Pokemon X and Y announced for Nintendo 3DS

by Alice O'Connor, Jan 08, 2013 1:15pm PST

Nintendo's catch-'em-all series Pokémon is finally making the jump from the DS generation of hardware to the not-quite-so-shiny-and-new-anymore Nintendo 3DS, president Satoru Iwata announced during today's Nintendo Direct presentation. Pokémon X and Pokémon Y boast a new story, new Pokémon to poach, and new camera perspectives.

Pokémon X and Y will also see the series embrace simultaneous worldwide launches, after 17 years (17!) of staggered releases. They'll arrive on 3DS in October.

"We brought Pokémon into an entirely new dimension and we're incredibly excited to bring Pokémon X and Pokémon Y to fans," Junichi Masuda, director at developer Game Freak, said in the announcement. "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."

What all these shiny new things are, however, is a mystery for now. Look, a trailer:

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Nintendo's catch 'em allseries Pokémon is finally making the jump from the DS generation of hardware to the not-quite-so-shiny-and-new-anymore Nintendo 3DS, president Satoru Iwata announced during today's Nintendo Direct presentation. Pokémon X and Pokémon Y boast a new story, new Pokémon to poach, and new camera perspectives.

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Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Pokemon X and Y announced for Nintendo 3DS.

Nintendo's catch 'em allseries Pokémon is finally making the jump from the DS generation of hardware to the not-quite-so-shiny-and-new-anymore Nintendo 3DS, president Satoru Iwata announced during today's Nintendo Direct presentation. Pokémon X and Pokémon Y boast a new story, new Pokémon to poach, and new camera perspectives. : Shacknews
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  X & Y on the 3DS... Where's Z?! C'mon Nintendo! : Sab669
  - Z is the obvious half step where you get the Pokemon available in X & Y and a special starter but is othe... : one random winner
  - finally, the Coldplay x Pokemon crossover I've been dreaming of. : deathofrats
  - It'll happen. : CyCo_PL
- I was waiting to see when this was going to be out to see if it would be worth getting Black right now. I... : JohnnyRey
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  This is going to sound insane but I bought the first Pokemon game back in the day (Pokemon Blue on GB) an... : Schnapple
- A 3D Pokemon game? I am...intrigued. : icecreambus
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  X and Y? it's like they forgot to add real titles and just left placeholders so they could tell them apar : Prinny God
  - They've already done pretty much all the good colors and precious gems. Not many other places left for th... : Zek
- If this thing is really good, I might make this my first Pokemon game. : Gwyndion
- It astounds me how much money the pokemon francise makes. : retardhumper
- I guess I'm getting a new pokemon game for the first time since diamond in 2007. Congrats to GameFreak fo... : snubble100
- yupppp lets do it : geedeck
- I will be proud to buy this for my child. : Deathlove
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  I am intruiged. : thetangent
  - Or even intrigued. : thetangent
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  I need to finish Pokemon Black before this comes out. Good thing I didn't buy Black 2. : skankcore
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    BW 2 are sequels to BW. : capt tripps
    - Like anyone pays attention to the story. : skankcore
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  I just checked and there's already porn of the new pokemons. The internet is truly a baffling thing. : Malku
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    ...where do you go to check something like that!? Wait actually I don't want I know. : marmite
    - This made me just google for "chespin porn", the first name out of that video: https://www.weasyl.com/sub... : gaplant
- This is the game that will help boost the 3DS in Europe and US. It's also the ultimate Vitakiller... : Ex-Morpheus
- The deer looking legendary looks like the Deer God/Nightwalker from Princess Mononoke http://img39.ima... : Fenring42
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  Is this the first Pokémon game with a World launch? : capt tripps
  - Yup and it's a glorious thing. : Arcath
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  While we are on the subject, does anyone have legit versions of the gba games for sale/trade/barter?
  
  One of my new years resolutions before this announcement was to complete the gen5 pokedex. I'd like to do this before X/Y. Looking for help.
  
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  While we are on the subject, does anyone have legit versions of the gba games for sale/trade/barter? One... : Arcath
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    I have a pearl version of the game I might consider trading pm me. I can also help with filling your dex... : J2 Analog
    - whoops just noticed you said gba not ds... I'm an idiot. : J2 Analog
- Sold. I didn't get black 2 because I wanted a full 3d pokemon so I'm pretty pumped for this one. : melkore
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  Hey guys! You wont believe this! My friend and I found a website on another forum that let's people do... : browdy
  - looks fake to me. : CampKusoge

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