History Headscratchers / PokemonXAnDY

[[Pokemon-Amie Logistics]]

** The region map clearly shows that Anister is on the edge of a large lake that connects to and from that same river

*** I really wish people would stop using the "Sir Knight" thing as a way to criticise people who feel Gardevoir's design is feminine-looking. Yes, that's its Japanese name. What about it? Women can be addressed as sir, and there are girls in the world with male names like Michael. Why does no one bring up the fact that the Machop line all look rather masculine and yet are female 50% of the time, instead of pointing out Gardevoir is called Sirknight in Japanese? The notion that Gardevoir looks female isn't unfounded. Its design is based on a ballerina and part of its body looks like a long skirt, like tutus used in ballets like ''Giselle'' for the Wilis. What's supposed to be a helmet-like design looks like a green bob cut. Kirlia looks like it has flat pigtails and looks like it's wearing a curious tutu, and it's unquestionably moving like it's en pointe (Gardevoir does this as well, though its harder to see its feet-that's why its always moving in its status screen). I don't do ballet, but I don't believe men do pointe work (and Gallade, whose design has elements of both a ballerina and a danseur on top of a knight, does not do this). Hell, one of Gardevoir's idle animations in battle is that of a NoblewomansLaugh, and it does a curtsey in the Pokemon Amie if you watch how it moves its feet. Arguing that it's chest is "flatter than a pancake" doesn't really work, either, as a deterrent to the "it looks female" argument- Meloetta looks very feminine, but has no more a chest than it does a gender, and I also want to point out that the player female characters tend to be on the flat side, too. Further, the pattern on Gardevoir's chest can look like the cut of a dress collar on a girl with... [[MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail huge tracts of land]], even though Gardevoir itself is flat. Think of it like an illusion. Do I think Gardevoir should be an all-female Pokemon? No. No I don't. Do I like that people sexualise it? No. I think that's ridiculous and frankly a little disgusting. Do I think its heart looks like a bow? No, and who the hell does? It looks like a huge, horrifying thorn shoved through its body. Mega Gardevoir's skirt-like lower half still rather evokes a ballet costume. Even if it is supposed to evoke Shakespeare and knights, that doesn't mean it doesn't look feminine to a lot of people. The original comment about this does make sense- it does look like they're purposely making Gardevoir look feminine. Simply because it looks female to someone doesn't mean they're going to sexualise it like some people do. Just means they think it looks feminine. That said, you are perfectly free to think Gardevoir doesn't look feminine- I don't think Sylveon looks all that feminine, but everyone else apparently does. Gardevoir actually looks to me like it could also be wearing some kind of robe, because of the way its arms flare, and could be seen as a {bishounen}. Ralts actually looks totally masculine to me, like a little boy wearing a helmet far too large for itself, where Kirlia, facially, looks a bit male, but has some clear feminine traits I already pointed out. Gardevoir really, really doesn't look remotely Shakespearian to me, even in Mega form, even knowing that, because there's nothing particularly masculine about it (that I see) to suggest it's supposed to look like a man dressed as a woman thanks to its fine and slender build being closer to that of how women are built. And all of that aside, there are plenty of Pokemon that look more male or more female, yet the Pokemon can be either gender. Making Gardevoir all female would be as ridiculous and frustrating as making Glalie all male, and likely make the male Ralts/Kirlia and female Snorunt nearly as worthless as male Combee because then they can only evolve with the aid of a Dawn Stone, which are really uncommon.

[[folder:Quilladin]]

* Strongly supported by rumors is the 'fact' that Quilladin will evolve into a Grass/Dark. Not only does it not look like a Dark type, but it's named after a Paladin. How exactly does that work?
** It's just overeager fan speculation. Take it all with a grain of salt until the truth is revealed.
** Even if it turns out he does gain a Dark typing, Absol is a remainder right off that DarkIsNotEvil. Besides, the English name can't be held too firmly as an idea of what the intended design will be, since the Japanese name roughly means "spine armor". And, it's not like [[BlackKnight all knights]] need to be clad in [[KnightInShiningArmor shining armor]].
** It seems odd that the translators wouldn't have the entire evolution line's designs and concepts when coming up with the localized names. Evolution lines usually have some sort of theme or recurring pattern in their names, as well (at least in English), so it would be doubly strange for the "paladin" in Quilladin's name to be a red herring. I personally suspect that it's going to become Grass/Ground (it can learn Mud Shot and has a vaguely appropriate color scheme), Grass/Rock (pretty much the same justification as the previous one, although maybe not as good a fit), or Grass/Steel (you can't have a KnightInShiningArmor without the armor, after all).
** Probably not Grass/Rock though, since the Fennekin line couldn't counter grass then. Ground seem likely though. Steel would be fairly unique too.
** It isn't like something along those lines has never been done before. Empoleon wasn't weak to Grass types, for instance.
** It was still weak to one of Torterra's types, Ground. Fire/Psychic couldn't get any coverage on Grass/Rock at all.
** The water starter already took the Dark-type with its final evo Greninja. Apparently the Quilladin evo is Grass/Fighting.
** Greninja hasn't been confirmed to be real just yet.
** Nope. It's real. Confirmed by screenshots of it in-game.

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** The two things that hurt Fairy-types are related to human things- Poison and Steel. This being because Fairies are supernatural beings well in tune with nature, even without being Grass-types. What confuses me a little is why Fairy isn't weak to Fire, as witches (ie, magic users) were commonly burnt at the stake, and why Ice doesn't resist it (really, just because Ice needs another resistance besides itself, and Ice tends to screw with plant life, of which fairies are commonly associated). If it weren't for the fact that damn near anything can learn a damaging Dark or Ghost move, Ghost would be an insanely overpowered type, since the most common moves (Normal and Fighting) can't hit it and Pokemon of the Ghost type can learn a huge variety of moves. Further, Ghosts and Fairies tend to be linked in mythos. The sole reason Fairy isn't weak to Fighting is that they have below average defence stats, so Fighting types would slay them quickly (also, their relation to Fighting is the same as the one for Psychic and why Ghost can hit Fighting- magic over muscle). Valerie specifically states Fairies are very fragile. I do think they could do with another weakness, but a logical weakness for them would be Electric, which fits in with their human-related weaknesses considering how much humans rely on electricity. I don't really agree that they're any more overpowered than Fire or Electric, though, just because they're immune to a powerful type or resist the most overused moves in the games due to the move's typing.

** I would assume this has to do with the fact that fairies are typically portrayed as dressing in floral attire, though I do consistently try and use moves that would be supereffective against Grass on them, only for it to do normal damage.
* When I saw Flabébé something told me its Shiny would be purple (possibly the fact that it comes in five flavours already), and I was right. But why in the name of Jirachi's wish tags is it the green part of its body, and not a sixth flower colour? I mean, apart from making it so that each flower colour has its own shiny? I don't think this would irritate me so much if it wasn't for the fact that you can find Flabébé in three flower patches: yellow, red, and ''purple'', the last of which being the one and only place you can find blue flower Flabébé.

[[folder:Fairy weaknesses (or lack thereof)

* I'm actually interested in seeing how the new fairy type turns out and there's a question I was hoping I could get an answer to.. With every type resistance and advantage I like to come up with a reason for the advantage/resistance. For example water beats fire because water douses fire, steel is resistant against dragon because steel armor and shields protect knights from dragons, and etc. It has been announced that fairy is strong against dragon. My question is why is fairy strong against dragon? I really couldn't think of a reason. My first thought was magic except that doesn't really make much sense since dragons in most lore are resistant to and could even wield magic.

*** Except it's humans who slay dragons, not fairies.
**** Have you, by any chance, watched Sleeping Beauty?

*** It happened [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_of_Maine in Maine]]. It's not a true desert, since there is frequent rain and snow, but it counts.

*** Alternatively, In Y at least, it's where Yveltal was previously "Killed" and sucked the life out of everything.

*** Going off the human analogy on fatty foods for humans, Helioptile is a photovore but not a thermovore it's probably a mix of that while being cold-blooded. As sunlight is both heat and light, Helioptile needs sunlight to warm itself to a functional level, but if it overheats it has no method of cooling itself down.

*** Gamers have confirmed that only Pokemon who's both seen levitating or flying and have either the flying-type or the levitate ability can participate (thus, leaving out certain Pokemon who's not animated flying but has either the flying-type {like Farfetch'd} or the levitate ability {Like Gengar}, but having Pokemon not generally seen as being able to fly participate {like Gyarados or Mantyke}. They'd also confirm that if a Pokemon were to lose its flying type or the levitate ability, they'd still be able to battle.

*** [[TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything The game's actually programed to hurt you if you were to touch anywhere on the Pokemon where it should logically hurt you]] (like Pikachu's cheeks, because that's where he stores his electricity).

*** It seems odd that the translators wouldn't have the entire evolution line's designs and concepts when coming up with the localized names. Evolution lines usually have some sort of theme or recurring pattern in their names, as well (at least in English), so it would be doubly strange for the "paladin" in Quilladin's name to be a red herring. I personally suspect that it's going to become Grass/Ground (it can learn Mud Shot and has a vaguely appropriate color scheme), Grass/Rock (pretty much the same justification as the previous one, although maybe not as good a fit), or Grass/Steel (you can't have a KnightInShiningArmor without the armor, after all).
*** Probably not Grass/Rock though, since the Fennekin line couldn't counter grass then. Ground seem likely though. Steel would be fairly unique too.
**** It isn't like something along those lines has never been done before. Empoleon wasn't weak to Grass types, for instance.
**** It was still weak to one of Torterra's types, Ground. Fire/Psychic couldn't get any coverage on Grass/Rock at all.

*** Greninja hasn't been confirmed to be real just yet.
*** Nope. It's real. Confirmed by screenshots of it in-game.

*** Agreed, remember when during the first wave of Black and White spoilers, the champion was Belle with her starter trained to level 70? Yeah. And regarding the post-game... unless the end-game consists of going to other regions, [[UnpleasableFanbase the internet will never be pleased.]] Especially those who [[PlayTheGameSkipTheStory rush through the game as fast as possible without taking time to explore in about 48 hours, then complain that there's no content and that they're bored.]]
*** Sadly, there really are only 69 new Pokémon.

*** It actually evolves at Level 50 and above in the rain.

*** [[UnpleasableFanbase The post-game can be 40 hours long and people still won't be pleased.]]
**** Well, there's still trading and battling.

*** Only a few fairies are really like that in Pokémon, though. (Three.)
*** So that's the reason for Fairies being the most [[GameBreaker overpowered]] type in the games? Simply because they are evil {{Jerkass}}es who get away with nothing in the myths?

*** The same reason Sudowoodo isn't a grass type. It looks like a flower, but it just isn't.
**** The X pokedex entry begs to differ.
->It draws out and controls the hidden power of flowers. The flower Flabébé holds is most likely part of its body.

*** Mega Gallade is in the next game, they were simply testing the waters with the limited roster of megas.

*** And this generation was the one where they had to work out the jump to 3D. They had to get every Pokemon that already existed worked into 3D, and the Poke-Amie, and the sprites for them.
*** It's likely for practical reasons. Unlike previous games, which just had to update the sprites a bit, this game had to have unique 3-D models and animations for 700+ pokemon, plus mega evolutions, which is a lot of additional work. And honestly, I'd much rather have fewer new Pokemon, but with better designs. So far, (IMO at least) this generation has had a much better hit-to-miss ratio when it comes to the new designs. In previous gens there were a lot more pokemon, but most of them were blatant Expies of previous ones that didn't add much to the game. This time around, even the ComMons have fairly interesting designs (i.e. Bunnelby has an interesting dual-type evolution, and Fletchling is badass when fully evolved). Scatterbug is kinda typical, but at least it looks pretty.
*** In addition to practicality, it would also be highly inefficient for Game Freak to continually introduce 100+ new Pokémon with every generation. Doing so would leave them overstocked and oversaturated. Let us not forget that even excluding the 69 Gen VI Pokémon, there are still ''649'' perfectly usable Pokémon that they can include. You wouldn't go to the store and buy ten canisters of coffee if you still had one left. At most, you'd probably buy three or four. It's economics. Plus, there are only so many ways that they can spin movepools, type combinations, and stat spreads before it becomes redundant, so taking their time and saving the possibilities that they have left for future installments makes sense. Mega evolutions are a stroke of genius in this regard, as they allow Game Freak to make older Pokémon relevant again in lieu of creating entirely new Pokémon (which also has its own inherent issue, as Junichi Masuda has stated that coming up with names for all of them is difficult) while still introducing new content. Mega evolutions would be like creamer. You need it to add taste to the coffee (unless you drink black, I suppose), and it works just fine with the coffee you already have, but buying creamer doesn't overstock you on coffee because it's not the same thing.
*** Also don't forget that the Nintendo 3DS still has restrictions in what type of Wi-Fi we can connect to. There are so many places in Sydney, Australia that just simply refuses to accept my 2DS, due to 2/3DSs in general hating Wi-Fis that require security passwords - and this makes Dex filling harder than what should be reasonably necessary. It's outright impossible for those who has neither friends that play the game, nor have compatible Wi-Fi. And this restriction is imposed by a company that ''DOES'' take the ultimate responsibility in publishing Pokémon games, and there's no apparent justification for imposing said restriction. (Furthermore, another stupidity is Nintendo of Australia not publishing any locations for compatible Wi-Fi when Nintendo of America/Britain does so - and the former is in a country that only has 5 cities that has over 1 million people.) If anything, Nintendo is the one that should be removing these stupid hardware restrictions ''before'' GF adds further Pokémon.

*** The store is over two hours away and you don't call the store to check before getting in the car?
**** [previous poster] I actually have business down in Denver on a regular basis due to work, so I go check while I'm already down there.
**** Occasionally, they will also sometimes give you the wrong information. Sometimes, it's on purpose, and sometimes, the person you speak to has a grudge against a particular fandom, company, or franchise. For instance, a [=GameStop=] I contacted mentioned they didn't have ''VideoGame/PokemonBattleRevolution'', but I went there anyway and a different person sold a copy to me without a second thought (and the game was right there on the shelf behind the counter). I wanted to get ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'' from a Best Buy, but the person I spoke to thought it was for the PS3 and, upon finding out it was on the Wii, attempted to persuade me against buying it. A different [=GameStop=] I visited for a Pokémon event turned out to not have one, and when I asked about it, the clerk started mockingly calling me "Trainer" until I left. There are a lot of immature and/or dumb people selling video games, and I learned that there's no way to tell if a store has a game or is participating in something unless you visit there yourself, and even then it's not a guarantee.
*** Sorry buddy, there's still going to be Event Legendaries / Mythical Pokemon, we just can't see them in game because the 3DS is hard to hack, but their names (but not their images) have been found in the GTS data. In fact, the fandom wasn't supposed to be able to hack data to see Mew, Celebi, Jirachi, Deoxys, Manaphy, Shaymin, Darkrai, Arceus, Genosect, Meloretta, and Keldeo early - they aren't announced until the events begin - it's just that usually they can hack the game data and pull out the information. The 3DS is just more secure.
**** As long as they have SpotPass, then I won't complain.

*** You're in luck - more Pokemon have been found.
**** They appear to be the event-only deal.

*** Well, Gengar loses Levitate should you Mega Evolve it into Mega Gengar, and if you pay attention when you send it out into battle in Gen V you can hear it land on the ground despite having Levitate.
*** Well, if you pay attention, Mega Charizard X can participate, despite losing Flying type. Also, see the post above.

* According to Goomy's Y entry, its body is made up of a membrane that can cause punches and kicks to slide off harmlessly. [[{{FridgeHorror}} Wouldn't that make it invincible?]]

*** It's actually much better at tanking special attacks. [[GameplayAndStorySegregation Physical attacks are actually the Goomy line's]] ''[[GameplayAndStorySegregation weakness...]]''

*** That doesn't mean there can't be some added in a Hoenn remake. Then again though... that might complicate things. (Is it possible to use Therian formes for the Raijin trio if you're challenging someone with Black and White 1, or is that impossible?)

*** To note, Y has the same plot as X. The only difference is the Legendary involved. In both games, he believed that [[spoiler:Pokémon had to be done away with because humans in the future would become cruel and selfish and would inevitably begin to treat Pokémon as nothing more than mere tools/weapons to further their own self-centered gains. So basically, he thinks he's {{Mercy Kill}}ing all of them.]]

*** Well, Iris' Aggron in [=BW2=] Challenge Mode has Head Smash, and Cynthia's Milotic in the Sinnoh games has Mirror Coat, both Egg moves. And Cyrus' Weavile had Ice Punch, even in Diamond and Pearl before it was a Move Tutor move (and in Platinum it has Fake Out, another Egg move). Also, in Pokéstar Studios in [=BW2=], the Lucario you use in one of the Brycen-Man movies had Fury Cutter, which it could only learn in Gen IV (Platinium and HGSS had that as a Move Tutor move, but not [=BW2=]). Additionally, in BW, I know there was a Scizor with Superpower in the Battle Subway.
*** It was definitely as said above, an attempt to ramp up the difficulty a bit. I was very impressed when I used a Mr. Mime on my Nuzlocke against Lysandre's Gyarados, expecting his mega evolution, and he OHKO'd me with an Iron Head.
*** I can understand that, but it's more the Gen IV/[=BW2=] Move Tutor moves I was surprised by moreso than the egg moves. I know that in addition to the big battles I mentioned above, those Veterans in Pinwheel Forest in [=BW2=] that you fight in a Double Battle had a Magmortar with Flare Blitz (egg move), so that Ace Trainer with the Weavile I mentioned above was possibly the same deal. However, the only trainer I can think of in [=BW2=] that had any Move Tutor moves outside of the Battle Subway/PWT was Iris' Druddigon on Challenge Mode and in the rematches, which has Fire Punch and [=ThunderPunch=] (not counting Draco Meteor and the elemental Hyper Beams).

*** Or that person could just have been from Japan, and the other regions did speak English. As I recall [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Mew was found in South Africa, Mewtwo was born from Mew, Gastly can topple an Indian elephant.]]
*** Where is it stated that everyone in the Pokéverse speaks the same language? If you remember, the Team Rocket grunt you meet in Cerulean City in G\S\C and their remakes doesn't speak your language very well, and it's eventually revealed he's a Unova native. A NPC character in Lumiose City states that trainer Blue visited Kalos and learned how to say "bonjour", which is fitting given the city is supposed to be Paris. I think it's safe to assume every region uses its real-life counterpart's language, and we don't notice because of TranslationConvention. As for the tourist, she actually speaks English in non-English versions of the game, so she's just supposed to be "foreign" regardless of your native language, which explains why Looker can't understand her.

**** I always got the idea that if it evolved upside down, then it evolved and holding the 3DS upside down was basically like holding it upside down.
*** So there's no in-universe explanation after all.
**** No, just imagene he's holding the Inkay upside down while it's evolving. There's your in-universe explanation.
***** Still confused. The player isn't even HOLDING the Pokémon. But I guess we'll wait until James' Inkay evolves, then conclude this. Deal? Deal.
**** HilariousInHindsight, back when Pokémon Red and Blue came out, there was an April Fool's joke that claimed that you could evolve a Lickitung by feeding it a Rare Candy while the Game Boy was held upside-down. Maybe Inkay's evolution is a reference to it?

* Why, in the Pokémon-Amie, does Raichu hate being stroked on the belly? It loves being stroke on it´s tail, head, arms and feet but makes a sad face should you pet it´s belly. Are Raichu just really sensitive there?

* What's up with Malva? She, despite being a member of Team Flare (now part of the Elite Four) had an EvenEvilHasStandards by being against experimenting on (and killing) children, yet whenever the player defeats her she threatens to kill them! [[{{WelcomeToCorneria}} At least she ALWAYS lets the player go.]]

*** You got female Chikorita? I only got males.
**** You're missing the point. They're saying that Chikorita is similarly "feminine" but has the standard male-skewed gender ratio.
*** I don't think cultural dissonance has anything to do with the skewed gender ratio. Breeding more of them is easy to get around by using Ditto or soft-reseting until a female comes up. Its just a small hurdle for amassing more of that species.

*** A lot of people think that the Pokedex (Pokedexes?) are written by the Trainers themselves; if that's true, in this case it could probably just be the Trainer repeating legends their mother taught them or otherwise heard. A lot of the Pokedex entries seem a little too fantastic to be real, even in the Pokedex universe. Then there's that Indian elephant thing...

*** Well, it can hold its own scabbard with the cloth, so it appears to work somewhat like a hand... Sure, a punch coming from it would not really hit hard, but the draining aspect would compensate. Then again, maybe the fact it holds the scabbard with the tassel '''is''' the reason it's not used to attack.

** You ''can'' cut them down, and they just grow back like normal (this troper tried it).

*** Maybe she caught the flu the exact same day that the player defeated the Champion.

*** But Heracross generally prefers its Fighting-type STAB, so foregoing Close Combat wouldn't be the greatest idea. If you dropped Earthquake for Close Combat, the only thing that would resist it is Toxicroak, and Bullet Seed would only really be good for stuff like Azumarill and Jellicent. Although admittedly Arm Thrust doesn't lower your Defenses afterwards.
*** You have to factor in that many Mega Forms play differently than their base states, either due to an ability change or different stat spread. M-Heracross seems to go into the tank kind of role and possibly might end up finding the best use as a wall breaker. Heracross can afford Close Combat in his play style, M-Heracross really can't. And by dropping the Fighting STAB, and going with the multi-hit moves, M-Hera again has insane coverage that nothing seem capable of completely resisting (in fact, dropping either of the multi-hit moves or Earthquake for a Fighting STAB decreases coverage).

*** VideoGameCaringPotential.

* Why does Gourgeist seem to have so many fans that don't read its [[DarkIsEvil pokedex entry]]?
** DracoInLeatherPants applies.
** EvilIsCool

* The "Diggersby tho" meme. What bothers me about it is that in the video, it sounds like shofu repeatedly says "Diggersby, though?" like it (Diggersby)'s bad. If shofu (with Sky Williams) wants people to think Diggersby is the shit, then why does his tone display a questioned/dismayed attitude? How does that sound anything but negative?

*** Yeah, probably the same shit with the Challenge Mode mechanics with [=BW2=] (and Regice/Registeel for that matter), where they're just out for their money, although at least these can be traded over Wi-Fi. But most Mega Stones you can't get until post-game anyway, so I don't think it's completely questionable.

*** Generally, people do that are just using the GTS as an extra storage system. There used to be a practical aspect to it in Gen IV, when you could deposit a Pokémon that needed a trade to evolve with an impossible request, then trade anything else so your deposited Pokémon evolves when you remove it, but they decided that was actually a glitch instead of a frustration-reducing feature and removed it from Gen V & later games. Now, it's probably just to brag or something.

*** Some traders are just preemptively requesting Pokebank pokemon early. Nice and all, but you're all wasting your GTS trade request for a few more days.
**** It ain't gonna do them much good that way, Nintendo took down the Bank and Transporter apps due to the heavy traffic, so the release of the games will be delayed quite a bit.
***** Here's another way to do it: Don't be an idiot and have the GTS work for you. Gain some starters or whatnot, put them up yourself and name the prices, then watch them come to you.

* How come the Elite Four don't upgrade their teams? It just seems rather disappointing.

* When you revive a fossil at Ambrette Town, why does it always go to the very first open space in your PC and not the box your PC is currently in? It's not a drastic deal, just it can waste a bit of time. The DS era games didn't have this.

*** [[FridgeHorror And would it flip back right side-up?]]
*** [[FridgeLogic The real question is, what could flip something that weighs 1113.3 lbs. (505 kgs) upside-down...]]
**** A really strong fighting type. Why spell it out. If someone flips Avalugg upside-down, it ''CAN'T'' flip right side-up, due to its flat surface. It will struggle and die!

*** That isn't why the games aren't in full 3D. Masuda said that they wanted the overworld to look [[SceneryPorn particularly beautiful]], and by not using 3D, they were able to render a lot more detail, in addition to their decision to only use 3D for more "impactful" moments in the game. As for why the Gym Leaders use Sugimori art, it was probably just a stylistic decision. It could be that they felt the 3D models were better-suited for story-relevant characters like Team Flare and AZ, and in these games, the Gym Leaders and E4 aren't very relevant to the story, so they would be given Sugimori art intros.

*** Adding onto that, the Normal-type has always been the sort of "default" or "base" type from which all of the others derive. Therefore, it makes perfect sense that a move that can let you use just about any move of any type would be classified as a Normal-type move.

*** It's simply the timing. Not even a year after X and Y came out, they decided 'Let's remake Ruby and Sapphire!'. It is seen as GameFreak trying to push aside the game with CharacterCreation in favor of their traditional method of creating manga characters for you to play as.
*** Actually the remakes were in development at the same time as X and Y. They merely "announced it" after X and Y were released.

*** Actually, I heard on another forum that may have been a pre-release pic.

*** He's right. I recently got into pokemon breeding and trading, and I finally asked someone why they are so obsessed about KB (Kalos Born; either caught or bred in X or Y). They actually explained to me that Kalos Born is pretty much proof of being legit.

*** Hmm, perhaps it wasn't meant to restrain the protagonist, but rather, the Pokémon? Before battling you, Lysandre says that he needs to "reclaim the Legendary Pokémon's power" and send it back into the Ultimate Weapon. So with that, I figure that it was some sort of a contingency plan for the possibility of the initial energy drain causing the Pokémon to wake up and try to defend itself (which did happen). Lysandre would then have used his machine to take its energy by force.

* So it's been announced that Diancie is being distributed through GameStops in the U.S. All I have to say is... ''WHY''?! You have Spotpass this time! Why aren't they using it?! Even in the US, a lot of people ''still'' don't get the events because the regional manager opts out... and I'm in ''Canada''.

* So, what's the deal with the infamous "elevator ghost"? Is there an in-game explanation? Is there any NPC that talks about her?