First Pokémon X and Y reviews published.: Difference between revisions

(someone might want to add summaries of the two new reviews I linked, but I'm focusing on the new info they have)
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*All Pokémon who participate in battle, no matter how short the duration, receive the full amount of {{bp|experience}} points rather than a share. (Nintendo World Report)
*All Pokémon who participate in battle, no matter how short the duration, receive the full amount of {{bp|experience}} points rather than a share. (Nintendo World Report)
*Pokémon-Amie provides in-battle bonuses, such as elevated {{bp|critical hit}} ratio and {{bp|evasion}}. (Nintendo World Report)
*Pokémon-Amie provides in-battle bonuses, such as elevated {{bp|critical hit}} ratio and {{bp|evasion}}. (Nintendo World Report)
*Players are able to give friends and strangers {{bp|Player Search System#O-Powers|O-Powers}}, which are temporary stat boosts, through X and Y's online service. (IGN)
*Pikachu is the only old Pokémon with a noticeably new {{bp|cry}}. (CVG) Other Pokémon receive remastered versions of their old cries. (Nintendo World Report)
*One new town was also mentioned, the eastern city {{bp|Snowbelle City}}. (Nintendo Life)
*A new location, Glittering Cave, was mentioned. It is filled with glittering gems, and {{m|Flash}} is not necessary. Here, the camera is fixed behind the avatar, and wild Pokémon jump out of the darkness towards to camera. (CVG, Nintendo Life)
*The {{bp|Exp. Share}}, which had previously been confirmed to give experience to all Pokémon in the party from the Bag, has been revealed to have an on/off switch. (Joystiq, Nintendo Life)
**When enabled, the Exp. Share gives half experience to Pokémon that participated in battle, and half to all others. (GamesRadar, Polygon)
*One new town was also mentioned, the eastern city {{bp|Snowbelle City}}. (Nintendo Life—since removed from article)
*There are locations in {{bp|Lumiose City}} that you cannot visit early in the game due to not being fashionable enough. (Kotaku)
*Encounters in {{bp|cave}}s are now confined to avoidable dark areas instead of throughout the entire area, in a similar way to {{bp|tall grass}} on a regular route. (Kotaku)
*Encounters in {{bp|cave}}s are now confined to avoidable dark areas instead of throughout the entire area, in a similar way to {{bp|tall grass}} on a regular route. (Kotaku)
*Some cafés and restaurants do special battles where you have to win a set number of turns. (Kotaku)
*The Eiffel tower-equivalent is the {{bp|Lumiose Gym}}. (Kotaku)
*There is a Gym designed to look like a skate park. (Kotaku)
*Certain moves will have two types. (Kotaku)
*Certain moves will have two types. (Kotaku)
*{{p|Granbull}} is {{type|Fairy}} (not specified if pure Fairy-type or only part Fairy-type). (Shack News)
*{{p|Granbull}} is {{type|Fairy}} (not specified if pure Fairy-type or only part Fairy-type). (Shack News)