ys were that old though, I felt like they were younger than B&W's playable characters.
ZiggyPalffyLA
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Based on what? Your negative bias heading into this?
YoRHa No.2 Type B
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Kill me.
Kill me now.
History.
Based off the trailer. Can't handle criticism? Best stay away from these threads before you get your feelings hurt.
While it makes sense to expect it to be linear based on the previous 2 games, nothing in the trailer suggests that the path through the region is linear.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
I never understood "linearity" in Pokemon, because the games are linear as fuck, with only difference usually just "oh hey, three gyms can be done in any order". And even then the only gen that thoroughly hides it is Sinnoh.
Also I find this post funny considering some of your old posts before if I recall.
Criticism is generally founded on fact, what your saying in terms of the map is baseless speculation.
Alright, cool lol. There's an unfortunate number of people out there that are stuck on the 10 year old thing because of the anime x.x
But yeah, Emma from the Looker stuff in postgame is confirmed to be 16 in the game. And everything points to the protagonist being older than her.
God Dayumm
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The cat is totally going to evolve into Fire/Fighting. I will go for the seal because I like dawgs
KenzinFive
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I was on the same boat with my initial dislike of that water starter, but he won me over with this picture and his animations in the trailer. My only fear is that he evolves into some clown-seal abomination.
You should play Platinum, HGSS, BW, and B2W2. They're some of the best games in the series.
You can skip Gen VI tho
A player is going from one place to another in a video. The game is linear based on that?
Crap, I saw people climbing up a cliff through a carved out walkway. The real world is too linear.
Notice how absurd that sounds?
Go ahead and recall whatever post you want.
vainglorious
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I always get the second version but I like the sun lion so much better than that moon moth thing. 
The starters are a little underwhelming to be honest.
The starters are a little underwhelming to be honest.
FunkyDealer
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Hoo would wear a bowtie in Hawaii though? Bikini-owl makes sense.
Yup, also based off the last 2 games in the series.
crooked spin
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Definitely getting some Final Fantasy X vibes from the path-y nature of the environments we've seen in the trailer.
I don't think it's wrong to be concerned about this.
I don't think it's wrong to be concerned about this.
Exterminieren
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The overhead view we have of the region looks to have branching paths in it- particularly near the starting town.
Given the strong likelihood we're going to be visiting other islands in the archipelago, I wouldn't be quite so sure as you.
Chaotic-Strike
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The starters designs are kinda underwhelming.
I gotta say so far Litten looks the best to me hopefully its evolutions are also good.
I gotta say so far Litten looks the best to me hopefully its evolutions are also good.
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
Litten looks good but I'm somewhat worried of how out of control its evos are gonna get with those whiskers.
Team Moon all the way, tho.
Team Moon all the way, tho.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Again, no "less" linear than the old games where you pretty much only had one point of fighting three gym leaders differently at most. Fuck, RSE didn't even have that yet somehow people miss that.
Yeah it was about pokemon designs, my post was "the usual checklist of gaf posters in a pokemon thread", you reply was something about "criticism", to which I posted was "criticism?" with a gif of Colress laughing
I am so salty for how much more I like the Sun legendary than the Moon one after being 100% set on Moon until today.
Badass lion >>>>>>>>>> Mega-Zubat.
Stereotypical Sun Lion <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Majestic Fuckin' Moon Bat
Fix-It Felix. Jr.
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Both the mascots are pretty awesome. I'll be using Sun as my day one/main copy because I always lean towards the brighter covers, but I'll be excited to get my hands on the moon legend.
Darth_Caedus
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Moon Legendary looks amazing, incredibly unique, that's going to be my version. And I may be picking my first Grass starter, the owl is awesome!
Onimusha78
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Someone's already pointed out the fact that the Sun Legendary literally looks like Pyroar and Arceus fused right?
Edit: Also willing to bet nothing that Pokemon Galaxy is the next game, featuring Arceus on the box art, possibly coming to the NX in 2017?
Edit: Also willing to bet nothing that Pokemon Galaxy is the next game, featuring Arceus on the box art, possibly coming to the NX in 2017?
With the exception of Gen I.
bizzarewars
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Why is linear synonymous with bad nowadays?
Pokemon MMO breh
UnemployedVillain
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You could do ONE gym out of order, but it was pretty linear
Because exploration is fun. Not being able to go off the beaten path and explore is frustrating. Depends on the game I suppose, but Pokemon should actively promote exploration. It's one of the core themes of the series.
And there are usually at least a couple optional areas like caves, or segments of areas (sometimes large ones), along the way for that.
That said, I'm an advocate for making the games more open and having a more dynamic gym system, where you can challenge at least a couple at a time and have them scale with your badge count.
Blackleg-sanji1
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Plz!! I've been preaching this for years Gf it shouldn't be that hard! Let me challenge them In a different order.
Heh, that's how I'll console myself, since I plan on getting Moon anyway. Gotta go with moon whenever there's a sun/moon theme.
BewilderedDragoon
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Liger zoid legendary for Sun version? Looks like I know which one I'm getting.
bizzarewars
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Yeah, I agree. I think Sinnoh handled it the best, personally. But at the same time I don't think a game should be frowned upon for linearity. X and Y were pretty lacking in the exploration department as were OR/AS so I'd like to see a difference, but I do think it's jumping the gun to cry linearity as a negative (although I'm not saying that that's what you're doing).
I'm personally hoping for Cosmic type. There's already a fair few space-related Pokemon, these new legendaries, Dialga, Palkia, Arceus and Deoxys included, and these games seem like the right time to do it. It would also round the amount of types to a non-disgusting number. Bookmark this post.
Totally agree. Platinum-HG/SS-B/W is the masterpiece trilogy for me.
I wouldn't suggest to skip X/Y, it has still a lot of new things. Maybe OR/AS is completely skipable.
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