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Pokémon Sun & Moon Games to Reveal More Details On May 10

Getting nervous here, mainly about the new Pokemon. Hope we get a better variety to choose from this time.

animechic420 wrote:

Getting nervous here, mainly about the new Pokemon. Hope we get a better variety to choose from this time.

Frankly, I LOVED the XY starters when they were announced and ended up liking the one I liked the least at announcement the most after using it competitively. In terms of the other Kalos Pokemon, I certainly feel iffy about the low number of new Pokemon, but the Mega Pokemon certainly made up for that in a way. Design-wise, I did feel some Mega Pokemon looked weird, but I instantly loved a lot of the new Kalos Pokemon.

The two things I'm really hoping they don't discard after XY are Mega Pokemon and character customization. Mega Pokemon don't seem likely at this point if Satoshi Gekkouga (Ash Greninja) is what we think it is. As for character customization, who knows. On the one hand, this is a very Kalos-like feature and may be limited to just Kalos, like how many awesome features are limited to the themes of one region in the past. On the other hand, it IS really popular and could have some obvious potential to stay if the creators treat it more like a mechanical function, like the Masuda method of breeding for shinies or some alternate evolution methods. There's lots of evidence to suggest either way, but not enough solid evidence to really say, and I'm holding onto hope...

That starter wouldn't happen to be Delphox, would it? It's more limited in online battling than Chesnaught or Greninja, but I can still make good use out of it. Especially with Magician.

Having a gameplay functionality to character customization would be a bad thing, if you ask me, because people will gravitate towards whatever they think is optimal, creating the same look for a lot of player characters. I think character customization should be a matter of personal artistic tastes and nothing more.

It did work in Splatoon to an extent, but most people have rainbow pimp gear and there are items of clothing very few people are using (like ones with Recon and, until recently, Last Ditch Effort) while some others are everywhere competitively (like Cold-Blooded and Comeback).

What do you mean by character customization in a mechanical sense then? I don't fully understand.

leafy sea dragon wrote:

What do you mean by character customization in a mechanical sense then? I don't fully understand.

Not in a mechanical sense, but treated the same as a mechanical function. Make it a new, permanent standard, just like they've done with a lot of mechanical changes/additions over the years.