So, today, I'll focus on the menu systems in this.

First of all, the main in-game menu. It's pretty much a revision of HGSS's touch screen menu; except, due to the C-Gear being on the screen at all times when on the normal overfield screens(Aka, not in a menu, battle, Musical thing, dressing up, or the GTS), it's been reassigned to popping up with X, like in D/P/Pt. However; this somehow works perfectly. I'm not sure if it's because the Running Shoes doesn't have an auto-on feature, or what; but it works very nicely. However, the main thing is the new global option for the menus...

You can now exit the entire menu, from nearly any screen, by either hitting the button X, or tapping the red X on the touch screen. I cannot express how awesome this feature is to use; as it cuts down on a lot of unnecessary time wasted by having to B out of every single menu. Now, if you're done something, or just want to cut down on a couple steps, and you're not at the couple exceptions, you can hit X, and return to the overfield. This even works on the PC! That's a very nice touch they add; and they better keep it in in future installments.

Also; since there's no space on the touch screen, either on the C-Gear screen or the Touch Menu, for the registered item spaces from HGSS... What did they do? Return it to only having 1 registered item?

No; they instead give you 23 more spots that you can register stuff with, accessible through Y! And the best thing? That's not even limited to items anymore. If you've seen pictures of Black and White; even the Japanese pictures; you may have wondered about those icons at the bottom. Well, one's obviously return, and I've mentioned that another is the awesome new exit button... But what's that checkbox? Well, that's the new select/register option. If you hit that; you can instantly register an item to the Y menu... or; if you hit the check box on the menus, you can instantly return to that menu! Doesn't work on the PC for obvious reasons, but even still, that helps very much with things. So, now, you can have the Dowsing Machine up(I'll go over that tomorrow; it deserves it's own entree. xP), flip between the bike quickly, check the status of your Pokemon, use an item(Your bag's pockets can be registered, and as you can flip between them easily, you pretty much can register your whole back with one spot, though multiple spots allow ease of use), change settings in the options menu, and check your Pokedex, without even closing the Dowsing Machine, since you need to do that to normally access the menu, like in HGSS. However, you have to close the Dowsing Machine to save or switch Pokemon, since they didn't include registration options for either of them, even though registering the Pokemon menu makes infinite sense. =/

Do you see how that opens up a lot of possibilities? This new registration system is extremely handy, and I hope it stays in the next Generation and onward, and even any remakes they make in the future.

Not gonna talk 'bout the C-gear or PC here; I'll leave that for future entries; as it's got massive amounts of information. And when Global Link and the Dream World open, I'll go over those as well, since I'll actually have access to info. That'll only be from 22 days and onward though, since it's not open yet. =P

Party Status:

Gothita(Gothita) Level 24(Female) Gentle

Gonzo(Sawk) Level 28(Male) Careful

Zebstrika(Zebstrika) Level 28(Female) Lax

Lillil(Lilligant) Level 28(Female) Modest

Darumaka(Darumaka) Level 28(Male) Jolly

Wottergun(Dewott) Level 29(Female) Naive

Badge Status: 4 Badges obtained.(Trio Badge, Basic Badge, Insect Badge, Bolt Badge)

Game Status: Up to Nimbasa City, need to move on in near future.

Time: 29:41

Pokedex: 55 Seen, 43 Obtained.