Yeah, but I think that's exactly what needs to be done. New things.

Making it 8-directional would change a LOT of things in the Pokemon games. Just like you mentioned. It would be nice to see puzzles that aren't grid-based IMO. Why not let GameFreak think outside of that pattern based system for once, I want to see what they can come up with. If they're going to go 3D they might as well go all the way with it.

I also agree on the Circle Pad issue. Playing DS games in general with it isn't all that great.

@19Robb92 - A couple of games do work with it though, Mario 64 DS as a prime example.
Also you say new things needs to be done but when changes are made, people complain... a lot. The trailer shows the player taking a sharp left turn while in the forest-type area, so it might still be 4-directional (at least at this point in development).

Meh, let people complain. I don't care.

They're doing something new now, I think they should take that effort all the way. Build something from the ground up on a new foundation. I hope they change it up quite a bit personally.

Guys, watch the trailer. Bottom left corner near the start, "gameplay is not final"! If they still have the grid system, I'm sure they intend to change it before release, and we've only seen about a minute of footage. That said, if they don't I'll be fairly disappointed, but I really just want Pokémon in THREE DEE.

I'd really love a Pokemon with the same camera system as in Zelda but a lot more zoomed out. Full 3D movement and a zoomed out 3rd person view of the landscape. That'd be nice.

I'd hate if all we got with X/Y is the same grid-based system with fixed camera angels placed all over the environment.

The grid system isn't even bad. I hated playing the Pokémon games on Gamecube. It felt weird and strange moving around 360° in there. The grid system works perfectly fine.

I thought pokemon XD gale of darkness was really good and fun.

What are the guesses for the starter types? I'm thinking:

Grass / Dark
Water / Fighting
Fire / Psychic

I'm thinking

Grass
Water
Fire/Fight

Please, no.

i'm choosing Fennekin to go along with my epic team:
Charmander,Cyndaquill,Torchic,Chimchar,Tepig,Fennekin

So I found this.... lol

Finally, official artwork for the legends! I guess I do like the legends after all. They're really nicely designed.
http://pokebeach.com/2013/01/corocoro-leaks-reveals-legendary...

I like them. Not sure whether to get X or Y. Might get Y. It just looks like a cool letter.

Interesting artwork from the magazine. I really love both Xerneas and Yveltal's designs. Definitely much better than Zekrom and Reshiram in my opinion. On another note, based on the third scan, it looks like Ash's Charizard is back it seems?

Also, here's beautiful Yveltal fan-art. <3

At first I thought I liked Xerneas better, but Yveltal just looks so cool!

i like zekrom and reshiriam but these look cooler. Also yes at some point in the episode N saga/ series ash's charziard will come back and own those plasma members. I hope it means that primeape returns since he is at oak's lab in the current opening.

@zoroarkrules25, I like Zekrom and Reshiram as well. However, comparing them to these, definitely in favor of the Gen. 6 legendary duo. If I remember, I really did not like either of the Gen. 5 legendary duo at first when they were revealed, but have since begun to like them. In this case, I got a much better first impression from Xerneas and Yveltal.

AWESOME FAN ART!

Zekrom's still my favorite legendary, but Yveltal looks pretty cool I suppose. Xerneas is also cool, but I think the antlers look a little odd. Any guesses on their types?

I'm pretty certain Yveltal is a Dark / Flying.

Just guessing that Xerneas might be Psychic / Grass or Steel.