It's now over a decade later and I finally figured out how to lose weight - actually moving and eating less helped - the afro is greying and thinning out with each passing day, but you know what? I simply can't wait to get torn in to Pokemon X or Y (I haven't decided which one yet).
Call it being too busy, moving on to other experiences or what have you, but it was a series I just never returned to. I loved it, but it was the last Pokémon game I ever played. You could train not just a handful of character, but hundreds. We were all big Final Fantasy fans so the prospect of another turn-based RPG was pretty exciting.
All my friends jumped on the Pokémon phenomenon before it steam-rolled its way across Europe, and we ended up getting really obsessed with the original Game Boy titles. So obviously, that heinous little lard-ball was me back in the day. He's never sampled of the franchise before, but all his friends are playing the game already. He opens up his shopping bag to look at his freshly-released American copy of Pokémon Red. You look over the road at G Force, the pricey yet well-stocked import gaming store and out walks an overweight, sweating kid with red cheeks and a thick afro. It's a long road filled with shops, a few pubs, endless newsagents, a McDonalds and I'm sure at least four KFCs. It's a summer Saturday in early 1999, and you're standing on Union street in Glasgow. They give some background on the Kalos region. You can watch some Pokémon X and Y TV spots here. Mega Charizard X and Mega Charizard Y were recently revealed.
You can get our score round-up here.īoth games feature new Mega Evolution forms. Pokémon X and Y reviews have already begun. VG247's Dave Cook asks Game Freak director Junichi Masuda if he'd ever consider taking the core series beyond Nintendo handhelds, and why online is crucial to its success.ĭeveloped by Game Freak, Pokémon X and Y will launch worldwide from October 12 on Nintendo 3DS.