Can we talk about the overworld and characters?
Seems like much more realistic proportions, less cartoony and less bobble heads.
So is this a new engine or what?
Same engine, just went for a different style.
>>26232150
So is still gen 6?
>>26232197
How is it still gen 6 if there's new pokemon?
>>26231993
It does look fantastic
Like a huuuge improvement over XY/ORAS
>>26231993
The one thing that didn't disappoint
Fuck me Alola is gonna be fun to navigate
I think this is the look they wanted, but they could only make it work in cutscenes Gen VI
It's also going to instantly deconfirm Kalos without them completely rebuilding it from scratch. The models wouldn't fit in at all.
>>26231993
This is what gen VI should have been.
I guess GF decided to put some effort again.
>>26232197
Nah, I'd say this looks like a comparable change just like gen 4 to 5. Still on the Ds but bw looks different then dp. Same concept
>>26231993
I'm actually really impressed how much better it looks than XY/ORAS. Everything looked really good.
>>26232197
Gold and Silver used the same engine as Red and Blue.
>>26231993
The thing that concerned me the most is the lack of tall grass areas in the trailer, only linear paths
>>26231993
Yeah, it looks great.
Reminder me of the Yokai Watch overworld that people were always saying was superior to Pokémon's.
Reminds me of the 3DS Medabot games for some reason
Was just going to mention this
Thank fuck
>>26232197
Damage control has begun!
They are using the in-battle trainer models in the over world nowm instead of the smaller ones. Looks great to me.
this is what i expected
a not so drastic change from graphics becasue its the same console
its like hgss compared to bw
very happy about how it looks
>>26232197
>new Pokemon
>new region
>new moves
>new fucking everything
>So is still gen 6?
What do you think?
>>26232197
I honestly don't know if 6.5fags have been trolling the whole time or if you lot are genuinely just pants-on-head fucking retarded
or both, most likely
>>26231993
the streets seem more open - less chance for camera annoyances
>>26232417
Yokai Watch's first footage came out in 2011. Gamefreak got their 3DS devkits in 2010. Considering this model style was around for a few scenes in XYORAS, they probably couldn't optimize it enough to be playable and had to stick with chibi art.
>>26231993
QUICK SOMEONE WITH TOOLS AND GRAPHIC EDITING SKILLS MAKE A COMPARISON SHOT OF X/Y/OR/AS graphics to this shit.
Reminder that more realistic proportions means, less FoV = Impact on level design = less open environments
Prepare for the most streamlined Pokemon experience to date
>>26232197
Still in denial holy shit.
>>26232534
yeah the scenery in general seems a LOT more open
I'm wondering if they didn't show tall grass for a reason, or if there is a mechanic change in place that we aren't' seeing yet
>>26232417
I got Yokai Watch vibes from this as well
And 6fags said it would have the SAME graphics.
While similar, this shit looks fucking fantastic. Way better than the shit XYORAS gave us.
>>26232617
Pokemon roaming the over world confirmed
>>26232595
The map we've seen so far is LESS linear.
>>26232595
Or they could just zoom out on certain sections, faggot. Your argument makes no sense
>>26232783
i'm talking about the routes themselves, not the map
I'm glad they actually went with the realistic proportions this time, and likely because of that every trainer will have their model in their battle intro rather than the lazy cut-ins.
I just hope the grid and tall grass system isn't completely dead. I loved the practicality of D-Pad for precise grid movement, Circle Pad for free movement.
Do you think we're going to always see trainers behind the Pokémon in battles like the Gamecube games? Since overworld and battles are using the same trainer models, that means they'll have detailed models for all NPC classes anyway.
>>26231993
Looks ugly. Ugly colors and bad draw distance.
>>26231993
I hope they're not bullshitting us with that camera angle like they did in the XY reveal, that looks so much better than anything in gen VI.
>>26232261
Love how they've done away with having everything sectioned off by trees, It actually looks like a REAL place. Fucking hype.
>>26232924
I fucking hope so.
One thing I loved about Hoenn is how connected and immersive the region felt. This looks like that 10x. THANK YOU Game Freak!!!
>>26233112
I noticed this too. Actually so fucking exciting.
So glad the chibi style is gone.
>>26231993
No, literally everything on display and what we can hear is on point with gen 6. The only thing different here is that they're using the Battle modelsthe ones that appear when you send out Pokémon / Mega evolve them in XY/ORASin the overworld.
>>26232447
Looks like they've finally done away with grid-based movement too. I'm glad the environments probably won't be all angular anymore.
>>26231993
why is the fuckhead jaywalking? Fucking arrest this hippie.
>>26233341
It looks like grid based maps are gone and the maps are full 3d models. thank fuck. Kalos looked like minecraft in the 3d engine.
>>26233341
They already ditched it in OR/AS
>>26232595
Can it really get much worse after how streamlined Gens 5 and 6 were?
>>26233413
so the movement will play like pokemon colosseum/xd? Or did those games have a grid system?
>>26233491
No, it looks just like them.
>>26231993
YES THIS IS WHAT I WANT
>>26232448
>Damage control
Nice meme
who thinks this game will be new nintendo 3ds enhanced?
>>26233863
Looking at the lag from Lunaala's move, WHO THE FUCK KNOWS AHAHA
Since the Main island is tiny as fuck, does this mean the map will be similar to Hoenn, where you need to swim to other islands, with 50% of the map being water? Or will it require you to take a boat from island to island?
>>26232235
the gen in "gen" 6 stands for engine?
>>26233013
>3DS
What did you expect, some Battlefront-tier stuff? Sometimes I grow tired of people constantly comparing in about everything
>>26232823
reeee le get out
It's much better op, this was definitely Yokai Watch's doing.
Either gamefreak hired the environment artist and 3d model artist from them or they finally realized how shit their 3d games looked.
I'm excited to play it now.
>>26232197
Gen 6 engine
Gen 7 pokedex
>>26232468
They have been trolling. But if they were actually serious, then they got me good.
>>26233491
>xd
get out
>>26232197
It may be.
WHY IS THERE NO TALL GRASS
>>26236343
free roaming pokemon confirmed
>>26232403
>lack of tall grass
>linear paths
holy fucking shit stop this faggotry and use your god damned eyes.
look at the path on the right side of the island, it branches into a clear road, and a grassy area
>>26232924
They are, I hope they react to your Pokemon attacking like they point when you they select a move or get shocked when their Pokemon gets hurt or faints
Pearl harbor is going to feel awkward
>>26231993
>No pokemon following
It's trash.
>>26236478
>PEARL harbor
Sinnoh confirmed
>>26236446
DIAMOND head Volcano. PEARL harbor
>>26236478
Oh fuck, how could I forget about this.
>>26236343
there is grass, look at the map, look at it! do you see the dark green areas on the lighter green area?
>>26236446
>captcha, select all images with grass
>>26236587
Oh my fucking god, Sinnoh is fucking confirmed.
>>26236469
Waaaait. I thought that guy was a rival? How come he has starter weaker to yours?
>>26236446
Anyone else think this region may end up being really non-linear. I mean look at that starting town, at it's north you can see a forest entrance but to the east there's a route going down to the first city. You can also see lots of branching pathways and alternate routes, which gets me excited.
>>26231993
What's underneath that truck?
>>26236779
why does bianca have the starter thats weak to yours? i thought she was a rival?
>>26236779
>Shauna's back in her home island, this time she chooses the starter better against yours
sweating_palms.png
>>26231993
It can't be...they actually abandoned the grid? It's actually a fully 3D world now?
With curves and junk and houses at a diagonal.
>>26236779
m8 we've been getting more than one rival per game since Gen V. Why are you surprised.
>>26236504
TOO HARD FOR GAME FREAK, DON'T BLAME THEM! THEY BARELY COULD MADE HGSS SPRITES!!! [many looks so awful and lazy]
>everyone in the overworked has a full model
>EVERYONE
>WE'LL SEE MODELS INSTEAD OF ARTWORK WHEN WE GET IN A BATTLE
>WE'LL SEE TRAINERS IN BATTLE
>>26231993
>Finally breaking away from grid based level design and movement.
It's about fucking time.
>>26236944
I wonder if the other playable character will be the "main" rival then.
>>26237007
Yay! Even more frame drops!
Why make the game nicer and nicer looking but add nothing to make actually playing it fun and challenging? Why all style and no substance?
So Gen 6 really was GF working out how to do 3D, and Gen 7 will be them doing it properly
>No Chibi models
>No 2D Trainer pictures
>Trainers visible in battle and no circles under the pokemon
>>26237018
>and movement
Already happened in Gen 6 senpai
>>26237007
>>26237070
>>26237110
>implying they wanted to use the nice N3DS clock speeds and RAM
>>26237158
>gif
>2016
>>26237201
Only reposted what was given to us by a now archived thread.
>>26237201
>preferring a soundless video
>2016
>that hot NPC
porn where
>>26237251
>wanting 3 seconds of video to be 4 mb with color limits and dithering everywhere
>>26237251
Over, what, a soundless gif with poorer image quality, poorer resolution, and a larger file size?
fuck it looks so good. my expectations were completely blown away with everything shown in the trailer today
starters, fantastic world design, trainer customization. i really hope this is the first case where GF doesnt go one step forward and two steps backwards
I love how the models have idle/constant animations now. It really bugged me in XY and ORAS how in cutscenes or in the OW they were perfectly still but then would just move their arm or something here and there when they spoke. Looks good so far
So the big question
Will we finally get a Dark type Gym?
>>26231993
Wait a moment...far in the distance, it's that building from the concept art.
>>26231993
It actually looks surprisingly good (compared to what I was expecting anyway). I wonder if it will have full 360 degree camera control.
Character looks less bobble-headed because they are older. Guarantee this is a sequel to X & Y. We're going back to Kalos once we get off the island.
>route sign similar to those in kalos
kalos confirmed
>>26237395
Why the fuck would anybody ever care about that?
>>26236469
They got rid of the gay circles too! Hooray!
>>26237329
videos were meant to have sound, webms are useless
>>26237506
>blue pentagon with red part in the top making it a hexagon
kalos confirmed for the blue part, alola for the red part
fugg
>>26237477
>Character looks less bobble-headed because they are older.
LITERALLY LOOK YO7NGER THAN THE XY PROTAGS
>>26236469
Did anyone else notice the gravestone a bit left to the rival?
>>26237529
>videos were meant to have sound
wrong, learn some history
>>26237529
Again, they have better resolution, a better framerate and a lower filesize. Also webms can have sound (you just can't post sound webms on most boards here).
Please shut the fuck up, you have no idea what you're talking about.
>>26237591
Probably just some totem shit
Volcanion makes a lot more sense now
>>26237512
because in 17 years its never happened
>>26237201
gifs are so much better for mobile viewing.
>>26231993
Is it just me or does the region look really small?
>>26231993
this region is full of pedos
>>26237659
being modeled after Hawaii it is not unreasonable to think that you can go to the other islands
>>26237659
this is the new shitpost meme isnt it?
>first town/city shown
>obviously the whole region since we didnt see anything else
and there are only 5 pokemon right?
>no more bobble heads
>>26236469
>just noticed that you can see trainers on the field in battles
Makes me put a little faith into gamefreak.
>>26237582
Looks way older than gen 6 you fucking mongoloid
>>26236446
Please tell me we can bomb Pearl Harbor.
>>26237659
Looks like a first island seen from a soaring point of view.
>>26237514
No. Even in XY there were some specific battlefields with the circles not being around.
>>26232261
Don't be fooled by the city shots, it's still going to be the same top-down perspective as XY for most of the game.
>>26237738
>>26236446
Whoa I thought the region was that bottom island, now I see it's the top one Aloha looks fucking huge.
>>26237805
>Oblivia became canon
fufufufufu
>>26237710
Look at the fucking picture. That's the region. It's really fucking tiny.
>>26237735
He definitely looks younger.
>>26237805
I don't know look a those route shots. the camera clearly switches perspective quite often.
Also at least the region looks less grid based and blocky. That was my main issue with x and y.
>>26236446
Is it just me or does the region look really small?
Maybe be able to travel to other islands?
Would be cool to have soaring back and be able to manually fly over the ocean to other islands.
>>26237890
>modelled after Hawaii
>landmass composing of multiple large islands
>picture of one island
>MUST BE THE WHOLE REGION
you are this dumb
>>26237890
Look at >>26236446
There's obviously like 5 other islands we can go to, including the main island which looks like it's gonna be huge.
>>26237981
Oh okay so there's 5 other even tinier islands? Cool.
>>26237890
can you not see?
>>26236446
>>26237659
>>26237960
Guess I should learn to read other posts before I post...
>>26238019
That's what we're assuming.
I wouldn't put it past Game Freak to really be that lazy though.
>>26234866
>Gen 6.5 system
N3DS only :^)
>>26238020
That's real fucking Hawaii you moron. They're not going to be the exact same.
>>26238019
>look ma I'm shitposting
>That behind camera perspective
>That route
This is gonna be the comfiest region, isn't it?
>>26238067
Nice argument, buddy. If that's just one town, and the Hawaii is accurate, even that bug island will only be like 3 times the size of the starting town.
>>26238065
yup, this is the new 6.5 fag.
what do we call them? tiny island fags?
>>26238046
You realize how little of the "map" every Gen has used up, right? I doubt the actual playable space of SM will be any smaller than the other games, there just won't be all that extraneous land to go to because its just a bunch of islands so GameFreak can have the game cover all of them.
We also have no real clue what the scale is on that map, given how screwy the maps always are with that. Who knows how big the actual in game map of that area will be?
>>26238112
>5 big islands
>starter town
>1 or 2 towns on next 3 islands
>big island last few gyms + league
>>26238122
Please don't tell me you actually think that's the region map?
>>26238112
>I'm going to keep ignoring >>26236446 because it shows my argument is wrong
If the starting island is modeled after Oahu, then it won't be the largest island, plain and simple.
Sorry for not spoonfeeding you something that was already proven wrong an hour ago.
>>26238090
There's going to be a tiki pokemon, isn't there?
>>26238019
The island shown there seems to be based on Honolulu island. If that's the case, then they haven't even shown off the main island yet (which is about 7 times bigger).
>>26238112
so are the other islands smaller or larger? Keep your argument on one point shitstain
>>26238155
Except the starter town is already om the second-biggest island.
I kinda hope we get overworld 3D this time.
>>26236446
>8 islands
One gym per island?
>>26238181
flaming tiki grass/fire when?
>>26238164
Read all my replies buddy. Oahu is the second or third biggest island. If that's just the starter town, then the other islands are going to not be able to fit 8 other cities.
>>26236446
>tfw you're a Japanese person selling a game to Americans that includes a section based on Pearl Harbor
>>26237110
I really do hate those circles, they were fine in 2D, but not 3D
>>26238112
Hawaii is like 5 times larger than Oahu and if they keep true to scale then the game is going to be just fine size-wise, and that's if they only keep to the main 5.
>>26231993
Why do peope pretend to like this? It's an ugly pixelated mess just like gen 6. Only the characters in overworld look better because they use full scale models and not chibishit. The battles look exactly the same, you could actually notice the framerate stuttering when the legendaries appeared.
Releasing two gens on one system is the worst decision Gamefreak has ever made.
>>26238200
Being only 3 times bigger than the starter coty, and being the biggest island in the game, is a joke.
OH SHIT DUDE NO FUCKING HAT
>>26238195
Oahu (Honolulu island) is technically the "main" Hawaii island since Honolulu is the capital. The Big Island is much larger though, yeah. It also has snow and deserts and shit, so the region won't be all tropics.
>>26238283
It's literally just as I said it >>26233277
>>26238283
But gen V was fantastic.
>>26238283
>graphicsfags
It would be stupid if they didn't at least use new3ds to patch up the framerate, but I'd fucking take GB graphics if it meant a new game. I was fucking starving for a new game after the lazy pile of shit that was ORAS
>>26238310
>>26238283
>Releasing two gens on one system is the worst decision Gamefreak has ever made.
Literally only Gen 3 was the only gen on one system.
>>26238262
The dumbest part was that there are some areas in X and Y without the circles, so they could have removed them
>>26238257
>>26238295
since you idiots want to be purposely dense, I'll shove it in your face for you
Oahu is almost 8 times smaller than the big island
then on top of that you have 2 other islands just as big, then other smaller islands
so eat shit, basically
>>26238310
i was really hoping the moon legend would be there and ice/fairy
>>26238345
Also, Apache Thunder is a guy who found out that you can literally hex edit XY/ORAS to run on N3DS specs.
>>26238362
If I had to guess, most of the towns and gyms will be on the big island.
>>26238257
>>26238295
>>26238326
on /vp/ you are only allowed to like gen 4
everything before is too old and therefore broken, buggy trash and everything after is new and therefore terrible in every way
>>26232464
Yes. Also I like eating my own farts, and I finally passed grade 3 after sixteen years of trying! :)
Seriously though, how fucking dumb are 6.5fags?
>>26232197
Nigga
Me on the left
>>26238410
>Ni'ihau
>The Forbidden Isle
>Tiny
Event legend?
>>26231993
I love it
That's what bothered me about X and Y, nice to see actual proportions in the overworld
Also the battle area look more polished
>The professor calls you cousin
I can't tell if this related or island greeting
>>26236446
>tfw I've been to most of those places IRL while I lived there
So this is how NYC/French fags feel
>>26237007
>>WE'LL SEE MODELS INSTEAD OF ARTWORK WHEN WE GET IN A BATTLE
Pls no
>>WE'LL SEE TRAINERS IN BATTLE
Pls yes
Artwork is cute.
>>26238410
Ground, Grass, Fairy and Dark gyms confirmed
>>26238495
Wanna go for some bowling?
>>26238499
Same here. It's a surreal sort of feel.
>>26238495
>I can't tell if this related or island greeting
Probably the latter.
>>26238345
>I was fucking starving for a new game after the lazy pile of shit that was ORAS
fuck off for good geek
>>26238283
Game freak is just a bunch of lazy greedy shits. DQ XI, Joker 3 and MH heroes look infinitely better than this garbage and they don't run at sub 30 fps on 3DS. GF has no excuse. You dumb fuck kids let them get away with it. Enjoy another shitty pukemon cashgrab.
>>26238541
>that one tiny new island
>the target isle
Alola league on a new volcano?
>>26238410
>>26238541
>there's 8 islands
>pokémon games have 8 gyms
>>26236469
>trainers show up in battles too
>double battles with you and your partner vs two enemies
>4 people and 4 pokemon on screen
>frames die
>all wailords and one bat legendary that uses his special move that drops frames from the trailer.
>>26236673
Really though anyone who DOESNT expect it at this point is just being retarded. Even if it ends up in Gen 8 it's happening for sure.
>>26238379
No it isn't.
>>26238620
GF is kind of incompetent when it comes to programming but it's ok as long as the mons and stuff keep being good IMO
>>26237805
That's not top-down. The camera angle looks maybe 30 degrees above the ground.
It's a pretty reasonable third-person view.
>>26238590
I used to be obsessed with the Experiments.
Hawaii is such a comfy setting.
Too bad it's a terrible place to live because the high cost of living, terrible internet, race problems, terrible local government, etc.
It was nice living there as a kid because I didn't have to deal with that shit, but man being a kid was Hawaii was great.
Based GF giving me a nostalgia fuel game.
>>26238310
ROWLETT BURIAL GROUNDS
ROWLETT ON SUICIDE WATCH
>>26238541
>Moloka'i
>The "Friendly" Island
>site of an absolutely terrible Leper colony where they literally just tossed dudes over board near a very inaccessible part of the island with no place to stay but caves
>Old survivors of the colony still live their today
Gonna be the ghost gym, dude.
>>26238674
/pats your head
>>26237591
That's a tiki, like you see everywhere.
>>26234866
>Gen 6 engine
You mean gen 5 engine
>>26233790
U mad bro?
>>26238674
just shy of 7 times larger anon actually
point being Hawaii is plenty big enough for 8 gyms
>>26238801
what the fuck
>>26238904
Uh nah. If you wanna delve into the romfs, they're structured somewhat same, but they are still completely different in file formats and all.
>>26238303
This is just the beginning of the game, before a hat becomes permanently affixed to your head. Same thing that happened in XY. Just look at the moving boxes.
>>26237731
No trainer here.
>>26238875
>>26238940
You think that's bad? You should see Poveglia Island in Venice.
>Some time after the island had become a quarantine station for ships arriving at Venice in the 18th century, a plague was discovered on two ships. The island was sealed off and used to host people with infectious diseases, leading to legends of terminally ill Venetians waiting to die before their ghosts returned to haunt the island.[1]
>In 1922, the island became home to a mental hospital where a doctor allegedly experimented on patients with crude lobotomies. He later threw himself from the hospital tower after claiming he had been driven mad by ghosts.
God DAMN I love creepy Islands. I hope the Moloka'i analogue is creepy as fuck.
>>26239089
trainer's just offscreen, you can literally see the shadow
>>26237656
this
>>26237805
>If you play on a N3DS you'l be able to use the C-Stick to turn the camera and look around.
Please god just this once.
dynamic perspective has been a thing since gen 5
you're all falling for gamefreak's bullshots once again
the game is going to look like pic related 90% of the playtime
Which default are you going with, /vp/? I'm dying to know which one will have better fashion, but that fucking chicken hat on the grills is not comforting...
>>26239217
>this girl will star in the anime
I don't know what to feel.
>>26239217
Sun-baked island boy, of course
>>26239217
>can't have light skin and brown hair
male trainer looks pretty crappy IMO too, i guess i'll unexcitedly pick the tanned brown hair one
>>26239175
OP wasn't talking about the perspective you asshat.
>>26238710
You probably have autism
>>26238719
Don't islanders tend to have weight problems too?
>>26239320
Given it's highly likely we have customization again (given the expanded skin tone chooser and the changes between the male PC's shirts), you'll probably be able to dye your hair somewhere.
>>26238662
>"Best experienced on Nintendo New 3DS"
They did it for Hyrule Warriors Legends, they'll do it for Pokemon.
>>26239483
It'll probably have general N3DS benefits too, like BW2. Probably nothing really worth while either, though.
>>26238719
I'm gonna name my character haole for the authentic hawaiian experience.
>>26237805
This is definitely the hometown or at least where you receive your starters.
>>26237735
...
>>26239217
Light skin black hair.
I'm liking girl the more I look at her but that fucking hat.
>>26239316
>Ash will use the boy's clothes like he's done since gen 4.
That's even worse.
>>26239571
Yeah, you can even see the entrance to the forest on the starter selection screen
>>26239698
Nice
>>26238363
Gen II was Gameboy Colour only
>>26232322
This is exactly Gen V all over again. It's what Gen IV and remakes shoulda been. But now it's on the 3DS :|
>>26239762
You can play Gold and Silver on an original Game Boy.
>>26239762
only Crystal was GBC exclusive
>>26239217
Aryan.
Also, am I the only one who loves how practical the boy looks? No real bullshit in his design, just simple clothes that fucking work and fit the climate.
>>26239762
Gold and Silver was playable on both the original Gameboy and Gameboy Color. Only Crystal was GBC-exclusive.
>This might actually feel like a real 3D Pokemon game ala GC games
Shit. That's awesome. I was pissed at GF nonsense saying they wouldn't do a WiiU game because XY were 3D Pokemon games, bullshit, only the models were.
>>26238090
>Pokemon Sun and Moon will be spiritual successor of Crash Bandicoot
>>26238258
Hoenn already had Nagasaki in it as a major city.
>>26239097
"you are not the one" girl will appear there
>>26238423
Gen II, IV and V are literally the only good Gens
GEN 6 KALOS
>>26238989
So then its a gen 7 engine
>>26239855
I got Gold used way back when.
I just realized this is the first time I ever read the back of the Pokemon Gold box and my eyes got a bit wet.
>>26240007
I was comparing gen 5 and 6, not XY/ORAS and S/M. Those seem to run the exact same engine; the gen 6 engine.
>>26237102
Fancy graphics mean shit if the game lacks decent characters, a decent story, good music, and chalenging gameplay to make it worth playing.
>>26240000
I have to agree. Although gen III is also up there with Emerald.
>>26238283
they already released two gensd in the same system twice, this isn't new,
>>26239217
Third dude
>>26240002
It's the same broooooooooo.
(fekin idiots)
>>26240100
>decent story
>decent characters
>challenging gameplay
Anon, you're on the wrong board if you're STILL looking for that
>>26238283
>yo-kai watch still looks graphically better
>>26238345
>buys shit game from shitty dev
>shitty dev has a reputation of making shit games
>still wants more shit games
???
>>26240002
Impressive.
XY looks like shit compared to SM.
Always funny to look back to things that were fucking hype and revolutionary at that time.
>>26240059
>I was comparing gen 5 and 6
Why?
>>26240298
Because >>26238904 and "You mean gen 5 engine"
>>26240232
>>26240296
Look at this shit. The rivals are gilchy. Whoever this ks there same graphics are idiots
>>26240461
? ? ?
>>26235493
>XD meme
get out
