Mmm... Are the cities actually bigger or does it only looks that way due to 3D a we're used to the smaller scale of previous games?
One thing about Parting Shot is that we don't know if you switch out after the stat decrease is blocked by Sub, Protect, or Clear Body. I mean U-turn and Volt Switch have to fully connect and do damage before the switch occurs so it would probably work similarly, but just blocked as a status moves. I'm personally hoping that it can be blocked since that would make stuff like Clear Body Tentacruel a counter to Pokemon that rely on the move like the sets posted above or fighting-types that lack coverage but think parting shot can make up for it. If sub blocks it as well then that opens up a whole world of stops.
I kind of doubt that landmarks are up to scale with the map.
Smash is recorded months in advance
Sometimes recaps like this fall closer, sometimes not
Months?????? I was thinking maybe a week or two but months??????
So they know some stuff that we don't.
Well that's just Perfect.
And we really could use a large city, so Lumiose is good.
Well maybe not like 6 months, probably more like 2 or so.
Some segments (like last week's eevee & friend segment with the eevee 3ds xl) are probably recorded more recently, but the studio segments and junk are definitely. I distinctly remember masuda tweeting about finishing recording smash (not for XY, I think it was sometime last year) but it was a month or so before he actually showed up.
And....of course they would know stuff we don't? They kind of would have to, even if it was just weeks in advance
They released a handful of Pokemon in May, June and July the last two generations, so I'd be reasonably hopeful to see either the early vermin or the Pikaclone next month.meh. i guess.
anyway, hopefully we reached that point where they reveal pokemon every month, if that's even going to happen again
Since you guys seem to be discussing how big Lumiose City is I thought I'd do some analyzing of the Kalos map in photoshop.
Lumiose City seems to be somewhat circular, so for the sake of keeping things simple let's just assume that Lumiose City is a perfect circle. Horizontally, the diameter of Lumiose City is 140 pixels, making the radius 70 pixels. A perfect circle with a radius of 70 has an area of about 15,393.8 pixels squared, giving us a rough estimate of what amount of space Lumiose City takes up.
The size of the entire map (Everything; including water, cliffs, etc) is 1630 pixels wide and 1068 pixels high, making the area of the entire Kalos region 1,740,840 pixels squared.
Lumiose city, if the map is drawn to scale, is about 0.8% of the entire Kalos region.
This one's gonna be big.
Well maybe not like 6 months, probably more like 2 or so.
Some segments (like last week's eevee & friend segment with the eevee 3ds xl) are probably recorded more recently, but the studio segments and junk are definitely. I distinctly remember masuda tweeting about finishing recording smash (not for XY, I think it was sometime last year) but it was a month or so before he actually showed up.
And....of course they would know stuff we don't? They kind of would have to, even if it was just weeks in advance
Or it's the next black tower. Gosh, I loved the black tower.the central thing is the not!Eiffel Tower
it doesn't seem to be a gym from what we've seen of it
e: I bet we climb it like we did the Radio Tower (to combat evil team who've taken it over) or the Lighthouse (to find a gym leader)
Or it's the next black tower. Gosh, I loved the black tower.
EDIT: Did someone see the big castle with the stairs leading to a cave before it?
E4 location confirmed. The best thing is, it's relatively close to the most likely starting town (nothernmost town), so we will get non-linearity.
its an expression. Calm down dudeWhen was this confirmed? I never saw any confirmation on this.
Please do not say things are "confirmed" if they aren't explicitly stated by Pokemon itself or a credible site. With all the rumors floating around and the discussion here, this gets VERY confusing and hard to keep track of what is real. Don't make assumptions based off something you THINK is true.
No, Shockwave is justifiably upset. It's annoying to see comments that say an observation of something is confirmed, like the location of the Elite Four, when in reality, we don't know if they reside high up in the mountain on the northeast part of the map, or anywhere else for that matter. Saying it's confirmed is also likely to confuse people who don't read all the news. So yeah, don't do it.its an expression. Calm down dude
I think lumiose will have a gym leader for sure. Itd be cool if you started there and were free to approach the gyms anyway you want. Black and white were too linear. I hope lumiose has lots of activities too, unlike Castelia which had barely anything to do after the main game
While I can see your point, usually you can use logic to determine what is real and not, or just not believe anything 100% until gamefreak confirms it.No, Shockwave is justifiably upset. It's annoying to see comments that say an observation of something is confirmed, like the location of the Elite Four, when in reality, we don't know if they reside high up in the mountain on the northeast part of the map, or anywhere else for that matter. Saying it's confirmed is also likely to confuse people who don't read all the news. So yeah, don't do it.