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[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

Utuber's Fan remixes are on point as always

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

Th still isn't anything with the emotional punch of Unova route 10. It was the right track at the right time; really captured that feeling of reaching the end of a journey filled with purpose.

I agree, but that's one of the four standout route themes in B/W, the others begin Route 1, Route 3 ,and Route 12 (both by Sato, of course). There's a bit more going on with the themes in X/Y, I think.

 

[-Horizon-]

Utuber's Fan remixes are on point as always

I like it. Though I kind of hear too much of that XY electronic sound they put in their music. I don't really know the word for it lol

 

[MaximumSpider]

Utuber's Fan remixes are on point as always

Hire utuber.

 

[TaiKH92]

Gen 4's Pokemon league theme is just amazing! Peaceful but amazing. Gen 4 was brilliant when it came to overworld themes IMO the best in series

I thought I was the only who thinks this

 

[DaBoss]

Fortree City (Re-Orchestrated): http://youtu.be/6pWLZrEipE4

Sounds really nice. Some parts of it sounds like it comes directly from Dream Team.

 

[Boss Doggie]

This, combined with the terrible teams they all had made the gym battles the worst part of the game for me.

But a slice of life-ish theme is perfect for a bicycle. What can be more down to earth than having fun on your bike?

That's why I said bike theme in XY is best

 

[Holy Order Sol]

No, it's relatively underdeveloped and feels like it's high on cotton candy without much in the way of dynamics. Gen III and Gen IV have the best, most romantic bike themes.

yay big words
whatever I have no idea what the hell you just said anyway

 

[Azure J]

Missed this:

I dunno, BW's music for me shone in fights, but not in overworld.

Oh the Unova games very easily have the best fight music in the franchise free, but the over world themes were no slouches either.

Aspertia City
Nacrene City
Virbank City
Humilau City
Lacunosta Town (this one especially, it's probably in the top 5 best songs to come from the series overall imo)
Village Bridge
Driftveil Drawbridge
Driftveil City
Dragon Spiral Tower
Relic Castle
Opelucid City (Black and White)
Route 22

And a number of others were just so good that I had a hard time accepting that Pokemon music had evolved to this point. It just felt so new and had a very powerful impact for me.

That all said, X/Y does have best bike theme.

 

[LeleSocho]

That's the second town...

that's like the second town. Johto, Unova and Sinnoh has the same thing. At the very least they make it look like it's living.

Coumarine is also a nice pitstop. And pitstop towns exist in Pokemon. At the very least they look like towns this time.

What about the town with rocks in them? aside the plot advancer at one point in the game is utterly useless, most of the cities are like that in gen6.

It's true that there must be some pitstops towns but not everyone has to be like that. People are only blinded by the not even so hot graphics and justify the embarrassing towns in XY.

 

[Qurupeke]

Hyped about the games.

 

[tanooki27]

hope they tweak the difficulty. x/y was way too easy on single player.

 

[MegaMelon]

One area I'm definitely looking forward to seeing pic related on the xy engine. The fog, gravestones and hopefully hex maniacs all over the place will make this place awesome. Hopefully the area will be updated to have more ghost types.

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

hope they tweak the difficulty. x/y was way too easy on single player.

I'm crossing my fingers that it'll have challenge mode like BW2 but you can pick it from the start.

Please don't force me to do another playthrough where nobody uses more than 3 Pokemon till the league Gamefreak

 

[NotDreamcast]

One area I'm definitely looking forward to seeing pic related on the xy engine. The fog, gravestones and hopefully hex maniacs all over the place will make this place awesome. Hopefully the area will be updated to have more ghost types.

The music there was so good.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEtlhq1PxI4

 

[MegaMelon]

The music there was so good.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEtlhq1PxI4

Agreed. The inner area has the best music though;

http://www.youtube.com/watchv=DMavg1Y6wBg&list=PL95DB8FF8CDF0828C&feature=share&index=41

Really nails the atmosphere and significance of the place.

 

[Mpl90]

Recent Direct / videos YouTube stats, from NA Nintendo Profile/Pokémon NA Channel/Smash Bros. NA Channel + Mega64 for the E3 video

As of 18:24 GMT

Super Smash Bros. Direct 4.8.14 - 1,298,087 - 28,108 likes / 256 dislikes
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii U Challenger From the Shadows 4.8.14 - 1,425,617 - 11,406 likes / 182 dislikes

Tomodachi life Direct 4.10.14 - 620,912 - 12,791 likes / 277 dislikes
Introducing Tomodachi Life 4.10.14 - 1,636,894 - 1,969 likes / 113 dislikes
Tomodachi Life: Weird Dreams featuring Shaq 4.25.14 - 236,189 views - 1,148 likes / 190 dislikes
Tomodachi Life TV Commercial 5.12.14 - 48,312 - 769 likes / 204 dislikes

Play Nintendo - Announcing Nintendo @ E32014 4.29.14 - 744,624 views - 21,829 likes / 423 dislikes
Mega64 infiltrated Nintendo (from Mega64 profile) 4.29.14 - 79,909 views - 4,765 likes / 90 dislikes
Total - 824,533 views - 26,594 likes / 513 dislikes

Mario Kart 8 Direct 4.30.14 - 575,941 views - 13,557 likes / 201 dislikes
Wii U - Mario Kart 8 - Upside Down Test 5.13.14 - 125,998 - 2,086 likes / 16 dislikes
Wii U - Mario Kart 8 - Boomerang Flower Test 5.13.14 - 143,031 - 2,383 likes / 16 dislikes
Wii U - Mario Kart 8 - Super Horn Test 5.13.14 - 169,007 - 2,435 likes / 23 dislikes
Wii U - Mario Kart 8 - Crazy Plunge Test 5.16.14 - 35,386 - 1,406 likes / 6 dislikes
Wii U - Mario Kart 8 - Piranha Plant Test 5.16.14 - 38,686 - 1,551 likes / 7 dislikes

Nintendo 2DS -- Nintendo 2DS Kids' Summer TV Commercial 5.13.14 - 145,969 - 371 likes / 30 dislikes

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Announcement 5.07.14 - 2,420,686 views - 37,393 likes / 482 dislikes
Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire—Sneak Peek Footage 5.10.14 - 1,900,621 - 13,940 likes / 643 dislikes

 

[JetBlackPanda]

^

Impressive

 

[LeleSocho]

Oh my god Mpl90, how old is that avatar? I remember you having it at least 5 years ago

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

Goodness, a lot of people must've been super hyped about RS remakes.

 

[Qurupeke]

Goodness, a lot of people must've been super hyped about RS remakes.

I've heard people that barely know what Nintendo is to talk about OR/AS.

 

[Loco4Coco]

Goodness, a lot of people must've been super hyped about RS remakes.

Of course people should be hype about the best gen remake.

 

[gosox333]

Please don't force me to do another playthrough where nobody uses more than 3 Pokemon till the league Gamefreak

I didn't even think of that. At this point they've standardized the 3 Pokemon per gym leader/regular trainerss, 4 per E4 member, and all 4 E4 members being in optional order with the same leveled Pokemon. None of that happened in R/S.

I really hope they just keep everything the same, but I have a feeling they're gonna adjust some things to fit in line with what the last two gens have done..

 

[DragonKnight]

Recent Direct / videos YouTube stats, from NA Nintendo Profile/Pokémon NA Channel/Smash Bros. NA Channel + Mega64 for the E3 video

As of 18:24 GMT

Super Smash Bros. Direct 4.8.14 - 1,298,087 - 28,108 likes / 256 dislikes
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii U Challenger From the Shadows 4.8.14 - 1,425,617 - 11,406 likes / 182 dislikes

Tomodachi life Direct 4.10.14 - 620,912 - 12,791 likes / 277 dislikes
Introducing Tomodachi Life 4.10.14 - 1,636,894 - 1,969 likes / 113 dislikes
Tomodachi Life: Weird Dreams featuring Shaq 4.25.14 - 236,189 views - 1,148 likes / 190 dislikes
Tomodachi Life TV Commercial 5.12.14 - 48,312 - 769 likes / 204 dislikes

Play Nintendo - Announcing Nintendo @ E32014 4.29.14 - 744,624 views - 21,829 likes / 423 dislikes
Mega64 infiltrated Nintendo (from Mega64 profile) 4.29.14 - 79,909 views - 4,765 likes / 90 dislikes
Total - 824,533 views - 26,594 likes / 513 dislikes

Mario Kart 8 Direct 4.30.14 - 575,941 views - 13,557 likes / 201 dislikes
Wii U - Mario Kart 8 - Upside Down Test 5.13.14 - 125,998 - 2,086 likes / 16 dislikes
Wii U - Mario Kart 8 - Boomerang Flower Test 5.13.14 - 143,031 - 2,383 likes / 16 dislikes
Wii U - Mario Kart 8 - Super Horn Test 5.13.14 - 169,007 - 2,435 likes / 23 dislikes
Wii U - Mario Kart 8 - Crazy Plunge Test 5.16.14 - 35,386 - 1,406 likes / 6 dislikes
Wii U - Mario Kart 8 - Piranha Plant Test 5.16.14 - 38,686 - 1,551 likes / 7 dislikes

Nintendo 2DS -- Nintendo 2DS Kids' Summer TV Commercial 5.13.14 - 145,969 - 371 likes / 30 dislikes

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Announcement 5.07.14 - 2,420,686 views - 37,393 likes / 482 dislikes
Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire—Sneak Peek Footage 5.10.14 - 1,900,621 - 13,940 likes / 643 dislikes

I dont understand why this is posted over and over again. Pokemon is extremely popular. How is this news?

If nothing else i hope the era of gen III hate is over and done with.

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

I didn't even think of that. At this point they've standardized the 3 Pokemon per gym leader/regular trainerss, 4 per E4 member, and all 4 E4 members being in optional order with the same leveled Pokemon. None of that happened in R/S.

I really hope they just keep everything the same, but I have a feeling they're gonna adjust some things to fit in line with what the last two gens have done..

I get why they've been making the main story modes easier. Kids these days are dumb and just want to have a comfy adventure with their Pokemon. I just wish they would older fans the option to have something on par with Pre-BW difficulty if they want it. Especially if all the major games are going to have huge dexes with 300~400 mons before postgame from now on. The Kalos gym leaders should have theoretically had some of the best main story teams in the series.

I dont understand why this is posted over and over again. Pokemon is extremely popular. How is this news?

If nothing else i hope the era of gen III hate is over and done with.

I remember years ago nobody would even bother to defend it.

 

[DragonKnight]

I didn't even think of that. At this point they've standardized the 3 Pokemon per gym leader/regular trainerss, 4 per E4 member, and all 4 E4 members being in optional order with the same leveled Pokemon. None of that happened in R/S.

I really hope they just keep everything the same, but I have a feeling they're gonna adjust some things to fit in line with what the last two gens have done..

Didnt happen with HG/SS.

 

[Spinluck]

I dont understand why this is posted over and over again. Pokemon is extremely popular. How is this news?

If nothing else i hope the era of gen III hate is over and done with.

Yeah, not just popular, the second biggest gaming franchise behind Mario.

 

[MasterSheen]

Didnt happen with HG/SS.

GSC didn't have that format, nor did any of the gen 4 games.

 

[gosox333]

Didnt happen with HG/SS.

Those trends didn't start until gen V.

 

[DragonKnight]

Those trends didn't start until gen V.

Gamefreak has bucked old trends and new trends. That said, i agree with you.

 

[wmlk]

Fortree City (Re-Orchestrated): http://youtu.be/6pWLZrEipE4

Sounds really nice. Some parts of it sounds like it comes directly from Dream Team.

Here's Fortree City's theme in the anime, reorchestrated.

If you're a fan of Pokémon music in general, then you are doing yourself a complete disservice by ignoring the soundtrack from the anime.

 

[Takashi]

I wouldn't mind having an orchestrated soundtrack in the games. I mean come on

I feel they will just go the let's make it sound like X/Y route. Not that it's a bad thing as long as it's really well done.

 

[Boss Doggie]

What about the town with rocks in them? aside the plot advancer at one point in the game is utterly useless, most of the cities are like that in gen6.

It's true that there must be some pitstops towns but not everyone has to be like that. People are only blinded by the not even so hot graphics and justify the embarrassing towns in XY.

wut? Cyllage is cool - you have a town that has its edges be a bicycle track. It's a nice mountain-themed city beside a sea. The only poor thing is that you never get to participate in the cycling contest.

People are not "blinded" by the graphics - they just say the designs give them personality rather than just looking like "generic" towns.

 

[Forkball]

If they're going to limit the campaign to gens 1-3 Pokemon, I hope they include a lot of the missing gen 1 and 2 Pokemon we didn't see in the original games. It would help balance it out.

 

[Joqu]

Here's Fortree City's theme in the anime, reorchestrated.

If you're a fan of Pokémon music in general, then you are doing yourself a complete disservice by ignoring the soundtrack from the anime.

You're lacking a link there buddy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3lhnV63q_M

Either way you're quite right. I really can't stand the anime but its soundtrack is a whole other story. Those folks do an amazing job with it.

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

I wouldn't mind having an orchestrated soundtrack in the games. I mean come on

I feel they will just go the let's make it sound like X/Y route. Not that it's a bad thing as long as it's really well done.

Well, FRLG and HGSS sounded different from RSE and DPPt respectively, so I don't think you should worry about that.

 

[LeleSocho]

wut? Cyllage is cool - you have a town that has its edges be a bicycle track. It's a nice mountain-themed city beside a sea. The only poor thing is that you never get to participate in the cycling contest.

People are not "blinded" by the graphics - they just say the designs give them personality rather than just looking like "generic" towns.

No not that, i'm talking about the Stonehenge-like city.

 

[Kinokou]

Unrealistic List of Features I'd Love to See in OR/AS.

X/Y Features That Should Return
- Pokemon Amie
- Super Training
- Horde Battles
- Trainer Customisation
- Consecutive Fishing
- Restaurants

R/S/E Features That Should Return
- Vs. Seeker
- R/S/E Pokemon Contests
- Pokeblocks
- Secret Bases
- Safari Zone
- Game Corner with Slot Machines. (Screw the gambling references)
- Gym Leader Re-battles
- Battle Tower/Battle Frontier
- Acro/Mach Bike

D/P/P Features That Should Return
- Poketch
- Pokeball Seals
- Move Tutors
- Poketch

Other Features That Should Return or be Added
- Bag Slot you can put anything in and/or
- PC Item Storage
- Apricorn Balls (and add new ones!). Just add in a store where you can buy the balls if re-introducing Apricorns is too much.
- Mother's Savings (She can occasionally buy furniture and send it to your base).
- Daily/Weekly Events
- Pokemon Massages
- Night/Day being visible.
- Swarms

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Did I miss anything? I'm willing to concede Follower Pokemon given the amount of work needed to implement it.

You are missing and important XY feature: free language choice! Preferably improved so you can keep switching even after having started a file.

 

[SaintMadeOfPlaster]

You are missing and important XY feature: free language choice! Preferably improved so you can keep switching even after having started a file.

This is my most wanted feature.

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

You are missing and important XY feature: free language choice! Preferably improved so you can keep switching even after having started a file.

I'd like a furigana mode for JP so I can look up definitions easier.

 

[War Raichu]

there definitely needs to be a way for you to change the ball your Pokemon is in. Make it a Storage function like managing items is. You can already pass on a ball through breeding, this is just the next logical step. And they could let you buy the Apricorn balls to use with this, since it's possible to pass on those balls as well if a mother is from HGSS.

 

[wmlk]

You're lacking a link there buddy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3lhnV63q_M

Either way you're quite right. I really can't stand the anime but its soundtrack is a whole other story. Those folks do an amazing job with it.

Whoops! Sorry.

Anyway, here's Lilycove City from the anime.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSvkGWdup48

 

[Tusk]

So, is this for real?

 

[Beelzebufo]

So, is this for real?

Huh?

Ohhh... I don't think so haha.

 

[Akai__]

I hope they get rid of the busy touchscreen. I really don't like these pop-ups in X and Y. So annoying...

Also, I'm surprised, that there is no wishlist thread, yet. I would really like to read ideas from you people and add my own ones.

 

[Tusk]

Huh?

Ohhh... I don't think so haha.

He should probably fix the page then, before a bunch of people take it seriously. :b

 

[Mr-Joker]

Hyped about the games.

Same, I even got the team planned out and everything.

I didn't even think of that. At this point they've standardized the 3 Pokemon per gym leader/regular trainerss, 4 per E4 member, and all 4 E4 members being in optional order with the same leveled Pokemon. None of that happened in R/S.

I really hope they just keep everything the same, but I have a feeling they're gonna adjust some things to fit in line with what the last two gens have done..

Either that crap needs to go or Game Freak needs to make Easy and Challenge mode standard now.

As it stand I hate how easy the Elite 4 are when they are meant to be the toughest trainers in the region, it's almost like Game Freak thinks that kids are more dumber today than in gen 4.

I remember years ago nobody would even bother to defend it.

What's funny is that when I first played Ruby and Emerald I didn't care for Hoenn but now I can see the charm of the Hoenn region everything that came with it.

So, is this for real?

Either that's a mistake or Joe is just messing with us.

 

[Boss Doggie]

It's probably a scripting error due to item tags.

No not that, i'm talking about the Stonehenge-like city.

Oh Geosenge Town. That was more like that town below Lake of Rage.

 

[Qurupeke]

He should probably fix the page then, before a bunch of people take it seriously. :b

Oh my god. Joe stealthly leaked new OR/AS info.

 

[Kinokou]

Is it likely that they will rework some of the pokemon models from XY? Poor Flareon needs to get a proper tail. It's too straight and looks like it's glued onto it and makes Flareon stand out as the worst looking eeveelution.
And there are probably more that could need a work over like all the birds kept out of sky battles.