Fusion wrote:Yeah, not to mention that Emonga has a similar name and has a similar color scheme to Enpanda.

I smell a conspiracy!

That flying squirrel is adorable.

Left to right:
Moguryuu (ムグリュー) - Mole Pokemon - Ground - Sand Throw or Sand Power (attacks increase in power during sandstorms) - 0.3m -　8.5kg.
Kurumiru (クルミル) - Sewing Pokemon - Bug / Grass - Swarm or Chlorophyll - 0.3m - 2.5kg. It has a new attack called "Bug Resistance" which hits two Pokemon at once.
Mamanbou (ママンボウ) - Nursing Pokemon - -Possibly- Luvdisc's evolution - Water - Healing Heart (cures teammates of status conditions) or Hydration - 1.2m　- 31.6kg.

Kurumiru reminds me so much of Caterpie and Weedle I'm playing through Viridian Forest now because of it and the nostalgia it brings.

Expect the Sugimori artwork of
Miruhoggu (ミルホッグ) - Precaution Pokemon - Minezumi's evolution - Normal - Illuminate or Keen Eye - 1.1m　- 27.0kg. "It lights up the pattern on its body to threaten its opponents."
by the end of the week.

So... when's the infoplosion gona happen?

Scratch that last post I made, it happens right now:

Wind Storm is a move that Swana (the swan thing) gets where the accuracy depends on the weather
Wild Pokemon change depending on the season
The Sturdy ability no longer just protects one-hit ko moves like Horn Drill, it's a built in Focus Sash (if a move hits and would take you out while you had Max HP, you survive with 1)
Victini will reappear at the lighthouse if you knock it out by accident
Hometown is Konokota Town (not that you guys will ever see it called that )
Team Plasma (the Monty Python knights) are apparently a parody of PETA, as they are trying to "liberate" the Pokemon
Using the Global Link, you can download customized backgrounds for the Pokedex and C-gear and can download new songs for the Musical
Dream World Pokemon will have different abilities, such as Vaporeon having Hydration
Berries are not in Isshu, they only appear through the Dream World
Item Trading is now possible through the Global Link
High Link has some strange abilities, such as a double EXP ability. You can trade these with your friends
Miracle Shooter is an item used in battle, optional of course, that allows you to gain points to buy and use items (11 points for Revive, Ether and X Attack at 12)
The Battle Subway replaces the Battle Tower. It functions the same as the Battle Tower
Isshu has 8 badges
TMs do not disappear after use
The first gym (Leader: Dento aka Green-haired waiter) involves type compatibility questions which you answer by standing on colored tiles, kind of like Blaine and Fantina's original gym
The second gym (Leader: Aloe) is similar, but requires you to know cooking knowledge. That should be wonderful for me to get through >.>

Better image of the scans yesterday:

That was some good info... although I knew most of it already by browsing through the threads at Smogon, but nevertheless, this gen is looking better and better.

Broccoli-head has been revealed officially. His first appearance was with Kibago as two mini figures a few months back, but now has Sugimori artwork and a name.

Yanappu
Grass Monkey Pokemon
Grass Type
Ability: Gluttony
Moves: Acrobat (A move that can hit past the normal range in Triple Battles. Power doubles with no held item. As it is Super-Effective on Smugleaf, it is most likely a Flying Type move)

Also, expect Yanappu to be one of Dento's Pokemon, as Yanappu was shown off with the other new mascot Kibago at the same time and the show Yanappu just appeared on said one of the new anime characters would have one. This would mean that he is a Grass Leader and breaks the tradition of having the Rock Leader be the first (with the exception of Gen II, mainly because they already had another Rock Leader in the game. Plus Falkner used to give out Mud-Slap so nyeh ).

EDIT
Complete List

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkGK6evp_5U

The bugs of this gen look awesome! I'm a bit disappointed with the type verity of the starters though...

Fusion wrote:Complete List

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkGK6evp_5U

Sweeeeet! The Bug types in this game actually seem...well, useful. And is it just me, or does Baffuron look like an evolved form of Tauros?

Old Post So I've had White for a few days now, it finally came in on Wednesday (only two days after the expected ship >.>), and I've got to say, this game lives up to the 40/40 from Famitsu. I've hidden the following wall of text to save your eyes and protect you from spoilers, in case you want to experience the game for yourself in March (RECOMMENDED).

No importing an early release from the US for us, it seems. They region-locked this game. Are Nintendo idiots? Well done for fuelling piracy because you can bet somebody will simply grab a ROM image, find a way round the region-lock, put it on a DS cart and sell it on eBay.

Two Days Ago, I wrote:It's only region locked on generation 2 (as in, launch ones appear to work but ones from soon after do not) DSis. Mine play fine on my DS Fat and DS Lite.

They might be doing this to test waters for the 3DS, to see if the piracy rate goes down. Honestly, I think after this the people who used to import and now can't anymore just downloaded the ROM, which was actually out a few days prior to the release.

So I got to the Hall of Fame today, meaning I beat the Elite 4 and Champion. Also, if you get White version, you will fill up an entire box when you get to White Forest (yes, I do read the name of that place in GMan's voice ). They crammed so many Pokemon into that place I ran out of Ultra Balls.

Gray is happening, by the way. I found Kyurem today, and on closer inspection I realized why he looks the way he does. Reshiram and Zekrom represent Yin and Yang (Balance), but also Energy (Heat and Electric), Kyurem is the exact opposite. Despite the fact that he's Ice, therefore not having a lot of energy, his design is the opposite of Balance. For example, his wings are different lengths and his head and neck are longer than his body, which makes him top heavy. The ingame text says that Reshiram and Zekrom were once one Pokemon until the founders of Isshu started fighting, then they split. I believe Kyurem to be the remnant of this, and expect Gray to further explain this. Also, Kyurem has two currently unobtainable Ice moves, one which can paralyze (Zekrom) and one which can burn (Reshiram). He'll probably get a new form, too, as he's about 30 base stats under Reshiram and Zekrom.

Despite what GameFreak employees said, My team as of beating the game:

SMUG/Jaroda- lv. 66
VIC/Victini- lv. 68
TURTL/Abagoora- lv. 65
PANTS/Zuruzukin- lv. 67
ZEKRO/Zekrom- lv. 67
YAMI/Weavile- lv. 68

Total Time: 44 hours

(I totally picture Zuruzukin having a Joe Pesci-esque voice by the way.)

So how long does it take you to be able to obtain a previous-generation Pokemon? And what's the compatability like between games? How does trading between this generation and the last work? Time Capsule ALA Gold/Silver/Crystal? Or something else?

Old Post, and if you want this done in the future please tell me and I'll do it myself. Seeing as it's getting closer to the release for every other country besides Japan, I feel it's a good time to bring the thread back so we don't have to deal with another thread taking up space soon. Black and White are released on March 4th in Europe, March 6th in America, and March 10th in Australia.

First off, if you have any 4th Generation games, the time to get the Crown Beasts/Shiny Raikou, Suicune and Entei is now. For Europe and Australia, they will be given out over Wi-Fi on February 7th. For America and Canada, Gamestop/EB Games is giving out one per week. Raikou's event has already passed, but Entei's is coming up. Next Monday to Saturday the 23rd is Entei's event, and then Suicune is available from January 31st to February 6th. The Crown Beasts unlock a Zoroark event in Black and White, and I recommend getting these to get Zoroark because he's incredibly good at fooling the AI and learns Dark, Ghost, Psychic, and Fire moves.

Also, a Celebi for 4th Generation games is going to be distributed soon as well. This is the first Celebi event of the 4th Generation and is the first time that Celebi has been given out since 2006 in America and Europe and 2003 in Japan. Europe and Australia will be getting it sometime soon, but America will be getting it at Gamestop from February 27th to March 7th. This Celebi unlocks a final battle with Giovanni in Heart Gold and Soul Silver and when transferred to Black and White will unlock a Zorua.

A few days ago a list of English names was leaked to the internet. While some of the names seem fake, the list did include some of the names revealed today by the official website. I'll put the list in spoiler tags so for those who don't want them ruined they don't have to see it. For those who do want to know, here's the list: Some are hilarious.

That had better not be real. Roggenrolla? Wut? Darumaka staying almost the same? No. Also Serperior as a name would almost keep me from picking him. However, I'm perfectly fine with Ononoks' name on that list, Haxorus. Also okay with Dageki's name, Sock.

Hey guys, I haven't played a Pokemon game since I borrowed yellow/blue from a friend as a kid, although I did avidly follow Pokemon (as much as a little kid can) and my older sister plays a lot of the new games. Would I be totally alienated if I tried getting into Black and White?

Nah, it would just be weird to go from 151 to 649 I think. Everything is pretty much explained (minus the hidden mechanics that casual players really don't need to worry about) and there's lots of options so you don't have to just play with your starter and hope for the best. The best is not Blastoise with four water moves, despite what the cool kids back in the 90s thought.

Also, Black and White feel like a bit of a series reboot. While you can still import your old Pokemon from past games and keep using them, if you just play Black and White themselves it really brings back that feeling of Red and Blue when you had no idea what was going on and why that gas cloud with the face isn't being hit by Tackle. TCG stuff:

Virizion

This pokemon can, as of a few months from now, add the iPhone 4 to its portfolio of products.

CressAlbane wrote:

Virizion

This pokemon can, as of a few months from now, add the iPhone 4 to its portfolio of products.

Haha, same thing I thought when I saw the name.

Old Post with spoilers So as the rest of the world releases draw closer (March 4th for Europe, March 6th for America, March 10th for Australia), I'd like to once again recommend these games. If you left the franchise years ago, these games really provide a fresh experience with all new Pokemon choices (no more Zubat/Geodude swarms halting your progress every five steps) and a really good evil team story that doesn't involve putting on hoods and draining the oceans or starting gambling chains. If you're on the fence and bought the last two (Heart Gold and/or Soul Silver) the games are surprisingly updated for being on the same system, and you can always transfer the Pokemon you got in those two games to further complete your army/collection of monsters.

(Oh, and if anyone wants a Snarl Zoroa, I have an event Zoroark with the move and it breeds onto them. I'll put my Friend Code up when I know what it is.)

Also, OCRemix came out with their album The Missingno Tracks today. It contains a mixture of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th gen music and it's free. Go download it.