[Legonut]

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Announcing Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems! Prepare for an epic adventure exploring a world filled with Pokémon!

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I'm a huge fan of Hoenn and cannot be more excited for this game.

 

[LordOfTots]

Well crap. Now I need to get a 3DS, Hoenn was my favorite by far

 

[Drsolders]

Emerald was by far my favorite these are gonna rock

First time I have actually wanted to buy one in forever because I lost interest before diamond and pearl

 

[jonespwns]

Looks like I am going to put my gameboy player to work on my Gamecube and play some Sapphire/Ruby

 

[Chaython]

*too lazy to make a new game, ports game to a 3d engine using all pre-existing code and textures/models*

 

[HothBase]

Another game to play after I've gotten a 3DS @ EOL price. I'm still busy with DS titles.

 

[jonespwns]

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Originally Posted by Chaython

*too lazy to make a new game, ports game to a 3d engine using all pre-existing code and textures/models*

people have been crying for a hoenn remake for ages. It worked perfect for nintendo

 

[ImmortalKenny]

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Originally Posted by Chaython

*too lazy to make a new game, ports game to a 3d engine using all pre-existing code and textures/models*

You clearly haven't played any of the Pokemon remakes...

Red:

FireRed:

(The same thing goes for the Gold and Silver remakes)

 

[jetpak12]

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Originally Posted by ImmortalKenny

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Originally Posted by Chaython

*too lazy to make a new game, ports game to a 3d engine using all pre-existing code and textures/models*

You clearly haven't played any of the Pokemon remakes...

Red:

FireRed:

(The same thing goes for the Gold and Silver remakes)

I think he's referring to how FR/LG used the Sapphire/Ruby engine, and that these remakes will likely use the X/Y engine.

Sapphire/Ruby:

 

[ImmortalKenny]

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Originally Posted by jetpak12

I think he's referring to how FR/LG used the Sapphire/Ruby engine, and that these remakes will likely use the X/Y engine.

Sapphire/Ruby:

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

Right. I can maybe see using the same X/Y UI in the new remakes as being lazy, but reusing the same game engine isn't.

 

[jonespwns]

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Originally Posted by ImmortalKenny

Right, and I fail to see how that's being lazy.

I second this. I think most pokemon fans are still excited to be able to play in 3D now, and not just some top down view. Fan's want the game to still remind them of the old game, not something completely new. I'll be at the midnight selling for this fo sho

 

[sdlvx]

Is it really so bad to use the X and Y engine? The game was awesome, i dropped 100 hours on it easily. And I"m still playing around with post game stuff and online stuff. If you can use some of your old pokemon via pokemon bank or something this would be absolutely amazing. Nintendo might be setting things up so you can take your pokemon with you between games.

So it'd be almost like a meta-game where you take your pokemon with you to different games. I think that's absolutely amazing. If Ninendo does this enough, you'll see trainers with thousands of Pokemon stashed away and it'll make Pokemon more of a "you're a really good trainer" as opposed to "you're really good at this pokemon game"

I might be biased though, I did just come back from Japan :3 But this looks like a day one purchase for me.

 

[MattGordon]

So much hype for games this year. My wallet is going to hate me...

 

[jetpak12]

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Originally Posted by ImmortalKenny

Right. I can maybe see using the same X/Y UI in the new remakes as being lazy, but reusing the same game engine isn't.

I don't really have a problem with it, since they've been doing these remakes for sometime and expected Gen III remakes around this stage. It certainly is less work that doing a completely new game though.

I also forgot to mention that I am very much looking forward to this, as I've heard the Hoenn games are pretty good, but never tried it (did have FR though).

Do you think that with these games that B/W/2 + X/Y + Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire will give you 100% Pokedex, or will we still be missing some and need to go back to the older games? (I'm only have halfway through White 1 right now, and don't have X or Y...)

 

[jonespwns]

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Originally Posted by jetpak12

I don't really have a problem with it, since they've been doing these remakes for sometime and expected Gen III remakes around this stage. It certainly is less work that doing a completely new game though.

I also forgot to mention that I am very much looking forward to this, as I've heard the Hoenn games are pretty good, but never tried it (did have FR though).

Do you think that with these games that B/W/2 + X/Y + Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire will give you 100% Pokedex, or will we still be missing some and need to go back to the older games? (I'm only have halfway through White 1 right now, and don't have X or Y...)

im pretty sure you can get 100% pokedex from just x/y alone lol the other's wont really be needed. the global trade station is an amazing tool

 

[jetpak12]

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Originally Posted by jonespwns

im pretty sure you can get 100% pokedex from just x/y alone lol the other's wont really be needed. the global trade station is an amazing tool

I meant entirely within the games themselves, without having to send Pokemon forward from Gen IV/Gen III.

 

[jonespwns]

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Originally Posted by jetpak12

I meant entirely within the games themselves, without having to send Pokemon forward from Gen IV/Gen III.

yeah. thats what I'm saying. With X/Y you can get all the Pokemon without having to trade from game to game. The only thing is, you can't CATCH them all, yo uhave to use the global trade station.

 

[jetpak12]

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Originally Posted by jonespwns

yeah. thats what I'm saying. With X/Y you can get all the Pokemon without having to trade from game to game. The only thing is, you can't CATCH them all, yo uhave to use the global trade station.

Right, but where are those Pokemon in the GTS coming from? As far as I know, in order to get the original three legendary birds (as an example), they have to be traded up from LG/FR or HG/SS.

 

[ImmortalKenny]

You can get the 3 birds solely in X/Y (not through a single playthrough though).

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In X and Y, one bird roams around Kalos while the rest are absent. The bird that appears depends on what starter Pokémon is chosen at the beginning of the game: Articuno will roam if players choose Chespin, Zapdos will roam if Fennekin is chosen, and Moltres will roam if Froakie is chosen. It appears on random routes after the player beats the Pokémon League and cannot be battled, but once it is found ten times, it retreats to the Sea Spirit's Den where it can be battled.

From Bulbapedia.

 

[Jixr]

I've not played a pokemon game since the GameBoy Color, but I've always wondered why they don't have the same pokemon from one game in the next? seems like there are 1000+ pokemon, but each game only has 100 or so?