See what the differences are between Pokémon X and Y, which hit stores tomorrow

As we all know, Pokémon X and Y, the new games in the Pocket Monsters saga, will be released for Nintendo 3DS tomorrow, October 12th. Whether you're a kid, teen, adult, or older, on October 12th, anything that stirs our childlike spirit is allowed - meaning it's okay if you REALLY want a new Pokemon game.

Only one question remains: which one will you want to play? X? Y? Both? Well, we are here to illuminate your paths and show, in addition to everything that has already been published about the games, some of the main differences between the titles. Thus, you also decide how many gold coins you will have to pay over the weekend.

At first, let's understand one thing: the content of the game should be basically the same, with the exception of the pokemons that are exclusive to each edition.

Chespin, Fennekin and Froakie will be the starters in both and Charmander, Bulbasaur and Squirtle should appear at specific times in both. Nintendo has not yet announced whether there will be different cities, gyms or stages in the two games, so that part will only be revealed tomorrow.

Many new features will be available in X & Y, such as Pokémon Online, where you can connect and battle with people from all over the world over the internet, and Pokémon Bank.

Spending a lifetime chasing little pocket monsters would probably result in little monsters for more than a meter, as my countrymen would say. From this, Nintendo created the Pokémon Bank, to make life easier for those who have hundreds of Pokémon to keep. The service will have an annual maintenance fee and consists of expandable cloud storage for up to 3 pets, which can be rescued and taken to the arenas at any time (almost a real Bill's PC).

X and Y have also won the Wonder Trade system, in which you take advantage of Pokémon Online to exchange pokémon figurines with strangers around the world - with a surprise factor, however: you can't know what your interlocutor will choose, so you you can either receive a sensational and very rare legendary pokémon, or a Togepi (do they still exist?) with a broken shell. 

Another bizarre but interesting thing will be the Mega Evolutions. With the help of a Mega Stone (which must be like a mutant Moon Stone) specific to each pokémon, the final evolutions already known of the starters, Charizard, Blastoise and Venusaur, will gain "mega" versions, with exclusive and unpublished moves. The stones will be different in each version of the game, which will result in mega evolutions also different in each one - for example, Mega Stone Y generates Mega Charizard Y.

In Pokémon X & Y, Mega Stone X gives Charizard an "evil" appearance (right), while Mega Charizard Y retains a similar appearance to the original.

The legendary Mewtwo should also have an overdeveloped version and the rest of Pikachu's Gang Mega Evolutions can be checked out here.

As it has been known since the beginning, pokémon is not caught, it is conquered, and after conquered, none will win a fight alone. The little monsters will only get good in the arenas if you know how to train them, and for that, X & Y will introduce two new training systems: Super Training, in which you control the pets' exercises through mini-games on the 3DS touch screen , and Core Training, in which the Pokemon fend for themselves, punching punching bags.

Why X and Y?

As with all pawns in the series, Pokémon X and Y will also have their legendary monsters. In Pokémon X, we will have Xerneas, of the fairy type (that's right, fairy), while the Yveltal will be the protagonist of the Y.

Xerneas, who looks a lot like a deer, has the Geomancy move, which will use the forces of Earth, and the Fairy Aura special ability, which gives extra strength to all Fairy-type Pokémon in battle.

Yveltal, on the other hand, comes equipped with the Oblivion Wing move and the Dark Aura skill, the opposite of the Fairy Aura – like a Yin and Yang pokémon. This skill will boost the powers of all Night-type monsters in the arena.

The exclusive Pokémon X pets will be:

• staryu
• starmie
• pinsir
• Houndour
• Houndoom
• Poochyena
• mightyena
• Aron
• Lairon
• Aggron
• Sawk
• Swirlix
• slurpuff
• clauncher
• Clawitzer
• Xerneas (the legendary)

In Pokémon Y, the exclusives are:

• shellder
• cloyster
• Heracross
• Larvitar
• Pupitar
• Tyranitar
• Electricity
• Manectric
• Purrloin
• liepard
• Throh
• syringe
• Aromatisse
• Skrelp
• dragalge
• Yveltal

Apparently there won't be any big differences other than the game's boxes, their legendary and exclusive pokémons and the mega evolutions. enlightened?

Pokémon X & Y will be exclusive to the Nintendo 3DS and has been on pre-order since August this year.