Excitable Boy
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Concerning holidays, I can't possibly imagine ORAS releasing post-Black Friday. That'd just be crazy.
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Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Worldwide Release Thread
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Bolt the Cat
Bringing the Thunder
I'm guessing at E3 they'll probably show a gameplay trailer similar to XY's release trailer, and then not really explain much except for the most significant new features, like an upgraded Hoenn Dex, new Mega Evolutions, or a significant new communication feature. They'll probably also at least give us the names for Groudon/Kyogre's new forms, but if they're not Mega Evolutions, then they probably won't reveal how they change forms.
CoroCoro will probably just do what they usually do for the first significant gameplay reveal, show off the starters and character art. They also promised information on legendaries, but I'm guessing it's not going to be too much. They'll probably repeat whatever they say about Groudon/Kyogre, maybe adding Rayquaza to the mix, and officially reveal the Mega Lati twins. That's about all I'd expect as far as legendaries for now, but if they have room for more, some other topics I think they could cover is adding Regigigas to the Hoenn Dex (and unless they don't add anything to the Hoenn Dex whatsoever, I think there's a good chance of this happening), and in game events akin to past events like Sinjoh Ruins in HGSS, Zorua and Zoroark in BW1, and Pledge Grove in BW2.
Probably won't be as much as we'd all like, but enough to keep the hype train rolling.
Nockturne
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Isn't Black Friday only a thing in America?
I'm not sure if they'd factor that in
Yeah, but it's still huge. The amount of money that changes hands on Black Friday is ridiculous. Even an overseas manufacturer knows the potential sales they could have on Black Friday.
Excitable Boy
is a metaphor
I'm sorry that you think we don't buy enough Pokemon to be relevant.
No they don't. I work in retail, this does not happen. You get a date, and that's it. A company cannot restrict to a certain time of day.
I don't think it'll make a difference as far as Pokemon is concerned.
It's a North American thing now, pretty much. Still not as crazy here as it is in the States, but regardless, a lot of sales come out of the States.
Nockturne
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I was just saying do you really think so many sales come out of America that they would base the worldwide (I could see your point if there were separate dates for Japan, Europe, America etc) release date around it?
No need to get all defensive and weird about it.
Honestly they might. Black Friday is absolutely huge, and North America pretty much always matches or exceeds Japanese sales. So releasing it before a huge spending spree would be a great way to boost sales numbers for Q4.
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Bolt the Cat
Bringing the Thunder
Well, yes. America is a huge market for games, for certain games (although not Pokemon) the biggest market. Also, it doesn't really hurt sales in other territories if they release it then (in fact, it actually helps the other Western territories as well because of its proximity to Christmas), so why not take advantage of the sales boost?
Yes it is.
The Mustache
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6 months... I hope I don't die until then OMG!!
Almighty343
Old School
I hope that it will be an actual remake and not a game all about stupid fairies and digivolving, I mean mega evolution.
Akashin
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Prepare to have your hopes dashed, then. Remakes have always been about exploring previous games with the features of the current Generation.
Almighty343
Old School
I know that it will include the two but what I mean is I hope they don't put full focus on them and keep to the original story.
R_N
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Xy, the game that had both fairies and mega evolving, brushed the former off with incidental dialog and stopped harping on the latter after the 3rd gym
so i will go out on a limb and say oras will barely cover them
Hexin' Wishes
Diva Extraordinaire
Yeah, I mean FRLG didn't make any sort of deal about Dark/Steel types and those were introduced in Gen II.
Not to mention in FR/LG breeding wasn't available until you've beaten the Elite 4 an get access to Island 4. Breeding was introduced in Gen II as well an could be accessed before the third gym. Chances are Mega Evolution won't get added until post game in OR/AS after beating the Elite 4, etc.
At least that's what I'm expecting, maybe we'll get a surprise visit from Prof. Sycamore with the Mega ring and a Mega Stone for our starter, or were just given it Prof. Birch that just randomly has it somehow or by some other way.
I absolutely love how they are starting to launch all the pokemon games worldwide now at the same time. I hated having to wait a year for the games to be translated.
We have that here in Canada, too. I believe it is only a North American thing.
We have that here in Canada, too. I believe it is only a North American thing.
Citizen Insane
Eh, life is a game.
I read on a Dutch website that the two games are going to be released on the 30rd of November. I assume it's not true?
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