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"Pokemon X and Y won&amp;#039;t use the 3DS&amp;#039;s 3D screen during the overworld, it has been revealed. Game director Junichi Masuda explained that for technical and stylistic reasons, the 3D effect would only be used during certain points in the game.  &amp;quot;One of these is that we really wanted to focus on the theme of beauty in Pokemon X and Y,&amp;quot; he told Digital Spy. &amp;quot;We really wanted to make the overworld - the field - as beautiful as possible. &amp;quot;We could put in a lot of grass and flowers, and try to make them as pretty as possible. When you don&amp;#039;t use the 3D effect you are able to render quite a bit more on the 3DS. &amp;quot;That&amp;#039;s one of the reasons why we wanted to leave it off in the overworld, because it gives us more power to show off more beautiful graphics.&amp;quot; 3D would then also be &amp;quot;more effective, more impactful&amp;quot; when it was used in the game, such as during battles.  &amp;quot;That plays to the strengths of the 3DS, where you don&amp;#039;t require glasses - you don&amp;#039;t have to put them on and take them off at certain moments,&amp;quot; Masuda explained. &amp;quot;You can just leave it on and then at certain specific moments, the 3D will come on and it will be more surprising or impactful to the player.&amp;quot; Pokemon X and Y&amp;#039;s new engine will move away from the sprite-based characters and Pokemon of previous games, offering 3D models and a more dynamic camera. The Pokemon Bank service will launch alongside the game, allowing creatures to be stored online for an annual fee. Pokemon X and Pokemon Y launch worldwide on October 12 alongside the new Nintendo 2DS. &amp;gt; Pokemon X &amp;amp; Y preview: New visuals, a new world, new ways to train Watch a trailer for Pokemon X and Pokemon Y:  Pokemon X and Y - gallery:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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