Nintendo of Japan Announces Pokemon Black/White, also Speculation Thread

[sevlag]

The last PK game I played (well, playing, went back to it about a week ago out of boredom) is Sapphire. I don't get why they never worked on the ingame usability. Like, if someone is trying to give you a fucking goatdamn pokemon and you obviously have 6 fucking fruitcakes in your fruitcake basket, why can't the game magically send that shit to Someone's Box? FFS, it has magical pokemen from outer space, I'm sure they can have magical tricorders which transmit pokeballs via wifi or some shit. Same thing with items, if I can't receive or pick one up because my bag is already full, why the fuck not auto or ask to send that shit to my PC?

Then there's the pokemon party system. What. A. Joke. Maybe the Japanese should play some FPS or something, learn about load outs. Gee, I wonder how much better it would be if I could instead create parties (plural) which I can switch in and out instead of depositing all but one fruitcake into the e-fruit basket, then withdrawing the 5 I want, then going back and depositing that last one and withdrawing the 6th I wanted? The party system really could have been designed better, even as early as GEN2

Instead I get more fucking fruit (500 now? WTFC) to waste away in my (e-)baskets, and shit like pokeman competitions. Fuck newer versions of this franchise. Also, fuck the asshole who made it so I can only get Alakazam after a trade. Fuck them, fuck them, fuck them. Talk about loss of direction

some ROM hacks out there have it some trade only pokemon can be obtained by lvl up or found in the wild

[thehoodedsmack]

Also, fuck the asshole who made it so I can only get Alakazam after a trade. Fuck them, fuck them, fuck them.

The games were intended to encourage human interaction and linking up via link-cables, back in the days of the Game Boys. Not to mention that back in those days, we didn't all have instant, uninterrupted internet access, so basically everything about the games was a mystery, and got passed around by mouth. People didn't fully understand the game mechanics, and if the television show or game guides (the physical kind back in those days) hadn't explained it to us, we would've all had heart attacks if we saw our Magikarps evolve. Machamp, Alakazam, Steelix, Golem, etc, those were all rewards for making friends.

I agree about the PC design, though. I'd like to see them implement the PC into the Pokedex, so people wouldn't have to travel all the way to a Pokemon centre just to switch out their team.

[thehoodedsmack]

Today, possible artwork from the development of the new season of the Pokemon anime was released onto the internet. Whether or not you care about the show, these rough drawings appear to show four unreleased Pokemon, including what appears to be evolved forms of two of the new starter Pokemon.

[DEElekgolo]

As always, the girls have ridiculous amounts of hair.

[sevlag]

As always, the girls have ridiculous amounts of hair.

chances are this one will have some form of puberty be it dawn's birthing sized hips or may's gigantic tits...

also why does the girl seem familiar like form some obscure anime?

[thehoodedsmack]

New trailer showcases new Pokemon, as well as triple battles. I dunno about you, but I thought two was enough.

The new trailer can be viewed here.

It also appears to show a bit of the online-mode, though I can't tell exactly what's happening. To be honest, I feel like the addition of the PC-mode is a big deviation from the game's style. If it isn't on a hand-held, it doesn't seem right.

[Lateksi]

Pocketto monstaa blacku and whitto would look betta on the tree dee es.

[Llama Juice]

SHINE YOUR FUCKING BADGES!

[CodeBrain]

Just to let you guy's know, Play-Asia.com (Where I get my imports from, heh) has announced that they are allowing people to preorder Pokemon Black and White!

Note: This preorder is for the Japanese version of the game. If you can't read Japanese, or don't like the challenge of beating a game in a different language, then wait until somewhere in March 2011 for it to come out in English.

Pokemon Black: http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-...k-70-3vy7.html
Pokemon White: http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-...e-70-3vy6.html

Both games cost $59.90 USD, with $5.90 USD shipping. (I believe they offer other shipping, it costs more however)

[Inferno]

I haven't played a pokemon game after Fire Red. Because I can't emulate a DS on a PSP. Game looks fun though. I wonder if they've fixed the god awfully slow text...