Pokemon Black & White Announced for the DS

[WhiteTiger225]

Please let this be the entry where they allow you to disable the "YOUR HP IS LOW, USE A POTION" alarm. I mean, come on. The thing doesn't even stop when you withdraw your Pokemon! No, you have to withdraw, select another, watch the withdraw animation, watch the POKEBALL GOOOOO animation, and THEN it stops. Unacceptable.

And how about an overhaul of the HM system, huh? My Pidgeotto is a flying type, it should already know how to fly. My Syther has swords for arms, it should already know Cut. I understand the reasoning behind locking the ability to use these moves outside of battle until you get a certain badge, but there's no excuse to waste a valuable move slot (which you can't back until much, much later, mind you) on something as useless as Rock Smash.

So, how's it going up there in my brain... where you're reading my thoughts?

Good? Warm enough? Can I get you a sammich?

I mentioned this in my last post.
Thing is, the pokemon have no personality beyond being stat templates. and that is it.
As I said, why is EVERY wild level 7 Rattata so eager to quick attack my level 100 Rayquaza? Why is my Magmar's Smokescreen just as effective (And exactly the same) as my opponent's Weezing's? Why is EVERY pokemon ready to obey you as soon as you catch it (Save for if you cheat and catch a legendary VERY early in the game)

 

[WhiteTiger225]

Why ooh Why are people complaining about this? if Nintendo came out and said "we are not releasing any Pokemon games forever" every one age between 5 and 30 would drop down dead in matter of seconds.

Don't hate it when it hasn't even been released yet ='( plus i don't think they are milking the series, their fans keep asking for more, why should Nintendo stop?

I wouldn't, and I bought HeartGold. The only reason we keep buying in is we are hoping that one day we will see an idea with a lot of potential actually try and unlock it. I just wish I had enough money to buyout the digimon franchise (For its variety) and the Monster Rancher franchise (for its awesome engine and ideas) and combine these two things to completely DESTROY the pokemon franchise once and for all.

 

[zombie711]

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeess, sweet Lord YES!

 

[zombie711]

wait didnt soul silver & heart gold just come out?

 

[NuclearPenguin]

Pokemon White, here I come!

 

[Cody211282]

As long as they are better then the last generation I'm happy, Diamond sorta sucked and I hated they way they did the starters(then again the only starters I have liked have been gen 1 and 2)

 

[Lord Krunk]

And so the third game of Gen V will be Pokemon Grey?

Nah, it's Pokemon Technicolor.

And it. Will. Be. AWESOME.

 

[Lord Krunk]

wait didnt soul silver & heart gold just come out?

For us. Devs releasing a game a year is fairly normal, why are you surprised?

 

[MajoraPersona]

The Spiky-Eared Pichu was from the future or something, right?

Which means it's possible that these next games could have... I want to avoid the word 'mutations', because I get the same type of feeling I get when holding a raw steak near a pack (or whatever their social groups are referred to) of wild jackals. Genetic alternatives?

Also, I'd like it if they either stopped giving every legendary Pressure, or gave them Pressure and another ability related to itself.

Please let this be the entry where they allow you to disable the "YOUR HP IS LOW, USE A POTION" alarm. I mean, come on. The thing doesn't even stop when you withdraw your Pokemon! No, you have to withdraw, select another, watch the withdraw animation, watch the POKEBALL GOOOOO animation, and THEN it stops. Unacceptable.

And how about an overhaul of the HM system, huh? My Pidgeotto is a flying type, it should already know how to fly. My Syther has swords for arms, it should already know Cut. I understand the reasoning behind locking the ability to use these moves outside of battle until you get a certain badge, but there's no excuse to waste a valuable move slot (which you can't back until much, much later, mind you) on something as useless as Rock Smash.

Yeah, the alarm can get annoying, but I play with the sound off half the time, which deals with that problem rather well.

HMs are... In part, they're supposed to make you think about your moves, I guess. But on the other hand, you seem to be confusing a pokemon's ability to keep itself airborne with leaving the battle area, then striking the opponent, all with the force to carry a young child through the air.

 

[Ulquiorra4sama]

Hopefully they'll make a new type this time... Light perhaps, as an opposition to Dark and Ghost

 

[zombie711]

wait didnt soul silver & heart gold just come out?

For us. Devs releasing a game a year is fairly normal, why are you surprised?

well dont they think that this will hurt gold and silver sales,

 

[BlueTomfoolery]

You think there'll be a dark/light alternate world mechanic?

 

[GamingAwesome1]

*headdesk*

They pump these games out too fast! And if this one lacks any improvement then this is going straight to my not buy list like HeartGold/SoulSilver did.

 

[Lord Krunk]

wait didnt soul silver & heart gold just come out?

For us. Devs releasing a game a year is fairly normal, why are you surprised?

well dont they think that this will hurt gold and silver sales,

Did Mass Effect 2 hurt Dragon Age: Origins' sales? Did L4D2 hurt L4D's sales, despite the boycotters? Did Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky hurt Platinum's sales?

No, no and no.

And if you play Pokemon already, it's sort of the thing to get the next one anyway. Once you're a fan, you're a fan 4 LIEF.

 

[William Ossiss]

im glad its not going to be on the "3ds"
3d is still a gimmick in my mind...

i second the bet for a light type...

and i better get my ground/fighting type pokemon!

 

[captainwolfos]

I want to be excited for this; I really do. But I just can't bring myself to be excited for more Pokémon, especially if their promotional ones look as uninspired as that. Nice to hear they're reinventing the wheel I suppose, but I doubt it will rope in any new players, and will only serve to ostracize fans. That's my two cents, anyways.

Quoted for truth.

The fact remains that a lot of Pokémon fans despise Nintendo by milking the franchise after the second generation. I love the game's formula; it's fucking awesome. But changing it around to make the game 'innovative' worries me.
As with a lot of people, I think Nintendo should just chuck the new game out the window and start working on an MMO. It would rake in more money, and if they really want to create new species, make it once every five years or so rather than overwhelming us with a new generation EVERY FUCKING YEAR. I don't see how they could possibly make a hundred new Pokémon every freaking time with new ideas. Look at Plusle and Minun - obvious malformed clones of the original Pikachu that we all know and want to kill love.

But we all know an MMO isn't going to happen as long as there's stupid fans like myself willing to buy the new games in the hope that they haven't butchered the original formula. (Though I never pay full price - wait a few months and the game's half price. Take THAT, Nintendo.)

To think that I'm a Nintendork.

 

[Nazulu]

No thanks. I doubt this will be any different than the other Pokemon games and I bet the new Pokemon look crap as well.

 

[shaun056]

I wonder whether Black and White will be compatible with DPPt and HGSS? In the same way that Gold and silver were compatible with red and blue? Or R/S/E with DPPt and HGSS? Maybe in a kind if Pal Park cappacity.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Well, I'm sold already.

 

[oppp7]

YES! GO TO HELL 3DS!
OT: Can't wait for this to come out now. I'm going to go farm some more legendaries to trade for version exclusives when it comes out.