X vs Y: A comparison (2025)

It seems most people have gotten through the game-defining moments of both games, so it's time to compare!

Which is better, Pokémon X or Pokémon Y? Post your thoughts her.

Have been playing X while my brother plays Y, neither of us have finished but so far I see very little difference at all.

Just prefer the Blue colour (ironic as I played Red not Blue) and the design, ie Xerneas just seems brighter and full of life.
I know the skins on BMGF are just fan made, but its a good example, Yveltals was dark and depressing and I had to change the skin to something else, I prefer the brighter Xerneas one, also it just feels closer to nature.

Genwunner said:

Yveltals was dark and depressing and I had to change the skin to something else, I prefer the brighter Xerneas one, also it just feels closer to nature.

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For me it is quite the opposite

Himura1426 said:

Charizard Black/Blue is awesome! Is a lot cool than Zekron or any pokémon before in my opinion.

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Your right with Carizard, but i would say its one of the best looking Pokemon so far

I also think it has something to do with the Gender which Version some people pick.

I got Y and was able to get most of X's version exclusives (except Xerneas and some fossils) as well as Charizardite X (but I prefer how YZard looks, it has better animation, cooler roar/cry and nicer 3D model too)

I like Yveltal a lot better than Xerneas. Dark is my favorite type, and Yveltal just looks badass. And it reminds me of a bearded vulture, which is one of my all time favorite animals. Plus Yveltal the god of death and destruction looks surprisingly cute in Amie.

Don't get me wrong, Xerneas looks cool too, but not a huge fan of the Fairy type and it kinda bothers me that Xerneas doesn't seem to have a mouth...

Team Gaara said:

Y's a lot more badass to me. Yveltal steals the lives of everything. I mean, I like Xerneas, but are Team Flare as sadistic in X as they are in Y?

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In X, they want to gain immortality. Also, they want to kill most humans and all Pokemon. The only ones who will survive the ultimate weapon are those that Lysandre deems worthy (ie. Team Flare.)

There are also some neo-Nazi overtones to the whole thing.

That said, I haven't played Y yet, so I don't know if this is in any way different from the Team Flare of that version.

On related news, I chose X because Xerneas is my favorite legendary Pokemon since Lugia. It just looks so majestic and awe inspiring. Geomancy is super boss, too. The only thing that disappointed me is that we didn't get to visit the forest that formed around Xerneas when it died (either of them.) That sounds like a great place to have some serious fairy tale-esque adventures in.

Grass Type Warrior said:

Team Gaara said:

Y's a lot more badass to me. Yveltal steals the lives of everything. I mean, I like Xerneas, but are Team Flare as sadistic in X as they are in Y?

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In X, they want to gain immortality. Also, they want to kill most humans and all Pokemon. The only ones who will survive the ultimate weapon are those that Lysandre deems worthy (ie. Team Flare.)

There are also some neo-Nazi overtones to the whole thing.

That said, I haven't played Y yet, so I don't know if this is in any way different from the Team Flare of that version.

On related news, I chose X because Xerneas is my favorite legendary Pokemon since Lugia. It just looks so majestic and awe inspiring. Geomancy is super boss, too. The only thing that disappointed me is that we didn't get to visit the forest that formed around Xerneas when it died (either of them.) That sounds like a great place to have some serious fairy tale-esque adventures in.

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But Xerneas is the Pokemon of life. How does Team Flare go about killing everyone in X?

Team Gaara said:

But Xerneas is the Pokemon of life. How does Team Flare go about killing everyone in X?

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It turns out that the Ultimate Weapon is, in fact, a weapon.

The whole thing is a little convoluted to me, but I'll try my best to make sense of it.

I think Lysandre was siphoning energy from Xerneas to grant his team immortality through the ultimate weapon. Then, he'd 'reverse the polarity,' so to speak, and turn the life giving energy of the weapon into a death ray. AZ did it in the past, so it stands to reason that Lysandre could as well. If Xerneas' energy can only give life, then maybe that would explain why he was using the stones in Route 10 to take life energy away from other Pokemon. Maybe he meant to use them to power his death ray and Xerneas to power his life ray. Mind you, this is speculation since, at best, the game only loosely implied it, but it's the best way I can make sense of the whole thing.

It is worth noting that the only direct reference we have to Xerneas from 3000 years ago stated that it showed up after the ultimate weapon had already been fired and healed all of the wounded Pokemon before turning into a dried up tree. At no point is it even implied that AZ used Xerneas' energy to revive his Floette, nor that it was Xerneas who made him immortal. This begs the question, if AZ didn't use Xerneas to bring Floette back to life and give himself immortality, then how did he do it? More importantly, why did Lysandre need Xerneas in the first place? Why couldn't he just replicate the experiment the same way that AZ did? If AZ had the technology to do it 3000 years ago, it should be a walk in the park for Lysandre labs to replicate it nowadays.

I picked and pre-ordered Y... Then I saw Mega Charizard X. I went to Amazon, cancelled my order, and ordered X. Mega Charizard X was enough to sway me. I love the look of Yveltal but, it's a legendary. I never use legendaries any more and haven't since Pokémon Gold.

That being said, Dragalge is awesome. The other new version exclusives I don't care enough about to say.