I downloaded Pokemon Y the night before it released on the Nintendo 3DS eShop, but I didn't get a chance to play it until the following morning because I passed out. Already, just a single day after its release, I've heard of people who have rushed through and finished the game already. I find that kind of approach appalling; I prefer to take my time with games and actually enjoy them instead of just getting it over with as soon as possible. Granted, there have been times in the past when I've been so engrossed with a new game that I played through it quickly, but it really depends on the kind of game we're talking about.
With the Pokemon series, there's always a lot of stuff to do as you go along. There are Pokemon to catch, quests to undertake, training to do, and minigames to play. I like to catch as many Pokemon as possible and experiment with different combinations for my party. It's just infinitely more fun for me that way. One of the guys on my Twitter feed finished the game in about 9 hours; I just would not have fun with that playstyle, definitely not on my first time through.
As for me, I've been taking frequent breaks while I play. I only have one badge so far and I've already cycled through several different groups of Pokemon. The graphics are pretty much exactly what I've been hoping the series would go to for years. It's in 3D but still very colorful and bright. It's really entertaining to see all these Pokemon that I've been familiar with for years rendered in full 3D--in a main-series game. The animations are pretty simplistic, which is to be expected, but every little creature moves around in unique ways and have a lot of character. Bunnelby, for instance, bashes his foes with his oversized ears.
I haven't gotten much experience with any of the game's touted new features yet. I'm a long way away from Mega Evolutions, even though I have Torchic and Squirtle in my party with their respective mega stones. I honestly don't even know how that works yet but I'm sure I'll write about it later. I just put a Fairy type into my roster for the sole purpose of evolving it for the Pokedex, but I'm not familiar with what types it's strong/weak against, other than being a supposed counter to Dragon types. The roller skates are really awesome, though; I assume they've replaced the bicycle from previous generations. By using the thumb stick you can ride around at high speeds and move in all 8 cardinal directions.
I think every time I make one of these posts I'm going to make a record of my roster. For now, it is:
- Timur the Quilladin (Grass - Tier 2 Kalos starter)
- Valara the Wartortle (Water - Tier 2 Kanto starter)
- Combusken (Fire/Fighting - Tier 2 Hoenn starter)
- Samira the Fletchinder (Fire/Flying)
- Cordelia the Flabébé (Fairy)
- Pedra the Bunnelby (Normal)
As powerful as Blaziken is, I'm most likely going to ditch him after I check out his Mega Evolution. For one thing, I hate that I can't rename him and also he's probably going to make the game too easy. With his ability Speed Boost I'll be able to sweep through everything with ease--and his type coverage is redundant anyway, since Quilladin evolves into a Grass/Fighting type and Fletchinder is Fire/Flying.
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