This time, the game takes place in the Kalos region-based on France-with the object of the game being to thwart the schemes of the nefarious criminal organization Team Flare, all while attempting to challenge the Pokémon League Champion. First announced on January 8, 2013, by Satoru Iwata through a special Nintendo Direct, both X and Y were released worldwide on October 12, 2013, making them the first Nintendo-published retail games to have such a global simultaneous release in all key regions.Īs with previous installments, each game follows the journey of a young Pokémon trainer as they train Pokémon. They are the first installments in the sixth generation of the Pokémon series of role-playing games. Pokémon X and Pokémon Y are role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS.
