Pokémon X and Y Playthrough Discussion

Alright....is it just me or is Santalune Forest nearly identical (if not completely identical) to Viridian Forest? Including the rare Pikachu spawn if NPC dialog is anything to go off of.

Resetting over and over for a female Modest Fennekin...this is gonna take a while...

EDIT: Definitely not 50:50 gender ratio. I keep getting male.

You might hate me...but I got a female Fennekin without even trying. Not Modest though.

Buffs you can cast on yourself or other people, stuff like "Attack lv 1" which increases the attack of your lead pokemon by one stage during your next battle. there are others like prize money, healing, critical ratio ect.

Also, wonder trades are about as one-sided as you'd expect, like 3 out of 5 times I've gotten some pomegranate pokemon available in the first route like a Caterpie (3 or 4 damn times now) or Bidoof. I've offered a Riolu, a Carbink, a Wobuffett, a Wingull, a Vivillion... clearly i'm doing this wrong.

Sounds like GTS when Diamond was released. "Level 100 [Ridiculously Rare and Powerful Pokemon Here] for Level 5 [Trash Pokemon Here]"