Author Topic: Pokemon Black & White (Read 3127 times)

AdmiralViscen · « **on:** February 24, 2011, 05:19:04 PM »

Any chance of these games being tolerable?

magus · « **Reply #1 on:** February 24, 2011, 05:22:56 PM »

doubt it

Raban · « **Reply #2 on:** February 24, 2011, 05:48:33 PM »

absolutely not

demi · « **Reply #3 on:** February 24, 2011, 05:49:47 PM »

I'm trying to find someone who's buying it, cause KMart is doing B1G1 half off... and Pokemon games seem to never go down in price.

Raban · « **Reply #4 on:** February 24, 2011, 05:56:26 PM »

Two Pokemon games? Why would you want two? They're all the same.

demi · « **Reply #5 on:** February 24, 2011, 06:37:54 PM »

Diehard pokemon fans... I dont know, I just want one for half off.

EmCeeGrammar · « **Reply #6 on:** February 24, 2011, 09:38:08 PM »

I'll probably pick up a version with the 3ds. One nice thing about these versions is that its all new pokemon until you beat the elite 4 peoples. Afterwards older pokemon are unlocked to be encountered. They also gave politoed an awesome new ability (permanent rain) so that justifies these versions enough for me.

all hail politoed

The Sceneman · « **Reply #7 on:** February 24, 2011, 10:34:56 PM »

I hope the next installment is called Pokemon Shit & Piss

EmCeeGrammar · « **Reply #8 on:** February 25, 2011, 12:36:18 AM »

I'm guessing future pokemon games will be named after elements or emotions. Kinda like captain planet ingredients.

iconoclast · « **Reply #9 on:** February 25, 2011, 12:49:53 AM »

You gotta play through the 30 hour tutorial before Pokemon games become awesome

lordoftherink · « **Reply #10 on:** February 25, 2011, 01:42:18 AM »

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Looks like turd city, the main addition other than the "improved presentation" is apparantly triple battles. Pass.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #11 on:** February 25, 2011, 01:52:43 AM »

el oh el

Same fucking game with a new gimmick. Damn shame. I bought the first DS Pokemon hoping for something new. Had some fun initially but the online mode was disappointing, the world wasn't big or interesting enough, and it just couldn't hold my attention.

If Nintendo was smart they'd create a god damn MMO. Or something with limited MMO options, like a server with 10-50 of your friends to play with in real time. All continents available, customizable badges (become a gym leader!), etc

Herr Mafflard · « **Reply #12 on:** February 25, 2011, 04:27:41 AM »

Some points from the Edge review:

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- 156 new Pokemon, no old designs appearing until story is complete
- battles trickier, more strategic and satisfying
- caves are Zubat-free
- most radical change alters how experience is dealt out: level difference now dictates the post-fight reward, breeze by with a higher level for a small prize or struggle with an underdog for a big payout. This prevents players from levelling their squad of six until they've stormed ahead of the difficulty curve and also reinvigorates the lower-level game with some impetus to return to early locations
- more streamlined, ie. Pokemon Centers and Marts are combined into one handy location
- exemplary story campaign, but game is not the evolution it initially seems
- post-game collecting feels crudely unplanned, a dumping ground that negates the delicately structured early hours
- triple battles, the game's single combat upgrade (bar its energetic battle camera), are messy affairs, lacks the clarity of one-on-one, becomes a frantic free-for-all

8/10

magus · « **Reply #13 on:** February 25, 2011, 06:35:47 AM »

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- caves are Zubat-free

and who wants to bet it's because there is another bat pokemon that will attack you every 3 steps?

i suspect it's going to be this one

iconoclast · « **Reply #14 on:** February 25, 2011, 07:23:26 AM »

The Pokemon designs in this game are incredibly bad. Easily worse than generation 3, smh.

1 > 4 > 2 > 3 > 5

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #15 on:** February 25, 2011, 08:21:13 AM »

Quote from: Oscar the Grouch on February 25, 2011, 01:32:26 AM

I've made my conditions clear concerning my purchase of any further titles in this series: No Geodudes and Zubats, I'll give it another try. If they're still there, fuck it.

They are not there, every single PKMN is new until after you beat the elite 4. Only reason I am interested, and the supposedly increased battle speed.

naff · « **Reply #16 on:** February 26, 2011, 05:13:01 PM »

Quote from: AdmiralViscen on February 25, 2011, 08:21:13 AM

Quote from: Oscar the Grouch on February 25, 2011, 01:32:26 AM
I've made my conditions clear concerning my purchase of any further titles in this series: No Geodudes and Zubats, I'll give it another try. If they're still there, fuck it.

They are not there, every single PKMN is new until after you beat the elite 4. Only reason I am interested, and the supposedly increased battle speed.

Yeah, I can't play a Pokemon game unless it's in an emulator at 2x-4x speed. Playing Emerald on my Android phone >>>> Playing it on Nintendos hardware

Damian79 · « **Reply #17 on:** February 26, 2011, 05:38:05 PM »

Skip this game and play Radiant Historia.

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #18 on:** February 26, 2011, 05:49:01 PM »

That might actually be the perfect phone game...

Is Emerald the best version to go back to? Is that a cross of Ruby and Sapphire?

demi · « **Reply #19 on:** February 26, 2011, 06:08:28 PM »

Someone buy at KMart so I can get it half off.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #20 on:** February 26, 2011, 06:20:25 PM »

Quote from: Damian79 on February 26, 2011, 05:38:05 PM

Skip this game and play Radiant Historia.

this

naff · « **Reply #21 on:** February 26, 2011, 07:28:41 PM »

Quote from: AdmiralViscen on February 26, 2011, 05:49:01 PM

That might actually be the perfect phone game...

Is Emerald the best version to go back to? Is that a cross of Ruby and Sapphire?

Not sure what people thought was the best, I just tried emerald because it was top in dl'd roms, and I hadn't played Pokemon since gold on Gold on GBC, it's pretty good for a commute phone game, I also grabbed a translation of Mother 3 which is a pretty funny, but fairly weak game so far.

magus · « **Reply #22 on:** February 26, 2011, 07:50:21 PM »

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I also grabbed a translation of Mother 3 which is a pretty funny, but fairly weak game so far.

pretty sure that if you were on gaf they would have already lynched you alive

magus · « **Reply #23 on:** March 01, 2011, 08:00:49 PM »

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The breaking point was when I walked into a cave and encountered a bat. It wasn’t called “zubat” this time, and it had a fuzzy face, but it was still evasive and used confusion attacks and was basically annoying in all the same ways that zubats are annoying.

Vizzys · « **Reply #24 on:** March 01, 2011, 08:34:28 PM »

you cant have a pokemon game without annoying caves

EmCeeGrammar · « **Reply #25 on:** March 01, 2011, 10:43:02 PM »

When I saw the new bat pokemon and the new rock mineral pokemon I knew they were just switching stuff around. Every new gen also has their attempt at a new pikachu creature but it never catches on. Ya know, between the number crunching, borderline ocdness, and the adherence to repetition and routine that gamefreak is, I wouldn't be surprised if the whole company is composed of of asspies. Hell it was founded by one.

magus · « **Reply #26 on:** March 02, 2011, 11:51:25 AM »

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Every new gen also has their attempt at a new pikachu creature but it never catches on.

they also try their hand at a new "generic scavenger-like pokemon"

and "generic new bird pokemon"

Raban · « **Reply #27 on:** March 02, 2011, 12:04:05 PM »

Look at that shit. Fuck Pokemon.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #28 on:** March 02, 2011, 06:40:25 PM »

Quote from: Van Cruncheon on February 26, 2011, 06:20:25 PM

Quote from: Damian79 on February 26, 2011, 05:38:05 PM
Skip this game and play Yugioh.

this

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AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #29 on:** March 07, 2011, 10:41:35 AM »

Got White.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #30 on:** March 07, 2011, 11:21:17 AM »

demi · « **Reply #31 on:** March 07, 2011, 11:24:09 AM »

Not funny.

Their Dead Space one was better, now that I actually played the game.

tehjaybo · « **Reply #32 on:** March 07, 2011, 03:17:16 PM »

Got Black.

Yeti · « **Reply #33 on:** March 08, 2011, 03:52:20 AM »

How exactly does this game address the ethics of capturing and battling pokemon? I'm almost intrigued enough to buy the game because of that.

demi · « **Reply #34 on:** March 08, 2011, 11:03:06 AM »

You smuggle aboard a slave ship and fight fellow trainers on there as you free them like Amistad.

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #35 on:** March 08, 2011, 12:26:04 PM »

This game is pretty good. The faster battles coupled with the scaled EXP really make it a breeze to play.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #36 on:** March 08, 2011, 04:02:48 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on February 25, 2011, 01:52:43 AM

el oh el

Same fucking game with a new gimmick. Damn shame.

You just described most Nintendo games made in the past decade.

tehjaybo · « **Reply #37 on:** March 08, 2011, 05:36:53 PM »

I'm actually enjoying this one much more than the previous games. A lot of the updates are cool as hell. I was sitting in GameStop waiting for DA2 last night, and one of my friends walked in with his DS, and it automatically picked him up and told me he was there. That was pretty cool. It also features a 4-person video chat capability. I can't wait to fully test the capabilities.

EmCeeGrammar · « **Reply #38 on:** March 08, 2011, 06:16:09 PM »

Quote from: Yeti on March 08, 2011, 03:52:20 AM

How exactly does this game address the ethics of capturing and battling pokemon? I'm almost intrigued enough to buy the game because of that.

The new team rocket is on a crusade to stop everyone from enslaving pokemon.
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They fight you with their own caught pokemon.

tehjaybo · « **Reply #39 on:** March 08, 2011, 09:05:26 PM »

But unlike Team Rocket, they do actually steal pokemon successfully from trainers.

Also, 2923-8478-5109. PM me if you add me.

EmCeeGrammar · « **Reply #40 on:** March 08, 2011, 10:19:15 PM »

And yeah, all the impressions I've been hearing is that there are many many many small features added for convenience sake that add up to make it one of the best games yet. I'm also under the impression that battles play out much faster like the gba games and unlike the first 3 ds games. Unfortuneatly for every one cool pokemon there are two fuggos, but that's still plenty in the bigger picture.

I'll be picking one version up with the 3ds later this month.

magus · « **Reply #41 on:** March 11, 2011, 03:33:12 PM »

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

am i the only one who finds pokemon music repulsive and screechy? it's not even a problem with pokemon,every game freak game seems to be like that

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

Raban · « **Reply #42 on:** March 11, 2011, 03:39:59 PM »

Yeah, it's all pretty poor.

Third · « **Reply #43 on:** March 11, 2011, 07:22:42 PM »

When will kids finally stop buying these games?

Raban · « **Reply #44 on:** March 11, 2011, 07:29:56 PM »

demi · « **Reply #45 on:** March 11, 2011, 07:54:35 PM »

When they stop having stats and leveling up

Himu · « **Reply #46 on:** March 11, 2011, 08:02:03 PM »

So uh.

Should I get white/black or silver/gold?

Also I find the graphics for this to be fuggo. I mean the environment graphics, especially in the cities.

demi · « **Reply #47 on:** March 11, 2011, 08:05:35 PM »

Everyone says Black/White is pretty much the best. But if you are nostalgic I guess you could go Gold/Silver remake.

Himu · « **Reply #48 on:** March 11, 2011, 08:59:44 PM »

I've never even played Gold/Silver. The only Pokemon I played (and loved) was the original Blue.

Vizzys · « **Reply #49 on:** March 11, 2011, 09:05:44 PM »

all the cool kids had red

Himu · « **Reply #50 on:** March 11, 2011, 09:10:46 PM »

wrong.

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Author Topic: Pokemon Black & White (Read 3127 times)