The next generation of Pokemon games were unveiled today for the 3DS. That means I have until they’re released in October to buy a 3DS if I want to play. They’re going to be called Pokemon X and Pokemon Y, and it looks like the gameplay is getting a complete overhaul. Check it out!

That looks really cool. The battles look more like the 3D Pokemon Stadium. And the gameplay appears to be doing away with the traditional bird’s eye view role-playing style, replacing it with a closer, possibly more involved look. I have to say that I definitely approve of this new look. The animation looks rather blocky, akin to early Playstation graphics, but it might actually work for a Pokemon game. Just think of what it could do for environments. Rather than just walking around on a green background to denote grass or a white background to denote snow, this new game may actually look like we’re hunting pokemon in a deep forest or on an Arctic glacier. That would be pretty awesome.

Sadly, I don’t have a 3DS. I’d steal my brother’s, but apparently he’s big into pokemon as well. So if I want to play Pokmeon X and Y, I’m gonna have to shell out the big bucks for one of those things. I haven’t missed a new pokemon game yet. Heck, I even bought my DS just so that I could play Pokemon Pearl and Diamond. So I better start saving my pennies.

Check out those new starter pokemon.

Grass chipmunk, fire fox and water frog

We’ve got odd-looking grass chipmunk named Chespin, Vulpix-wannabe fire fox named Fennekin and old man-looking water frog named Froakie. None of them look particularly interesting to me so far, and I’ll probably wait until I see their evolutions before deciding which one I’d pick. But based on just their first stages…I’d pick Froakie. Having a frog starter would make me the Neville Longbottom of the pokemon world. And it’d be my first water starter since Totodile in Pokemon Silver. Should be fun!

What do you guys think? Which starter would you choose?