Spoilers Flying Over Hoenn?

[Alola]

Why can't you "soar" with actual large bodied Pokemon capable of flight? I appreciate the mechanic, but only restricting this to Lati@s kind of puts a damper on things.

 

[Conspiracy]

Technically Mega Latios is a large bodied pokemon, it's height is 7'07" according to the official website XD

 

[Fairy Type Arceus]

so you can land on the unused islands, they seem to be used for the new soaring feature

 

[Bolt Strike]

so you can land on the unused islands, they seem to be used for the new soaring feature

That would explain why they're all empty. So much for no post game content, now it can be literally anywhere on the map.

 

[EvilChameleon]

Hopefully this will be easier than flying a jet in the Battlefield series.

 

[Lysson]

And then it gets removed in the next Pokemon game.
Probably. So lets enjoy the most of the PR3 style flying!

 

[Fair Verona]

I'm assuming that this feature is also going to be for finally being able to catch Unown again. It would be kind of interesting for me if you had to go to several different islands to get the forms, but I doubt other people would like the idea as much.

 

[Lugia trainer]

What I don't uderstand is how pokémon who can't fly can battle in the sky.

 

[Almonds]

What I don't uderstand is how pokémon who can't fly can battle in the sky.

Well, Fire, Rock, and Ground types survive perfectly well in underwater battles, so....

Anyways, I saw some screenshots on the official site, and the view looks beautiful. It's even better than Pokemon Ranger: Guardian Signs. I can't wait to see all of Hoenn from the sky.

 

[Fairy Ice Ricky]

They'd better still have the simple "press fly to go to X town" though.

It looks like the conventional way to Fly is still there, based on info we have about the Places section of AreaNav.

What I don't uderstand is how pokémon who can't fly can battle in the sky.

This. I was totally expecting Soaring battles to be wild Pokémon Sky battles, but then Shiftry and Swampert were just floating up there so NEVERMIND.

 

[Steel_Justice]

I'm just glad the Lati twins don't seem to be roaming captures anymore. Though I do wonder what happens if you release/trade your lati and then try to use the Eon Flute.

 

[BlackButterfree]

This is going to be so freakin' amazing! Full control! And you can land in the ocean, apparently. I wonder if you can land in the center of Mt. Chimney?

 

[Kit Chan]

I'm really annoyed that you just befriend Latias or Latios instead of chasing them around Hoenn like in RS.

I like actually doing something for my legendaries.

The event pokemon annoy me in the same way, I liked when we weren't just handed them and we got to unlock a new area and battle them.

 

[LuxrayOfTheWild]

Flying over Hoenn is gonna be absolutely amazing! All the beauty of Hoenn is going to be there for our eyes to see while we fly all around the region. I'm so happy they're adding this in!!!

 

[BlackButterfree]

I hope someday I fly on my gorgeous Pidgeot.

 

[lugia61617]

I suspect flying over the region will be nowhere near as interesting as people are hyped up for. I mean it's not like half of ORAS' hype train derailed or anything ¬_¬

 

[Almonds]

This is going to be so freakin' amazing! Full control! And you can land in the ocean, apparently. I wonder if you can land in the center of Mt. Chimney?

In the middle of boiling lava? Good question. I want to see if it happens, too. In Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia, we could ride on Torkoals to get across lava, so they might have something similar?

 

[BlackButterfree]

This is going to be so freakin' amazing! Full control! And you can land in the ocean, apparently. I wonder if you can land in the center of Mt. Chimney?

In the middle of boiling lava? Good question. I want to see if it happens, too. In Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia, we could ride on Torkoals to get across lava, so they might have something similar?

Yep. I wonder if the Lati's would use some sort of protective bubble (like the 1st Movie Mew!) and ferry you across the fire.