Official Pokémon Thread

[WonderBug]

It's completely illogical.

But I want it.

[Guyver Spawn]

http://www.pokemon.co.jp/bw/index.html

Pokemon Black and White have been announced. Yes this is the 5th gen of Pokemon. We are going to have like 100 or something more Pokemon.

[Halicat]

Oh wow, even MORE Pokemon!? I haven't even really gotten accquainted with any of the current ones past 250 D: I'm hoping to do so though, since I got SoulSilver and have been enjoying it immensely. I really love how you can have whatever Pokemon follow you about and talk to you, so cute :3 I've just beaten Whitney the third Gym leader.

BTW has anyone played the Pokemon mystery Dungeon games? I think I might get one of them.

[Tsachoul]

And apparently not for the 3DS. Curious. One wonders what sort of graphics improvements are possible (though of course the 4th gen engine was pretty inefficient...). And new Pokemon.

I like it when you get a really massive legendary Pokemon to follow you - they can only appear outside. But Sentret following made me Daawww.

[Guyver Spawn]

I think they need to work on new gameplay ideas before making a big shit load of new Pokemon. I find it odd that we have both gen 4 & 5 on the DS.

[WonderBug]

[url]http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/12/pokemon-black-and-white-starters-revealed-in-full-color/[/url]

I absolutely love the girl trainer; the design is hilarious! The boy's really boring though. It'll probably be the first time I play as the girl trainer.

And count me as one of the few that likes the starters. Of course I also think the 4th gen was the best, so I'm already a pokepariah.

[Guyver Spawn]

The Lizard starter looks cool but I wish they did something more original with it.

[Xeroko]

The fire one is pretty cute, and I always pick the fire starter every new generation, so I'm a happy camper, also the female trainer (and the male too) are really awesome looking.

[WonderBug]

The Lizard starter looks cool but I wish they did something more original with it.

It reminds me a lot of Gen III's grass starter. :/

I always pick water starters. Not consciously, I just always end up thinking it's the cutest. It's kind of an...ugly cute this time, but it's cute nonetheless!

[Mariruri]

I play the DPP and HGSS. I also play competitively.

I'm not a fan of the otter (Water) type starter of the Gen. 5 but I'm sure it's a beast.

[Shogo-Kun]

I can only pray to God that the anime will chose the boy trainer for their adaptation of Black/White. the girl looks too sexy for anything Pokemon.[/img]

[WonderBug]

Oh totally. I mean look at how much arm she's showing. Shameful!

These kids look like they're living in entirely different seasons.

[Guyver Spawn]

Looks like all of the 5th gen Pokemon have been uploaded on Pokebeach. Some of them look okay, but I do like Bagoora, and Ononokusu though.

http://pokebeach.com/news/0910/black-white/new-pokemon/list.html

[Killer Bee]

I think the sprites look terrible, but I'm sure they'll look better animated. I want to tear my eyes out at Hiyakku's design, though. There's just something so... wrong about it.

Hopefully my copy will ship soon. Play-Asia says they're going to run an extra shift on Saturday but some orders might not get shipped until next week. I only pre-ordered a little over a week ago... God, I'm so hyped for this stupid game.

[Sachi]

None of them seem very memorable. Then again, Pokemon hasn't produced anything memorable for a while, so I forgive them.

[MugwumpHasNoLiver]

I'm not really digging any of the starters. Not that it matters much, seeing as I haven't played a Pokemon game since Ruby and have no intention to pick one up ever again. In particular, the new grass starter just looks like a gayer version of Treecko.

[EvangelionFan]

Pokebeach's ripped sprites aren't the best quality, but it's helpful in giving you an idea of what to expect. For example I was anticipating a Dark/Fighting type... but I wasn't anticipating them (#65-66) to look so dumb.

On a more positive side though I like the look of the Grass and Water starter lines plus #54-55, #83-85, #94-95, #98-99 (Water/Ghost type should be interesting), #103-104 (Grass/Steel!), #113-115 (Ghost/Fire... heartless much?), #119-120 (ice bear!), #130-131 (Dark/Steel!), #142-143, #144-146 (Legendary trio of fighting types!) #152 (Dragon/Ice).

All in all fairly good with some surprises and some anticipated type combinations. If I get Black/White I'll probably trade over a Dragonite or something to mix things up a little.

[TehDonutKing]

I've played Red, Blue, Yellow, Silver, Crystal, Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed, LeafGreen, Pearl, and Platinum. Crystal is my favourite, though.

I'll also break my tradition of getting a Fire type with a female character.
I'm getting Smugleaf.

[Killer Bee]

I haven't played a Pokemon game since Ruby and have no intention to pick one up ever again.

Pokemon hasn't produced anything memorable for a while, so I forgive them.

[MugwumpHasNoLiver]

What? I'm not allowed to be mostly disinterested in something? That shit's too damn addicting and I have more important things to waste my time on.