(1) X/Y Gameplay and X/Y Anime Preview on ‘Pokemon Smash’ [7/20]

dmaster said:
Is it just me or does the animation after the player gets off the Pokemon surfing look extremely awkward and not smooth at all? (It reminds me of a Pikmin in the Pikmin games for some reason).

dmaster out.

it's done very fast and it is almost like he is thrown off of the pokemon/surfing-blob...
not smooth at all!

edit: also i think the distance from where he stops surfing to where he lands it's quite big (bigger than other gens).
 
ECHOxLegend said:
they look pretty much exactly like how they are suppose to, at least I didn't see any blemishes.

Furn said:
Fennekin looks far better than it's Sugimori art, it doesn't look like its neck will snap due to the size of its head now.

To me, they looked a bit different but that's maybe because I was used to the official Sugimori art and the 3D models.
Froakie's head looks rounder, Chespin's eyes seem smaller and I didn't realize that the sharp spikes were intentional at first, it just seemed off but I get it now. About Fennekin, the fur near its muzzle was so symmetrical that it reminded me of a boat. xD
They look freaking adorable, though.
 
Entrenador Rojo3 said:
Ohman177 said:
Do you have access to the entire episode?
No, sorry :(

I had a problem with Camtasia and not recorded well. Why do you ask? You wanna know something?

I just wanted to see all the pokemon footage there was cause apparently pokebeach didnt post it all.
 
The Pikachu Mafia said:
Ash is going to kill the Kalos region now that he's finished with Unova...

Why Ash, why do you have to ruin everything you touch?

Maybe we'll get lucky and in the first movie yveltal erases him with death wing (I refuse to call it that other, not so badass name).
The rest of the season would be about pikachu coping with the loss and it's newfound alcoholism.
 
Ohman177 said:
Entrenador Rojo3 said:
No, sorry :(

I had a problem with Camtasia and not recorded well. Why do you ask? You wanna know something?

I just wanted to see all the pokemon footage there was cause apparently pokebeach didnt post it all.
Save video on Xerneas and Yveltal in battle, all published.
 
Oh man. Dat Sigilyph. Dat Geomancy. Awesome.

And one huge guffaw at "oh noes, the sand tileset is repeating too much! UNACCEPTABLE IN 3D!!!" Dude, you do realize that the environments have been three-dimensional rather than sprite-based since Sinnoh, right? Sure, we'll actually SEE them in 3D now because of the system it's on, but if it didn't bug anyone in the last two generations, it's not worth grousing about now.
 
DorianBlack said:
Oh man. Dat Sigilyph. Dat Geomancy. Awesome.

And one huge guffaw at "oh noes, the sand tileset is repeating too much! UNACCEPTABLE IN 3D!!!" Dude, you do realize that the environments have been three-dimensional rather than sprite-based since Sinnoh, right? Sure, we'll actually SEE them in 3D now because of the system it's on, but if it didn't bug anyone in the last two generations, it's not worth grousing about now.

The trailers and game play were fantastic! And I totally agree with you about the sand. Seriously, Pokemon has been tile based- 3D or not, since inception, and I honestly dont believe thats going to change anytime soon.... on handhelds at least(since 3D adventures did not have a true free roam and finding/capturing mechanic).

The tile based system allows for them to program the game to react with certain elements, such as shaking grass, dust clouds or the old Radar bush shaking. Also, with water, allows them to program certain things like Feebas tiles and fishing spots.

The games to me look fantastic so far, although the new trainer size takes a bit getting used to. I just hope that (and currently it looks as though) the world is properly scaled for the size increase of the NPCs and player characters.
 
professorlight said:
The Pikachu Mafia said:
Ash is going to kill the Kalos region now that he's finished with Unova...

Why Ash, why do you have to ruin everything you touch?

Maybe we'll get lucky and in the first movie yveltal erases him with death wing (I refuse to call it that other, not so badass name).
The rest of the season would be about pikachu coping with the loss and it's newfound alcoholism.

I would pay to see that movie.
 
Anyone else find the part when Ash got off the plane and shouted and the people staring at him hilarious?
 
The gel material surrounding Reuniclus is see through, pretty translucent. I love the small details they're adding to the Pokemon that they couldn't use in previous generations.
 
professorlight said:
The Pikachu Mafia said:
Ash is going to kill the Kalos region now that he's finished with Unova...

Why Ash, why do you have to ruin everything you touch?

Maybe we'll get lucky and in the first movie yveltal erases him with death wing (I refuse to call it that other, not so badass name).
The rest of the season would be about pikachu coping with the loss and it's newfound alcoholism.

Am I the only one here who still loves the anime and Ash?
 
ECHOxLegend said:
professorlight said:
Maybe we'll get lucky and in the first movie yveltal erases him with death wing (I refuse to call it that other, not so badass name).
The rest of the season would be about pikachu coping with the loss and it's newfound alcoholism.

Am I the only one here who still loves the anime and Ash?

Possibly. In a similar sense, I seem to be one of the few people that doesn't hate Emboar.
 
The game looks amazing, but I do hope the final game's camera is a bit more zoomed out. The over world felt a little too.... Claustrophobic(?) for me here.
 
ECHOxLegend said:
Why would anyone hate Emboar, this news is new to me?

Because some people dislike its design and possibly because it was the third Fire/Fighting starter we got in a row.
I don't hate any Pokémon but Emboar is one of my least favorites from the starters.
 
TheAmazingDerpfish said:
Remember when we thought we would get individual models for the Pokemon you're surfing on? Yeah, good times.
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Guess we're stuck with the blob. I'm not as mad as I thought I would be.
Also gifs of the starters under this spoiler:
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I never thought that but I was hoping we'd get to swim now that we can change outfits. Anyway the surfing animation...I don't like the way he's riding it. I'd rather it be a bigger blob, and when he gets off it just looks terrible.

garbodorable said:
I dunno, there was a lot of little details that kind of bugged me about that gameplay footage. With everything in 3D, keeping movement stuck on a grid just seems so restrictive. It's like an immersion killer. And then there's the camera swinging around to a front view of Froakie every time Fletchling attacked, to help disguise that they're not making contact I guess? And then that pokeball falling onto the "water" without a splash animation or anything. And the sand texture visibly being a single square tile repeated everywhere.

These might seem like nitpicking, but you can't get away with this stuff in 3D. The world has to be consistent. I don't want to play a 3D pokemon game just to have it look worse than Animal Crossing and Mario 64. :( Maybe Nintendo should devote another studio to the graphics engine and let Gamefreak focus on the design and gameplay and writing and everything else?

The pokemon themselves, however, have all looked great in 3D. No complaints there, other than not seeing them outside of battle

I don't have a problem with most of that. I'm only upset about the grid.

Leaf_Ranger said:
Regarding gameplay, one the things that bugged me was the minor detail that when catching a Pokémon, the Pkball didn't touch the target, instead stoping right at its front and then opening.
Also, why the heck does a battle on a beach scenario has "aqua rings" as areas for Pokémon!? The trainer is on land, but the battle might be all on the beach, all on the sea, or the trainer's Pokémon staying on the beach while the hooked one will be on sea. They could create one scenario based on one of this options instead of a beach with puddles.

About the anime video, there was something strange with the staters. First because the background was very detailed and kind of shadowy while the starters were more vivid. Second, I was hoping to see the starters with a little brighter colors, they seem darker when compared to the game's artwork.
Btw, Ash screaming when leaving the plane....Somewhere in Unova, a chill runs through the spine. Iris looks into the sky and says: "You're such a kid!" XD

The reason they were on water rings is because he was standing in a puddle. When he battled Inkay they were on grass rings because he was standing in grass. Anyway I agree about thee anime. Fennekin looked horrible.
 
Drokas said:
ECHOxLegend said:
Why would anyone hate Emboar, this news is new to me?

Because some people dislike its design and possibly because it was the third Fire/Fighting starter we got in a row.
I don't hate any Pokémon but Emboar is one of my least favorites from the starters.

it a badass fire pig, whats not to like.
 
Ohman177 said:
Entrenador Rojo3 said:
No, sorry :(

I had a problem with Camtasia and not recorded well. Why do you ask? You wanna know something?

I just wanted to see all the pokemon footage there was cause apparently pokebeach didnt post it all.

I have the entire episode recorded. If you would like me to post it, I can. =D (however, the quality isn't all that)
 
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