History VideoGame / PokemonXAndY

* DarkSkinnedBlonde: A possibility for the protagonist, if the player chooses the darkest skin tone and dyes their hair blonde at the hair salon. The female Swimmer also applies, though it could just be a tan.
* DarkSkinnedRedhead: Another possible look for the player character, again by choosing the appropriate skin tone and hair dye.

* StockDinosaurs: Tyrunt and its evolution Tyrantrum, the ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' Pokémon. Amaura and Aurorus subvert this - although sauropods are quite common in media, ''Amargasaurus'' isn't as commonly depicted as ''Brachiosaurus'', ''Apatosaurus'' and the like.

** A nasty glitch was quickly discovered after release, where saving in specific areas of Lumiose City (specifically outside in the streets of North and South outer ring) could cause the game to freeze, forcing a restart. Nintendo released a patch that fixed the glitch and improved search filtering on the GTS. [[note]]This will also repair already broken savefiles. You can download it for free in the Eshop on your 3DS.[[/note]]

* BonusBoss: At the very end of the game, after the celebration, AZ challenges you to a Pokémon battle. You don't even need to beat AZ, a fact that speedrunners take advantage of.

** While every other generation has an improved edition (be it an UpdatedRerelease or a set of {{sequel}}s) that adds more content and promotes a BonusBoss related to the mascot Legendaries to the focus of the story, Gen VI stands out by ''not'' having one at all. Zygarde gets new forms as most third Legendaries do, but [[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon it'd have to wait another generation for them]].

* BonusBoss: After becomng the Champion, the player can find the Legendary Pokémon Mewtwo, Zygarde, and one of the Legendary birds (depending on which Kalos starter was chosen). All of them appear at Level 70, being the highest-leveled wild Pokémon in the game.

* FurryConfusion: A bizarre [[AnthropomorphicFood food example.]] The Pokémon Slurpuff is essentially a cherry-topped pink dessert crossed with a puppy. You can feed it cherry-topped pink desserts in the form of decorated Sweet Poké Puffs. This is somewhat justified, though, since Swirlix and Slurpuff are said to been [[MutagenicFood transformed into living sweets by their diets.]]

* LuckBasedMission:
** Restaurant battles can have Pokémon with Protect. Unless you have a really strong Pokémon with [[ArmorPiercingAttack Feint]] or use Taunt, if Protect is used on the turn you need to finish the battle on, there goes your perfect record, requiring you to try again if you want the star. They can also have Pokémon with Dig and Fly, two-turn attacks which make most attacks used on them between the skill being used and it hitting automatically miss, unless you have something with the [[AlwaysAccurateAttack No Guard]] ability or you're faster than them. (There are a few moves that can hit digging or flying opponents, like Earthquake and Thunder, and they tend to be rather powerful, although the first can hurt the Pokémon's partner in a two-on-two match, and the second isn't very accurate.)
** Making beds on level 4 of the Hotel requires you to hit all 4 beds in under 55 seconds. The time itself isn't that big of an issue, but in the first room to the right, there is an NPC who likes to move [[NPCRoadblock in front of the doorway]], only moving when he damn well feels like it. You will lose most of your time just waiting for him to get out of the way so you can enter or leave the room and move onto the next one.
** Finding rain when trying to evolve a Sliggoo.[[note]]In Kiloude City, however....[[/note]]
** In contrast, trying to speed up EV training with items and Pokerus and hoping it ''doesn't'' rain if you need to use Sweet Scent.
** The Inverse Battles are like this. Your opponent's Pokémon are chosen at random from about three dozen possibilities, it isn't easy, considering that [[DamnYouMuscleMemory the Type Chart is completely backwards.]] He even has a Shedinja in his pool of available Pokémon, which is invulnerable unless you use a Super Effective move, due to its Wonder Guard ability; that means moves that would knock a Shedinja out instantly anywhere else won't even scratch it here. Even worse, not only do you have to win in order to get a good prize, you have to get a good score, meaning you have to inflict a lot a Super Effective hits and not take many. (Which means, if you do ''too'' well and win by a CurbStompBattle, you'll score low and get a poor reward.)
** The Battle Institute can be this. While you're allowed to pick your Pokémon (minus a few that are banned, including most Legendaries), you're only given three slots for Pokémon (four during the Double Battle test), inevitably meaning that your team will have a few holes in it. Since all Pokémon are set to Level 50 in that test, you'll likely get thrown against a team that has no weaknesses to, or is strong against, everything in your roster. [[MyRulesAreNotYourRules And that's not factoring in the possibility of them using those aforementioned]] [[OlympusMons banned Legendaries,]] which will often result in a total CurbstompBattle. Battle Points are rewarded based on how well you do during the five battle gauntlet, and even one bad matchup can result in a serious deduction of the rewards.

** A backpacker in a hotel who claims to come from a then-unrevealed region will give the player a secret object called Mysterious Souvenir if spoken enough times to. The item has no use, but its description claims that it's based on a Pokémon that can be found in the aformentioned region (later established to be [[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Alola]]).

** Taken UpToEleven with Pokémon-Amie. Your team is no longer a static companion, as you're able to interact with them like pets. The battle text also changes slightly as you bond with them, such as being reassured by your presence, eagerly awaiting your next action, or the trainer saying some very encouraging words back to their Pokémon. It pays off too. Pokémon with a high affection love you so much that it gives them the strength to shake off status effect like Burn or Paralysis, [[NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow enduring an attack that would normally KO them]], score more critical hits, and other benefits. Having a high affection is just plain beneficial all around.

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* OldSaveBonus: Using the Pokémon Storage Bank, you can transfer Pokémon from ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' and ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2''. Because of this reason, transferring Pokémon from anything in-between ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'' and ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' creates a long and tedious process.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Although there are only 69 ''new'' Pokémon, there are still a plethora of Pokémon from previous games to be found; the most out of any Pokémon game yet.
** And far more variations of the same Pokémon, with Vivillon alone having ''18'' different forms

* MontyHaul: It's amazing how many useful items [[GoodSamaritan are just handed to you]], no strings attached. You probably didn't even ''want'' a bicycle! In fact, you even get a ''Lapras'' in this game as a gift, a Mon that is usually notorious for being rare in previous games. (And technically, this one is no exception, other than the gift; wild ones appear in encounters about 2% of the time.)
** If you eat at the Lumiose City restaurants, and have an Amulet Coin equipped to one of your party members and have a Level 3 Prize Money O-Power active, you will actually gain more money than you spend - even moreso when you sell the VendorTrash mushrooms you get as a dessert. That's right - in Kalos people will pay you to feed you food.

** More examples include Grumpig actually dancing when using a special attack, Stunfisk smiling when using a special attack and Shedinja having almost no animations besides floating, even in Pokémon Amie (like what the respective Pokémon's Pokédex entries say they do).

* PaintingTheMedium: If a Pokémon with high enough affection in Pokémon Amie falls asleep, the message that normally says your Pokémon's sleeping is followed by another texbox that essentially goes "[[CatchingSomeZs Zzz...Zzz...]]", implying that the player character has become so empathic with their Pokémon they feel sleepy alongside their Pokémon when the latter falls asleep.

* WhatTheHellPlayer: Pokémon will give this reaction in Pokémon Amie if you hit them, pet them in the wrong spot, or drop a Poké Puff while they're hungry.

** [[spoiler: [=AZ=]'s Floette]] was killed in the GreatOffscreenWar, and later resurrected and given {{immortality}}. However, the resurrection required the death of numerous Pokémon, making her regret being brought back to life.
** In X, shortly before you fight Xerneas, Team Flare threaten to give you eternal life so you will eternally regret failing to stop them. Oh and in the post-game? [[spoiler:Sycamore straight up says you were exposed to the energy the machine gave off. You and your FiveManBand ''could be'' immortals]]. Also, [[spoiler:Lysandre, who was directly hit by the Ultimate Weapon's beam in X. Let's hope for him that he was crushed before the beam's effects made him immortal. Because if not, [[AndIMustScream seeing as he's]] BuriedAlive...]]

* ForestOfPerpetualAutumn: Laverre City and Routes 15 and 16 have brown leaves on the trees and in piles on the ground.

* ForestOfPerpetualAutumn: Routes 15 and 16.

** Again averted with Phantump's Pokédex entry in ''Y''; it explicitly states they are the spirits of [[AdultFear children who died in the forest.]]

* OddlyNamedSequel: Instead of a color or a precious material, the versions are named after the X- and Y-axes, which is meant to symbolize different ways of thinking that overlap at points. The [[http://www.pocketmonsters.net/images/ib/60/1357647787007.png Japanese logos]] contain a DNA helix/Mega Evolution symbol popping out in the word. To a lesser degree, the English names of the games are "Pokémon X" and "Pokémon Y", and serves just like a LetteredSequel, rather than "Pokémon X Version" and "Pokémon Y Version", as previous generations would have called them.

* Immortality: 3,000 years ago, AZ was exposed to the ultimate weapon's power while trying to revive his Flowette, making him immortal.

* {Immortality}}: 3,000 years ago, AZ was exposed to the ultimate weapon's power while trying to revive his Flowette, making him immortal.

* CriticalAnnoyance: Not an issue this time around. When a Pokémon's health bar reaches red, a series of beeps will play just once and continue the action. No more obnoxious beeping or BackgroundMusicOverride!

* PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling:
** The Battle Chateau is one of the few places where players can battle [=NPC=]s infinitely. What's more, the trainers all give much higher payouts than other trainers their level, and there are several Furisode Girls who only use [[PinataEnemy Audino]]. This makes it a very good place for grinding money and levels, especially if one uses Writs to fight richer or stronger trainers, O-Powers to increase the rewards, and items to boost them even further.
** The Restaurants in Lumiose City likewise offer indefinite battles, allowing for easy money and level grinding. The earliest accessible, Restaurant Le Nah, is a Downplayed example as it only has unevolved level 10 Pokémon and the potential earnings barely surpass the 3000 PokéDollar meal cost. Restaurant Le Yeah, accessible once power has been restored to the city after the 4th gym, is a straight example. While it has a 15,000 PokéDollar meal cost, that is easily recouped by beating the four trainers offered (and then some if using an Amulet Coin and/or a reward-increasing O-power). The opposing Pokémon are all either fully evolved or are ones that do not evolve, meaning high experience payouts as well. Finally, by completing each battle in the recommended number of turns, you can receive up to 20 Big Mushrooms at the end which can be sold for up to an additional 50,000 PokéDollars. Spending some time there as soon as it can be accessed will ensure your team and wallet will be set for some time to come. (The post-game opens up two more restaurant options - Restaurant Le Wow and the Sushi High Roller - both of which offer amazing experience and monetary rewards as well, though there is far less to do in the post-game to give grinding there purpose.)

* PeninsulaOfPowerLeveling: The Battle Chateau is one of the few places where players can battle [=NPC=]s infinitely. What's more, the trainers all give much higher payouts than other trainers their level, and there are several Furisode Girls who only use [[PinataEnemy Audino]]. This makes it a very good place for grinding money and levels, especially if one uses Writs to fight richer or stronger trainers, O-Powers to increase the rewards, and items to boost them even further.

** And on Route 5, there's a Rising Star who only has one Pokémon, but it's a Kadabra at Level 13, ([[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard a lower level than when Abra evolves at no less)]]. It's very fast, most likely faster than anything you're likely to have before then, and can hit very hard with Confusion. It can catch you off-guard if you're not anticipating it.

** Many of the Sky Trainers qualify. They have surprising variety in what they use, and exploit the fact that most Pokémon that can participate are have common weaknesses. Expect to see lots of Rock and Electric moves to take down the Flying types you are generally forced to use. The one on Route 19 with a ''Flygon'' is a particularly notable example. Thankfully they're all optional and you aren't booted back to the Pokémon Center for losing to them, which is helpful especially since you probably won't have more than one or two Pokémon in your normal team that can participate in Sky Battles.