Alright I got the game for Christmas, I'm not sure if anyone else has it yet, or got it for Christmas too. Anyway I'm around 7 hours in with two Gym Badges. No I am not really sucky at the gyms, there is a reason for why it is taking so long and I will get to that.

First off I want to state that Nintendo got rid of the Stater/Swap/Trade/Restart trick, in that you cannot make a new game and save immediatly. So you are forced to keep your opening starter until you breed it or want to just trade it away.

Now as for the actual game I will say this: The Game Is Massive. While the graphics have not really been upgraded alot, and some of the parts like the opening to gym battles, the useage of Pokemon HMs, and some of the pallets, look straight out of Ruby/Saphire. The scope of the game more than makes up for it. Most gyms you have to do something special just to find the gym leader, and most of the towns I have come across do not even have gyms in them!

The towns themselves have a different feel to each of them, from a town full of flowers to a western themed town, each looks and feels different, and with Apartments everywhere it actually feels like a small to medium sized town.

Anyway I figured I would open a topic where people could ask questions to some one that actually has the game, or those that do could post friend codes so that we can trade or do stuff before the April Release of the English version.