POKEMON GEN 6 ANNOUNCED

[Helmo]

Spinda was more of a play on words. A "Red Panda" is more like a raccoon thing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_panda

I think the bird's design is really badass.

I know what a red panda is

and it looks infinitely more like a panda in teddy bear form

[Cshad]

Flying-type is amazing. Normal/Flying is not, though.

They should redo the -Type chart. Poison should be super-effective against Water, Bug, Grass, Psychic and Fighting.

[Koh]

I don't get your point. You may as well be saying that theres no point in weaknesses in general since you could just over level yourself and one shot opponents if I'm understanding you correctly. Having the option to use super effective attacks that can take out a tough enemy in 1 hit versus 3 can make all the difference in a battle, and up until now, poison types didn't really matter in that since the only thing they were effective against was grass types who already have a ton of other more common weaknesses anyways.

No no no. In a leveled off battle, namely in places like the Frontier or Wifi, even if a move is super effective, it's not guaranteed to OHKO the Pokemon. I've come across that many times when I did use it. The only thing that's guaranteed is that you'll get the "It's super effective!" message, but in reality, it can only take like 1/3 of the HP away. Yet, because the opponent raised their Pokemon so well with the IVs and EVs and all that other stuff I don't really care to pay attention too, they do a "not very effective" move or a normal hit and you're under half/near dead/OHKOed. That's what I'm saying. It's not about super-effectivity, it's about raising the Pokemon with a good movepool and very specific stats to win the game.

[Zac]

Koh I don't think you understand the competitive game of pokemon...

[Koh]

Koh I don't think you understand the competitive game of pokemon...

Probably, and I'm also too lazy to do specific EV training. I don't have the patience for all of that XP.

[Koopaul]

Flying-type is amazing. Normal/Flying is not, though.

They should redo the -Type chart. Poison should be super-effective against Water, Bug, Grass, Psychic and Fighting.

Why Psychic and Fighting?

[Kriven]

Poison shouldn't be super effective against water as water would dilute the toxins and minimize their effect, imo.

Psychic would make sense if you used the logic that some toxins can harm the mind.

I also feel like poison should have an advantage over normal type Pokemon as a large number of them are prey animals (rodents and small birds).

[NICKtendo DS]

Poison shouldn't be super effective against water as water would dilute the toxins and minimize their effect, imo.

Psychic would make sense if you used the logic that some toxins can harm the mind.

I also feel like poison should have an advantage over normal type Pokemon as a large number of them are prey animals (rodents and small birds).

And his avatar is like "What the heck? What did you just say?"

With the news, I think the rumors are most likely true. It wouldn't make sense if the Fairy-type isn't real.
Another interesting thing to think about is how the Trading Card Game will handle this new type. Seeing as how they've introduced the Dragon-type recently, just making it part of the Colorless-type sounds a little bit stupid. I think Fairy-type's symbol'll be a ribbon and the color light pink.

[redblueyellow]

And accompanying Pokemon names and trainer info.

Spoiler

-Outfits and accessories
-Yellow reptile: Helioptile
-Orange bird: Fletchling
-Panda: Pancham
-Goat: Gogoat
-Kalos region
-Lumiose city

[Virtuaboy123]

They really made the girl players walking animation funny.
On thing for sure the reigon looks much better than Black and Whites. It seems less linear. (I felt like i was playing a board game in BW).

This one looks like everything is accessible right away, so maybe they will do a leveling system.

[Cshad]

Poison shouldn't be super effective against water as water would dilute the toxins and minimize their effect, imo.

Water pollution?

Psychic would make sense if you used the logic that some toxins can harm the mind.

Pretty much this. Apply the same thing to Fighting-Type, only with the body instead.

[Maxpphire]

Uhh the things that are super effective against Psychic are special.

You've got Bug, Dark, and Ghost.

What do those things have in common? Give you a hint, the reasoning is meta for a Pokemon game, but then again, most things are for the games.

Also Poison doesnt fit the theme.

[Helmo]

cool I can be black now

and accessorize

[RokuGurin]

...Helioptile?

EDIT: Oh wait, it generates power through sunbathing. Nevermind XD

[Cshad]

Uhh the things that are super effective against Psychic are special.

You've got Bug, Dark, and Ghost.

What do those things have in common? Give you a hint, the reasoning is meta for a Pokemon game, but then again, most things are for the games.

Also Poison doesnt fit the theme.

I'm well aware that Psychic-Types are weak to -Types that represent common phobias.

That doesn't mean I wouldn't have liked Poison-Type to be Super-Effective against Psychic-Type.