Gotta catch ’em all!
[Also, feel free to check out myfullPokemon XandYtrading guide.]
While I recently created a mini-guide forhow to make the most out of your tradesinPokemon XandY, I figured a completely separate tips guide was to cover everything else.
This is a massive game after all, and there are a ton of ways to help kickstart the process of catching all 454 Kalos-region Pokemon.
[Please note that this guide does not contain spoilers until the very end, in which I detail how to capture all of the legendary Pokemon in the game.]
General tips:
Venusaur, Charizard, Blastoise, Alakazam, Gengar, Kangaskhan, Pinsir, Gyarados, Aerodactyl, Mewtwo, Ampharos, Scizor, Heracross, Houndoom, Tyranitar, Blaziken, Gardevoir, Mawile, Aggron, Medicham, Manetric, Banette, Absol, Garchomp, Lucario, and Abomasnow all have Mega Evolutions. Charizard and Mewtwo have specialX– andY-exclusive evolutions.
In order to use these forms after picking up the story item, they must have a specific Mega Stone equipped as their active item. Mega stones are picked up either by way of story mode, or from a character at the Stone Emporium at Lumiose City after completing the game.
How to catch all of the legendary Pokemon:
[SPOILERS]
Roam around that area and you may randomly run into one of the three — they’ll immediately run away without a chance to capture them. Do this 10 times, and then they’ll permanently appear at the Sea Spirit’s Den (north on the map). You must trade for the other two, but if you do a heads-up trade bird-for-bird, you can eventually cycle through all of them.
