XY demo and Pokemon Game Show impressions

[Guested]

I'm on my iPod now, but here are my brief impressions of today's Pokemon Game Show and the XY demo.

Trainer gender was random, mine was female, "Y"

Starter Pokemon was random but everyone got Ninfia and The lizard electric Pokemon.

Movement was analog with circle bad, 8 way diagonal, I think.

Had roller skates or roller blades. Couldn't use them in grass.

Trainer opponents had 3D models, not static illustrations.

Overworld was NOT in 3D. I hope this is just because the demo was not complete.

3D in battle looked good.

Had a time limit to get across the area and meet the prof. Battled a wil Pikachu etc.

Prof gives you Mewtwo to unlock its power. Mega Evolution is done by a button on your move selection screen. You can also choose a move for that turn.

Used Mega Mewtwo to battle Prof's Crobat, Chandelure, and Dragonite. End of demo.

Lines for event Pokemon were two hours each. The TCG, game battle activities were two hours as well. Tretta was super popular. I had to leave before the main stage events started.

I can answer questions and elaborate more when I get home.

Also photos.

[Kaphotics]

Clarify on the "Overworld was NOT in 3D"; was it just not 3DS "3D" depth enabled?

funny how females were "Y"... hope that was random

some other people have posted pics:

assorted album, source (jp)

Riding Rhyhorn

Fennekin has psybeam

Title Screens

location

[Guested]

Probably because mine was the Y demo.

I road the goat in mine.

The overworld was like how we've seen in trailers and rendered in 3D. It wasn't 3DS 3D though.

[KazoWAR]

very cool, wish i was able to attend.

[Guested]

I'm home now, so here's more on the "impressions" side.

I liked the 3D in the battle sequences. The HP/status info stuck to the foreground and made it seem like it wasn't obstructing the view much. There was a good level of depth in the battle area, so it looked pretty good.

I'm really hoping the overworld areas are in 3D in the final version of the game.

Overall, the graphical presentation of the game is looking pretty good. That alone made me pretty excited for this next pair of games.

I'll upload some of my photos tomorrow, after I get some sleep.

That photo of the event site that Kaphotics linked to was actually the waiting area to get in. They had a very elaborate queuing system in the next hall of the convention center.

[LEGOanimal22]

The overworld was like how we've seen in trailers and rendered in 3D. It wasn't 3DS 3D though.

This makes no sense.

[aquaguy34]

Guested meant that the 3D effect you usually see on the 3DS wasn't available for the overworld portion of the game.

[Guested]

Here are my photos from the event (not really of the demo because they told me it was prohibited).

I would have taken more of the posters and videos and such, but it was just SO crowded it was tough to find a good opportunity or a good shot.

Warning: some pictures might be gigantic.

imgur album link for easier, non-gigantic viewing

[Find__Tab]

Well darn, so it's just like a normal Pokémon game but with models instead of sprites? Is it like that for the battles too or just the overworld?

Oh, and I think someone got a Shiny Sylveon - it looks pretty cool, it's a nice blue colour.

For him though that must have been one of the worst moments of his life... I mean damn, finding a shiny at a demo? Of such a popular Pokémon?

[Midna312]

Sounds interesting.

It sucks these things are only in Japan. America should get more opportunities.

[Guested]

It actually has more to do with logistics.

Japan could do one big event like this, and roughly a third of the country (geographically speaking... and MORE, population density-wise) could come to this event. It's also the same for European events (this demo will be in Germany at Pokemon Day).

In the US, even people in the same state as an event like this might have trouble getting to the location.

[Find__Tab]

lol that sucks super badly

do you know where you got this info and if he or she posted pics?

Here you go!