[3DS] Pokemon X & Pokemon Y

[Libros]

New pokemon X/Y gameplay trailer with the leaked pokemon and the starters here.

[RRW]

Fairy will be a new type. It is weak to Poison and Steel, immune to Dragon, super effective against Dragon, Dark, and Fighting, and Fire and Psychic-type Pokemon take half damage from it.
Sylveon is Fairy-type. Some older Pokemon will be reclassified to Fairy, such as Mawile (Steel/Fairy).
Mewtwo has two new formes, not just one. Both are activated via items.
The professor’s English name is Patrice.
The Starter final evolutions are Fire/Psychic, Grass/Fighting, and Water/Dark.
The first Gym is Bug, the second is Fairy, and the fourth is Fighting.
A few attacks will be dual-typed.
There will be a new type of battling style that Flying-type Pokemon and Pokemon with Levitate can participate in.
You will be able to see a Pokemon’s EVs at a certain in-game facility. You will be able to boost the EVs through mini-games. It will take about two hours to get one stat to max EVs.

http://pokebeach.com/2013/05/suppose...er-information

[Von Himmel]

http://pokebeach.com/2013/05/suppose...er-information

Holy shi-

Fairy type?
Dual type attacks?
boosting EV through mini games?

Oh man, this gonna be good

[momobunny]

A Fairy type? Oh my god it's like a Pokemon dream for me, I hope it's true.

[Libros]

Holy moly. Fennekin is gonna be so screwed when it hits that fairy gym. Let's just hope Fennekin gains Psychic, Overheat or Flamethrower and/or is an awesome hybrid of Espeon & Darmantian. My two favourite pokemon(with Liligant as a ridiculously close second). High atk maybe with decent or high Sp. atk(maybe even the other way around), low defenses, massive speed and a movepool that teaches it the skills it needs like, psychic, with a few extra ones for both luls and good measure. Like calm mind (or whatever it's called, the skill that boosts sp.atk & Sp. def by 1 stage each use) and snooze or something.

[Magin]

Looking at that article, it's still only "supposed"- I suspect that if this is true, it's definitely a leak, as the official site doesn't say anything about the fairy type and all the other information.

But if it is real... well, it sounds like half the reason fairy was introduced was to further nerf dragon, and take dark down as well... and maybe to also give poison more of an edge.

[Blaat]

Fire/Psychic? that would mean I can try out the fire starter without feeling dirty.

[GDB]

Originally Posted by Libros

Holy moly. Fennekin is gonna be so screwed when it hits that fairy gym. Let's just hope it gains Psychic, Overheat, or Flamethrower and/or is an awesome hybrid of Espeon & Darmantian.

Why would it be screwed? It resists fairy type, possibly 4x resist depending on when it gains the secondary attribute. The other two are the ones that are screwed, since they'd be taking double damage, depending on when they gain the secondary attribute.

Assuming this leak is real, of course.

[Libros]

Originally Posted by GDB

Why would it be screwed? It resists fairy type, possibly 4x resist depending on when it gains the secondary attribute. The other two are the ones that are screwed, since they'd be taking double damage, depending on when they gain the secondary attribute.

Assuming this leak is real, of course.

Right, I read that wrong. I guess I got a bit too excited, I thought for a second that fire/Psychic did less damage to fairy, I was gonna edit but well..yeah. So nevermind that.

[Destined_Fate]

Is that right? We can see EVs now and there's a mini-game to boost them?

Sweet.

Too bad there's no mention of seeing IVs too but I'll take what we can get!

[SilverSyko]

A new type of Pokemon and dual-type attacks eh? That's excellent. Certainly good news for those who play competitively.

A lot of Normal types will probably be changed to Fairy type. Or at least a dual type.

A lot of these things are all suggestions I've seen the fan base give. Guess Game Freak is listening.

[JohnNiles]

Fairy type? Dual type attacks? Praying this is fake. -_-

[Shadow5YA]

I'll believe it when I see the official announcement not on a fansite with no source.

[Terrestrial Dream]

Oh man this is going to be good.

[Destined_Fate]

Originally Posted by JohnNiles

Fairy type? Dual type attacks? Praying this is fake. -_-

Eh. Fairy Type is fine and we could really use a solid counter to Dragon, Dark, and Fighting all rolled in one.

This will really shake up the meta as will Dual Type Attacks.

[Sageblink]

Wasn't there someone already speculating about fairy type a while ago ?
As well as those combination for the starters...
The EV thing smells fishy too.

I'm calling this announcement "fan request / hope".

[JohnNiles]

It's not fine. If they wanted to balance dragon, they should've added less powerful dragons in Gen 3/4. Who says this won't set off a chain reaction of imbalancing? o/~ I know an old lady who swallowed a fly... o/~

You can "shake up the meta" without adding a new type. This will just set off a new round of type begging next gen.

As for dual type attacks, I'm not sure how they would work.

[Terrestrial Dream]

Originally Posted by Sageblink

Wasn't there someone already speculating about fairy type a while ago ?
As well as those combination for the starters...
The EV thing smells fishy too.

I'm calling this announcement "fan request / hope".

The rumor was from neogaf and I believe the source was quite reliable.

The new type doesn't sound very strange. You have to wonder why they are hyping so much about the Sylveon.

And regarding balance, do GF really care about the meta game?

[kk2extreme]

They should buff the bug type first

[Terrestrial Dream]

What? I thought bugs type were pretty good? It is good against Dark and Psychic as well as great Pokemon like Scissor.