Pokemon Black and White 2 announced for DS

[VMM]

The overworld is one of the things in Pokemon that I don't want to change. The current overworld is practically perfect. The 3DS version would just help perfect the aesthetic with increased screen-real estate and better 3D graphics in the few places that it's actually used in.

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Just look at XD: Gale of Darkness vs. Black and White.
http://i.imgur.com/jmBen.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/LZxTo.jpg

The top looks bland and uninspiring while the bottom has this great look to it. The sprites just add to the great aesthetic that the Pokemon series has. And as an added bonus, games that use sprites tend not to age as horribly as games that don't.

For me, the Gale of Darkness image shows what pokémon will become, sooner or later, i guess later, but in a handheld that focus on 3D effects, it would be pretty strange,to have a pokémon with 2D sprites. Don't you agree?

It would be just as weird as having a game like Mario and Luigi: Bowsers Inside Story or Mighty Milky Way on a system capable of 3D graphics. Sprites are a design-choice, not the natural evolution of a game.

Pokémon Stadium proved how good battles in 3D can be.
It's not a fact, it's a personal thing, but the common sense tells: Pokémon battles in 3D is better than 2D sprites.

I think that sooner or later we will have battles in 3D on 3DS, and I think the 3DS pokedéx is a preview of what it will be.

 

[Deleted-236924]

I wonder if this will take place in Unova.
I always said it would be cool if Game Freak made a game that took place in a different region, but with the same Pokémon as before.

@VMM : If it's a personal thing, you can't say that "common sense tells that 3D > 2D" when you just said it was a personal thing (Opinion.)

 

[VMM]

I wonder if this will take place in Unova.
I always said it would be cool if Game Freak made a game that took place in a different region, but with the same Pokémon as before.

@VMM : If it's a personal thing, you can't say that "common sense tells that 3D > 2D" when you just said it was a personal thing (Opinion.)

One thing does not contradicts the other. If it's not a fact, it's a personal thing, but there will always be a common sense for that

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[jakeyjake]

I don't know if anyone else mentioned this before, but weren't gold and silver direct sequels to red and blue? I mean, you got to go back to the same places, and it was a few years later, things had changed, but it was still the same place.

 

[Deleted-236924]

I wonder if this will take place in Unova.
I always said it would be cool if Game Freak made a game that took place in a different region, but with the same Pokémon as before.

@VMM : If it's a personal thing, you can't say that "common sense tells that 3D > 2D" when you just said it was a personal thing (Opinion.)

One thing does not contradicts the other. If it's not a fact, it's a personal thing, but there will always be a common sense for that

No.
It will always be a matter of opinion, no matter what you say.
Common sense tells me that everyone has different tastes.

 

[jonesman99]

The biggest game(s) I know so far on the DS is a 512mb in size, and now that the carts for DS are cheaper, they are able to add a lot more content to the game. Also, making sequels to both games instead of making Gray allows for Kyurem to be properly included to the Unova/Team Plasma plotline (with final trinity form revealed of course.) and make the cartridges fully 3DS ready when the next generation is released.

I hope that they do something with the usage of Pokemon box saves loading them either to/from the DSi/3DS SD Card or like some cloud storage via the Dream World.

 

[Gahars]

Wow, gone for a few days and I miss the mother of all threads.

Anyway, I can't help but shake the feeling that they went for sequels (rather than a refined "Grey" version) this time around for the sales alone; I kind of doubt that the integrity of the story line was the deciding factor here.

 

[Click This]

Meh. I haven't even completed Soulsilver, let alone Black and B&W2...
I've since gone back to playing Pokemon Yellow.
Whee, nostalgia!

 

[omgpwn666]

Wow, I won't even touch this game with an illegal download link. Should've been for 3DS.

 

[Lushay]

Black and white...2?? Even though that sounds crazy, i feel like i'd play it. Hope they actually change the story around instead of being the same game with added content.

 

[Janthran]

They usually take their sweet time on the new engine, preparing 6th gen for the 3DS is no easy task for them, you dig?

It took them 4 years to create diamond/pearl.

I'll be honest, if it took them 4 years for the Diamond/Pearl engine, then their either terrible at developing or incredibly slow. I know new engines take time but the engine itself is basically a graphical upgrade of the GBA games with some minor gameplay changes and better looking sprites.

For the record, Unreal Engine 3, from when it began development to the first game released for it, took about 3-3 1/2 years.

Exactly my point. Gamefreak hasn't really given the Pokemon engines any major changes, just minor re-touching. All Pokemon games are essentially the same game with more Pokemon - I'd really like to see a game developed a'la Pokemon XD - hopefuly in third person perspective and in 3D, is it too much to ask for in the 21st century?

I can understand that some people are attached to the isometric view, but they could at least introduce models for characters and allow rotation of the camera - it'd open up possibilities for hidden paths that are visible only from certain angles etc. etc. I honestly have a feeling that their games became... incredibly stale over the years.

Lol you have to take note of the hardware they have been working with, gba nor ds had the best of power. Pokemon b/w had a nice 3D feel to it, one of the cities was just wow and brigde walk looked sleek.

Dragon Quest IX has these angles mentioned here.
If they'd used the basics of that for B/W, the games would have been epic.

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[elgarta]

Here is my image:

After the events of FF 13, it turns out that our hero actually never did defeat the Elite 4 but instead was transported to the world of the Pokemon gods where he became their guardian. The defeat of the elite 4 was what everyone else in the world beleived happened, however the rival knows the truth.. They have been experiencing dreams in which our hero was torn away from the world, and plans to bring them back and sort everything out.

Our rival then finds a magical pokemon from the future who tells him where the hero is, and they go on a crazy time travelling adventure to find out how to get to the world of the Pokemon gods. Catching pokemon in different times causes changes which can be seen when you re-visit the areas in different time zones.

And to top it off, there will be multiple endings which you can unlock by resolving time paradoxes as the adventure unfolds .


Seriously though, I think this will be pretty interesting. I am happy to hear it will be on the DS, this means it is more likely that there will be some 'save file transfer' feature on it so you can actually extend on your previous journey. I am kind of concerned that it will contain almost completely re-hashed areas. It would be nice if you got to travel to the old lands and battle some old gym leaders (Gold/Silver). That was one of the things that made Silver one of my favourite games, it kind of felt like a sequal to Red/Blue since it referenced the happenings of that game and showed how things had changed in the time period between the games

 

[YayMii]

The English website states that these games are "incredible new adventures", so I'm assuming that this'll be quite different compared to B/W V1.

Also, did anyone notice that the Black (Zekrom) Kyurem is with the Pokemon Black logo and the white (Reshiram) with the White logo? It was the other way around for the original B/W.

 

[triassic911]

The English website states that these games are "incredible new adventures", so I'm assuming that this'll be quite different compared to B/W V1.

Also, did anyone notice that the Black (Zekrom) Kyurem is with the Pokemon Black logo and the white (Reshiram) with the White logo? It was the other way around for the original B/W.

I think that was intentional.

I'm glad this is coming to the DS, I can easily obtain it!

 

[drobb]

me personally im thinking and hoping that this will have possibly other fusion type things, a new form of evolution maybe. hopefully it will let us get to some of the old regions. im also thinking/hoping it will have a way to load your previous save or transfer pokes and that the 6th gen will be put out on the 3ds and there may be a way to transfer/incorporate pokes to it. maybe thats why they had to do a sequel to not only patch up story holes but to incorporate a transfer system of sorts with the next gen. just my thoughts and opinions

 

[_Chaz_]

Ugh... Couldn't they have just done the right thing and apologized for Black and White?

 

[Sylar1]

I liked black and white, though i still have to beat black. Kind of forgot about that game.

 

[kiv_umar]

I've got used to the fact of a sequel now, I'm good with it, actually looking forward to it.
Just disappointed that it's not made for 3DS.

 

[Pong20302000]

Pokemon Black / White 2 is getting official Europe release this Autumn

http://www.pokemon.com/uk/pokemon-black-version-2-pokemon-white-version-2/

source
https://twitter.com/#!/NintendoUK

 

[PolloDiablo]

I guess that this time I will buy a cheap ass ds lite and a acekard to play this one