It's Rekka. He misses every joke.
Correction: "It's Rekka. They usually don't like to joke around."
The Past 6 games(BW/B2/W2/XY) have broken the "Pokemon Mold"
Where did XY break the "mold"?
Sixty-some new Pokémon? That's small, but not mold-breaking-worthy. Villains that knock over houses? Rocket had no qualms about breaking into them. Introduction of a new type? Generation 2, baby. Mega Evolution? New game mechanics have been thrown into the game for years. Double battles, tag battles, triple battles, rotation battles, Arceus and the crazy plate stuff. 3D graphics? It's an upgrade to match the new system.
The only mold I can think of for all six games mentioned, and the only one that would be relevant to any theoretical "Delta Emerald," is that neither Gen 5 nor Gen 6 got a "third edition" akin to Blue (in Japan; the US received two versions of the "third-version" to start with), Crystal, Emerald, or Platinum. Gen 5 went the sequel route, and Gen 6 hasn't finished yet, but the release of ORAS before any theoretical Z or "X2/Y2" is unusual.
Oh so in all the games we fight the regional professor not once but twice and get our first pokemon before EVER meeting ANY professor or their assistant as well as we meet the professor/their assistant only after getting our first badge?
(XY trevor and tierno {who give the starter and the pokedex} aren't the professor's assistants, but rather like the Player, Rival and Shauna they are his "Pupils", which in that context is another term for student, not assistant)
Looks like I'll just have to compile a list for you obviously oblivious folk...wont I?
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Anyways I think I'm gonna hold off actually playing X until I have ORAS in hand, transfer over all my keeps, and restart X so as to farm some Mega Stones.