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GEN 5 POKEMON GAMES REVEALED - Pokémon White & Black
http://kotaku.com/5513079/
http://www.pokemon.co.jp/bw/index.html "Get ready for new Pokémon games, Pokéfans, as the latest entries in the popular monster-collecting series - Pokemon Black & Pokemon White - have just turned up on the franchise's Japanese website. There's a logo, there's the names, and...that's about it! We'll apparently be learning - and hopefully seeing - more come April 15. These two titles will be the first fifth-generation Pokémon games, and the first all-new titles in quite some time. They'll be released sometime this Fall, for the Nintendo DS." (The news story was posted on April 8th and therefore isn't April Fools, even though I thought it was when a friend showed me it.) Last edited by Cat333Pokémon; April 9, 2010 at 10:56:59 AM. |
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Although the names are a bit simple, the logos look really amazing.
Also, I don't think the games will cause racial controversies, since I'm 100% sure nothing offensive is intended. I think they chose those specific names just to make the games sound more classic. Anyways, I'm very optimistic about the 5th generation games till now, and I can't wait until more information is revealed about them. I hope they turn out to be even better than Pokémon HG/SS. Last edited by Shadow; April 9, 2010 at 01:40:46 AM. |
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Figures they're called black and white. All I can think of is the original red and blue games.
Seems like Nintendo is high off nostalgia right now and wants everything to feel like "way back then." Fortunately, they're good at this and no one can put them down for it very easily. Oh well. I figured they'd finally reveal a "light" Pokemon type to counter "dark" (theory still, but pretty obvious), but two games with these titles must either mean "black" is for a featured dark Pokemon and "white" is for a featured light Pokemon or something entirely different. I know I could quite honestly be wrong, but doesn't it seem obvious? I mean, what else can you derive from a title like this? Realistically? I invite anyone to debate me on this. |
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It's really sad to see. I smh at nintendo for doing these names because it WILL cause racism controversy. anyways, Inb4pokemongrey makes you wonder though. About the legends. I think that pokemon Black's legend would be dark type...so does that mean white would be...light type????? They've already revealed Zoroark, which is a Dark type. Looks to me like these games are going to be centered around Light and Dark. Maybe that means that In Black, you play in the Evil organization??? In either case, the champ of the game could be the main playable character from the other game. As they have become the master of light/Darkness and you have become the master of Darkness/light, depending on your game. Oh man that makes me antsy. Freak nintendo, don't screw this one up. Last edited by Flare Soru; April 9, 2010 at 05:27:19 AM. |
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I hope not. *stares at American translators, wondering if they'll mess up something this simple* Agreed. |
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Alright. Sooner or later I'm going to mail Nintendo saying:
"Stop with the color names. We need more gems. Like Garnet and Jade. You have Red, Blue, Green, Yello, FireRed, LeafGreen, Gold, Silver, HeartGold, and SoulSilver. Seriously, stop with the color names. Make something else up with like..............I don't know! Just figure something else out other than gems and colors!" I bet the Black(RACIST) mascot is going to be like some type of mashed up remake of the Giratina sprite. And White(RACIST) is going to be a mashed up version of Celebi or something like that. Maybe even mashed-up Mew. XD Oh well. These logos look pretty sweet. Atleast be as good as the originals. Don't create a whole new Pokedex. Don't make up 150 new Pokemon. Keep some oldies in there too! Well, my thoughts of this game are hopefully good. |
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And lets not judge what the legendarys or the game are gonna be like before we even seen it. All we've seen so far is the name. |
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Uh, no. Once again, cheap joke that wasn't even funny. Plus, what's the whole OMG IT'S GOTTA BE GEMS. Thing all about? You think the games will suck cause they didn't choose Garnet and Topaz?! See the above. Last edited by OMGITSJAD; April 9, 2010 at 10:05:07 AM. |
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I agree with Cat. It is just like in Diamond & Pearl. There, I loved Dialga, until it grew to become now my favorite Pokemon. Now, I think I will be waiting to see the mascots. However, current;y, I am 70% with Pokemon Black, as the color black is my favorite color.
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I'll probably do the same, however if they're like the way I say B/W should be made(Black is where you play as a Team, White a normal trainer), i'll probably pick up both. =3
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:79: <---Me
Holy crap this is awesome! I actually like the names because of how simplistic they are, I'm kind of glad that they didn't choose to give the games names based on gems. I'm probably going to buy White version (I really hope that "racist" jokes don't explode all over the internet.), but I might buy Black if the exclusives really draw me in. and now we wait, for more information to be revealed... |
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I really hope the version mascots are revealed on Pokémon Sunday, and then I;d see which one is cooler. What I also hope is that the mascot of White version is a light type and Light could be a new type introduced in these games, and the mascot of black would be a dark type. I also want the idea of having pokémon following you reintroduced in these games. I'm getting both games, but if I would have to pick between one of them it'd be the game with the mascot I like best. Also, I think you should be able to catch both mascots in one game, just like in HG/SS you were able to get both in either game no matter which one it was. Since the 3DS won't be out for a while, my guess is the third game will be on the 3DS and the first two will be on the DS and DSi. I just hope TPC puts LOADS of effort into these games
Last edited by Plusleplusminun; April 9, 2010 at 11:31:00 AM. |
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I whole-heartedly disagree! I don't want any new types, I want them to stick with that is here already. The types seem balances as is, and adding a new type could really shift things out of line. If this is the case, then the White version legendary would probably be either Normal-type or Flying-type.
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I bet the Japanese names are Black and White and stupid Americans will ruin the awesomeness with "Light and Dark" or "Bright and Eerie". Translators can ruin alot of games. And it is quite strange that some people find these games racially offending.
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I know its a joke to slutty barbie dolls, but alot of black people (including myself) take being called an oreo rather offensively. However, seeing a black barbie doll with oreo on the box causes me to laugh hysterically. (call me a hypocrite.)
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We should aspire for them to have more groundbreaking change instead of the same old same old with a new coat of paint over it all. And besides, if stuff like that was said when G/S came out, then Steel and Dark would've never came out! Last edited by OMGITSJAD; April 10, 2010 at 08:50:57 AM. |
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The type changes in Gen II were more or less necessary, though, because the entire balance was broken. It's not broken now, so there honestly is no need to change it unless the developers just feel the need to have more types. However, there are so many type combinations that haven't been utilized yet under the current system that I see no need for a new type just yet. And if there is one, I sure hope it's something more original than "light." :/
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I found something with the Pokemon. I bet it doesn't matter but it's worth posting.
Like HeartGold and SoulSilver, you can only get certain Pokemon in certain games. So in Black and White, it's going to be Mr. Mime for White, Jynx for Black. Jynx made Black pop out for me. |
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HAHAHAHA. HAHAHAH. AHAH. HA. OWAIT THAT'S NOT FUNNY. Me like everyone else is fed up with the racial stuff. End it now, please. |
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Why change the names of the games from Japan? The only thing that needs to be translated to something different is the Japanese names for each of the Pokemon. And plus, the names Ebony and Ivory just don't sound all that great. |
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Here are the possible starter silouets.
http://video.najoomi.com/videos/DCuh...e-version.html I don't think it's real. Last edited by Magmaster12; April 11, 2010 at 04:15:55 PM. |
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If the names did cause racial controversy, things would start resembling all the fanatics who kept saying "Pokemon is evil and goes against religion, ect." It`s annoying when people make a huge deal out of the smallest things. If such scrutinizing were to be done, then we clearly haven`t grown and improved as a humanistic society enough. |
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Firstly, some people here are anticipating a re-naming of the games as "Light and Dark" to avoid racial references. Personally, I wouldn`t mind that xD I take a fair bit of pride in the fact that my middle name means "Light" when translated to English. And Dark`s pretty cool, too. Anyway, back to typing. I personally considered Arceus to basically be a "Light" type when I learned about it. Though the type doesn`t exist in-game, they gave it a Signature move which uses shots of light, in order to keep it from taking any particular "side" of the Pokemon Universe. They made it a normal type to keep it neutral as well, so people would be able to think of it in any role (with plates, that is). If they WERE to create a Light type, that would instantly have to be applied to Arceus, and Judgement would definitely be under the type category. Flash Cannon would also become a Light-type move if it were introduced. There is one thing that made me fairly sure there wouldn`t be any more types, though. In the movie Arceus:Chokoku no Jiku e, Arceus shows all 16 of it`s Life Plates, and it`s stated it can defend against every attack because of them. If they were to add an extra type, there would have to be a Plate to correspond to it, and since Arceus is from the earliest area of the Pokemon Universe`s timelime, this would interfere with continuity as well, making it even more questionable as to whether another type will appear. |
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