Nintendo Announce Pokémon X/Pokémon Y Launch Worldwide On 12th October, Reveal Returning Starters And Much More

Nintendo held a Pokémon Direct and revealed several new features and surprises for the upcoming 3DS game Pokémon X and Pokémon Y. the first big news is that the game gets a worldwide release on 12th October.

Nintendo have announced the starter Pokémon from Kanto are back. Professor Sycamore, in Lumiose city, will give you a choice to pick either Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle. each of these three will have their own Mega Evolution:

Mega Venusar

Mega Charizard

Mega Blastoise

to activate these new Mega Evolutions, it's been revealed that as well as each Pokémon holding their own Mega Stone, the player now has to find a bracelet called the Mega Ring. this ring has a Key Stone inside that resonates with the stone the Pokémon is holding.

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The Pokémon Bank is a new app for the 3DS that will come out later in the year. this app will be released on the eShop and come with a annual fee. the Pokémon Bank lets you store digitally up to 3,000 Pokémon in the cloud for later access. This service will be supported by future Pokémon titles, enabling you to download Pokémon from X and Y into those games.

For Pokémon stuck in Pokémon Black/Black 2 and Pokémon White/White 2 Nintendo will release this free app on the 3DS called Poké Transporter. with this app, all you need to do is insert your DS cartridge and it will upload your caught Pokémon to the Pokémon Bank, where you'll be able to download them into Pokémon X and Y or future games.

 
The Limited Edition Pokémon X and Pokémon Y themed Nintendo 3DS XL is set to come out across the EU and USA on 27th September for a suggested retail price of $199.99 each. the Pokémon featured on both are Xerneas and Yveltal, the legendary Pokémon. 

you can watch today's Pokémon Direct in full from this video.


Press Release

BELLEVUE, WA—September 4, 2013—In a surprising twist announced this morning during a special Nintendo Direct presentation, Pokémon X and Pokémon Y players do not receive Chespin, Fennekin, or Froakie from Professor Sycamore but are in fact given the choice of a classic partner Pokémon—Bulbasaur, Charmander, or Squirtle—from the very first Pokémon games, Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue! Adding to the excitement, once a player has evolved this Pokémon into Venusaur, Charizard, or Blastoise and obtained its unique Mega Stone, the Pokémon will be able to Mega Evolve while in battle. Mega Venusaur, Mega Charizard, and Mega Blastoise will possess overwhelming powers never before seen in a Pokémon game. Players can choose fan favorite Bulbasaur, Charmander, or Squirtle when Pokémon X and Pokémon Y launch worldwide October 12, 2013, for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems.

More secrets about Mega Evolution were also revealed today. It was previously announced that certain Pokémon needed to hold a unique Mega Stone in order to Mega Evolve, but now it's known that there is a second requirement players must fulfill for Mega Evolution to occur. Trainers must also obtain a bracelet called the Mega Ring that holds a mysterious stone called a Key Stone. The Trainer's Key Stone resonates with the Mega Stone held by his or her Pokémon, and together they trigger the Evolution that is normally impossible—Mega Evolution.

Director from GAME FREAK inc., Mr. Junichi Masuda, also announced Pokémon Bank—a new Nintendo 3DS application and service that allows Pokémon X and Pokémon Y players to conveniently store up to 3,000 of their beloved Pokémon on the Internet. Pokémon Bank gives players the flexibility to store and deposit 100 Boxes worth of Pokémon. This is in addition to the Boxes found within Pokémon X and Pokémon Y, just like in previous Pokémon titles.

Additional features of Pokémon Bank include the ability to deposit and withdraw Pokémon from multiple copies of Pokémon X and Pokémon Y. Once a Pokémon X or Pokémon Y Game Card is inserted into a Nintendo 3DS system or the downloadable version of the game is opened, thePokémon Bank software can be turned on for use. Players can then transfer Pokémon from multiple copies of the game via Pokémon Bank to one copy of Pokémon X or Pokémon Y.

Pokémon Bank software is activated upon payment of an annual service fee. This charge will support maintenance of the online server that allows players to store up to 3,000 Pokémon conveniently, and will provide the application's support for future Pokémon titles.

Players who activate Pokémon Bank, will be able to use its linked application, Poké Transporter, which makes transferring many Pokémon caught in other Pokémon games easy. What used to be a lengthy process to transfer Pokémon from a previous Pokémon game to the latest titles is now a breeze with Poké Transporter—just insert Pokémon Black, Pokémon White, Pokémon Black 2, or Pokémon White 2 into your Nintendo 3DS system and use Poké Transporter to transfer Pokémon from those games into Pokémon Bank.

Pokémon Bank will be available in North America on Nintendo eShop. More details about this software, including a free trial period, will be added to Pokemon.com in the near future.

Also announced in this morning's Nintendo Direct presentation were details for the North American release of two special Nintendo 3DS XL hardware designs featuring imagery from Pokémon X and Pokémon Y. These systems come in Red or Blue and feature brand new Legendary Pokémon Xerneas and Yveltal. The systems will launch on September 27 at a suggested retail price of $199.99 each.

To view the Nintendo Direct presentation in its entirety, visithttp://www.nintendo.com/nintendo-direct.

For more information about Pokémon X and Pokémon Y for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems, including new images and gameplay video featuring information announced today, please visitPokemon.com/XY. Pokémon X and Pokémon Y will be sold at major retailers and digitally on Nintendo eShop.

Be sure to check out Pokemon.com, Like the official Pokémon Facebook page atFacebook.com/Pokemon, and follow Pokémon on Twitter @Pokemon to ensure you're receiving the latest Pokémon X and Pokémon Y news!

Remember that the Nintendo 3DS family of systems features parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about this and other features, visit http://www.nintendo.com/3ds.

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