Why We’re Excited for Pokemon Black/White
Back in April we asked you, the readers, what changes you wanted inside the new Pokemon games, and boy did you tell us. There were a ton of responses, and we printed the most typical ones, but we haven’t heard very much about the newest Pokemon Games to follow up. Until now.
The newest issue of CoroCoro magazine touched on a good deal of new functions, and some of them match up with what fans happen to be demanding for years. So we’re readdressing some of the issues, highlighting why Pokemon Black and Pokemon White may just breathe new life back into the series.
The Story
Now we don’t know very much about how Black/White will play out, but so far it looks and sounds a ton like the normal Pokemon scenario. That said, the new antagonist character seems quite interesting. The mysterious N is a person who wishes to liberate Pokemon from human control. He wants a total separation between persons and Pokemon (hence the black and white). I’m not sure about you but I believe the thought of a person emancipating Pokemon is an awesome idea. Granted this can be likely via unjust means and will result in some message about how Pokemon are respected members of society but it could also mean the end of Pokemon as we know it! Either way this is not the same old villainous team scenario, and if done right, shows a level of maturity that Pokemon has needed for a while.
Is That a new Geodude and Zubat?
Look, we know Crobat is an amazing Pokemon, and any serious competitor has one in its team, but we’re nonetheless so sick of seeing Zubats and Geodudes in each cave ever. But among the numerous Pokemon that happen to be revealed so far is Koromori, a brand new bat Pokemon. Basically he’s a round, goofy looking puffball with bat wings and a single fang. And though I’m not entirely sold on him, at least he’s not a Zubat, and I’d a lot rather see him pop up inside the primary cave I enter. Additionally towards the bat is the somewhat adorable ground gator, Meguroko (see above), who is cute sufficient for me to forget all about ol’ rock face guy.
New Multiplayer Functions
Men and women have been clamoring for a Pokemon MMO (which would be awesome), but in the meantime I’d settle for some multiplayer that was additional than mini-games and battles. That makes me very excited about points like Higher Link mode. High Link will contain an overworld hub, which players can access over Wi-Fi (kind of like the Union room).
There they can do missions and support out other players. The extent of that is still unknown, but with games like Dragon Quest IX offering full multiplayer it helps make a lot of sense for Pokemon to seriously beef this up.
Along those lines are attributes like Pass By mode, which is really a Tag mode that permits players to transmit data with other copies from the game although they’re not playing. Again, we do not know much about it, but I personally love Tag mode features in games, and Pokemon can make one of the most sense for it considering how a lot of millions of folks play it.
Your new phone gadget got a whole lot more helpful.
Oh and did I mention DSi/3ds specific attributes like video chat? Yeah, there’s flippin’ video chat. Up to four men and women can link up, and draw on each other’s faces. I’m going to assume that this can be local wireless only, since I doubt Nintendo wishes to be the 1st organization to bring the horrors of Chat Roulette towards the DS.
Upgrading the PC Box
I hate the PC box. It’s clunky and hard to use, and whilst HeartGold/SoulSilver improved on it, it’s still not fully utilized. Black/White includes an infrared feature which will allow players to do things like begin quick battles on the fly, and even trade Pokemon proper out of the PC box. This tends to make trading 800x more appealing to me, especially if I do not have to maintain entering and exiting the Union Room and can instead trade with persons swiftly and efficiently.
And It Looks Excellent, Too!
The video trailer for Pokemon shows off a lot of stuff never seen before within the series. Sweeping camera effects, fancier attack graphics, and full character portraits for dialogue. It is not a major change, but all of these factors combine to make a Pokemon game that appears better than any other. It’s what this game must have looked like in 2006.
We’re excited for Pokemon Black/White, and the more we hear about it, the additional excited we get. Nintendo of America has stayed quite tight lipped regarding the English version, but inside meantime we’ll maintain bringing you news and previews for the Japanese version.
