<P> Along with the many additions that X and Y brought, various improvements to the communication features took place . Using the Player Search System (PSS), players can encounter and keep track of various online players, including strangers, allowing them to easily initiate battles or trades . The Holo Caster allows the player to receive messages and updates from NPCs via StreetPass and SpotPass . Wonder Trade is a new trading feature which allows players to trade one of their Pokémon in exchange for a random one from another player . Other features include O - Powers, temporary powers that can increase stats and can be exchanged with other players, and improvements to the Global Trade System, allowing players to request Pokémon they have not encountered . At certain points in the game, players will be able to take in - game screenshots, which they can then share on the Pokémon Global Link site . </P> <P> Pokémon Bank is an optional paid cloud storage service that allows players to store up to 3,000 Pokémon online to be shared amongst whichever physical or downloaded copies of the games they may own . Another application called Poké Transporter allows players to upload Pokémon owned in Pokémon Black, White, Black 2, and White 2 to the Bank, which can then be imported into X and Y . There are plans to use these applications for future games in the series . These applications, announced for release on December 27, 2013, were postponed to February 5, 2014, due to the volume of traffic on the Nintendo Network service . </P> <P> The games take place in the star - shaped Kalos Region (カロス 地方, Karosu - chihō), one of many such regions across the fictional Pokémon World . Centered around beauty, the region is heavily inspired by France and, to a lesser extent, Europe as a whole . Many locations and landmarks across Kalos have real - world inspirations, including Prism Tower (Eiffel Tower), the Lumiose Art Museum (the Louvre), and the stones outside Geosenge Town (Carnac stones). Wild Pokémon inhabit every corner of the Kalos Region, many of which are only known to appear in this area . </P> <P> Similar to previous Pokémon games, X and Y both follow a linear storyline whose main events occur in a fixed order . The protagonist of Pokémon X and Y is a child who had just moved to a small town called Vaniville Town with their mother . They soon befriend four trainers--Shauna, Tierno, Trevor, and their rival Calem or Serena,--all of whom were called to meet Professor Sycamore who is the leading professor in the Kalos Region in Lumiose City, the main city of Kalos . Receiving either Chespin, Fennekin, or Froakie as their starter Pokémon from Tierno, the player begins their adventure . Along the way, they learn of Pokémon Gyms and receive their first badge for defeating Viola, the Santalune Coty Gym Leader . Thereafter, they encounter Sina and Dexio, assistants of Sycamore, who brings them to the professor himself; however, once in Lumiose City they discover the area to be suffering from a partial power outage . Upon meeting Sycamore in Lumiose City, the player is informed of Mega Evolution and he requests they travel across Kalos and uncover the mysteries behind it . He provides them with one of the Kanto Region starter Pokémon and their respective Mega Stone . Before leaving Lumiose City, the player encounters an imposing man named Lysandre who desires a more beautiful world . </P>

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