Revealed Gen VI Pokemon Discussion/Speculation Thread

[Articwolf10]

I think Gen VI is going to have a surprise no one will see coming, whether it's a deviation from its normal tropes, re-introduction of an old character, or or a reversal of their normal equation. While the same old same old would be fantastic (and still very lucrative), I'm sure Game Freak knows that it had better switch things up a bit or they risk losing some of their older demographic.

they turned the franchise on it's head this Gen... who kows what they're planning ass Gen V has been pretty unpredictable

[Mitch Chesman]

Gen 6 proper prediction time? OH BOY, its like a 9 month Christmas.
-Unova next door, but not accessible. Perhaps the Aspertia-Virbank stretch, but that's it.
-Region will however huge amounts of ties to it, including cameos and what not.
-HMs are wiped out, subways replace fly, surfing is a predominate ability in all water Pokemon large enough, so on so forth.
-Huge region. 3DS' graphical updates along with the amount of size the game can be stored on will help.
-Sprites for battles, but in a super HD kind of way. All else is 3D, even the characters.
-Top down POV, but with full 3D movement.
-120 or so Pokemon, with a Sinnoh sized legendary corner. The more the merrier I say!
-Streetpass/Spotpass Secret Bases, all the live long day.
-Major Pokedex revamp, and a general lower screen is a menu UI ala HGSS, but with more flare.
-The starters could be anything, but I do believe Fire/Fighting will retire. Hopefully a freakin Dolphin will be the water starter, cause they've done mostly all you can think of, cept whale. Now that I think about it.........
-Gyms will be even more personalized, that a cave gym will literally be a cave needed to go through to the next city, or at least an extension of one.
-Seasons get a major focus, if not giving us the first in-game available quad of legendary Pokemon.
-Main Legendary Pokemon will be a literal physics lesson. We got space, time, and antimatter, why not go full science and give us legendaries based on sound, light, and heat. I know I know, reshiram and ho-oh got the whole fire thing going, and more so Reshiram due to the whole energy thing, but this is more based on wavelengths then energy.
-Give me fire/ice ffs. I know, I know all impracticalities aside it would still be an awesome Pokemon.
-More medals. Incorporate a full online medal network, with medal leaderboards and everything.
-Hell leaderboards for everything is even more apropriate.

[Joshawott]

These are my biggest wants:
1) For the version masctos to not be Dragon-type.
2) For the fire starter (Assuming we're sticking with them) to not evolve into a Fire/Fighting type.
3) A better, more robust online system that can actually detect who disconnected in an online match.
4) Online communities like Mario Kart 7. Maybe even the ability to hose 8/16-people tournaments via Wi-Fi?
5) I think sprites for Pokémon are here to stay, as PMD didn't use all of the 3D models. However, I would love an overworld similar in style to Tales of the Abyss. Also, I believe a more visual-novel style for important characters' dialogue (Gym Leaders, rivals, villains etc) would be awesome. Maybe the 2D overworld sprites could be replaced with a chibi number like Bravely Default or Dragon Quest?
6) The ability to trade multiple Pokémon at once (possibly limit it to a box at a time). Or even better - an ability to simply transfer Pokémon to another game.
7) Stronger Ice-type Pokémon and physical Ice-type moves.

[Hedface]

I think Gen VI is going to have a surprise no one will see coming, whether it's a deviation from its normal tropes, re-introduction of an old character, or or a reversal of their normal equation. While the same old same old would be fantastic (and still very lucrative), I'm sure Game Freak knows that it had better switch things up a bit or they risk losing some of their older demographic.

they turned the franchise on it's head this Gen... who kows what they're planning ass Gen V has been pretty unpredictable

That's what I mean :) Bet that they have to step up their game even more. IMHO.

[Velvet]

I personally want an Electric/Flying type that isn't a legendary; I mean heck we have two Water/Flying types; Ducklet -> Swanna and Wingfull ->Pelipper so why not an electric type?

That being said I'd really like the gyms and the elites to be switched up a bit; I'd definitely like to see a Poison, Dark, Ghost and Steel Gyms again.

[Hedface]

I personally want an Electric/Flying type that isn't a legendary; I mean heck we have two Water/Flying types; Ducklet -> Swanna and Wingfull ->Pelipper so why not an electric type?

That being said I'd really like the gyms and the elites to be switched up a bit; I'd definitely like to see a Poison, Dark, Ghost and Steel Gyms again.

Emolga isn't legendary I don't think.

[Shiny Celebi]

I personally want an Electric/Flying type that isn't a legendary; I mean heck we have two Water/Flying types; Ducklet -> Swanna and Wingfull ->Pelipper so why not an electric type?

That being said I'd really like the gyms and the elites to be switched up a bit; I'd definitely like to see a Poison, Dark, Ghost and Steel Gyms again.

Emolga says hi.

Dark type gym please.
No Fire/Fighting starter for the love of Arceus
Wi-fi trading outside the Pokemon Center
wi-fi option for Entalink/Funfest Mission equivalent if there is one
No Dragon type legends, we've had enough. Let there be a Poison type, Ghost type and other kinds of legends we havent seen, perhaps another Bug legendary.

[Velvet]

I personally want an Electric/Flying type that isn't a legendary; I mean heck we have two Water/Flying types; Ducklet -> Swanna and Wingfull ->Pelipper so why not an electric type?

That being said I'd really like the gyms and the elites to be switched up a bit; I'd definitely like to see a Poison, Dark, Ghost and Steel Gyms again.

Emolga says hi.

Dark type gym please.
No Fire/Fighting starter for the love of Arceus
Wi-fi trading outside the Pokemon Center
wi-fi option for Entalink/Funfest Mission equivalent if there is one
No Dragon type legends, we've had enough. Let there be a Poison type, Ghost type and other kinds of legends we havent seen, perhaps another Bug legendary.

Sorry should have made that a bit clearer; I mean like an actual BIRD electric/flying type, sorry!

I'm tired of Fire/Fighting too so I hope they chance that up a bit.

[Reila]

As I said in another similar thread, I really hope they keep with the sprites, at least in the overworld, although Bravely Default-like 3D models, as mentioned by Joshawott, wouldn't be bad. Also, please GF, don't give us an orchestrated soundtrack for the new games. Even dubstep soundtracks (like Marvel vs Capcom 3's) are better than generic orchestrated scores... Unless they hire Koh Otani to compose the score for the games.

Regarding eeveelutions, I would like to see no new ones, because they don't really appeal to me... But a Dragon-Type one wouldn't be bad, plus this is the only previously special-oriented type left without an eeveelution.

[Water-noctowl]

These are my biggest wants:
1) For the version masctos to not be Dragon-type.
2) For the fire starter (Assuming we're sticking with them) to not evolve into a Fire/Fighting type.
3) A better, more robust online system that can actually detect who disconnected in an online match.
4) Online communities like Mario Kart 7. Maybe even the ability to hose 8/16-people tournaments via Wi-Fi?
5) I think sprites for Pokémon are here to stay, as PMD didn't use all of the 3D models. However, I would love an overworld similar in style to Tales of the Abyss. Also, I believe a more visual-novel style for important characters' dialogue (Gym Leaders, rivals, villains etc) would be awesome. Maybe the 2D overworld sprites could be replaced with a chibi number like Bravely Default or Dragon Quest?
6) The ability to trade multiple Pokémon at once (possibly limit it to a box at a time). Or even better - an ability to simply transfer Pokémon to another game.
7) Stronger Ice-type Pokémon and physical Ice-type moves.

But it needs to be able to tell if you lose your connection so there is no unfair blame.
I myself am hoping for ice to gain more resistances.

[Joshawott]

These are my biggest wants:
1) For the version masctos to not be Dragon-type.
2) For the fire starter (Assuming we're sticking with them) to not evolve into a Fire/Fighting type.
3) A better, more robust online system that can actually detect who disconnected in an online match.
4) Online communities like Mario Kart 7. Maybe even the ability to hose 8/16-people tournaments via Wi-Fi?
5) I think sprites for Pokémon are here to stay, as PMD didn't use all of the 3D models. However, I would love an overworld similar in style to Tales of the Abyss. Also, I believe a more visual-novel style for important characters' dialogue (Gym Leaders, rivals, villains etc) would be awesome. Maybe the 2D overworld sprites could be replaced with a chibi number like Bravely Default or Dragon Quest?
6) The ability to trade multiple Pokémon at once (possibly limit it to a box at a time). Or even better - an ability to simply transfer Pokémon to another game.
7) Stronger Ice-type Pokémon and physical Ice-type moves.

But it needs to be able to tell if you lose your connection so there is no unfair blame.

If you have a poor connection, don't play online. There would be no way to tell whether someone's connection drops accidentally or if it was them rage quitting, I imagine.

Still, the sheer amount of rage quitters on Wi-Fi needs to be addressed.

[Water-noctowl]

These are my biggest wants:
1) For the version masctos to not be Dragon-type.
2) For the fire starter (Assuming we're sticking with them) to not evolve into a Fire/Fighting type.
3) A better, more robust online system that can actually detect who disconnected in an online match.
4) Online communities like Mario Kart 7. Maybe even the ability to hose 8/16-people tournaments via Wi-Fi?
5) I think sprites for Pokémon are here to stay, as PMD didn't use all of the 3D models. However, I would love an overworld similar in style to Tales of the Abyss. Also, I believe a more visual-novel style for important characters' dialogue (Gym Leaders, rivals, villains etc) would be awesome. Maybe the 2D overworld sprites could be replaced with a chibi number like Bravely Default or Dragon Quest?
6) The ability to trade multiple Pokémon at once (possibly limit it to a box at a time). Or even better - an ability to simply transfer Pokémon to another game.
7) Stronger Ice-type Pokémon and physical Ice-type moves.

But it needs to be able to tell if you lose your connection so there is no unfair blame.

If you have a poor connection, don't play online. There would be no way to tell whether someone's connection drops accidentally or if it was them rage quitting, I imagine.

Still, the sheer amount of rage quitters on Wi-Fi needs to be addressed.

Um plenty of people have poor wifi I know that and therefore warn everyone who I connect with that my wifi often cuts out so they know I didn't rage quit. Systems don't take that into account. Also it could tell if you hit the run button or not that could stop some of it.

[Zistal]

What I'd truly like to see next gen is a Bug/Dark/Ghost "Fear Trio" of legendaries.

[Water-noctowl]

I would like there to be more slots in the party and possibly less HM's.

[Joshawott]

These are my biggest wants:
1) For the version masctos to not be Dragon-type.
2) For the fire starter (Assuming we're sticking with them) to not evolve into a Fire/Fighting type.
3) A better, more robust online system that can actually detect who disconnected in an online match.
4) Online communities like Mario Kart 7. Maybe even the ability to hose 8/16-people tournaments via Wi-Fi?
5) I think sprites for Pokémon are here to stay, as PMD didn't use all of the 3D models. However, I would love an overworld similar in style to Tales of the Abyss. Also, I believe a more visual-novel style for important characters' dialogue (Gym Leaders, rivals, villains etc) would be awesome. Maybe the 2D overworld sprites could be replaced with a chibi number like Bravely Default or Dragon Quest?
6) The ability to trade multiple Pokémon at once (possibly limit it to a box at a time). Or even better - an ability to simply transfer Pokémon to another game.
7) Stronger Ice-type Pokémon and physical Ice-type moves.

But it needs to be able to tell if you lose your connection so there is no unfair blame.

If you have a poor connection, don't play online. There would be no way to tell whether someone's connection drops accidentally or if it was them rage quitting, I imagine.

Still, the sheer amount of rage quitters on Wi-Fi needs to be addressed.

Um plenty of people have poor wifi I know that and therefore warn everyone who I connect with that my wifi often cuts out so they know I didn't rage quit. Systems don't take that into account. Also it could tell if you hit the run button or not that could stop some of it.

People don't hit the "Run" button to quit - they outright turn their DS systems off. Selecting "Run" will result in them receiving a loss on their record, which defeats the purpose of them rage quitting.

The biggest annoyance with people rage quitting is with the official Wi-Fi tournaments and especially now that The Pokémon Company International is offering Championship points in the Wi-Fi tournaments, the issue needs to be clamped down on very harshly.