Pokemon- Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Discussion

[BATOCTO]

i was a little iffy on the whole mega evolution but now i love it! definitely brought a new way to play pokemon and it's fun seeing which mega your opponent will use. really excited on what new features they will bring to the future pokemon games!

 

[violetneko]

I'm really hoping for mega Gallade :3

 

[Jake]

What does everyone think of the new megas? I'm kinda on the fence about them. Yeah they are super cool, but I find it takes away from the original Pokemon themselves. I guess it's mainly because Hoenn is super nostalgic for me considering it was my very first region. Oh well, they are pretty cool though.

Ill probs add more about it once we know abilities (inb4 Altria gets magic bounce) because I think the only one we know of right now is salamence getting that aerial one (I forget the name). Also glad that lopunny got a mega because it means we're not only going to get megas from hoenn. I mean yeah, we already had diancie, but it seemed more promotional/gimmicky to me so I didn't really see it as a non-hoenn mega, so it'll be interesting to see what other Pokemon outside of hoenn get some...
I'm really hoping for some gen 5 megas soon

Oh wait I just checked they do have abilities. I like that lopunny gets scrappy, but I don't know now helpful it'll be, but I can see pixelate on Altaria. Sing useful

 

[TheEliteEmpoleon]

Scrappy will be very useful on Lopunny. Now its normal and fighting moves can hit ghosts, so they won't be able to safely switch in.

 

[Leopardfire]

Mega Altaria looks a bit strange but I'm so happy that Altaria got a mega that I don't even care. <3 I hope Flygon gets a mega to, poor guy.

Mega Lopunny is a weird choice, but I love the design. I wonder if this means Sinnoh, Unova, and Kalos Pokemon will be in the wild. I think Steven uses a Charizard or some other non-native Pokemon, so it wouldn't be impossible.

 

[Jake]

Scrappy will be very useful on Lopunny. Now its normal and fighting moves can hit ghosts, so they won't be able to safely switch in.

ah, kk. guess it'll be useful

I wonder if this means Sinnoh, Unova, and Kalos Pokemon will be in the wild. I think Steven uses a Charizard or some other non-native Pokemon, so it wouldn't be impossible.

yes, they have said you will be able to find new pokemon in hoenn that werent there before.

 

[Jake]

The next batch of CoroCoro information has been posted to Japanese forums and this batch showcases more information about the upcoming game Pok?mon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire. This image furthers yesterdays and showcases more about Pok?mon Contests. It shows the in-game images of the Contest Hall, details how Feebas's evolution is based on contests, and confirms that you can Mega Evolve during the contests, which boosts the Excite Meter & Appeal in the Contests, but can only be done when the Excite Meter is full.

Spoiler

 

[TheEliteEmpoleon]

So the completion of the circle was not another mega. That sucks. When I think of the word scoop, I think 6, not 3. Anyways, I'm not happy about Feebas evolving through beauty again; the Prism Scale was much easier. Nice to see we can go mega in contests, but I'm probably going to spend around 5 minutes total in contests. Also, seeing MAltaria sprawled out like that makes me love it even more!

 

[Jinglefruit]

Pretty cool that you can mega evolve in contests now. I hope that doesn't limit who you are against/which pokemon are viable to use in the masters competition now though. I liked that absolutely any pokemon could win in the old games.

Also, Mega Altaria looks much better at that angle. In other images it looks like it has a huge blob pentagon on its back, looks better when you can see it's a star.

 

[Box9Missingo]

So the completion of the circle was not another mega. That sucks. When I think of the word scoop, I think 6, not 3. Anyways, I'm not happy about Feebas evolving through beauty again; the Prism Scale was much easier. Nice to see we can go mega in contests, but I'm probably going to spend around 5 minutes total in contests. Also, seeing MAltaria sprawled out like that makes me love it even more!

Neither am I . I hated that. It was a pain in the butt to evolve Feebas back then. Guess I'll be doing so via X version and trading to Y and back. I'll trade over a Feebas to the new games for the dex, not going to bother with evolving it. I'll just trade over the evolved form when I can.

 

[TheEliteEmpoleon]

Well actually, after some research, I think you will be able to do both methods in ORAS. Feebas actually didn't lose its ability to evolve through beauty. If you maxed out its beauty in RSEDPPt, and leveled it up in HGSSBW(2)XY, it would evolve. The prism scale was only added due to there being no method to raise the beauty in those games.

 

[Box9Missingo]

Well actually, after some research, I think you will be able to do both methods in ORAS. Feebas actually didn't lose its ability to evolve through beauty. If you maxed out its beauty in RSEDPPt, and leveled it up in HGSSBW(2)XY, it would evolve. The prism scale was only added due to there being no method to raise the beauty in those games.

Ah. Hope it works out that way . Good catch.

 

[oath2order]

mega loppuny was a surpirse but is really cool
loving mega altaria

also looks like trainer customization is back, but it may just be for contests idk

REALLY?!

The next batch of CoroCoro information has been posted to Japanese forums and this batch showcases more information about the upcoming game Pok?mon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire. This image furthers yesterdays and showcases more about Pok?mon Contests. It shows the in-game images of the Contest Hall, details how Feebas's evolution is based on contests, and confirms that you can Mega Evolve during the contests, which boosts the Excite Meter & Appeal in the Contests, but can only be done when the Excite Meter is full.

Spoiler

Oh dear. Other than Megas, are contests similar to old ones?

 

[Dr J]

Has anyone already pre-ordered their copy yet? And where from?

I'm going to pre-order mine soon, first I need to get my pay check in from work and then I'll pre-order both OR and AS from GAME's website since they normally have a decent bonus and have delivered early to me in the past.

I should probably pre-order my copies soon[I want to get both].

 

[Cam1]

LOPUNNY YASSSSS

 

[windfall]

Pretty cool that you can mega evolve in contests now. I hope that doesn't limit who you are against/which pokemon are viable to use in the masters competition now though. I liked that absolutely any pokemon could win in the old games.

I agree, I hope it's just an appeal thing that doesn't have too much of an affect. But in X and Y, most trainers didn't have access to mega evolution so it should be ok? You can choose to use it off you want and won't be at a disadvantage of your pokemon can't mega evolve.

Also I saw this on reddit!

Looks like trainer customisation is back or at the very least, May and Brendan have cute/cool outfits to match pikachu.

Edit; also Brendan without his hat!

 

[Stepheroo]

I hope trainer customization isn't just for contests. I'll be upset if it is.

 

[Jinglefruit]

I agree, I hope it's just an appeal thing that doesn't have too much of an affect. But in X and Y, most trainers didn't have access to mega evolution so it should be ok? You can choose to use it off you want and won't be at a disadvantage of your pokemon can't mega evolve.

Also I saw this on reddit!
[IMGhttp://i.imgur.com/5OOCIOa.png[/IMG
Looks like trainer customisation is back or at the very least, May and Brendan have cute/cool outfits to match pikachu.

Edit; also Brendan without his hat!

Well I'm just remembering that at the final stage there was always that one trainer that was destined to do really well and either win or come 2nd to you. And 'Lucia' and her mega evolving Altaria seems to declare herself as being programmed to be a pain in the butt.
On the upside, if contests are the same as before then we already have Medicham to win them all. Dat moveset that covers combos for each contest type + mega..

 

[Silversea]

Mega chatot please /dreaming

 

[Box9Missingo]

I hope trainer customization isn't just for contests. I'll be upset if it is.

Same here. It was pretty fun to do. And if it's around again, I hope there's more variety this time around.