x/y released 2 weeks early in canada/italy

[Richard and Blaziken]

inb4 they just give a bunch of pokemon rayquaza's ability

We really just need a widely distributed ability that removes weather from the field. Rayquaza's just ignores it. =/

[Liam]

My brother got Pokémon Y today.

Looks dope as

[Turner]

Good news for you, Richard:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJIydIvSSQU

[Richard and Blaziken]

This is the best news I've heard for X/Y. I can foresee a few things happening as a result:

-Protect might become a little more common to stall out weather turns
-Tyranitar and Hippowdon on the same team will become more common
-Weather wars will become a more defensive game, where keeping your weathermon sticking around will be more vital to the success of weather teams

The comments in the video said there's some changes to Stealth Rock? I'd be curious as to what those are as well, since Stealth Rock is often considered the most important move in the metagame.

[Turner]

This is the best news I've heard for X/Y. I can foresee a few things happening as a result:

-Protect might become a little more common to stall out weather turns
-Tyranitar and Hippowdon on the same team will become more common
-Weather wars will become a more defensive game, where keeping your weathermon sticking around will be more vital to the success of weather teams

The comments in the video said there's some changes to Stealth Rock? I'd be curious as to what those are as well, since Stealth Rock is often considered the most important move in the metagame.

I'm pretty sure stealth rock hasn't changed. I saw some people trying to use the HP bar as a measurement but nobody could get any definitive information. It seems to still be type-effective though.

EDIT: Also, Blizzard, Thunder and Fire Blast have been nerfed down to 110 BP and some of the accuracy values of these moves (and also hydro pump) have been changed too.

[Richard and Blaziken]

Really? Hmm... Hydro Pump taking a nerf is sort of good because it's OP on some Pokemon inside of Rain (SpecsToed springs to mind), but it's sort of a mixed blessing thing, since outside of Rain it loses a bit of utility.

However, there is something I'm really curious about. Ability Capsule reportedly swaps between a Pokemon's abilities, but I wonder if it's between non-DW and DW abilities, or if it's just two of the standard abilities (For example, will Gardevoir only be able to swap between Synchronize and Trace, or will it be able to choose Telepathy as well?). My guess is the former, as it'd make DW pretty much useless, but I'd really prefer to be able to swap Speed Boost onto my Blaziken.