Pokémon X
An all-new 3D Pokemon adventure packed with never-before-seen Pokemon will launch worldwide in October 2013. Pokemon X and Pokemon Y will present a new generation of Pokemon, and introduce players to an…
Pokémon X is an adventure developed by Game Freak, released 12 October 2013 on Nintendo 3DS. The main story takes about 40 hrs to finish.
What Pokémon X is
Pokémon X is an adventure game developed by Game Freak and released in 2013. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Pokémon X and Pokémon Y are 2013 role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. They are the first installments in the sixth generation of the main Pokémon game series. First announced in January 2013 by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata through a Nintendo Direct, Pokémon X and Pokémon Y were released worldwide in October 2013, and they were the first Pokémon games to have a simultaneous global release.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy, open world and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Pokémon series
Pokémon X is the 185th of 306 entries we hold in the Pokémon series. The next entry was Pokémon Y in 2013. Its critic score of 87 is 13 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.
How it was received
Pokémon X holds a critic score of 87 out of 100. That places it above 88% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 17 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 83, across 319 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 40 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 190 hrs, roughly 4.8 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Pokémon X launched on 12 October 2013, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut and The Stanley Parable. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut, The Stanley Parable.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Pokémon X yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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