50 Fun Facts About Pokemon X and Y

Which real country inspired Kalos, the star-shaped region explored in Pokémon X and Y?

France gave Kalos its look: Prism Tower echoes the Eiffel Tower, and the art museum in Lumiose City stands in for the Louvre.

Which new Pokémon type debuted in X and Y, the first added since Gold and Silver?

Fairy was created to rein in the powerful Dragon type, and it was handed to a number of older Pokémon as well as brand-new ones.

Which Water-type starter Pokémon is offered alongside Chespin and Fennekin at the start of Pokémon X and Y?

Froakie completes the Kalos starter trio, a frog that protects itself with bubbles secreted from its back and neck.

Which classic Pokémon gained two Mega forms in X and Y, one finally making it a Dragon type?

Charizard turns black with hotter blue flames as Mega Charizard X, the only form in which the dragon-like favourite actually carries the Dragon type.

Which Eevee evolution with ribbon-like feelers was introduced in Pokémon X and Y?

Sylveon was unveiled before its type was announced, leaving fans to guess whether it was a Normal type or something entirely new.

Which criminal organization in Pokémon X and Y plots to wipe out humanity for a more beautiful world?

Team Flare at first seems to care only about making money from Pokémon; its plan to fire an ancient ultimate weapon surfaces much later.

Which professor hands players a Bulbasaur, Charmander or Squirtle partway through Pokémon X and Y?

Professor Sycamore studies Mega Evolution, so his gift comes with its matching Mega Stone; unusually, the first starter comes from a friend, not from him.

Which key-collecting Pokémon introduced in X and Y was mocked by some critics as poorly designed?

Klefki was inspired by old mansions and secret keys, and its designer wanted to build story elements into a key design.

Which 2025 game returns to Lumiose City five years after the events of Pokémon X and Y?

Pokémon Legends: Z-A takes place entirely inside Lumiose City during an urban redevelopment project, and it brought Mega Evolution back to the series.

Which Pokémon introduced in X and Y became a playable character in the 2014 Super Smash Bros. games?

Greninja, a ninja frog that makes throwing stars out of water, also topped a worldwide Pokémon of the Year vote run by Google in 2020.

Pokémon X and Y became the fastest-selling games on which handheld after their worldwide launch?

3DS owners bought four million copies in the opening weekend, breaking the record set by Pokémon Black and White.

Which Legendary Pokémon from the original games gained two Mega Evolutions, labelled X and Y, in Pokémon X and Y?

Mewtwo becomes part Fighting type as Mega Mewtwo X and stays pure Psychic as Mega Mewtwo Y; the stone it holds decides which one appears.

Which Pokémon can join the player's team for good after a Mega Evolution duel with Gym Leader Korrina?

Lucario takes a liking to the player's aura early in the journey, and the duel pits two of them against each other, each holding a Lucarionite.

Which famous movie star is revealed to be the Champion of the Kalos Pokémon League in X and Y?

Diantha first appears as an actress in a Lumiose City café, long before the League, and her Gardevoir Mega Evolves in the title battle.

Which head of the lab that created the Holo Caster is unmasked as the main villain of Pokémon X and Y?

Lysandre is a descendant of Kalos royalty and a philanthropist, and he announces his plan to the whole region in a holographic broadcast.

Where in Kalos does the player's family settle at the very start of Pokémon X and Y?

Vaniville Town is where the player's mother keeps a Rhyhorn, which sleeps on a mat outside the family's new house.

Which childhood friend of Ash joins his Kalos journey as an aspiring Pokémon Performer in the XY anime?

Serena shares her name with the girl players can choose in the games, who becomes the rival if they pick the boy, Calem, instead.

Which young inventor's Gym inside Prism Tower quizzes challengers on Pokémon silhouettes before the battle?

Clemont leaves the quizzing to his little sister Bonnie, who poses a multiple-choice silhouette question on every floor below his.

Which professional photographer leads the Santalune City Gym, the first that players face in Pokémon X and Y?

Viola hands winners the Bug Badge and TM83 Infestation, and her older sister works as a reporter in Kalos.

Xerneas and Yveltal, the box-art Legendaries of Pokémon X and Y, have roots in which mythology?

Norse myth shaped the pair, whose X- and Y-shaped designs took about 18 months to finalize, three times longer than usual.

Which Legendary Pokémon completes the Kalos trio and can gather its Cells into a towering Complete Forme?

Zygarde usually appears as blob-like Cores, and its Complete Forme emerges only to neutralize threats to the ecosystem.

Which fox-like final evolution of the starter Fennekin wields psychic powers alongside its fire?

Delphox can conjure flames of 3,000 °C, while the stage before it fights with a burning twig kept in its tail fur.

Which butterfly Pokémon's wing pattern in X and Y depends on the player's real-world location?

Vivillon has 18 regional wing patterns, plus a Fancy Pattern released to celebrate 100 million trades on the Global Trade System.

Which Pokémon introduced in X and Y evolves at level 30 only if the console is held upside down?

Inkay flips into Malamar this way, a trick that later carried over to smartphones in Pokémon Go and to the Switch in handheld mode.

In Pokémon X and Y, Sliggoo evolves into Goodra at level 50 only during which overworld weather?

Rain suits the slimy line: Sliggoo cannot see, so its four horns work as a radar that senses sounds and smells.

Which sword Pokémon introduced in X and Y switches between Shield and Blade forms during battle?

Aegislash changes stance depending on whether it picks an attack or a support move, and it was designed by manga artist Hitoshi Ariga.

Fletchling, the small robin caught early in Pokémon X and Y, eventually evolves into which falcon?

Talonflame was one of the most-used Pokémon in competitive play during the X and Y era, until later games weakened its Gale Wings ability.

Which poodle Pokémon introduced in X and Y can be clipped into different trims by a groomer?

Furfrou has ten forms, and a trim is said to make it not only more elegant but also quicker on its feet.

Which grass-covered Pokémon introduced in X and Y can be mounted and ridden around Lumiose City?

Gogoat evolves from Skiddo, an ibex thought to be one of the first Pokémon to live in harmony with people.

Which sleeping Pokémon blocks a bridge on Route 7 in Pokémon X and Y until a Poké Flute wakes it?

Snorlax can be caught or defeated once it is awake, and the flute has to be borrowed from the nearby Parfum Palace.

Which Mythical Pokémon of the Kalos era is described as a mutated form of Carbink?

Diancie is said to be the loveliest sight in the whole world, and it is the only Pokémon able to learn the move Diamond Storm.

Which Mythical Pokémon of the Kalos era pairs the Fire and Water types and attacks with scalding steam?

Volcanion can expel steam with enough force to destroy mountains, and no other Pokémon can learn its move Steam Eruption.

Where in Kalos is the player handed a Jaw Fossil or Sail Fossil during Pokémon X and Y?

Glittering Cave supplies the fossil, a lab in nearby Ambrette Town restores it, and Gym Leader Grant fields both fossil Pokémon in rematches.

Which feature introduced in X and Y lets players pet, feed and play with their Pokémon on the touch screen?

Pokémon-Amie builds affection, which pays off in battle: a well-loved Pokémon avoids attacks and lands critical hits more often.

Which trading feature introduced in X and Y swaps a Pokémon for a random one from another player?

Wonder Trade gave way to Surprise Trade from Pokémon Sword and Shield onward, though the original name returned in the Diamond and Pearl remakes.

Which X and Y feature strengthens Pokémon through a soccer-like game against giant Balloon Bots?

Super Training raises a Pokémon's stats without levelling it up, and players can earn extra training bags by tapping the empty bag on the touch screen.

Which touch-screen feature in Pokémon X and Y lists friends and passersby for instant battles and trades?

Player Search System, or PSS, stays on the lower screen at all times, and one reviewer called the resulting blend of solo and online play masterly.

What are the wild battles in Pokémon X and Y that pit one Pokémon against five at once?

Horde Encounters can be triggered on purpose with Honey or the move Sweet Scent, and moves that hit several targets can strike all five foes.

Which Kiloude City attraction, opened after the Hall of Fame, offers Pokémon not normally found in Kalos?

Friend Safari ties each registered friend code to a single type of Pokémon, and the selection for that code never changes.

Which post-game facility in Kiloude City is led by the Chatelaines and rewards long winning streaks?

Battle Maison pays out Battle Points as a streak grows, and its music is a remix of the Battle Tower theme from Pokémon Crystal.

Which game is the only one to have outsold Pokémon X and Y on the handheld they launched for?

Mario Kart 7 only overtook them in 2017; X and Y had been the system's best-sellers since their first three months on sale.

Which Nintendo president unveiled Pokémon X and Y in a Nintendo Direct broadcast in January 2013?

Satoru Iwata's reveal promised a first for the series: both games would go on sale around the world on the same day that October.

Which director of Pokémon X and Y also composed the games' battle themes himself?

Junichi Masuda named beauty, bonds and evolution as the games' three themes, and he tried a techno approach for the Gym Leader battle music.

What do the letters in the titles of Pokémon X and Y represent, a nod to different ways of thinking?

Axes of a graph, the x-axis and y-axis, named the games early in development, and the two box-art Legendaries were then built around the letter shapes.

Which paid cloud service launched for Pokémon X and Y could store up to 3,000 Pokémon online?

Pokémon Bank was due in December 2013 but slipped to February 2014 because of the volume of traffic on the Nintendo Network.

In which Kalos port does a Veteran hand out one TM a day for a correct quiz answer?

Coumarine City's quiz-giver stands west of the hotel, and her prize is picked at random from four TMs, among them Trick Room and Confide.

Which TM move does a Schoolgirl in the Couriway Hotel lobby hand over for a correct quiz answer?

Scald is TM55, and the town where it is won, Couriway, is built beside three waterfalls.

Which move, taught by TM98, does Gym Leader Korrina award along with the Rumble Badge in X and Y?

Power-Up Punch was a brand-new move in these games, and it raises the user's Attack by one stage every time it deals damage.

Which Pokémon did the ancient king AZ build a machine to revive, three thousand years before X and Y?

Floette was a gift from AZ's late mother; disgusted that the machine ran on other Pokémon's life energy, it left him, returning only after 3,000 years.

Which move, an ordinary TM in Pokémon X and Y, became an HM again in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire?

Rock Smash is TM94 in X and Y, which have 100 TMs but only five HMs; in the Hoenn remakes that TM slot teaches Secret Power instead.