So, as announced earlier today… SECRET BASES ARE BACK! And I’m so excited about it T~T Secret Bases were my absolute favorite thing about Gen 3 and something I’d been very sad to see go. While we kind of had them in Gen 4, the weird item limit (especially since it stayed the same even when you removed the all the rocks) and just the lack of differences between rooms and the overall layout of the Underground felt a bit like a downgrade.
I also think the QR feature sounds neat :D I’ll be sure to put up the QR for my Secret Base as soon as it’s presentable!
Hopes and Wonderings:
1. Very excited they will be through StreetPass! QR thing is very exciting too as it means distance isn’t really a thing :D I wonder if they will also do it how those you traded with through Wonder Trade and GTS would show up under Acquaintances so you can have a few surprise ones as well.
2. I’m really curious about what the Special Skills could be. I’m not sure how often I’ll use them, but it sounds neat. Supposedly it includes hatching eggs faster, raising a Pokemon by a level, sharing new decorations (THIS ONE IS THE BEST ONE), and more. I’m guessing it’ll be similar to the O-Powers in X/Y. Possibly even like Join Avenue too.
3. I hope you can expand your secret base–not just for more room, but also to put more items down. Item limits are the bane of my creativity 3 Regardless, the 4th and 5th image previews of Secret Bases on the site look pretty big and they do talk about making your Secret Base into like your own gym (even with puzzles) so I'm going to stay hopeful. 4. I doubt you'll be able to, but I think it'd be neat if you could actually trade items. I recall some items being exclusive to the different versions and while I'm not sure if the Frontier will be in this (I believe it was introduced in Emerald if I remember correctly... so much hate for the Battle Frontier T___T), I believe it also had some special stuff? Regardless, since one of the special skills can be sharing new Decorations, I'm going to stay hopeful! 5. Capture the Flag is back from Gen 4. If it does work in a similar reign (Fixing up/giving you more space), hopefully the item limit does reflect that. I also hope this will work beyond just wirelessly. StreetPass + Online functions would be great. Eeee. I really can't wait for the game now. This has just completely re-motivated me with Pokemon in all regards T~T <3 I've been having a lot of fun with playing Pokemon X again (Only a few more Pokemon to go to finish my Pokedex! I'll make an entry when I'm done) and the Pokemon TCG Online game and this has definitely gotten me very excited for the remakes. It's what I've wanted to know the most <3 Now for the secondary thing: If trainer customization is back!