![]() Rather than getting your starter Pokémon from a professor, for example, players are given a choice - between Fennekin, the fire-type fox Pokémon Froakie, the water-type frog Pokémon or Chespin, the grass-type Pokémon that resembles a chipmunk with a green hat - from an in-game “friend” of the player’s character. Though the Pokémon story format has been mostly preserved through the series, X and Y bring a few new twists to the table. This is the biggest advance in character creation since the series first allowed players to choose the gender of their characters in Crystal. Zhuang also enjoyed the character customization feature, which allows players to change the appearance and wardrobe of their characters. Senior computer science and philosophy major Charles Zhuang praised the game’s updated graphics and use of 3-D to improve the battle sequences. In X and Y, players explore the more interactive, dynamic world of the Kalos region, which is modeled after France. Now the series features more advanced graphics, which add dimension to the game by further stretching 3DS system’s capabilities. In past games, the landscapes and character sprites were viewed from an overhead perspective. Visually, X and Y are the most advanced games of the series. ![]() By virtue of appearing on the 3DS, the newest incarnations of the series now bring the action to the third dimension with 3-D Pokémon battles. The series first added color in Gold and Silver, which were released in the U.S. He said he didn’t mind the wait, playing games while he waited and talking with other Pokémon fans in line about the series.Īppearing for the first time on the Nintendo 3DS with X and Y, the game dynamics have changed immensely since the days of Red and Blue (or even Yellow, for those who wanted a Pikachu to follow them around). to get his hands on a copy of X and Y, Smith was one of the first 15 customers to receive the game. In College Park, students such as junior Japanese major Girado Smith II lined up for several hours at the GameStop store on Route 1 on Friday night for the midnight release of the game. With the simultaneous worldwide release of Pokémon X and Y, the newest versions of the classic game, the series is proving that it is still a major force in the video game industry. Though it was expected that Pokémania would fade away like boy bands and Beanie Babies, Pokémon has retained many loyal fans among those who grew up with the series. Yet if students at this university were asked what their first starter Pokémon was, many would quickly enter into an intense debate about the merits of Charmander, Bulbasaur or Squirtle. It has been 15 years since Pokémon Red and Blue first came out in the United States. “Rather than getting your starter Pokémon from a professor, for example, players are given a choice - between Fennekin, the fire-type fox Pokémon Froakie, the water-type frog Pokémon or Chespin, the grass-type Pokémon that resembles a chipmunk with a green hat - from an in-game “friend” of the player’s character.” -Zoë DiGiorgio
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