Poké Chat’s live playthrough reaction episodes kick off with the first Bug-Type gym leader battle! Listen or watch the episode to see their initial thoughts on Pokémon X and Y.

Shownotes:

-Mitch struggles to pronounce the French words in the games.

-Doesn’t X/Y feel a bit like a N64 Legend of Zelda?

-Orchestral music adds to the epic feeling of the games.

-3D only turns on for battles and cutscenes?

-Devin’s in-game friends wanted to call him a funny nickname!

-Aaaaand we’re shipping Sycamore and your mom.

-We can’t name our creatures using foul language. How sad!

-Thank GOD the critical health sound doesn’t play forever now.

-Mitch picks a few bones about the elemental monkeys and Pikachu at level 3.

-They created sprites but only to show up during Poké Center healing?

-Mitch gives tips and tricks for how to get along faster on the rollerblades.

-We were held captive in the first gym!