Pokémon Alpha Sapphire & Omega Ruby - Spoilers inside

chopperbyrne

RSE are my second favourite set of games, after RBY.

Will Alpha and Omega use all the new features established since Gen 3?

Reusable TMs? Physical/Special split by move, not type?

Angron

Well it'd be ridiculous to change the physical/special split back to what it was in the original RSE, so that'd stay. Every time I go back to play them I forget about that, and wonder why Shadow Ball does next to nothing with Kadabra :pac:

Reusable TMs will probably still be there too, seeing as it will be gen 6 like X and Y.

gnfnrhead

Would be retarded to remove all that good stuff considering the crap they are adding in with Secret Bases and Contests.

Atavan-Halen

Oh yeah it'll definitely keep all the newer features since it'll be built off X and Y.

It was the same with heart gold and soul silver.

chopperbyrne

Might be time to get a 3DS. How much is the cheapest version?

EDIT: £79 for a 2DS on amazon. Not bad.

Angron

Yeah, I'd reckon the 2DS would be the cheapest you could get, unless you got a deal on a second hand 3DS or something like that.

MyNanoh

Is the 2DS, besides being cheaper, very useful?

gnfnrhead

MyNanoh wrote: »

Is the 2DS, besides being cheaper, very useful?

I have one. The only thing it doesn't have is the 3D sections. Everything else is the exact same as far as I know. It also doesn't flip closed which is slightly annoying but not a deal breaker. On a budget and it is definitely worth getting. If the budget doesn't matter, you may as well go all in with the 3DSXL.

MyNanoh

That's cool, but I don't understand the purpose of playing 3D games in 2D.
There's no new experience, it's just like a regression.

cloud493

He doesn't mean it literally goes 2D, the game will be displayed in 3D. The 2DS is just incapable of showing the actual 3D bits (like stuff popping out of the screen) that the regular 3DS and XL do.

raze_them_all_

MyNanoh wrote: »

That's cool, but I don't understand the purpose of playing 3D games in 2D.
There's no new experience, it's just like a regression.

It is called a budget, Well I can but a 2ds and ay my bills or I can buy a 3 ds and not eat for a week/pay rent/have electricity

MyNanoh

raze_them_all_ wrote: »

It is called a budget, Well I can but a 2ds and ay my bills or I can buy a 3 ds and not eat for a week/pay rent/have electricity

Yes but beside the money part? (;
As a student, I completly understand how complicated it could be to buy something.
But as a gamer, I don't see the purpose (once again, besides the money part)

beaner09

After completing White I traded in my DSi and got a 2nd hand 3DS (€140 minus what I got for the DSi) to play X on, even though I can't see 3D images, just because I prefer the clamshell design over the slate design of the 2DS (€120 new)!

shruikan2553

MyNanoh wrote: »

That's cool, but I don't understand the purpose of playing 3D games in 2D.
There's no new experience, it's just like a regression.

1. I find it annoying because you have to the the 3DS a certain way.
2. 3D doesn't work well with me anyway.
3. The battery life is poor enough with the 3D turned off.
4. I wish this 3D phase would just die.

gnfnrhead

MyNanoh wrote: »

That's cool, but I don't understand the purpose of playing 3D games in 2D.
There's no new experience, it's just like a regression.

That's the whole point of the 2DS. It's a budget version as the 3DS isn't exactly cheap. If it was only the 3DS, I likely would have missed out on X and Y. The 2DS price I was able to justify.

Angron

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-wTDPviFq8

New mega, and a little glimpse of the gyms as well. The stuff with Pikachu kinda creeps me out a bit though.

Ciaran511

Angron wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-wTDPviFq8

New mega, and a little glimpse of the gyms as well. The stuff with Pikachu kinda creeps me out a bit though.

I'm so glad they put secret bases into the game, they were one of the best things about R/S/E

gnfnrhead

Ciaran511 wrote: »

I'm so glad they put secret bases into the game, they were one of the best things about R/S/E

They must be worse than I remember if secret bases were one of the best things about it.

That and contests. What a massive waste of time.

Angron

Yes, how dare someone like something you didn't.

gnfnrhead

Angron wrote: »

Yes, how dare someone like something you didn't.

Exactly!

Angron

Three new megas unveiled in Corocoro. Salamence gets one, staying Dragon/Flying but getting Aerilate as an ability, Altaria becomes Dragon/Fairy and gets Pixilate, and then (for some unknown reason) they've given Lopunny one that becomes Normal/Fighting and gets Scrappy.

shruikan2553

Did salamence lose his front legs?

Angron

He just decided to become a jet. I think the front legs are still there though, looks like they are tucked in behind the white... Shell thing?

PopePalpatine

I remember Salamence being my second ever Level 100 Pokemon.

gnfnrhead

I'm pretty sick of Mega's already. Would much rather an actual evolution for anyone that isn't already at their third stage. Absol would have loved an actual evolution.

Angron

Yeah, when they gave a bunch of older pokémon evos in gen 4 like Magmar and Electabuzz seemed like a good time to give it an evo. It has a lower base stat total than those two, so it's not like it would have made an evolution impossible.

westernfrenzy

I do not understand why Lopunny gets a Mega. A mid stage evolution would have made such more sense.

Angron

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMxQGFoF-JQ

Video of Mega Salamence, Lopunny, and Altaria, some stuff about contests, and the cosplaying Pikachu.

And two more mega evos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w1Jzzw7iqA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7Yv_dfhk_I

shruikan2553

Salamence has all of his legs. That's good.

Anyone know when we can expect to see preorder bonuses?

Angron

I dunno if they do pre-order bonuses for pokémon games, it's not something I've ever noticed for them. Closest was the event Torchic released for X and Y at the start.

shruikan2553

Angron wrote: »

I dunno if they do pre-order bonuses for pokémon games, it's not something I've ever noticed for them. Closest was the event Torchic released for X and Y at the start.

Heart gold and soul silver had statues, x and y had pokeball game holders.

Angron

I don't remember the statues, but weren't the game holders in Game which aren't in the Republic any more?

shruikan2553

Angron wrote: »

I don't remember the statues, but weren't the game holders in Game which aren't in the Republic any more?

I think so. I preordered them from game.co.UK anyway.

Angron

Ah, fair enough. Maybe they'll get something again so.

Atavan-Halen

HMV did DS pouches for HG/SS on release too. I don't recall anything for X/Y but I think game in the UK did something?

gnfnrhead

Mega Audino. Just why?

Angron

Haven't a bloody clue.

beaner09

gnfnrhead wrote: »

Mega Audino. Just why?

My guess is that they've done research and young girls like Audino!

westernfrenzy

Seen Mega Audino and Mega Slowbro a few days ago. Slowbro looks terrible.

Angron

westernfrenzy wrote: »

Seen Mega Audino and Mega Slowbro a few days ago. Slowbro looks terrible.

Yeah, there was a few pics saying they were leaked, but cause it wasn't Corocoro scans or anything I didn't post them.

westernfrenzy

Would've preferred them to be a CoroCoro leak.

Atavan-Halen

Looks like there'll be some nice steel book versions of the game available.

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/08/limited_edition_steelbook_bundles_announced_for_pokemon_omega_ruby_and_alpha_sapphire_in_the_uk

shruikan2553

Damn. Was hoping to order from Amazon.

PopePalpatine

Well crap, I'm guessing it's not available in Ireland.

shruikan2553

PopePalpatine wrote: »

Well crap, I'm guessing it's not available in Ireland.

With parcel motel it is

Game just oped the price to 35 pounds each. Plus another 4 euro each (copy for both me and girlfriend) for PM as game just pack them with the pre order bonus individually.

westernfrenzy

We often get overlooked for stuff like this...

raze_them_all_

Swampert mega evo confirmed in japenese trailer

Angron

Do you mean there's another mega? Cause if not, that's been confirmed a while now.

raze_them_all_

sharpedo and camerupt megas confirmed

edit: also galladde

Angron

Aye, saw that. Guess it makes sense, those two were the main pokemon of Maxie and Archie.