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Pokemon Day Presents 2024 - Pokemon LZA 2025
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More set pieces that would be odd to ignore:
-The tower of mastery (the prior-to-retcon origin of Mega Evolution!) in a game that's bringing back mega evolution
-The Alistar Sundial, the mysterious crystal very similar to the Ultimate Weapon that showed you mega evolutions
-Geosenge town and Route 11, the site of the Ultimate Weapon
Yeah I definitely think Lumiose will be a huge place and the home base of the game but between all the very notable landmarks that tie into mega Evolutoin, Zygarde and the region's backstory I think we'll see be heading out to other parts ala LA.
Although, I wonder if there might be an extensive underground network? The Weapon was stored under there, Terminus Cave presumably could extend further under the region, all the Power Plants go into the earth proper....
-The tower of mastery (the prior-to-retcon origin of Mega Evolution!) in a game that's bringing back mega evolution
-The Alistar Sundial, the mysterious crystal very similar to the Ultimate Weapon that showed you mega evolutions
-Geosenge town and Route 11, the site of the Ultimate Weapon
Yeah I definitely think Lumiose will be a huge place and the home base of the game but between all the very notable landmarks that tie into mega Evolutoin, Zygarde and the region's backstory I think we'll see be heading out to other parts ala LA.
Although, I wonder if there might be an extensive underground network? The Weapon was stored under there, Terminus Cave presumably could extend further under the region, all the Power Plants go into the earth proper....
I'll be interested to see the regional dex for this game given XY had the biggest one(?) yet and then incl any of the new Pokémon / forms we'll inevitably get - Legends did a really good job at making things relatively immersive so doing that on a bigger scale with almost double the dex will be fun to see
Either this or a whole bunch of people "disappearing" around a certain area caused by some ghosts or bugs
Or, even funnier, something disguising itself as Missingno under the bridge
omg it rly is a backdoor unova game......
I mean, I'd consider myself a Kalos fan. Gen 6 was where I really got into serious setbuilding (easily viewable EVs helped a lot) and where I had the best in-person social things with anybody other than immidiate family. It may compete with ORAS given I started in Hoenn, but I'm not going to disparage XY as a system-seller since I didn't get a 3ds before it. Gen 6 gets even kinder in hindsight as the last new region that fully stuck to a working formula.
Not every Kalos fan is winning today.
Not every Kalos fan is winning today.
I am truly built different
Story: A catastrophe destroyed Kalos and Lumiose is the only refuge to both people and pokemon on the future. The scientists invented some time machine to investigate what happened in the past and a 10yo child with a starter pokemon will be time travelling in the city to discover.
let go of this franchise youll feel better. i mean this genuinely, you're not having fun with the games nor ripping apart the games nor watching from the sidelines. I did this w like half of the stuff i used to watch and read etc and it feels so good
So an idea that just popped into my head...but since this is a Legends game...
I wonder if we'll get new regional form-ish pseudo-new starters based on old starters again. Legends: Arceus had Rowlet, Cyndaquil, and Oshawott become Hisuian Decidueye, Hisuian Typhlosion, and Hisuian Samurott.
In this case since Kalos is based on France, if they do a pseudo-new mix and match starter trio again, who could fit the bill to be the game's starter trio?
Snivy seems like an obvious choice for the Grass starter. But I wonder who would fit the bill for the Fire and Water starter.
I wonder if we'll get new regional form-ish pseudo-new starters based on old starters again. Legends: Arceus had Rowlet, Cyndaquil, and Oshawott become Hisuian Decidueye, Hisuian Typhlosion, and Hisuian Samurott.
In this case since Kalos is based on France, if they do a pseudo-new mix and match starter trio again, who could fit the bill to be the game's starter trio?
Snivy seems like an obvious choice for the Grass starter. But I wonder who would fit the bill for the Fire and Water starter.
I've done what I could. Problem is I can't find anything else that's reliable, so sitting around in forums is the holding pattern while I'm looking for something new. I honestly don't care that much about the game itself, not playing is the current standard at all, I just don't like it being talked about as if I don't exist.
I'm thinking Piplup or Popplio for Water starters. For fire I'm thinking Scorbunny or Litten, maybe even Torchic if they don't see Piplup/Snivy as "old school" enough. I don't think they'll have anything from Paldea though because of how recent they are.
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Yes, Game Freak have never broken precedent before! I remember with great affection the Hoenn remakes in Gen V... oh. Or the astonishingly well-received Pokemon Grey... oh. But what about Pokemon Z... oh.
Joking aside, I'm... actually interested in this? In an at-a-distance way, at least. It remains to be seen whether this a game I'd actually care about enough to play. But from a conceptual level I'm glad this is happening, in a way I couldn't be for new Unova games.
I guess the reason for my ultimate lack of emotion either way on Unova sequels/prequels/remakes is that Unova's story is just so complete. Sure it'd be nice to get a Black&White 3, but is it really needed? No. Do we actually need to see the Original Dragon, or would it just be an inevitable disappointment? I think the latter. And the originals hold up so well I've been meaning to replay them for months. Similarly, I'm positively predisposed to any Johto content almost as a reflex but I'm not on my knees desperate for more - between GSC, Colosseum, and HGSS I think all of Johto's legendaries have had a fair run.
Whereas I think we can all agree, Kalos fanboys or no, that XY needed it more - either in the form of a third game, two upgraded versions, sequels, or whatever. Hell, I've literally just written a post criticising XY on another thread and I'm still like "yeah, nice" at this news. Zygarde never got its own game and always felt like such an afterthought in Alola, and I'd like to see it delved into a little more than it was. And frankly Xerneas/Yveltal could use a bit more attention too.
That's before I even get into Kalos's three mythicals. Let's hope Diancie, Hoopa, and most especially Volcanion get some proper focus in this title. Maybe enough to give us the chance of getting our hands on that smouldering gold Hoopa and that smexy pink-and-yellow shiny Volcanion...
Time never waits and the end comes for all. The GTS Furfrou trim economy will be destroyed in 1 year.
idle thought: Legends Arceus had a sharp focus on capturing with battling being more of a "punishment" and forced battles being pretty rare
but this seems significantly more modern, has a battle very prominent in the concept trailer, and has Mega Evolution.
So while I do think captures will be more important than in normal games, I think we'll see a more even focus on battling this go around. Maybe more akin to Let's Go's mix (but with LA-styled capture mechancis instead)
but this seems significantly more modern, has a battle very prominent in the concept trailer, and has Mega Evolution.
So while I do think captures will be more important than in normal games, I think we'll see a more even focus on battling this go around. Maybe more akin to Let's Go's mix (but with LA-styled capture mechancis instead)
I'm hoping Chikorita is chosen as the Grass starter since that would also mean a high likelihood of finally getting Mega Meganium.
Would not surprise me if they brought back the save file mechanic from L:A
Honestly my biggest hope is that there’s not *so* much Gen 1 pandering.
i mean I think your big mistake is trying to replace on reliability. if youre letting go of a long running series thats super stable you gotta go with the unstable, one offs etc. Also you shouldnt try to replace it with similar genres imo.
for example, i swapped a brazilian book saga that was mainly fantasy with an horror thriller author LOL and non-fiction. you'll never find something that captured how you felt with pokemon, those are biased memories that you just hold dear and then go do something else tbh.
I dont think pokemon needs to be defended from critics, I just feel like you arent really having fun with the criticism, which kinda sucks
Just realized: No new Unova games means that Patrat and the elemental monkeys are in jeapardy of not being available in the wild since the original release of Pokemon X&Y 11 years ago. PLA lacked some Sinnoh dex staples like Medicham, so they could very well end up neglected.
In fact, I've captured live footage of them demonstrating their frustration:
I hate every game I see,
From Pokemon A to Pokemon Z.
When will all of my starter monkeys go free?
Oh my god, I was wrong!
Kalos game, all along.
There's no elemental monkeys-
Yes, no elemental monkeys-
Yes, no elemental monkeys since thirt-eeeeeeen!
In fact, I've captured live footage of them demonstrating their frustration:
I hate every game I see,
From Pokemon A to Pokemon Z.
When will all of my starter monkeys go free?
Oh my god, I was wrong!
Kalos game, all along.
There's no elemental monkeys-
Yes, no elemental monkeys-
Yes, no elemental monkeys since thirt-eeeeeeen!
What would it be used for? Most of the save bonuses from LA were for BDSP, but there is likely no mainline Kalos game (or a mainline game in any other region) coming out this year. Though depending on when in 2025 it comes out, we could have a mainline game with a November 2025 release date revealed at that point.
The lack of the XYZ legends was kind of conspicuous and I think in any other scenario people would have been waving them in the air very loudly exclaiming its Kalos Time.
The Monkeys, Patrat & Furfrou all being early/midgame Pokemon in XY also kinda sorta stood out? It was definitely something on my mind at least.
That said it would be very funny if we did turn out to not have all the Pokemon by the end of the switch era, but instead of the one people kept trying to push (Furfrou) it was the 7 everyone thought were hardlocks.
Furfrou to get a new Smug Trim and changes the cry to go "WELL WELL WELL"
Someone pointed out that apparently a comparable sport to Soccer did exist 3000 years ago so this is my excuse to guess it will be Scorbunny for Fire.
I've noticed some buzz about time travel here.
Arceus might have Isekai'd us in PLA but that doesn't mean every Legends game is set in the past. This one is clearly after XY.
Arceus might have Isekai'd us in PLA but that doesn't mean every Legends game is set in the past. This one is clearly after XY.
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