History Headscratchers / PokemonXAnDY

** I haven't tried it myself, but considering that every other detail ([=IV=]s, EVs, Nature, Characteristic, Shininess, etc.) about BW Kyurem draws exclusively from Kyurem and doesn't affect Reshiram/Zekrom in any way (since BW Kyurem are, for all intents and purposes, "Kyurem" instead of "Kyurem and Reshiram/Zekrom"), I would expect that the Affection boosts would only affect Kyurem upon de-fusion.

* Why do the NPC versions of your friends in the Battle Maison Multi Battles look [[UncannyValley so freaky?]] Are they androids? Disguised Dittoes that have learned to talk? Just... why?

* Also, what are shot colored things on his hair?

** Maybe she's secretly into bondage, and has them tied together behind her back underneath her outfit, or possibly tied to whatever she uses to support her sleeves and make them so stiff? This would explain how she throws pokeballs without having visible arms. It would also be a MAJOR case of GettingCrapPastTheRadar.

** Have you, by any chance, watched Film/SleepingBeauty?
** While it's true that Pokemon type match ups are fairly reasonable, there are some that makes absolutely no sense. Like Poison being resistant to Fighting.
** Original poster: I like to make reasons, even for the odd ones, it helps with memorizing all the type matchups.

* How does Kalos have a desert (or, what looks like a desert in the map) in the midst of lush forest and plains? It really looks out of place and doesn't make sense geographically. The one in Hoenn was at least surrounded by mountains.
** Might be that something happen in that area that caused it to be desert like.

** Alternatively, In Y at least, it's where Yveltal was previously "Killed" and sucked the life out of everything.
** It's not a desert; it's a waste, or bad-lands. If you check out the Lumiose Museum, you'll find that the Power Plants run off of heat from the ground (as well as fire and composting waste) not to mention that the main Power Plant (the one you're able to visit) gets its solar power from what essentially seems to be microwave emission. So not only is it on a geothermal hot spot but if one of the microwave transmission beams missed the receiving dish...
** It does appear to be a ''volcanic'' badlands.
*** One of the power plants is partially built into a pool of lava. It's somewhat visible ingame and confirmed by the official map, which places the power plants in a layout similar to their ingame placement.

* On the other hand, why the hell Gamefreak made Helioptile's ability Dry Skin if they feed on sunlight?

** Could also be that it has two abilities. It can feed on sunlight, but like most Pokemon, it'll be able to eat normally, too. On top of that, Dry Skin only makes the sun harmful when it's intense. Even with Dry Skin, Helioptile can sit comfortable on a sunny day and soak up the rays, it just can't take harsh sunlight. The day gets too hot, and Helioptile just moves out of the sun.

* Does the effects of Pokemon-Amie only affect the lead Pokemon? And as such, if their position were to change, the effects would wear out?
** No and no. The effects stay even you put the Pokémon on the box, and there's a switch option that allows you to choose who to use on the feature. Not sure if they wear out with time, though.

** Charizard loses its Flying type after mega evolving to "X", yet doesn't gain Levitate in its place, yet Mega Charizard X was shown participating in a Sky Battle with no issue. I'd assume that the Pokemon will continue to battle normally. It's also possible that other Pokemon will be able to participate in Sky Battles other than Flying types and pokemon with Levitate; Possibly all pokemon capable of learning the move Fly can participate. (Volcarona, for instance.)
** 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.

* Will Pokemon-Amie be like that 4th generation Amity Square, where specific Pokemon can only be placed in it?

** You can use it with Tyranitar, so it's pretty safe to assume that you can use all 649+.

** 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, 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.]]

** Actually, it's sad to say, but from what i've heard, yes, the post-game is indeed pretty small. I haven't beaten the game yet, but I've heard from a lot of people that it's true (I heard somewhere that the Elite Four don't even upgrade their teams). However, that was basically the same case with Diamond and Pearl and Black and White, and then Platinum and Black 2 and White 2 had much more, so they might be saving some post-game ideas for the inevitable third version or sequel.

** There is a canon explanation as to why there's so few new Pokémon. See Fridge Brilliance.

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* So with several formerly normal-type pokemon being retconned as full-on fairy-types, why is the jigglypuff's line normal/fairy instead? More importantly, with the marill's stages will be fairy-type as well (with marill and azumarill being water/fairy), why is it that the azurill is normal/fairy instead of just fairy when given the aquatic nature of its line, it has no business being normal-type in the first place?

** 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. Thinking about it, I would say ''Electric'' is overpowered since it has exactly one weakness (Ground) and some Electric types, such as Rotom and Eelectross, have an ability that renders them ''immune to their sole weakness'', in addition to being the fastest type with good offensive capabilities, a signature status ailment that can be induced by about half their attacks AND by their abilities, and that ailment halves the speed of the opposition as well, making Electric that much faster, AND Paralysis tends to cause the opponent unable to attack ''at all''. Electric is also super effective to two of the types the game forces you to have on your team to use the HMs (Water and Flying), cannot be paralysed, and has three resistances- itself, Flying, and now Steel as of Gen VI. If Fairy is OP because it's not weak to at least three types and is Immune to Dragon, then what does that make Electric, a super-fast type with its own personal status affliction that can be rendered Immune to its sole weakness by the ability Levitate? Why is Fairy OP but not Electric? Because it's a brand-new typing?
** False equivalence. Because things that are weak to Fairy are many and powerful in Gen V, because Fairies tend to have bigger movepool than Electric-types, because Poison suffers from many weak members and Steel suffers from the lack of offense among many things.

* 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.

** Have you, by any chance, watched Sleeping Beauty?

** He probably hadn't perfected Mega Evolution yet.

** For all we know, in Kalos, that kind of story could be as scary as the likes of VideoGame/SonicExe are for us - as in, not at all.

* How does Korrina's helmet work? Did she drill holes for her pigtails on it?

** Lysandre is a gadget inventor, and the admins are either inventors or scientists, and seem to wear special glasses gadgets. Gadgets and machines are powered by electricity.

* How does Korrina's helmet and hair work? Did she drill holes for her pigtails on it?