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janejane6178
Kaleido Star FOREVER in my heart <3
And the new building doesnt seem to be so intruiging..
Seems to be something similiar to Pkemon Studios which I wasnt so fond of
Lord Godwin
The Lord of Darkness
Guys, why this picture confirms Gyms not returning? I don't really get it...
He looks some PokeFinder thing with the camera stand. I didn't care about that feature at all
janejane6178
Kaleido Star FOREVER in my heart <3
There have been several empty area lots ( like 7-8 I think?) across Alola, which hinted at it being replaced by Gyms in USUM eventualy. But the new building in the leaked picture doesnt resemble a Gym at all, unfortunatelly...
Lord Godwin
The Lord of Darkness
janejane6178
Kaleido Star FOREVER in my heart <3
They can still be located in the Trial areas, for example
Well I hope you're right. But I have a feeling the (boring) trials are here to stay hehe
Except that we DID see folowing Pokemon. Rockruff in this trailer and most likely the Wingull of the first trailer. Maybe you can turn it off?
You litterly run without it 2 secs after. It's just Pokemon in overworked
Following don't mean it has to follow you on feet. It could have delay and only follow you some seconds later.
Because it's more realistic? He have to see you walking to follow you. Would be unrealistic if he starts moving the same time as you.
Everlasting
Everything stays.
I think walking Pokémon might be an optional feature (that you can turn on and off) in USUM. That Rockruff definitely was following the player from the moment the sequence was shown to the end of it, with a realistic delay, which was to be expected considering these games are open and free. Back in HGSS, the Pokémon had to follow you closely and in line because the games had a grid-based walking system.
I don't think the Wingull in the first footage video is another example of that feature, but that Rockruff doesn't appear to have been in the overworld seconds before the shot. And the way it's reacting ? Definitely looks to be the player's.
I don't think the Wingull in the first footage video is another example of that feature, but that Rockruff doesn't appear to have been in the overworld seconds before the shot. And the way it's reacting ? Definitely looks to be the player's.
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Erron Black
The Outlaw
Following Pokemon is definitely back in some form. Since we only see Rockruff shown doing it, my guess is maybe it's something 'special' with the event Rockruff? I'm not getting my hopes up too high but it definitely seems to be back in some form.
RileyXY1
Young Battle Trainer
That area appeared to be Route 1. So, no.
SurrealistSmeargle
Well-Known Member
He said analogous to, not identical. No reason Route 1 can't be enabled the same way Amity Square was. TBH this is pretty much what I would expect. Select areas were you're allowed to let a pokemon out of their pokeballs and play with them in the overworld. If following pokemon were ever to come back, I'd expect them to need to do something like this to trial it first anyway, the same way Amity functioned for HG/SS. I'm not 100% sold on this being a following pokemon scenario, but it feels weird to me that the pokemon is emoting without it being your pokemon. If it were just a standard overworld NPC pokemon, I'd expect it to just do the following and running, not the little cheery emote too. It's very reminiscent of the kinds you would get from talking to your following pokemon in HG/SS.
Ambyssin
Winter can't come soon enough
Yeah, I'm not expecting a following mechanic. But the music note emote would be very out-of-place just to give to a random Rockruff. Maybe the event one gets to be your little buddy like some others have suggested. Or maybe it's totally random and we're all reading too much into this.
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