My documented experience of pokemon X and Y, covering 2024.
Pokemon X Run #1: Ciel Lumiere Pokemon Y Nuzlocke: Alexander Pokemon Y's previous Owner: Hengel Considering a run of Wilting Y or Eternal X? If I've got the free time. I have photos from my phone and tablet I can upload so this isn't just "TEXT TEXT TEXT" Clearly still a WIP.
No major progress in this one notes wise compared to the next one so it doesn’t get a larger number. Anime and some game coverage, but not enough to warrant calling this 4.
Maybe update 6 I’ll go back to reading special again since I made more progress, but with the actual updated chapters instead of the first run.
Before I start complaining that the game feels too easy for up to the first badge, I go back to watching the anime for a bit, and this is definitely way out of date because the Pokémon TV project managed to overtake this.
Anime coverage
So last time, ash caught a fletching, and I’m here eating this absolutely dubious curry While they have delicious pokemon food (wow, this was like a whole month ago of points, I really fell behind…)
How do pokemon look like pikachu in this world like, is it that they evolve to look like the mascots or arceus just decided “let’s make a bunch of pokemon look like this one rat”
The dub would not have the pokemon Amie theme playing here, I know that much
It’s certainly one of those things that I could leave on as background noise because well, it’s literally a child’s commercial show. I’m not putting my full brain into this.
Maybe spending my time on a glorified commercial is not a good way to spend my time when I could watch other shows, so maybe I should stick to only 2 episodes a day. none of the characters have interested me very much.
How did ash lose when he has the type advantage? I literally beat this on my first try. Skill issue.
Game Coverage
forgot hordes existed.
The biggest challenge I’ve had so far has been a horde of level 5 gulpin because they can all hit.
You can go back to regular walking and running with D Pad?
You can change Lumiose camera with D pad…?
That’s uh. Interesting. Kinda quirky.
I’ll change my outfit every save. So it’s back to the default fit since I’m not stylish enough.
You do a little hop to switch back to running.
Why do you only have one Pokémon, tierno.
Corphish isn’t that impressive even if it has swords dance… of course, a guy who only has limited dance moves won’t work well
Unless he gets like spinda with teeter dance baton pass or a Pokémon with dragon dance I’m not impressed.
What’s the point of a skate park if no one uses it?
I’m not really team building as much as just getting as many XY mons for potential team building here
Does trimming the dog change its type?
No. It would be pretty interesting if it did though.
Camphrier town has one hotel and one man manning the entire thing. Help him.
So the castle is empty, apparently snorlax is an important kalosian figure, and Shauna is back. Mega evolution being the big thing is very funny in this run because 1. I have boxed squirtle and will do the same to lucario. 2. No kalos pokemon can mega evolve and im only using kalos pokemon for X. Y is a nuzlocke so it’s different.
Also funny for them to make an entire castle and have nothing of worth in it.
I went the wrong way and now im doing unpaid Berry labor.
Did you know?
Zygarde never got a game but there’s data left over for Pokémon Z in sun and moon. Guess it took a vacation.
Feb 16th
I’ve been sitting on these notes for so long that they’re outdated and I’ve actually just gotten Grant’s badge, so im going to fix that currently.
Something I failed to mention was the first battle for X. Well, it was kinda just a standard pokemon battle. Not much to say about it.
I’m sure it must’ve been far crazier back then when the next thing was a leap from BW2 to this but my game before this was sun and moon. I’m not impressed, and that’s because I’m missing the context.
Current Game Notes:
I’ve provided a list of questions alongside notes that will probably not be answered as I take observations from the starting town to the first badge town.
I saw a meme about the rival and now this question keeps coming up. Is the rival a nepotism baby? Am I a nepotism baby?
Are the friends just walking tutorials? I know how a Pokémon center works
In red they just dumped your child ass into the game with a manual
How do I make money for clothes shopping? The great mystery of Kalos.
I need to know. I have to try everything.
There’s a cafe but I can’t buy anything?
I’m not 100% the Pokémon but I will the clothes if possible.
Please learn a flying type move — me with this level 9 fletchling
Like, peck would be good, I think.
Litleo would be the easy solution to a bug gym but it’s quite boring looking so I don’t want to use it.
Imagine if Kalos had reigonal Pokémon divergences like alola added in
Having no exp share at the start is weird
The mom count went up again thanks to this random girl standing on route 22
A lot of these trainers already have like level 9 Pokémon, that’s a bit strange I suppose
I guess the level curve goes down after?
I’m beating up kids so I can get nice hats
Is the store layout different for boys?
Route 22 is right next to victory road. Bizarre.
Skates or bikes?
Considering the skates never return… bikes.
I’m being too judgemental of a low level common mon but bunnelby kind of sucks because it keeps getting outsped and dying whereas chespin and fletchling are thriving. However, I do need a third mon for Amie so it can stay for now.
I went to Serebii and the boys selection of clothes is appalling, but thankfully that makes the purchasing 100% thing far easier on that side. So uh. I have no clue how to get money in the game. Future problem for future post gym me even though im playing semi- daily at snail’s pace.
Eventually im just gonna have a free day and accidentally breeze through the entire game
And then I hit the first gym.
I guess a bubble puzzle is pretty interesting but like… how do they get out?
Chespin is literally weak to bug types and is doing a better job (in reference to bunnelby)
Who is building all these fountains that you can’t even take photos of? I had to use my tablet to even attempt to capture the feeling of it, and that’s probably how I’m going to do the rest of the game too.
Route 4’s maze thing seems interesting right up til you realize you don’t actually have to interact with anything in it aside from items
Oh, hey, I heard the gate theme from that one project voltage video, cool.
Lumiose city sure is a city in 3D. It’s like Castelia but worse.
Lumiose City Notes
So you can’t even turn the skates off… great.
This is nauseatingly camera focused.
I think for what was likely the first 3DS pokemon game for a lot of people it was a good move to have in all of these more familiar mons but at the same time it makes the game feel unremarkable because the whole early game feels like “you like Kanto and Johto, right? Please say yes.”
How is there a blackout I see the lights on
There’s barely any pokemon from the actual reigon I’m in so far.
Also, no night themes.
I need money for clothes but I’m not stylish enough. Sucks for me.
Did you know?
I don’t have anything interesting for today but if Viola was in Gen 7 she probably would’ve had the insanely buffed leech life
Pokelog (XY) Log 2: A bit of everything
Jan 4:
I had a lot more free time one day per the others this week so I kinda just went ham.
Pokespe XY Arc, volume 1:
Literally all you need to know how this is going to be a wild story is from the first 3 pages.
Nowhere else in the pokemon games can you get a story about a depressed child shunning himself in fear of the paparazzi and getting his house blown up within a single chapter.
Unlike the first three generations, gen 4 and onward is for the most part self contained with a smidgeon of cameos possibly added in later rereleases. This is probably one of the most standout pokemon stories in general and I know it because when I read this in a group years ago everyone lost their minds.
Team flare is actively hunting down this child (X) and friends down for his mega equipment.
I’m obviously trying to not read it all in one go and color my version of my XY playthrough but I’m keeping it in mind solely because it utilizes the friend group, which I think they all get dropped in the anime relatively quick, none of them are ash's companions minus Serena and I think I have words to say about her. Like, they clearly have a more notable goal solely because the mission is: Survive.
Pokemon Anime, First 3 Episodes:
I’m not sure how I’m structuring the anime still and I only did three episodes because the first two were released as a special.
Anime Serena is a fascinating character solely because I haven’t seen anything out of her for years outside of a single scene in regards to her tripping during her contest thing and years of shipping discourse. I do not understand how completely fanatical people get on ships but this might be because I've never been attracted to anyone. Imagining watching the black white anime and this is the follow up and now this ash is the main ash and then we immediately follow up with sun and moon ash, I think people definitely blew up.
The subs im using are very funny for deciding to not translate the pokemon names and leave them in Japanese. that’s called an aromatisse. Mega Blaziken is here already, huh. I’m looking into the list of Mega’s available while I watch the anime and going like “are any of these available that aren’t postgame exclusive” and the answer is no.
You know, it’s so weird that Ash went with this reporter lady in the Black White Island season from what I remember and then she just leaves, like, I guess it’s better to go with kids. Ash is running around like a little tourist in France. I know for a fact that the dub would not have the actual XY opening theme in there. Oh, so Bonnie speaks in the third person, huh. Froakie is also here. For a first episode, it’s quite chaotic. i like how they made his first battle in Kalos a very exciting moment probably solely because of the horror of him losing to that Snivy in Unova.
My current thoughts are that the Pokemon anime past black/white was very reactive to the trends of the pokemon fanbase (this can extend to the entire franchise.). While one side likes some things more than the other, the original audience will always be prioritized. So, not to bring up new things in yet and mess up the rest of this look, but something to note for gen 7 is that yokai watch was also around during the gen 6 period. This is a surprise tool that will be brought up later. Team Rocket’s been at this for years for this pikachu, when will they stop (How can ash not know about mirror coat, it’s been years). Isn’t this plot moving too fast compared to the games??? Like, they’re already in prism tower… I guess I should probably play some more and find out.
Is that Garchomp the same one that Alain used to hang out with?“Kizuna”, I know that word. It means bond.
I like how Froakie went and pointed like “those MF’s are sus”. Why did team rocket just have the device on them. Normally they’re just goofy ahhh. Funny. I guess they keep their competence from Black/White (I wasn’t a fan of that.)
XY is clearly taking a different tone from the others with the power of child endangerment turned to a maximum. Normally this is the climax of a movie, not 2 episodes into the season. Ash has no reaction to almost dying and had more of a reaction to Froakie throwing a bubble in its face
Back to the Games:
So, the very first pokemon I ever see in the wild… its a pidgey. at the very least im glad they didn’t force a tutorial on me first thing. But… does route 2 have any kalos exclusives? Time to grind and see. I saw two!
Santalune’s layout is literally just viridian. Now comes the problem of “what Pokémon will i catch that I won’t be allowed to use in my Y nuzlocke run?” Fletchling is very good, but I think it’s also the only flying type for Kalos.
No, there is also… the victory road dragon
There is also uh… the wrestling bird
Maybe I should worry about that later.
This town (the one where you get the starter Pokemon) bothers me because it’s non conventional. They have a center, but they don’t have a PC. They sell balls and potions separately. There’s nothing to this place aside from that one quirk. I’m here thinking if I should buy potions or not because I need money to buy clothes later on lol
Santalune forest has two things: Shauna is here to heal you, and the layout itself is viridian forest, and a song that loops for a good 20 seconds and then gets quiet afterwards. Moving on. I’d take a monkey but I’m not allowed to. I’m so sorry, monkey, I said kalos mons only and you are generation five so you must be deleted. Realizing an issue of “I can’t take all the mons from the very start of the game as my gen 6 team, can I…” Like, is scatterbug good? Probably not.
Why is caterpie here too. There’s already three bug types. It’s kinda crazy Shauna is here just to be a pokemon center like I couldn’t just walk out or buy more potions. I could not use her but i don’t want to just ditch her
Wow, Pikachu is here. Bye.
Shauna really is enthusiastic about helping me and apparently finding random stuff off the ground
Calem ran up to me and went like “hey you want balls” and then Shauna asked about my mom again, so I will now add as a tally to people who only care about my characters cool mom. (We’re at like, 4.)
Once again there are no kalos pokemon outside of the three I’ve already seen
This distribution is woefully unbalanced as I look on serebii just to see that they really have a lot of very thing here
a hack that only has kalos mons valuable would make this region very sparse.i stopped looking, but im already imagining there’s a route that has no kalos mons at all
I remembered the yarn game from Amie when I played ORAS and I’ve still got it, I got like 300 point on my first run
I’m unceremoniously stopping in route 3 because I’m beating up children for their money and 3 is where I will continue… well, not sequentially. It’d be a bit much to do only XY stuff like, every day. That’s excessive.
Did you Know?
X is sometimes used in Japanese as Cross, such as in Project X Zone
December 23
Single-handedly probably the strangest purchase I’ve made this year in regards to games, a used copy of Pokémon Y from a game store. No, I don’t know why I did it. I couldn’t even get proper photos because my SD card ran out of room. The person who had the game only bought one outfit and proceeded to use it for the rest of the game. They didn’t beat it with their Kalos starter. It’s probably been in the store since 2014. Who were you, Hengel. Doesn’t matter now though, eventually I’ll delete this save.
Jan 3- Prelude to XY
Pokelog: the XY chronicles
At some point I lose track of the number on the XY log.
Chronicling all of Pokémon XY and it’s multimedia to see if anything was worthwhile out of the generational cycle as my big project of the year in regards to pokemon.
Overview:
The Games: If I count both campaigns for X and Y it should take like 70 hours* (not including postgame
*Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire are not being counted for this as a heads up, this is XY exclusive content.)
The Manga Arc (Pokespe)
549-595: I know the manga is insane for the XY arc and a reread will also be wild
The… anime?: So I watched a part of it dubbed, decided not to, so I’m watching it subbed (please make official subs real TPCi or TV Tokyo or whoever is in charge of distribution. I cannot sit through the dub versions of the music unless it’s the 4Kids version I’m sorry I’m nostalgia biased but they can’t keep replacing route themes I cannot do that)
Anime length: 140 episodes plus the four mega evolution specials plus the 3 movies is a lot of time to invest into this but whatever, I have free time
I wanted to do spinoffs but then I looked at what counted as gen 6 spinoffs.: I just went “wait, that’s too much work, and I really don’t want to play these spin-offs and juggle the other stuff too.” No Rumble World since thats just an F2P game (its so weird it outlived the mobile game which had gen 7).Super Mystery Dungeon (I might do this one, depends on how I feel/How fast I get certain things done) Detective Pikachu (I’m not doing that.) (Maybe I'll watch the movie if it comes to stream.)
Jan 12- 1st Update?
Pokelog (XY) Log-1: Everyone wants to hang out with my cool mom:
I had this one saved from yesterday so I’m posting it today. Tomorrow I’ll post what I had for day 2 (which would’ve been today, but it’s tomorrow now.)
The power of the 1st campaign, a copy of Pokémon X! (I wish there was a Z...) I literally bought Y but I kept getting put off by the guy whose save file was there like it was haunting the cartridge or something. I’d post a photo of my player character but the photo guy isn’t here yet.
I don’t pay attention to YouTubers so I have no clue what the general consensus on XY is outside of my friend circle saying “it was okay.” Also, I was literally 12 years old when the games came out, so there’s no way I’m gonna remember what the hell I was up to a decade ago but it probably wasn’t pokemon X. It was likely Black 2, that one was pretty good. My father recalled that finding a 3DS was apparently difficult as shit back then and also expensive as hell. I’ll believe that.
XY’s largest impacts were jumping Pokémon to 3D (with repercussions) and the fairy type (which has been pretty positive). The anime coverage of XY caused multiple people to lose their minds and I think it’s Ash ketchums fault, something about his greninja. I see it in my dreams sometimes.
No one has anything to say about my character between the first town and the routes, everyone just wants to talk to my mom. She’s the famous one. Even this random girl wants to say hi to my mom. I’m like 70% guessing Shauna is an orphan because there’s only 3 houses in Vaniville town and two of them are reserved for the player character and the rival.
Im in the town where I get the starters and I’m incredibly confused to it all. Why is there a turf war between the pokeball and potion mart. What happened. Where is Phil. When do I get to take photos. log 2 will hopefully have me less confused on it all.
Did you know: Pokemon XY’s plot was apparently supposed to be about alien invasions.
Image of my first player, Ciel, during the postgame. Considering moving the outfit supercut here and just selecting 1 image to represent her as an OC.
I no longer have a use for this official image because of the smaller header.