Pokémon X and Y Retrospective

Let's talk about the turning point of Pokémon.

0:00 Intro
2:19 Beauty and the Beasts
22:22 The Part Where I Talk About Nuzlockes
36:44 An Evil Necessity
47:29 Unstoppable Force vs. Immovable Object

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#kingk #pokemon #review

[KingKlonoa]

I have been under the impression that Creatures Inc. was simply a division/branch of Game Freak/The Pokémon Company, but upon further investigation, it seems that Creatures Inc. is in fact its own entiry. For the sake of this video (and my other 3D Pokémon video) you may assume that I am referring to the employees of Creatures Inc. when talking about 3D modeling until I am able to correct myself for Sun and Moon. Apologies for the misunderstanding.

[gaianexv]

One of the most glaring examples about how glossed over Gen 6 is is to look at Zygarde. They were clearly going to build up to something with, and we got jack. Zygarde was throw into Gen 7 with little fanfare with just a "find all the cells" task. No big cutscene, nada.

[PikaPikaLOL]

I think there’s one thing that keeps XY back. No Pokemon Z. Diamond and Pearl had issues too, but people look back at Platinum. XY had issues but a very solid core IMO but no third version to change things up and give a definitive version

[WaterGuns]

Lysandre is an extremely subtle character. He's the bad guy in a region based on France, wants to kill everyone who isn't "beautiful", and made a device called the "Holocaster". I have no idea how they came up with such a stunningly original idea for a villain.

[lthefifteenth]

" Two sets of starters"? Try three, if you played on launch. Blaziken just murders

[unbornborg]

Klefki was the biggest underdog of gen 6's roster of pokemon. The fact it's so weird yet actually kinda good in competitive in part due to having such a great ability and typing endeared me to it very quickly, and seeing several people warm up to it was honestly heartwarming.

[geistgrace]

Something Else that saddens me with X and Y is how incomplete it feels.

It feels more like a super extended demo rather than a full experience.

Many areas just feel empty or like something should be there but it isn't.

[DaCaptainDerpy]

I've been very miserable this holiday season. I lost my girlfriend and grandmother in a week and I have been working so much. However, I've been rewatching your videos and this will help me get through my rough spot. Happy holidays KingK. Thank you

[cadesturm]

Not sure if you missed it or didn't want to include it, but there is a small Looker "storyline" in the post game. It's in Lumiose City and involves a new lost girl character, who has a great theme by the way.

[zenronez]

I find it fitting that Kingk has a Klefki. I'd like to think of it as a representation of his connection to the Keyblade. No matter what world he finds himself in. That connection will surface one way or another.

[wingedapollyon]

Its so fascinating looking at the unused XY story, imaging going from a previous plot about an organization liberating pokemon from the people as well as having themes of following truths and ideals to a John Carpenters alien plot. Im a little upset this concept did not come to fruition in XY (maybe because this felt a little too abstract for pokemon) but at least the alien invasion concept was revisited in Sun and Moon

[DesignDoc]

I enjoyed Gen 6 at the time. Playing it around the start of university, it was nice to get back into Pokemon after not really touching the games much during the later half of highschool (mostly skipped Gen 5 at the time). It's one of the few Pokemon games I actually properly finished but I have a gut feeling I'd be pretty bored going back to it now. The characters and writing are just kinda lifeless, there's no getting around that.

[psychoballoons]

KingK roasted the games so bad Gamefreak had to develop Pokemon Z just to apologize.

[novicetim]

Out of all the generations, it feels like X and Y is the generation that most deserved a sister game akin to Emerald or DLC. In a sense, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire and Sun and Moon were the games to fill in that void of Pokemon Z. ORAS gave us an expanded story on Mega Stones, more mega Pokemon, and even introduced the concept of a Pokemon multiverse, while SuMo gave us Zygarde's 100% form and even Ash Greninja. But all these games did was age X and Y even more.

[XxbelligerentxX]

This game always felt it was a few missteps away from being truly great. Those missteps however also feel large and vital ones. There’s a cozy atmosphere in the games and I get lost in its world when I play them. They feel like games perfect for the Halloween-Christmas seasons to me. Beyond that however, I am constantly bombarded with incessant reminders of the games’ short comings.

[atalkingpringle]

Pokemon X and Y are the games in the series where I can understand the criticisms thrown at it completely, but I can't help but love them anyways. I love the region, the soundtrack, the roster despite its small size is filled with mostly winners, mega evolution is really cool, there's an insane amount of customization both in team composition and trainer customization, it introduced my favorite type in the series, and they're the coziest games in the series for me. I wish this game had more time in the oven (or at the very least a definitive version like Emerald and Platinum that would've upped the difficulty) and I can't help but agree with most criticism thrown at it in this video, but I also can't look back at these games without a smile.

[_TASK]

This game was a gift for Pokémon collecting, it made every Pokémon accessible and breeding was way more streamlined especially for iv and ev maxing

[raylast]

48:51 the „Fairies from Space“ idea is actually hinted at in Gen 1, when you hear a rumor that Cleffey and Cleffairy originally came from the Moon. So this concept may have been around almost as long as the series itself.

[PaulPower]

X and Y are in a funny place for me for a very simple reason: they were my first Pokémon games. I suppose the biggest impact on me was that I didn't really see the small number of new 'mons as a bad thing because, well, they were all new - which made the large number of returning mons feel pretty great. The story didn't bother me much at the time although there was a lot of "trevor you can't just say 'oh you saw more pokemon than me' and walk off, how many did I beat you by? what's the par score here?" and "oh boy it's the big battle to decide who gets the mega bracelet, I finally get to fight my main rival!!! oh serena only has three pokemon". When Sun and Moon came out and had, you know, actual characters and a story, I was pretty much blown away. Weirdly I think Wulfric might be my favourite character in the game because at least he has the self-awareness to realise before his battle that you might steamroller him, and he's okay with that.

Graphically I thought the games looked pretty nice - the pastel shades with black outlines kinda vibed with me, and made me think "this is how I would want a 3D advance wars to look" (sadly that wasn't the art style we'd end up getting with Reboot Camp, but oh well) and the region does have a lot of pretty stuff to look at (though yeah, there's so much stuff they could have done more with).

At the time I was happy with the games, even though I saw others reacting poorly to them, but yeah, I probably wouldn't have as good a time with them now. Still like them more than Sword and Shield though (though I like SM, USUM and SV more).

[dubberkoala]

The best thing about Gen 6 is the community. Everyone enjoyed playing with their friends. Some recently came back playing Pokemon by starting with Gen 5 first then was hyped about Gen 6. Around Gen 7 and beyond a lot left Pokemon again for various reasons (started working, graduated university, etc)

Competitive play especially during OR/AS was at all time high. It really was the best days for modern Pokemon. There were veterans and casual players everywhere