The Official Pokemon Topic

[Dorek]

So it's okay for Pokemon to use performance enhancing drugs but not me? That's specieist, man.

[Ballom Nom Nom]

Stop taking me so literally I'm just playing with you. xP

Sorry, sometimes it's hard to tell when people aren't being serious on the internet.Dorek: Well, granted, the you can undo the effects of drugs on Pokemon. ~B~

[Archer Vonn]

It's also illegal to battle humans if they aren't paid.

[ZTG]

Well.........that was a weird post..................Ohhh yea, I know about the plot of the new games!

RIDING ON CARS!

[Archer Vonn]

B2W2 info? B2W2 info! :]According to sources, be they reliable or not, the May issue of CoroCoro was leaked, and with it, some juicy gossip. There is some controversy over as to whether the information is real or fake. Admittedly, some stuff sounds unrealistic, but we won't know for a few weeks, though, now will we?

-Black Kyurem is 3.3m, 325 kg. Freeze Shock is its signature move.-White Kyurem is 3.6m, 325 kg. Ice Burn is its signature move.-The game is set two years after Pokémon Black and White.-There have been many changes to the Unova region. There appears to be an encroaching ice sheet or glacier, and the water in the area around the Entralink has dried up.-The northern and eastern parts of Unova have been covered by this ice, and Opelucid City is just on the border of being covered.-There appear to be cave entrances to the glacier.-There are two new towns and at least on new route to the southwest.-The road between Castelia City and Nimbasa City is complete.-A new building has been added to the front of Nimbasa City, and a new area to the east of the Rondez-View Ferris Wheel.-Driftveil City's lighthouse is gone, and several craters have appeared in the city.-There is now a settlement on Route 4-Liberty Garden is now shown of the official artwork of the map, and appears to have been revamped.-The construction zone and Freezing Container south of Driftveil are both gone.-There is a section taken out of the side of the mountain in eastern Unova, and there are several buildings here.-Challenger's Cave has disappeared.-The Entralink's moat is now dry, and the inner area has changed.-300 Pokémon in addition to the original 156 Unova Pokémon are now available.-The Unova Pokédex also appears to have drastically changed, with Riolu being #033, Psyduck being #026, and Metagross being #264.-The Pokémon Psyduck, Arcanine, Lapras, Eevee, Mareep, Tyranitar, Metagross, Buneary, Riolu, Lucario, Weavile all appear to be in the new regional Unova Pokédex.New charactersThe next two pages reveal information about the new player characters, rival, and Gym Leaders:-There are two new player characters; the male is the characters revealed yesterday on the cover, while the female has not been seen before.-The character wearing red that was seen yesterday is the new rival; he is said to be a childhood friend of the player. He is a passionate boy who wages on a Pokemon's strength.-The rival is quoted as saying "From now, I'm going to rage!"-The girl with the guitar is Homika, a new Poison-type Gym Leader. Her Gym is said to be a "Live House" (a Japanese term for a music club where live bands play). She will appear in the anime in an episode on June 14.-The tanned male in the swimming costume, a new Water-type Gym Leader. He is described as a big-hearted big brother who gives passionate advice.-The man in the lab coat is Akuroma. He is researching Pokémon strength. A cut-off portion of the photo mentions he is doing something regarding the latent abilities of Pokémon. He is said to be mysterious and hard to read.New starting city-The next two pages reveal information about the new starting city and new facilities:-The new starting city is Hiougi City, located in the south-west of the map.-Its main point of interest is its lookout. There is a Pokemon Center and Trainers' School; this is the first time the starting city has included either, as well as the first time the starting location is a city and not a town.-There are several new facilities. One image shows a large glass tube going through water with Mantine swimming overhead.

We excited? :3

Edited April 12, 2012 by ~JC~

[Grey Wind]

Unova isn't frozen, the map itself is covered in ice so we won't be spoiled (just like the clouds on the old map). Bulbanews just sort of randomly assumed that. They're wrong on the tunnels thing too, considering the only two "tunnels" in the "glacier" are Chargestone and Mistralton Cave.

[Blessed Blade]

-The game is set two years after Pokémon Black and White.

That's correct, as everyone's been talking about that. =P

-There have been many changes to the Unova region. There appears to be an encroaching ice sheet or glacier, and the water in the area around the Entralink has dried up.-The Entralink's moat is now dry, and the inner area has changed.

I actually only just noticed that the water's gone. >>' And yeah, now that you mention it, the Entralink itself does look slightly different...

-The northern and eastern parts of Unova have been covered by this ice, and Opelucid City is just on the border of being covered.

The question is if it's ice, or just a spoiler cover like what Lewa said above...

-There appear to be cave entrances to the glacier.

That's Chargestone and the other cave. =P Same places as in the original, everyone probably just didn't realize what the outside looked like, due to being inside of them for half the time. xD

-There are two new towns and at least on new route to the southwest.

Those look very cool, and I wonder if it'll be the only new cities around...?

-The road between Castelia City and Nimbasa City is complete.-There is now a settlement on Route 4

These are the same things, but at least they finally finished it. xD

-A new building has been added to the front of Nimbasa City, and a new area to the east of the Rondez-View Ferris Wheel.

What new building? And that area might be the forest you visit to get Zoroark... I can't tell.

-Driftveil City's lighthouse is gone, and several craters have appeared in the city.

Driftveil had a lighthouse?

-Liberty Garden is now shown of the official artwork of the map, and appears to have been revamped.

I could be mistaken, but Liberty Garden looks the same to me... Been a long while since I got to go there, though.

-The construction zone and Freezing Container south of Driftveil are both gone.

What is that, directly under the bridge? It looks to be the same place the container place was, back in B/W...

-There is a section taken out of the side of the mountain in eastern Unova, and there are several buildings here.

That is odd, hadn't noticed that before, and if you look closely, there's a plane there. I had read about that, but hadn't gotten a chance to examine it... And is that a runway?

-Challenger's Cave has disappeared.

I'm thinking, or at least hoping, that that's just them leaving it out on purpose... Wouldn't make sense for them to take out an area that's so enigmatic...

-300 Pokémon in addition to the original 156 Unova Pokémon are now available.-The Unova Pokédex also appears to have drastically changed, with Riolu being #033, Psyduck being #026, and Metagross being #264.-The Pokémon Psyduck, Arcanine, Lapras, Eevee, Mareep, Tyranitar, Metagross, Buneary, Riolu, Lucario, Weavile all appear to be in the new regional Unova Pokédex.

No, that's 300 Pokemon, including the Unovan Pokemon. =P And those two things go hand in hand.

-There are two new player characters; the male is the characters revealed yesterday on the cover, while the female has not been seen before.

New PCs are... Interesting... I like the in-game sprite of the new male character's hair rather than his actual crazy hair... the actual hair looks a little weird. 0_o The sprite reminds me a bit of Brendan from RSE, though. And the female character is very nice.

-The character wearing red that was seen yesterday is the new rival; he is said to be a childhood friend of the player. He is a passionate boy who wages on a Pokemon's strength.-The rival is quoted as saying "From now, I'm going to rage!"

Let's hope he lives up to his hype. Cheren was kinda cool, but his team...Gonna skip over the gym leaders, as they don't have much real info. =P

-The man in the lab coat is Akuroma. He is researching Pokémon strength. A cut-off portion of the photo mentions he is doing something regarding the latent abilities of Pokémon. He is said to be mysterious and hard to read.

Wesker clone seems intriguing. I have a feeling he'll be evil, though, if only because of his looks. And the fact that he's a Wesker clone.

-The new starting city is Hiougi City, located in the south-west of the map.-Its main point of interest is its lookout. There is a Pokemon Center and Trainers' School; this is the first time the starting city has included either, as well as the first time the starting location is a city and not a town.

They named the starting place Hiougi City. Was anything less than total awesomeness to be expected? =P

-There are several new facilities. One image shows a large glass tube going through water with Mantine swimming overhead.

Looks intriguing...Overall, this is gonna be awesome. =D

[Archer Vonn]

I don't speak Japanese, those aren't my notes.

[Blessed Blade]

I know; I'm just replying to the notes themselves. xD Only the questions about stuff that I don't really know what they mean is directed at anyone here; the rest are just my comments, or slight corrections. =)

[Archer Vonn]

The enormous new Pokedex is what has me really excited- on the DS games themselves I have no motivation to go catch a Metagross or Lucario, post game, and train it up by bullying the Elite 4. But now, joy to the world, I get to use them for good instead of for nothing.

[Alyska]

Whenever the first info for a new Pokemon game comes out, regardless of how awesome the plot sounds or how many Pokemon are available, my brother and I always start with the same thing...Riffing on the protagonists' outfits!Me: Okay, the girl looks like the product of a wild night involving Sailor Moon, Princess Leia, and possibly Minnie Mouse.Bro: ...Is that meant to be a skirt she's wearing?Me: Actually, I think it's some sort of frilly short-shorts.Bro: ...Me: Hey, at least she's wearing leggings underneath.Bro: Yeah. Wait a minute... the guy is wearing them too!Both of us: o.0Cruel, I know. But I am really excited about the expanded dex. And it seems you can just catch Eevee in the wild, which is unusual...

[Blessed Blade]

Popular theory about the leggings is that they're somehow a wetsuit, or something. Or maybe that's not the popular theory, but it makes sense to me...

[Archer Vonn]

The male protagonist likes shorts!They're comfy and easy to wear!

[Blessed Blade]

^ "I wear shorts all year round."I bet we can figure out his favourite Pokemon, if a Ratatta can be found in the wild. =P

[Archer Vonn]

Brendan, as I've discovered after poking my head in Emerald after discovering this 'randomizer' thing, also wore similar things. Either that or he wore shorts and turrifyingly long tube socks.

[Blessed Blade]

*Fumes* Anyone happen to have a female Dream World Ralts? I'm only just noticing that they had release one, and it just so happened to be in the area I missed due to thinking I'd miss out on everything good anyway. >_>

[Alyska]

I thought the Spooky Manor area was still available...

[Dorek]

Oh god I haven't visited the Dream World in months now. It got sooooo boring after a while.

[Blessed Blade]

Alyska: I thought it was taken down about a month ago... I could be wrong, but I thought it was just a limited time area. =/Dorek: Gotta agree, but mostly just because it's sooooo slow on my computer. =/

[Alyska]

I checked a wiki, and it seems to be still available. But yeah, I haven't been in the DW much, either- mostly because it's repetitive and time consuming- plus the fact that I've got virtually everything I wanted from it by now. At least with the Pokewalker, you didn't have to spend much time on it to accumulate points- it did that by itself. Actually, now I'm wondering whether the dream world will be expanded upon for B2/W2. There could be potential to develop a story for Fennel and the laboratory...

[Blessed Blade]

Yeah, I agree on both points. if it can stay up a little longer, I might try to work on getting a DW Ralts... But; I don't think I'll have enough points anyway. =/

[Alyska]

You don't need any points to access that one. It should be available from the start. Of course, it will troll you if you specifically want to go there, so be prepared to go to the Pleasant Forest frequently.

[Blessed Blade]

No, I more mean that Ralts is in the 7500+ point tier. I don't even think I have 1000 points yet. =/

[King_Serperior]

When I originally saw the BW female PC, I made the Aliens gesture and said "America.". The new rival is an even better Silver than Silver. If they extended his collar he could have looked like a legit criminal/assassin.

[Archer Vonn]

I really liked the BW protagonists. Outside of the fact that they were a few years older which made a large difference in overall realism, the girl was banging.For a cartoon, at least.

[Manducus]

Alyska: I thought it was taken down about a month ago... I could be wrong, but I thought it was just a limited time area. =/Dorek: Gotta agree, but mostly just because it's sooooo slow on my computer. =/

Yeah the Haunted Mansion still there for some reason even though its WAAAAYYY past Halloween. Occasionally it pops up when you decide to go for a stroll to befriend a new Pokemon. Edited April 22, 2012 by Rix

[Archer Vonn]

Kinda wonder how hard it would be to make walking Pokemon an option or not, be it for Black and White 2 or for a future sequel.

[Dorek]

I loved that about HG/SS, but I can see how it might be a bit more difficult for the newer gens, what with the perspective shifting and everything. That said, I'd love to see it again, especially if we get RSE remakes.

[Ballom Nom Nom]

They could probably disable it for areas with major perspective shifts, such as that one curvy bridge near Castelia. Besides, no one goes there after getting Fly anyway.~B~

[Dorek]

... you mean Skyarrow Bridge? That's like... prime for egg hatching, man (ignoring the subway trick). I use it all the time.But we don't even know what parts of that will still be available in B2W2 anyway, not to mention that they're definitely including more angled stuff.

[Manducus]

Would BW2 still take place in the Unova region or somewhere completely different?

[Archer Vonn]

"Subway trick"Explain yourselfB2W2 take place in Unova.

[Ballom Nom Nom]

... you mean Skyarrow Bridge? That's like... prime for egg hatching, man (ignoring the subway trick). I use it all the time.

Dunno why people always go to other places to hatch eggs. The route with the Daycare practically every game has large stretches to bike back and forth on (save FR/LG), and that way you can pick up more eggs as soon as they are created, as well as immediately drop off hatchlings and such. B/W is no exception.~B~ Edited April 24, 2012 by Ballom

[Archer Vonn]

Skyarrow is pwitty though. ]:

[Dorek]

... you mean Skyarrow Bridge? That's like... prime for egg hatching, man (ignoring the subway trick). I use it all the time.

Dunno why people always go to other places to hatch eggs. The route with the Daycare practically every game has large stretches to bike back and forth on (save FR/LG), and that way you can pick up more eggs as soon as they are created, as well as immediately drop off hatchlings and such. B/W is no exception.~B~

Nah, the route in BW is the worst one. Sure, it's useful, but it's a lot shorter compared to other daycare routes; Skyarrow is waaaay more fun.That said, it's kinda smarter to go there because of their awful new system of letting you know when eggs are ready :<

"Subway trick"Explain yourselfB2W2 take place in Unova.

The subway is a circle, so you never have to change the d-pad direction.

[Alyska]

Back in DPPt, I used to abuse the Feugo Ironworks like that- you make the character run into a pad that sends them back in the opposite direction, then you tape the button down and leave it overnight. It was slower than the bike, though, so I generally used it for levelling pokes in the daycare up rather than hatching.

[Archer Vonn]

Problem with leaving it on overnight is that it takes maybe an hour or two to hatch five eggs then you have a lot of battery drain for nothing. Guess that doesn't apply to leveling, though.

[Ballom Nom Nom]

DPPt you just abuse pressing up and down going from 216->Solaceon->217 and back, changing direction when you hear the dull sound of ramming into a wall. Or, if you're paying full attention, you can do some maneuvers around people and even go into 218 or back to Hearthome, and all that pro stuff. ~B~

Edited April 24, 2012 by Ballom

[Manducus]

"Subway trick"Explain yourselfB2W2 take place in Unova.

So whats the point of playing it? Is the game repeating from the previous? So let me get this straight, is the Unova region actually WAY bigger or is the game repeating the same locations in BW? I know it may sound stupid and confusing, but does anyone actually know yet. Edited April 24, 2012 by Rix

[Dorek]

Yeah, it's in the same place. There's been a fair amount of info released already about it, it's on all the fansites. Essentially, the region has been changed dramatically because of a conflict between the new Kyurem Formes. There will be some old locations available, but some have been frozen over or otherwise altered.