New Gameplay Graphics Thread

[Poke Master 7]

It's definitely an interesting concept and the natural progression considering how things moved more and more from 2D as the generations went on. Should be interesting to see how the final product turns out though I'll have to get myself a 3DS now.

 

[Wulava]

I love the fact that they used a semi-cel-shaded style for the 3D models rather than those in Pokedex 3D Pro. It somehow retains the "cartoon" style that the sprites had.

 

[Zachmac]

I love the fact that they used a semi-cel-shaded style for the 3D models rather than those in Pokedex 3D Pro. It somehow retains the "cartoon" style that the sprites had.

Exactly my thoughts on that. I was kind of scared of pokemon being less cartoony if the graphics when 3D, but now that they're doing it, I just can't get enough.

 

[halloweenghost]

I love the fact that they used a semi-cel-shaded style for the 3D models rather than those in Pokedex 3D Pro. It somehow retains the "cartoon" style that the sprites had.

same and it keeps the feeling they wanted when they used sprites. so I am happy about that

 

[Mister Melancholy]

Honestly, I kind of wanted to see sprites, but I can always just play the older games. I like the new 3D style. It's cute and reminds me a bit of Colosseum/XD.

 

[Thomas Elliot]

The way it looks is when you run through the grass you really do run into random pokemon.

 

[confuser987]

Will they still keep double, triple, rotational, battles? I didn't see any footage on them.

We might still be seeing sprites in the Pokedex... or not.

Maybe we are not given one in the game; we would have to buy a Pokedex 3D Pro from the eshop. Hey, because it is a 3ds game, we can pause in the middle of a battle and look up.

 

[Wulava]

Honestly, I kind of wanted to see sprites, but I can always just play the older games. I like the new 3D style. It's cute and reminds me a bit of Colosseum/XD.

We might still be seeing sprites in the Pokedex... or not.

The way it looks is when you run through the grass you really do run into random pokemon.

Yeah. I like that too. They don't instantly show what Pokemon is hiding behind the grass.
I can see water Pokemon jumping out of the water when you encounter them.

Will they still keep double, triple, rotational, battles? I didn't see any footage on them.

They probably will. They can't just show everything all at once.

 

[BBtheASH]

The way it looks is when you run through the grass you really do run into random pokemon.

This I think is way cool! Can you imagine actually rummidging through grass and finding a shiny pokemon!
I think what Gamefreak/Nintendo wanted was to make the pokemon world even more emersive and give a realistic view point of what it actually be like in real life. i.e. finding a pokemon behind a patch of grass!

 

[PokemonTrainerKaden]

In my opinion it has kind of a Pokemon Colosseum feel, especially in the battling factor. I like it to an extent. I love the battling and how it feels like Colosseum, and I love that they're sticking with a grid based movement system, but I don't like the overworld graphics, like with the characters running/walking and you being pretty much directly behind them. It's cool, but I'm not sure how I feel about the overworld.

 

[★ Mr. Mime ★]

I love the fact that they used a semi-cel-shaded style for the 3D models rather than those in Pokedex 3D Pro. It somehow retains the "cartoon" style that the sprites had.

I felt the same way upon viewing the trailer.

I finally have a reason to pick up a 3ds now.

 

[Wulava]

Maybe we are not given one in the game; we would have to buy a Pokedex 3D Pro from the eshop. Hey, because it is a 3ds game, we can pause in the middle of a battle and look up.

I'm sure there will be an in-game Pokedex, but not as comprehensive as the Pokedex3D.
Besides, when you switch from a 3DS to a 3DS App or vice versa, you need to close the game. So no. You can't just switch that easily. You will be resetting every time.

 

[PokeTimmy]

The way it looks is when you run through the grass you really do run into random pokemon.

When I saw that in the trailer, I just took that scene where you find a wild pikachu to be the cutscene for stumbling upon a wild pokemon - similar to the screen flashing that occurs in earlier generations when you find a pokemon.

I somewhat doubt that, whenever you walk in tall grass, all you can see is grass moving past you on the screen. I mean, how would you ever know if you were heading in the right direction? We'll probably instead still retain that angled overhead shot seen elsewhere in the trailer.

 

[confuser987]

I'm sure there will be an in-game Pokedex, but not as comprehensive as the Pokedex3D.
Besides, when you switch from a 3DS to a 3DS App or vice versa, you need to close the game. So no. You can't just switch that easily. You will be resetting every time.

It's a 3DS game, not a DS game. You can suspend 3DS games while you can surf the web write in your "Notes". However, you can't have two apps on. So, good point. I kinda wish we can open the Pokedex 3d Pro to look up Base stats and moves they can learn.

 

[Arcamenel]

I am not going to miss the sprites tbh. I'm happy Pokemon is evolving from that.

 

[MikeHill005]

I'm not really a fan of the art design yet, for two main reasons:

1. I doubt I'll be able to take the enemies seriously if they're chibi.

2. It honestly looks like someone took Black and White and tried to force it into being 3D. Nothing looks natural to me, all of the rock structures and trees and stuff look like they're from templates, and the grass looks strangely flat.

I'm sure it will grow on me eventually, but the art style just really bugs me right now.

 

[AK Adam]

I hope that X and Y's battle animations are almost directly ripped from Pokemon Stadium 2. I loved the announcer (doubt he is coming back), the way that battles rotated but most of all, I loved how there was still half of an animation if the move missed. Here's to miss animations!

 

[crystalzapdos]

I hope that X and Y's battle animations are almost directly ripped from Pokemon Stadium 2. I loved the announcer (doubt he is coming back), the way that battles rotated but most of all, I loved how there was still half of an animation if the move missed. Here's to miss animations!

Considering Gamefreak didn't make Stadium 2, I don't think they can just rip the animations from it.

 

[Excitable Boy]

Considering Gamefreak didn't make Stadium 2, I don't think they can just rip the animations from it.

They don't have the rights to them?

I mean, it's their I.P., and it was published on a Nintendo console.

 

[Pepsi_Plunge]

We might still be seeing sprites in the Pokedex... or not.

They can just put the 3d cellshading models in the dex and let us turn them around like the Pokedex 3D dex.