Pokèmon Black & White Discussion

[Blue Blood]

Filb and Poké Beach uploaded all the HgSs footage shortly after Pokémon Sunday aired every week back when we were waiting for news on those games, so keep them in mind now.

[PSI Wind]

Pokemon Sunday is airing now, but it hasn't shown anything yet. They probably won't show it until the end of the show like they did with the HG/SS updates.

How are you watching it?

[SuperLink]

With the tickets came a pamphlet that stated that the legendary beasts do unlock something within Pokémon Black and Pokémon White. What they unlock is still unknown, but this does confirm that Pokémon Black and White will be compatible for trade in some way with Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold & SoulSilver.

Well that kinda cancels out the possibility of rebuilding the mechanics and maybe even the possibility of changing/adding types. Still awesome news!

Edited April 17, 2010 by SuperLink

[Rusty Spy]

Well that kinda cancels out the possibility of rebuilding the mechanics and maybe even the possibility of changing/adding types. Still awesome news!

I don't think so, it was possible to trade between RBY and GSC even though Gen 2 added the steel type. Maybe it'll be the same as Gen 3 and 4's forward only compatibility.

[Cake]

Well that kinda cancels out the possibility of rebuilding the mechanics and maybe even the possibility of changing/adding types. Still awesome news!

Unless they go the Time Machine route. Couldn't trade incompatible types BACK to R/B/Y, remember?

[PSI Wind]

First Pokemon Black & White footage on Pokemon Sunday:

Pokebeach

Edited April 17, 2010 by PSI Wind FTW!

[Blue Blood]

I sincerely hope they go the Time Machine route instead of the loltransferonly route. Not that it was the worst thing in the world, but it would have been cool to get some legitimate Pokémon in Gen III with moves they didn't normally have access to. I don't mean a Totodile with Ice Fang btw, cause the move itself didn't exist back then.

Footage from Pokémon Sunday. Just about to watch it.

And a YouTube link.

Edited April 17, 2010 by Blue Blood

[Octarine]

Dammit, the excited squealing drowned out the music. Not that I'd have been doing any differently, but still. Would've been nice to hear.

It definitely looks good, but not a whole lot different than what we'd expected based on the screenshots. There's only so much you can say about walking in a city, really... it's cute, but we all know what everyone really wants to see. That bit where they poked at that battle screenshot at the end was just cruel.

Edited April 17, 2010 by Octarine

[SuperLink]

Dammit, the excited squealing drowned out the music. Not that I'd have been doing any differently, but still. Would've been nice to hear.

Yup, just like when HG/SS was revealed. T_T

It definitely looks good, but not a whole lot different than what we'd expected based on the screenshots. There's only so much you can say about walking in a city, really... it's cute, but we all know what everyone really wants to see. That bit where they poked at that battle screenshot at the end was just cruel.

Fully agree! I wanna see those battles dammit!

Guess we'll just have to wait longer for footage... xD

[Blue Blood]

I'm still wondering why I want footage of another Pokémon game. All footage ever does is make the game look horribly boring. And seeing as we've seen how they differ graphically already, we'll we've pretty much seen it all. Don't get me wrong, I want more footage. But like... why?

Edited April 17, 2010 by Blue Blood

[SuperLink]

I'm still wondering why I want footage of another Pokémon game. All footage ever does is make the game look horribly boring. And seeing as we've seen how they differ graphically already, we'll we've pretty much seen it all.

Be more optimistic Dx

Really I want footage of the battles, I want to see how dynamic they really are.

Serebii has piiiics!

Loving that Pikachu advert thing.

Edited April 17, 2010 by SuperLink

[Blue Blood]

Loving the sky. Just being able to see it.

[PSI Wind]

Pokemon Sunday Host: LOL Here's an old screenshot of the battles. Wait until next week >D!

Me:

[Saint Nathan]

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It looks like it'll be REALLY hard to keep track of where you are, the camera no longer focuses on you.

I dislike nitpicking and nitpickers but that is nagging at me so much oh my god. I hope they center that camera a bit.

Other than that it looks amazing. Well, for three seconds of looped footage.

[Yong]

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It looks like it'll be REALLY hard to keep track of where you are, the camera no longer focuses on you.

I dislike nitpicking and nitpickers but that is nagging at me so much oh my god. I hope they center that camera a bit.

Other than that it looks amazing. Well, for three seconds of looped footage.

I agree. It looks good on paper, but it also looks horribly awkward to navigate. But that's again on paper.

[Saint Nathan]

Ooh.

I wonder if you can change the camera angles?

That would be cool. Would be hard to do though.

[Ruby Havoc]

Looks really good. I knew there would be footage.

[Iceman Etika]

Well hell, I hope to god they didn't remove the running shoes. 8[

Loving the sky. Just being able to see it.

I agree. It's fugging beautiful.

[SuperLink]

Well hell, I hope to god they didn't remove the running shoes. 8[

Speaking of which, I love how they've refused to show any screenshots of the touch screen yet... xD

[Yong]

Speaking of which, I love how they've refused to show any screenshots of the touch screen yet... xD

That's because the bottom screen is now resevered for showing porn.

Seriously, I don't think the touchscreen functionality will differ all that much from what we've seen in the last DS games. Unless it actually will be a porn displayer.

[Marcello]

Wow, the game looks really good. I can't wait for the gameto come out.

[Kevin]

How are you watching it?

Through a program that picks up the broadcast channels in Japan like TV Tokyo, etc. Unfortunately, I missed the rest of Pokemon Sunday, because I was having dinner.

Anyway, I just saw the video of the footage, and it looks awesome so far! I'm really looking forward to some battle footage since I'd like to see how the camera will work.

[Noir]

I'm liking this. Looks like quite an interesting city. It's cool that the buildings aren't so wacky or colorful at all anymore.

I WANT BATTLE FOOTAGE THOUGH.

[Sean]

Well the game looks alright I guess, definitely not the aesthetic upgrade I was expecting, but whatev. I hope this skewered lighthouse-esque camera angle is restricted to few or only this area, it makes me feel sick.

Also I don't know what's so great about the sky, looks bland (though it serves its purpose) to me.

[Tori Himemiya]

Hmmmmm.... It's ok so far. Nothing eyecatching other than the guys in the mascot outfits. It looked like they were dancing.

I'm wondering about the pokemon in this gen though.... But I'll wait.

For some reason I thought of a stegosaur with leafy plates. I'll add that to my predicted list.