POKEMON GEN 6 ANNOUNCED

[Koopaul]

Yeah but I feel as if it adds nothing meaningful to the game other than "oooo look at this new thingy you can do"

Then same goes for riding Pokemon. That would be incredibly cool if you could ride any Pokemon (big enough) of your own choice anywhere. But from what I heard it's only specific Pokemon given to you for specific areas. Reminds me of Amity Square in Diamond and Pearl where they were like "Hey your Pokemon can follow you around now! ... but only in this small area and only 11 specific Pokemon."

Luckily they fixed that in Heart Gold and Soul Silver by having any Pokemon follow you anywhere. Perhaps in the new Ruby and Sapphire remake they'll allow you to ride all kinds of Pokemon.