Pokemon X and Pokemon Y announced for 3DS
3D Pokemon due out worldwide this October.
January 8, 2013 / 06:12 AM EDT / (@salromano)

Nintendo has announced Pokemon X and Pokemon Y, the first mainline handheld game to be set in a “breathtaking 3D world,” due out worldwide for 3DS in October.

The game features new starter Pokemon Chespin (grass), Fennekin (fire), and Froakie (water). New, still to be named legendary Pokemon are also in the game.

“The worldwide launch of Pokemon X and Pokemon Y this October allows players to begin their adventures at the same time,” said Tsunekazu Ishihara, CEO of The Pokemon Company. “Now, Pokemon fans across the globe can discover the secrets of Pokemon games and can collect, battle, and trade with each other immediately.”

“We brought Pokemon into an entirely new dimension and we’re incredibly excited to bring Pokemon X and Pokemon Y to fans,” said Junichi Masuda, video game director at Game Freak. “The stunning visuals, a completely redesigned environment, game scenario, music, and communication features will bring smiles to the faces of video game players around the world.”

Watch the debut trailer below. View the first screenshots at the gallery.

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  • DarthBrian

    Looks like I can finally get a 3DS. Been waiting for them to put a real Pokemon game on it to get one.

    However, I am a bit underwhelmed at the graphics. I’m sure the 3DS is capable of better than that. We’ll see I guess. :p

    And add me to the list of Fennekin starters. I generally start with fire types as well.

    • Himiko

      You have to account for how many models which is well over 500-600 and animations. So I think it’s pretty much a big feat enough to achieve that!

    • xMCXx

      I think they look good.
      Don’t know what the 3DS is capable of exactly, but it’s not that much. xD

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000720552713 Paulo Campos

    The battles look pretty good, but the worl exploring looks like shit, it looks like the wii miis somehow got into the pokemon world -.-

  • http://twitter.com/NyNy_x NyNy ♛ ナイナイ

    I was just hoping for a remake of Ruby and Sapphire before a
    6th generation but nevertheless I will anticipate it! I hope you
    will also check out my full opinion and also comment upon the news here: http://nynyonlinex.wordpress.com/2013/01/08/game-freak-what-is-pokemon-x-and-y/

  • new_tradition

    I haven’t played Pokemon since Silver for the GBC. Wonder if I should get this or wait for a coloured entry…Or is Nintendo done with colours?

    • http://twitter.com/NoahZand Noah Zand

      Watch them just start naming Pokemon games using the entire alphabet.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Warboss-Aohd/100003803614469 Warboss Aohd

    Fennekan?

    does da name come from Fennec Foxez?

    • xMCXx

      Well, duh. : P

  • KurisuMakise

    …FINALLY! I’ve been waiting for Pokemon to get to a 3D era for as long as I remember, yet I’m not quite satisfied. The walk/run animations look a bit clumsy, the celshading is nice though and I like that the camera perspective is mostly the same as the old ones. The Naming is eh… but this could be a system seller for me and I’ve largely ignored Pokemon for awhile now.

  • Niyari

    damnit, now i HAVE to pick up a 3DS this year.

  • fireemblembeast

    Its about timemy 3ds has a pokemon game! :/ ehhh… that main character guy looks too much like gen 5 male main. Who’s the female one? the blonde girl at 1:02? I wish they would show, since I will be using her. Anyways, looks awesome and looking forward to it! :)

  • MosquitoLemon

    Graphics look gorgeous

  • Eclipse

    I have to say… I’m quite excited for this. Seeing that trailer really made me feel that excitement I had for this series back in the 90′s. The last game I played in the Pokemon series was Diamond, so I have a lot of catching up to do~

    It looks like I’ll definitely be importing this.

  • PrinceHeir

    no Pokemon Gray :P

  • http://gematsu.com/ Zero

    I suppose its time for me to try a new Pokemon game again. :)

    I haven’t played anything Pokemon related since Diamond & Pearl. I enjoyed Pearl (version I played) but I kinda got “tired” of the formula towards the end. I suppose I was just burned out on the level grind of it all? Not sure.

    I’ve thought about trying Black & White, but I didn’t have a DS of any kind until recently. What do you all think? Should I give Black & White a go? The sequels too?

  • 浪黒雷 (ro-kurorai)

    So, Ninty/ Game Freak ran out of colors, it seems, as somebody pointed out on EG already ^^. While I’m really excited for a proper 3DS Pokemon game I am disappointed with the visuals. This looks moderately better than the predecessors on DS. I have seen much better on 3DS, Biohazard Revelations comes to mind.

    Well, shoot it, game’s gonna be hours of addictive kidnapping (catching Pokemon actually equals kidnapping them ^^) fun anyways so the bland graphics are probably the only thing to criticize.

  • Budgiecat

    Why do they still insist on making crap graphics? Even Digimon Adventure for PSP has better graphics

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