>>14219910If you have some time and are looking for something to do before X and Y come out i highly suggest the rom hacks BlazeBlack 2 and VoltWhite 2. They are difficulty hacks that also do a lot of rebalancing of pretty much everything.
>Pokes have different types and get new moves (Sammurat is water/fight and gets shell smash for instance), >you get TM's WAAYYY earlier (5th gym hands you EQ) >the typing of some moves changed (strength is a rock move making it supremely useful for a change),>each route has tons and tons of pokes both old and new to catch with every single poke available including every legend>Trade evo pokes now "use" their item to evolve, and a new item has been made for pokes that just needed to trade. This fixes one of the biggest annoyances of emulated pokemon>everything is a lot higher level making the game not nearly the breeze most pokemon games are (elite 4 has pokes in their 70's). >heart scales and shards and pretty much every other time-consuming-but-easy-to-acquire item is now buyable. about 3/4 of the way through the game you can buy PP maxes for 10,000 and man is that satisfyingThey are really fun games and definitely made with long time fans in mind. I highly recommend them if you want something to play while we wait. Hell if you have one of those cards you can load DS games on you can even play it on the actual system.