* Areas in south west: Sangi Ranch, Route 20, Tachiwaki City, Pokewood, Sangi Town, Route 19, Aspertia City, Tachiwaki Complex
* Route 19 has Patrat and Purrloin within it
* Route 20 has Sewaddle, Pidove, Dunsparce, Audino, Purrloin, Patrat, Venipede & Sunkern
* Sangi Ranch features Lillipup, Riolu, Pidove, Azurill, Dunsparce, Audino, Mareep, Patrat & Psyduck
* Tachiwaki Complex features Pidove, Magby/Elekid, Growlithe, Audino, Magnemite & Koffing. Pidove is only found outside in it, while Growlithe and Koffing are inside
* The Unova Pokédex page has been updated with various new Pokémon
* The map is shown for the first time and shows that you can search for Pokémon with the Pokédex
* It confirms Cheren's team as being Patrat (Lv. 11) & Lillipup (Lv. 13), giving you Work Up and Homika's team as being Koffing (Lv. 16) and Whirlipede (Lv. 18) and gives Venoshock.
* The area you change form with Keldeo in is called "Oath Woods"
* Your mother & your Rival's younger sister will give you the Running Shoes and Town Map. You meet Alder in Route 19
* Rival battle in Sangi Ranch. You need to work with your rival to find a Herdier. If you succeed, you will receive TM21. You get the medal box in Sangi Town and six hints for medals. You also have two battles in Alder's house
* Bianca gives you the C-Gear after you beat Cheren. This unlocks the ability to trade. You will also receive a Pokédex upgrade within Route 20
* You get to view Homika's father's movies when you reach Pokéwood.
* In the Tachiwaki Complex, if you beat all three trainers within it, you will receive TM94, Rock Smash
* Team Plasma are first fought in Tachiwaki and then Route 20. Access to Castelia City is via boat

>>25243
>First few routes contain all the shitty garbage pokemon the first few routes did in Black and White
... Well at least the selections a bit broader now I guess. And getting a Poison type early on might be fun.

>Doesn't look like Iris is in the game :(
FUCK YES!
>Iris is the E4 champion!
FUCK!

Also the gyms are looking to be super easy mode again from what's been revealed (3 pokemon cap) and the elite 4 are still rocking 4 a pop to boot, although they're at around the late 50's

Gym order is as follows:
Normal (old, BW's rival)
Poison (new)
Bug (old) (how the fuck is bug not gym 8?!)
Electric (old, new look)
Ground (old)
Flying (old)
Dragon (old) (wait, Dragon as 7 and not 8? Tweeeeest!)
Water (new) (yay ANOTHER water gym)

The world battle mode sounds awesome with just about all the old gym leaders and E4 members showing up with teams of three. Think this might actually be the games Battle Whatever due to the level restrictions on teams and the alternate rules you can put on.


Over all I'm almost hyped. Almost. It all comes down to the pokemon I have access to, especially in the early parts of the game. Black and White didn't have jack shit until the 3rd badge.

I know Alder wasn't all that difficult but did we really need to pull an Emerald?

At least Drayden gets his gym to himself.

>>25260
Just saw the screen cap of the flying gym leaders battle intro... three pokemon for the 6th gym leader.
This gen is STILL a joke.

1. Are there 'dungeons' in this game like in the first 4 (IE: Silph Co., etc) or are these instances missing again?
>Not sure yet, but it's not looking good
2. Does it still take 3 hours to send out a pokemon and then run away?
>Not really
3. I it still super easy mode like B1W1 was?
>Its more like normal, but has a hard mode option after beating the game.Upgrades trainer's AI and levels
4. Is the selection of available pokemon before the 4th gym actually not shitty this time?
>ehh depends on what you like I got a team I am very happy with Mareep, Riolu, Magby, Trapinch, Drilbur, Azurill, Growlithe, Magnemite, Grimer and Koffing

>>25262
I don't think any of them have over three pokemon, which leaves me a little questioning on what in the world is going on there.

>>25270
full throttle easy mode

>>25272
Easy mode? Wait until you see Assist mode. It is somehow easier than 3 pokes per gym leader. At least Black 2 has "Challenge" mode

Damn it, I just got the new one!

>>25274
Why the hell would you buy Black and White 1?
Especially with the new one having been talked about for months now?

>>25275
>buy
I JUST
I DOWNL--
GUH I WANTED TO PLAY IT
SHEEEEEEEEEESH

If it makes you feel better you'd have to wait like 3 months for the newer version anyway.

>>25276
Don't worry, the new ones coming out take place after the last two. So you will have a more complete story understanding now, for whatever it's worth.

>>25278
completely irrelevant aside from the fact that BW1's rival is now a gym leader and team plasma split into two factions.

Man BW1 was such a pile of fail. Not much hope for B2W2 personally.

>>25279

The biggest thing BW did was make TMs reusable. I can't go back to one-use TMs, I just CAN'T

>>25284
they had some good system mechanic ideas that I like for sure. but as far as core content goes, it was severely lacking.

>>25285

>NewPokemonGame.txt

Man, it'd sure be nice if 6th gen's focused primarily on developing Pokemon as a videogame instead of Pokemon as a marketing tool.

>>25300
That's what it's always been. You can count all the important game developments on one hand: special split, attack split, and, uh, a couple others. The least they could do is change up the plot, which is sadly regulated to side games, most of which don't play like the main ones.

>>25301
The particularly important gameplay changes between generations:
Gen 2: Special Attack/Defense, Steel and Dark types. Hold items. Breeding.
Gen 3: Restrictions placed on the EV system, the IV system made more important. Wireless communication. Double battles.
Gen 4: Physical/Special split.
Gen 5: Triple, Rotation, and Launcher battles.

There's really only so many things they can still do with the actual mechanics. All that's left to focus on is story.

>>25301
Or at least a change in setting or something.
Like, feudal japan era pokemon, where since Pokeballs don't exist or something, you can only take about 2 on-foot with you, with the same gym leaders mechanic - only since most of the land is uncharted you have to find those places and fend off guards that don't want you in their secret village or whatever.

Mix it up, yknow?

>>25303
...That game came out already.

>>25302
>Steel and Dark types
You know, I kind of wish they would introduce a new type again or something.
Maybe that's an awful idea, but it would make things interesting.

>>25302
Don't forget Natures.

>>25307
I also forgot Abilities.

>>25304
ffffffta wha?

>>25309
You haven't been paying much attention, have you?

>>25309


Haha, what? I honestly though that was a joke post. Did you really not know?

>>25313
Well, yeah but... as a main game, not a spinoff.

>>25314
...Why would you want to be limited to just two Pokemon in a main game?

>>25315
Its an example of sorts. Yknow, get creative with the franchise.
Hell, I wouldn't mind going the Pokemon route and make a direct sequel with a character being a teenager and having to battle again for OTHER motives or something, I DUNNO JUST HAVE THEM BE CREATIVE ITS ALL THE SAME WITH DIFFERENT POKEMON WHO DO THE SAME THINGS UGH WHAT DO YOU CARE YOURE NOT MY REAL DAD AAAAAAAAUGH

>>25318
Personally, I'd like to see a Pokémon game that wasn't focused solely on "beat the Elite 4" as if that's the be all and end all of everyone in the entire Pokémon universe.

I'd like to see a Pokémon game with....BRANCHING GAMEPLAY (shudder) that actually rewards you for playing any number of ways. But that would probably take a whole hell of a lot more game.

>>25327
Colosseum and Gale of Darkness had all of one Gym between them and it didn't even dispense a badge. You were just chasing after Team Badguy and Evil Syndicate. Which should probably be the main focus of every Pokemon game anyway. If there are evil dicks running about, they probably take priority over personal accomplishments.

I want a GTA pokemon.

Come on Nintendo, all the kids who grew up with the original game are old enough now, you'd rake in money hand over fist with a GTA-style pokemon game where you work your way up the ranks of Team Rocket, get in gang wars with Plasma, Magma, etc for turf, fight the doofy-haired good guys who are going to challenge the Elite 4, etc.

barring that I would like Rock types to be viable pokemon to use.

>>25356
You say GTA addition, and all I imagine with pokemon involved is Pokemon: Michael Vick Edition.

You know, it's been out in Japan for a while...
does it have better wifi?

>>25623
I'm praying that BW2 have WPA so that I can stop using a fucking WEP wifi on my home internet connection.

>>25625
>2012
>Still hoping Nintendo is capable of making decent decisions

>>25625
Isn't the WEP/WPA thing just part of how the DS's wireless works? I would think they would need to do a firmware update for the DS, rather than just improve the technology in the game, because all DS games run on the same API for wireless from what I can tell.

>>25659
But I think that since Black had DSi enhancements it could also access the DSi's higher wifi powers.

>>25659
My DSi can use WPA. When I tried to run Black or SoulSilver or Platinum into my wifi connection, it INSISTED on using WEP instead, saying the GAMES were incompatible with WPA.

Why the fuck does that even work? The software isn't compatible with it?

>>25662
Yeah, DS games aren't programmed to be able to recognize the higher abilities of a DSi.
Though I had assumed B/W being DSi enhanced meant that they were.

I'm not.

It was either that or Code of Princess, and I chose the one I haven't been playing since 1995.

>>25686

Is this...

trolling? I'm honestly not sure. Hmm.

>>25689

I think it's a valid statement if you approach it from a "I'd rather try something different for a change."

I mean it's not very often something like a spiritual successor to Guardian Heroes comes out.

>>25689

I think it's a valid statement if you approach it from a "I'd rather try something different for a change."

I mean it's not very often something like a spiritual successor to Guardian Heroes comes out.

>>25690
That's it exactly.

It's like I almost want to pick it up, but I'm just bored to tears with the current formula and Black/ White was such a massive MASSIVE let down.

>>25694
Not gonna lie, the things that annoyed me to hell in B/W are still there in B/W2. The absurdly long wait time/zoom thing whenever you enter a building, no auto run button, the bag is a disorganized mess, the bottom screen is essentially useless, etc., but the pacing is already much better. Pokes from every region available right for the get go really help.

It's a nice upgrade, but I'll probably sell it back once I'm done

>>25697
Those...are pretty much the only things I really wanted them to fix.

Way to go not fixing any of them, GameFreak.