Pokemon Black and White 2-Now with a sexy rival.

[Secun]

Or lazily dragon/ice... maybe even dragon/normal, since tri attack is normal type, but can burn, paralyze or freeze (also, the animation.)

As for the actual games... what baffles me is why a third and fourth? As if the usual "one-game-for-the-price-of-two" combined with "extra/expanded mode" games, we have yet another "one-game-for-the-price-of-two" situation. If this isn't a statement about how much they're milking the franchise, nothing is.

Someone hasn't read through the entire thread yet...

[Hanabira.Kage]

This is really tempting me to buy a NDS just for pokemon. If I do buy it, I'll probably grab all 3 Gen IV games, and both Black and White too.

p.s. Oh yeah, was B/W a peach when it came to the selection of pokemon in the early to mid-game? I played Pearl on an emulator, and there was a major lack of most types of pokemon right up to the mid-game, severely limiting my capabilities. I think there were like, absolutely no Ice types, and the only Fire type other than the starter was Ponyta.

[L2X]

[Razmos]

Well, looks like Trainer animations are back.

...but pokemon following you is not.

[Razmos]

Well, looks like Trainer animations are back.

...but pokemon following you is not. bah

[Kirov]

The small version of the male sprite doesn’t look any better, it’s like a pineapple head. The Rival looks good though.



Hmm

[Scaeva]

I really hope the games have more (post game) content this time. Black and White felt extremely small after Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver.

[Sarah]

Why is the thread title so unnecessarily creepy

[Kirov]

Map Comparison I guess.

Spoiler

[Secun]

Ughh, that second map looks so lazily done.

[Sarah]

Those new sprites are insanely detailed. I love it. Hopefully they've done them all with such detail.

[modular]

lesson learned:
dont pick snivy

black & white felt small... now half the same map is covered in ice??
thered better be another map they havent released yet.

[Olsi]

All that ice, time to pick tepig

[Razmos]

lesson learned:
dont pick snivy

black & white felt small... now half the same map is covered in ice??
thered better be another map they havent released yet.

The fact that there is a path leading to the ice and that the Pokemon League is covered in ice suggests that it will disappear at some point (probably when Black/White Kyurem is defeated), opening up the iced over areas for the post-game (kinda like how the east side of Unova opened up in the first game)

[Evolite]

lesson learned:
dont pick snivy

black & white felt small... now half the same map is covered in ice??
thered better be another map they havent released yet.

Snivy is like the worst starter of gen5, every attack skills it can learn are either grass or normal type besides aerial ace and dragon tail.

[modular]

Snivy is like the worst starter of gen5, every attack skills it can learn are either grass or normal type besides aerial ace and dragon tail.

i actually really liked leech seed + leaf blade + coil for physical setup
...till i discovered ferrothorn

[Dredragon]

Guys, Oshawott best starter. Catch a petilil later for your grass, and Volcarona or other fire type for your fire later on and you're good.
Also, new towers on the islands in the second map. More battle areas hopefully. :3
Battle subway was kind of meh, I need an amazing battle frontier to keep me satisfied.

[MasPan]

Am I the only one that noticed wild Eevee?

[Evolite]

Guys, Oshawott best starter. Catch a petilil later for your grass, and Volcarona or other fire type for your fire later on and you're good.
Also, new towers on the islands in the second map. More battle areas hopefully. :3
Battle subway was kind of meh, I need an amazing battle frontier to keep me satisfied.

My favorites are battle factory and pyramid. Being able to switch a pokemon after a battle in factory makes the facility more 'tactical'. And pyramid is just pure awesome.

[Corn]

Ughh, that second map looks so lazily done.

Well, how else are you going to make ice?