Pokémon X and Y
Pokémon X and Pokémon Y are 2013 role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. They are the first installments in the sixth generation of the main Pokémon video game series. First announced in January 2013 by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata through a special Nintendo Direct, Pokémon X and Pokémon Y were released worldwide in October 2013, and they are the first Pokémon games to have a simultaneous global release.
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North American box art for Pokémon X, depicting the legendary Pokémon Xerneas. The box art for Pokémon Y depicts the legendary Pokémon Yveltal (not pictured). | |
| Developer(s) | Game Freak |
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| Director(s) | Junichi Masuda |
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| Designer(s) | Shigeru Ohmori |
| Programmer(s) | Katsumi Ono |
| Artist(s) | Ken Sugimori |
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| Series | Pokémon |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo 3DS |
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| Genre(s) | Role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
As with previous installments, the games follow the journey of a young Pokémon trainer as they train and battle Pokémon while thwarting schemes of the criminal organization Team Flare. X and Y introduced 72 new Pokémon species, and added new features including the new Fairy-type, character customization, updated battle and training mechanics such as "Mega Evolution", and completely rendered polygonal 3D graphics as opposed to the sprites used in previous generations. While the games are independent of each other and each can be played separately, trading Pokémon between the two games is necessary to complete the games' Pokédex.
X and Y received generally positive reviews; critics praised the games' visuals and transition to 3D models, though the games' story, characters and linearity drew criticism. The highly anticipated games were a commercial success, selling four million copies worldwide in the first weekend, beating their predecessors Pokémon Black and White's record and making them the fastest-selling games on the 3DS. As of 31 March 2023, a combined total of 16.68 million copies have been sold worldwide, making X and Y the second best-selling games on the system after Mario Kart 7.