Pokémon X and Y

Pokémon X and Y are two games in the series of Pokémon RPG games. They are part of Generation VI of Pokémon. The two games were released for the Nintendo 3DS.

Why It Makes You Wanna Catch 'Em' All in Kalos

 * 1) The first games in the main series to be completely rendered in 3D. Pokémon in battle are now 3D character models rather than sprites.
 * 2) On that topic, the graphics are fantastic.
 * 3) * Sitting on certain benches will trigger a special camera angle which shows off the new and improved graphics of the game, which is a nice touch.
 * 4) The game introduces us to the Kalos region, which is based on Paris, France.
 * 5) This is the first game in the core series to include trainer customization, as players can now have different clothing, hairstyles, and eye and skin colors.
 * 6) The EXP Share item has been given a massive upgrade that allows all 6 of your Pokémon on your team to get EXP from every battle, with the Pokémon that did not battle only getting half of the EXP. This significantly reduces the amount of time you need to spend grinding levels as your entire team can get EXP at once.
 * 7) * The EXP Share can be turned on and off at any time so players who dislike it don't have to use it.
 * 8) Great soundtrack with a more distinct style from previous generations.
 * 9) Mega Evolutions were introduced which gave players a reason to use older and weak Pokémon in battles, as stats are significantly boosted when Pokémon Mega Evolve. A trainer can only Mega Evolve one Pokémon in a battle.
 * 10) Tons of great new Pokémon, such as the starters, Fletchling, Xerneas, Yveltal, Zygarde, Aegislash, Goodra, Goomy, Dedenne, etc.
 * 11) A new type, Fairy, was introduced as well as some changes to the type weakness/resistances to some other types were made to balance out the type matchups, especially against Dragon types.
 * 12) * Some old Pokémon were changed to be Fairy type Pokémon, including Jigglypuff, Clefairy, Gardevoir, Snubbull, Mawile, etc.
 * AZ, even though he doesn't get as much screen time, is a very memorable character.
 * 1) PSS is one of the most effective methods to manage online and local communication with other players.
 * 2) A new trade feature known as Wonder Trade is introduced which allows players to randomly trade off Pokémon from their games to random people around the world.
 * 3) Starting with these games, the odds of finding shiny Pokémon with all methods now have doubled.
 * 4) You can now change the abilities of certain species of Pokémon with the ability capsule as long as that Pokémon has two standard abilities.
 * 5) There's a new feature called "Super Training" which is made for EV Training, it also makes EV Training faster and easier.
 * 6) X and Y mark the return of voice acting to the main series, in this case with Pikachu having its voice in the anime for its cry.
 * 7) The Pokémon-Amie feature, where the player can pet, play with and feed their Pokémon is a pretty cute and cool feature. This also makes your Pokémon stronger, too, and helps evolve Pokémon that require friendship to evolve, like Crobat.
 * 8) It has the biggest Pokédex in the series to date with the grand total of all 721 Pokémon in the dex at the time of it's release, which to this very day stands out as one of the biggest Pokédexes of all time and made Kalos feel more grander because of it.
 * 9) The Gym Leaders, while not the most memorable, are still great and likable with them having a nice amount of Pokémon to their arsenal, and the battles in general being more challenging without the EXP Share on all the time, which can make the game a lot more harder for newer players but in a good way.
 * 10) Has an excellent anime adaption that is considered the best in the series and is still beloved to this day.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The games have been criticized for being too easy. Neither of the Gym Leaders, the Elite Four, nor Champion Diantha are challenging enough, even for Game Freak standards.
 * 2) * Making matters worse, the Elite Four and Champion Diantha's Pokémon don't go higher in level even after the player becomes the champion, but they do if the player enters the Battle Chateau for the Black Writ of Challenge.
 * 3) * This also is not helped by the Gym leader's Pokémon (except Olympia's) only having 3 attacks.
 * 4) * Though this could be excusable as this is the first implementation of mega evolutions and the EXP Share.
 * 5) PokéBank, the method of transferring pokémon from Generation V games (as well as Virtual Console Generation I and II games) to Generation VI, VII and Pokémon HOME, has an annual $5 fee. The service isn't available in some regions either.
 * 6) * To make matters worse, after your subscription ends, you permenantly lose all the Pokémon you had stored on Pokémon Bank after a year. If you don't want to subscribe again, you can still withdraw your Pokémon within that time frame.
 * 7) *Thankfully the service will be free to all users on March 27, 2023 at the same time the eShop service is discontinued on the 3DS (as long as the user downloaded both Pokébank and Poké Transporter app before being unable to do so).
 * 8) Noticeable frame rate issues, most notably during Double Battles. The rest of 3DS main Pokémon series games would suffer the same problem (which is likely why Generation VII removed Triple and Rotation battles).
 * 9) * This can somewhat be fixed by turning of the 3D feature.
 * 10) There was a game breaking glitch at launch where the game would not fully load when the player saves in certain parts of Lumiose City. The glitch was fixed in newer versions of the game.
 * 11) Even without the game breaking glitch, Lumiose City is hard and confusing to navigate. This is due to the city's large size, the awkwardly placed loading zones, poorly defined entrances and exits, and strange camera angles.
 * 12) * Thankfully, there are taxis across the city which can take you anywhere you want.
 * 13) Some Pokémon that were already overpowered were given Mega Evolutions, which was not only unnecessary because the whole point of Mega Evolution was to support weaker Pokémon, but it also makes those overpowered Pokémon even more broken than before (for example Rayquaza and Mewtwo).
 * 14) The Vs. Recorder can no longer search for videos via a list. The only mode of searching for videos is typing in an exact code, making the device near useless.
 * 15) While the new Fairy type was created to balance out overpowered types like Dragon and Fighting, Fairy itself ironically is rather overpowered.
 * 16) Although the concept of having a circle of friends as rivals was interesting, most of them are very one dimensional, forgettable, and annoying (Tierno in particular caught heat from Western fans). To make matters worse, besides for Calem/Serena, you only fight the Rivals one or two times in the entire game.
 * 17) Although the EXP Share significantly reduces the need to grind for levels, the game isn't properly balanced around it so keeping it activated for long periods of time can cause the player's team to become over-leveled.
 * 18) * Future generations fortunately would balance the EXP Share better due to re-implementing the improved experience system from Generation V (these games, along with Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire use the old system from Generations I to IV).
 * 19) It started the infamous "Kanto Pandering" trend, which is basically nostalgia pandering towards Generation I. For example, Santalune Forest has the exact same layout as Viridian Forest.
 * 20) * Also, most of the Wild Pokémon encountered in the area are from Generation 1.
 * 21) The game suffers from horrible pacing issues, taking 2-3 hours between the first and second gym and barely any time at all with the rest of them.
 * 22) The game doesn't have a lot of content implemented, as most of the new features are rather one sided and there isn't a lot to do after the game is fully complete, as you only get to compete at a Battle Maison, catch legendary Pokémon which there aren't many to catch and a side quest that is extremely short and not very good, which make this one of the worst games in the series when it comes to content.

Trivia

 * AZ's "It's been 3,000 years..." line quickly became a meme.