subject: Pokemon Unveils Two New Games in their Ongoing Series [print this page] Just when you think they're calling it quits, they shock you yet again. That's right Pokmon has recently unveiled two new games in their ever-popular ongoing series: Pokmon Black and Pokmon White. Apparently, after years of naming their games after precious gems and metals, Pokmon has decided to go back to plain-old colors. You will begin your quest in the, until now, unidentified region of Isshu and have three fresh starters to choose from. Your options for starters are a grass snake, a fire pig (which, sadly, does not evolve into a ham), and a water ottertry to contain your excitement now.
In addition to a new game with all-new features, there are now 156 brand-new characters for the fans to drool over, including numerous mythical Pokmon. Since it's not arduous enough trying to "catch em all" already, now you've got an absurd 649 Pokmon to attain in order to achieve the full PokeDex.
Like with most contemporary Pokmon releases, there are novel legendariesof course there's the obligatory cutesy, fairy-like thing (named Victini; fire-psychic type), but the ones shown on the game's covers seem promisingand both are dragons. Yeah, really innovative; Diamond, Pearl, and Emerald totally didn't have dragon legendaries or anything. Reshiram a fire-dragon type is the crown jewel of Pokmon Black, and Zekrom is the coveted electric-dragon marvel of Pokmon White. Each of these bad boys comes equipped with signature moves of blockbuster destruction, just like their legendary brethren.
As for the rest of the recently-exposed Pokmon, most of them look ridiculous; there is a Pokmon that's a set of metal gears that's named Gear. Talk about originality. While you can find a couple of rather remarkable Pokmon this time around (like Zoroark), the selections are mostly abysmal. Overall, the character designs seem to be a lot more complicated than previous generations; Pokmon seems to be trying too hard to make their characters look attractive when simpler designs would work just as well, if not better.
Here's a little list of some features included in Black and White besides the Pokmon. Some are new, and some are those good old tried and true classics:
Triple trainer battles
Double wild battles
Battle targeting (either strike all Pokmon, including your team, or move Pokmon around to strike a particular foe)
New attacks, TMs and HMs (several of which deal 100+ damage)
Dream World, an internet-based area where you can find and catch different Pokmon
Can find rare evolutions in the grass, like Ninetales and Tyranitar
Three sets of Move Tutors
Various events, such as massages, swarms, and obtainable items
High Link: allows you to use wi-fi to walk around Isshu with friends
And here are the downsides:
Roaming legendaries (like Cresselia or the three dogs)
Specific trading evolution (meaning you have to trade a Pokmon for another particular one before evolution occurs)
Most Pokmon and berries from preceding generations are unobtainable in the game and must either be traded or captured via Dream World
Season cycle: Certain Pokmon can only be captured during certain seasons. A season lasts one month
No new Eevee evolutions
People are getting pretty nuts over these games, like to the point of legal action being threatened. Some websites, such as PokeBeach and Serebii.net had screen shots posted of all the new Pokmon almost immediately after their release in Japan, and all sites doing this got nasty little notes from Nintendo telling them to remove the pictures. The game sold over two million copies in Japan alone and has received very high reviews from popular overseas entertainment sources like Famistuin America, though, we won't know for sure until the spring of next year when the game hits our shores.
Pokemon Unveils Two New Games in their Ongoing Series
