Pokémon Developer Round-table News

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  • Wednesday, June 12, 2013

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Today, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company held an exclusive, behind-closed-doors developer round-table about the upcoming Nintendo 3DS pair Pokémon X and Y, which were confirmed earlier today to be due out worldwide on October 12. Although the conference was not streamed, Pokémon.com's official Twitter page, as well as those of various journalists, were live tweeting the event, which has revealed the following:

- When you start up the games, you will be presented with seven language options - English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese and Korean. These are the languages previous games in the series are released in. - There are two new Pokémon: The Water and Poison-type Skrelp and the Water-type Clauncher. - The game features a new communication feature which takes place on the lower screen of the Nintendo 3DS - the PSS (Player Search System), which allows players to search for others locally or globally to battle and trade. It will recognise other players playing Pokémon X or Pokémon Y and if you interact with anyone, they will become an "Acquaintance". Afterwards, you will be able to register them as a friend (limited to 100). - A new type of battle has been announced, called a "Horde" - these can be as much as 5-on-1 battles! - Another new type of battle was introduced - "Sky Battles". Only Flying-type Pokémon (and a few exceptions) can enter these.

More as it unfolds...