Pokémon Y
Your adventure in Pokémon X and Pokémon Y takes place in the Kalos region, home to beautiful skies and forests! The Kalos region is full of interesting places to visit and explore! Progressing with the game…
Pokémon Y is an adventure developed by Game Freak, released 12 October 2013 on Nintendo 3DS. The main story takes about 46 hrs to finish.
What Pokémon Y is
Pokémon Y 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 Y is the 186th of 306 entries we hold in the Pokémon series. The next entry was Pokémon Bank in 2013. Its critic score of 91 is 17 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.
How it was received
Pokémon Y holds a critic score of 91 out of 100. That places it above 96% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 21 points above the year average. Players rate it 85, 6 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 46 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 195 hrs, roughly 4.2 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Pokémon Y 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 3 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 Y yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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