Man, am I relieved or what??? I didn't like the 3D walking up-and-down on Heart Gold and Soul Silver, only cause it looked like you were moving slow. I thought it was gonna move slow while walking/running up and down on Black and White, till' I saw the footage of Hiun City. Now that all my worries are fixed, I can gradually wait for the game.

I don't think that movement was slow in HGSS.Battles were slow though.

Relief, relief. That's how i feel too. I'm glad they're bringing a new 3D system. The movement wasn't that slow, but the battles were, just like what TRT said.

What I mean is:
You know how you're in the Olivine Lighthouse, and you're on the outside part, and it's like, really beautiful looking and such? I like that, but, when you walk up and down, it barely looks like you're moving.

I'm more annoyed by the fact that the '3D' engine made it nearly impossible to tell what I could and could not fit behind. Hopefully this new method will fix that gripe. I can't judge yet because I have yet to see footage of that issue being encountered.

The character looks like it was floating.
It was not slow for me their either.

I agree, parts like the lighthouse were very slow. The 3D also sucked - Go to the bottom floor of the Burned Tower and try to walk behind one of the pillars. They act like a Gameboy Pokemon game: you can't walk on to any area that they're covering.

Battles were fast enough from platinum onwards. Didn't feel like 3D was too slow. But I'm pleased to see a better 3D system, a more immersive one. I'm just a lil saddened that they didn't give terrain that much of an upgrade.

Also, how the hell did they make it possible to move in a CIRCLE around the harbor city? The tiles are friggin SQUARES, and movement is in a straight line. I'm kinda scared about moving around there, it looks too fixed. XD

The tiles are probably slightly curved, so that if enough of them are put together it makes a full circle. I'd also like battle animations to start as soon as the text starts - So it would be something like "Bulba"-*animation starts*-"saur used Roar of Time!"

Wait? The character can move in CIRCLE?!?!?!?!??!

Oh I thought in 'Circles' you know.

I have to agree that it looks like you're floating when you walk in the outside area of the Lighthouse in HG/SS, but the problem (thankfully) seems to be fixed now!

The 3D walking at the lighthouse? I personally wish we could do that everywhere, since in HG/SS, code does exist (through use of a cheat) to walk like that everywhere, buggy though it is.

As for the movement permissions, those have irked me ever since Platinum (D/P less so, ironically). They don't portray 3D well at all, and I can often measure 3-4 spaces you should be able to walk through (so, its like there's an invisible wall for about 10 feet). Emerald, on the other hand (and maybe R/S) absolutely perfected the art. I wish it would go back to that.