Nintendo Pokémon Black and White

[John Marston]

It is just me or are the girl designs end up having less and less clothes?


Maybe i'm just seeing things, but i noticed its happening with the female gym leaders as well


At any rate, i'm still wondering how the game will play on a regular DS. I'm not getting a new one just because its 3 dimensional now, thanks alot avatar you lame ass movie

 

[Linnaete]

Well, I've been visiting PokeBeach and I thought I'll post some more interesting scans. They're awfully blurry and low-quality, but it gives you an interesting insight of Hiun City (Isshu's central city, pictured in the scans. "Hiun" means "bad luck" or "misfortune." It can also mean "clouds being blown by the wind.") and what the battles may look like:

Starter Pokemon of Isshu Region

Hiun City

Tsutaaja using Razor Leaf on Mijumaru

Mijumaru using Water Pulse on Pokabu

Pokabu using a fire-type attack on Tsujaata

Source: PokeBeach

 

[Martel]

Doesn't look all that different to the previous games to me, to be honest...those "3D" visuals still just look like DPPHGSS visuals that have been tilted ever-so-slightly, like the Distortion World in Platinum. It wouldn't surprise me if the entire game was EXACTLY like that, in fact.

If this is what Nintendo meant by shaking things up...I despair. The whole thing looks extremely half-arsed. "Oh, we'll give it a small makeover, add in some new Pokemon, and toss it out and watch it outsell everything else."

 

[Black Butler]

so the pig could shoot fire,hes fire type then.i definately gonna go with the pig as my started,i never favored a fire type starter.imo it looks like the pig will be better in attack then special,hmm lets see

average hp
good attack
poor sa
poor speed
average defense
average sd

 

[Rey]

Now that we get to see how the grass starter looks in battle. ITS STILL NOT A SNAKE! But wait It has Leaf storm at low level? is that a bit too powerful? Might be a new animation for razor leaf but it does look like leaf storm. As for the pig it looks really bad. worse design ever and the Otter. Is that a seashell on his body? And the Female trainer looks like she just came out of somewhere hot

 

[Linnaete]

Andriasang has uploaded a bunch of higher quality screenshots of the game. There's nothing very new, but I thought I'll put it up here as well. You get to see more of the Isshu region's central location - Hiun city.

 

[Gingerbread Lesbian]

The Pokemon Black & White official site was updated today with all the information that leaked out of Coro Coro Comics earlier this week. [Update 5/15, 00:44 -- Pokemon Co. has also shared some direct feed media for Black and White. You can see that here.] Of particular note is our first official look at your three starter Pokemon:

From left to right, you have:

Tsutaja
Type: Grass, Classification: Grass Snake Pokemon, Ability: Overgrow, Height: 0.6m, Weight: 8.1kg

Pokabu
Type: Fire, Classification: Fire Pig Pokemon, Ability: Blaze, Height: 0.5m, Weight: 9.9kg

Mijumaru
Type: Water, Classification: Sea Otter Pokemon, Ability: Torrent, Height: 0.5m, Weight: 5.9kg

You start the game by selecting one of these three as your partner.
But first, you have to pick your main character, selecting as always from a male or female protagonist.

You can perhaps see why there's some buzz about the main characters being so much more adult this time around. The official site refers to the male protagonist as having a smart/stylish image and the female protagonist as having a lively/active style. Black & White takes place in a new setting, Isshu Region. The screenshots we've seen so far have been from the towering Hiun City. Now we have a closer look thanks to the official site:

The tiny screenshots shared at the site showing the more 3D nature of the city -- most notably the streets that extend out into the screen. There's also a shot which shows the player at a dock. "Will you be able to board a ship from here?" asks the site. Also new to the site is a section on connectivity with the upcoming Pokemon movie. This section provides a slightly better look at Black & White battles.

Purchase an advanced movie ticket, and you'll be able to bring special color versions of Suicune, Raikou and Entei to Black & White. The screens show a special battle that pits Raikou against Zoroark, potentially allowing you to catch Zoroark. While it looks like you're facing off against Entei, that's just Zoroark using his "Illusion" move which transforms him into other Pokemon.

Source: Andriasang

 

[Rey]

Wow those screens are so fricking AWESOME!!! I have a feeling this is gonna bring alot of people back to pokemon Also Zoroark doesnt seem legendary too me but hey we will find out. Its illusin ability is pretty cool Also now the 3 starters look ok in high quality. Still wanna see the 3rd forms though. And I still dont like the pig

 

[Martel]

Am I the only one who thinks those character sprites look horrendously out-of-place? Like they've updated everything except those character sprites...

As for the battle screens and whatnot...meh, they look exactly the same as the previous DS games, to be honest. The "3D" visuals are all very nice and everything, but thus far I don't see anything that is going to give this promised overhaul to the franchise.

If that ugly fox creature is a Legendary, I will go ballistic. Illusion is no big deal; Ditto has been using transform since Generation 1, for crying out loud.

 

[Black Butler]

These versions will represent my great return to pokemon,I would play pranks on wi-fi during voice chat,but these games will have better sound quality for sure,so playing pranks will still be funny

I will try focusing only on the 5th gen pokemon cuz the other I`d always overcheck them.

 

[Gingerbread Lesbian]

Pokémon Sunday has revealed today further information on Pokémon Black and White, as well as on the thirteenth Pokémon movie, Ruler of Illusions: Zoroark. Revealed information includes confirmations of the names of the Isshu region's starter Pokémon, as well as information on the Zoroark event included in the games when the shiny legendary beasts are transferred from HeartGold and SoulSilver.

 

[Rey]

Omg yes finally! The pokemon move in battle. And Raikou had its whole figure shown in battle. I hope thats for every pokemon. and Its so cool. wow I just can not wait for this. Pokemon really is becoming much better!

 

[Aerius Sygale]

Yeah, it'd be cool if it would show the entirety of the player's Pokémon in battle, I've always thought it is really lame how you only see a considerably little bit of most of them, it makes me get more out of fighting against Pokémon I like than actually using them.

This would be great, I hope they do put more effort into the battles like that, make full body sprites, hopefully more animation. They look so lifeless, just getting tilted or altered slightly for a part of some move, but not actually changing position, and there should be one for when they faint, rather than some lower pitched version of their cry, then they quickly drop off the bottom of the screen, kind of lame imo. :/

So yeah, I am hoping for generation five to introduce more lively and exciting battles. >.>

 

[Tmoo]

gamefreaks don't want pokemon to evolve, that much is certain. they don't want the system to change, because the current one is selling millions. many fans hate this, equally many love it. in this kind of situation it's reasonable that they would take the more financially stable road and not make major changes to the formula. even so, it saddens me.

on a lighter note, the girl trainer has some fine legs. daaaaayum.

 

[Gingerbread Lesbian]

Pokémon Black Version and Pokémon White Version Coming to North America in Spring 2011

New Legendary Pokémon Reshiram and Zekrom Grace Covers of New Releases

Two new Pokémon games, Pokémon Black Version and Pokémon White Version, for the Nintendo DS™ family of systems will be released in North America in spring 2011. Introducing a new storyline and the next generation of Pokémon, the new releases will feature the Legendary Pokémon Reshiram (Pokémon Black Version) and Zekrom (Pokémon White Version) on the game covers worldwide.

“Pokémon is a true worldwide franchise with legions of fans in every corner of the globe,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “We know these fans will be thrilled to discover this new generation of Pokémon next year.”

The launch of Pokémon Black Version and Pokémon White Version follows the incredible consumer response to Pokémon HeartGold Version and Pokémon SoulSilver Version, which have sold more than 8.4 million units combined worldwide to date. The Pokémon video game series has sold more than 200 million units worldwide since it was first introduced 14 years ago.

 

[The Witch]

More Pokemon games? Oh well, Pokemon use to be the chiz when I was growing up. So it's cool it's still alive.

 

[Black Butler]

holy fuck those are really sick designs i thought nintendo ran out of design ideas lol,which one should i choose??? the black one lol???? im obsessed with that black one is like dark palkia!

 

[Linnaete]

I'm not too impressed by these legendaries, although I can't say that I had high expectations anyway. I like how Reshiram has angelic wings though, while Zekrom I assume is the opposite - a more demonic-like entity.

If I'm reading it correctly, that means the version of the game you're getting will have the legendary that has the opposite colour to the version? So buying Black has Reshiram on the front and not Zekrom. Interesting...

 

[Daenerys]

I actually like the look of those two legendaries, they're better than Palkia and Dialga. I'm not too fussed if the gameplay is radically different or if the Pokémon look worse, it's still Pokémon, I'll still pick it up and probably enjoy it too xD

 

[Martel]

Oh, SWEET FUCKING JESUS. Those things look like Bahamut clones...

...angels and demons. Why am I not surprised? So much for new and original - they're taking one of the oldest ideas in the book...those things look more like Digimon than they do Pokemon. Its always DRAGONS now, as well - are Nintendo watching Yu-Gi-Oh! as inspiration for these designs, or something?

I am in despair. Pokemon has left me in despair. What next, the three Pokemon Musketeers?