How much do we really want to know??

[Zell]

Really, how much do you want to know about X & Y before release?
I have started to notice a worrying trend with video games in recent times, we seem to know every detail of games before we even play them. If we know too much about X & Y will it take away too much of the mystery?
If I take you back to RED, BLUE, GOLD and SILVER the internet wasn't as accessible as it is now so most of us ventured into these games with almost no idea of what to expect and I think that was a partial part of their success.
These days with PEARL onward we have full walkthroughs of the Japanese versions before Euro release, which took away most of the adventure and fun from these games.
So for these reasons I'm choosing to avoid all info on X & Y from now on.

[lugia95]

Fortunately, we shouldn't get any walkthroughs, thanks to the simultaneous worldwide release. But you have a point, and I am going to make some attempt to not pay attention to a lot of information.

[Turner]

It's a good question, I'm torn between dying for new information and kind of hoping they hold off.

So far I'm liking what we're getting, we're being hyped but it's not giving much away. On the one hand I'm DYING to see what new Pokemon we have but on the other hand I'd actually kinda like it if we heard as little as possible.

I'll tell you what though, if there's any new information in the future I'll try and keep thread titles informative but without any spoilers. So for example instead of 'SYLVEON'S TYPE IS _______' I'll do 'SYLVEON'S TYPE REVEALED' or something so you can go "Nope, don't want to find out what that is" and just ignore it without being spoiled. Same with anything else that gets announced.

[MonsterMon64]

I'm dancing on the line as well. Admittedly I've been keeping up with the official reveals, CoroCoro, etc., but there are definitely things I want to be surprised about. I could list a bunch, but plot-relevant and/or important trainers, the villainous team, and the starters' respective evolutions are the big 'uns.

I guess I differ from Turner in that I'm actually BEGGING Game Freak to hold back on new info, but unlike with the first half of Gen V, I don't seem to have a lot of restraint to avoid spoilers this time around, haha.

[quack98]

I kinda' want to know starter evos and legendaries types, but that's all, anything else would wreck the surprise 

If there's going to be a new type, I'd quite like them to keep that a secret, just because people would assume they'd have released it earlier, and it'll be a (hopefully) pleasant surprise.

And MM64, I'm exactly like you, I have no willpower whatsoever, and I just read all the updates even though I don't really want to 

[lugia95]

The thing is, I would love to go into this like I did with my first Pokemon game - not knowing any of the Pokemon at all, except from having glanced at their sprites. But I'm worried that if I do that now, we'll get another Trubbish, and I'll just get disappointed when I see it.

[Turner]

Yeah, I feel better about Pancham and Fletchling now but at the time I really didn't like them. Spoilers are good in a sense because they give me time to cool off and accept things. I don't want to be like 'What the hell is this' and then just put down the game and be disappointed either.

There are so many leaks going around too, what with Hiro getting things right and now the latest development is a different fansite's source correctly guessing the english names of the Pokemon we saw this week (And I can verify this did indeed happen), there's clearly a weak link in TPCi somewhere. Apparently the source that got the names also posted the leaks in numerous other places on the internet, so all kinds of trolls and fakers are coming forward with the 'leaked information' pretending to be the source. Meaning of all the rumors I've read, there's a good chance one of them has been correct.

We'll just have to see how it goes, I might reach a point where I say 'This is enough' and refuse to look at any more info.

[Alpha Fenrir]

We'll just have to see how it goes, I might reach a point where I say 'This is enough' and refuse to look at any more info.

Yeah, kinda in agreement with you there.
Personally, I only want to know really basic info beforehand, such as the contents of the pokedex and how many gyms there are. I might look into where I can find those pokemon which I see and go "Oh gods I must have that" close to the launch, and I may look up on the new moves within the game. I do not want to know anything other than Box Blurb info on the plotline and I'd rather not know the types or order of the gym leaders. That sort of detail is something I want to avoid...

[Mr. Apple]

^im pretty sure theres gonna be 8 gyms

[Lord Raven]

I want the game

[Sappy]

The idea of bench sitting is one of the most exciting things ever...

I might stop with the updates when I leave Uni this year, which will be quite difficult, but I want to be blown away with Xerneas appearing (choosing X). The only detail I really want to know is whether Pokemon can be sent to X and Y from Black 2 and White 2. It's almost pretty much assumed this is the case, but I still would like confirmation. I've now decided I want everything, but that to be a surprise.

[Turner]

^ Make a thread for it. I think it'd be pretty cool if people made spoilerless question threads so they could only get their specific questions answered without having any other details unveiled to them. I'd be happy to help people out with that depending on what I know.

[Angelic Lapras King]

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