I'm probably going to wait a while for the hype to cool down, heheh. From on the sidelines, I'm still overwhelmed by all the new stuff and not going "ZOMG FUCK YES" right away like most of the internet seems to be... I'm just left wondering if there's other people that feel about the same way, but are too afraid to give an honest critique out of fear of being labeled genwunners.
So far, all I can say is I think the mega-evolutions are bull, it sounds like the main game's going to be way too easy, Ice seems to be getting the short end of the stick as I expected (really, it's just become the rarest type in the game) and Chespin's final evo actually made out pretty well. I think I'd still be going with Fennekin on my first playthrough if I do get one of the games, but Chespin might be my second choice. But I'll wait and see if it's actually worth getting once all the hype cools down.