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Rinoa Lover
01-28-2013, 05:04 PM
I want to review the game Pokemon Black and White Version. It's a very great game. The game has a very big world called Unova. The world is not as big as it used to be with the other regions like Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh because those regions are still bigger then this one. There are lots of Pokemon to be found again and some of them are pretty strong.

»The story«
The story of this game is again about he journey of your own Pokemon trainer and you can chose between a girl and a boy. When you meet up with Professor Juniper he gives you a package and you can those your starter pokemon. Your choices are: Tepig, Snivy or Oshawot. After picking your starter pokemon your adventure will begin and your first battle is against your rival Bianca. She always picks the Pokemon witch is better then yours. After this battle you will meet a guy named Ceren and he will help you and battle you. The main line of the bad guys is the same as any other Pokemon there is out there. The is a team called team Plasma who wants to get all the pokemon in the world. They manipulate somebody to their dirty work but who that is that is up to you to find that out.

»The gameplay«
The gameplay is much easier to play. But the controls are just sometimes not quite good to use. The game is great and and it is weird that they replaced the old game modes with the new game modes named Casino, Beauty contest and Pokélympics. The battle frontier is gone but they replaced it with a another battle frontier with the same system with a battle train. Now about the battle systems the battles are perfect and nice to play, but the battles are sometimes a heavy fight and it's hard to win the battles because some pokémons are not that strong or are just weak. But the battles are not the same like any of the other pokémon games. There is a new battle mode called triple battles. The inside of the gyms is are much bigger and much more entertaining. One gym has a library, Roller coasters, cannons and more like that entertainment stuff. You will like the gyms and battles.
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»The presentation«
The presention of Pokémon black 'n white is quite great. The game is better then other Pokémon games and the gameplay is great. The game has more of the plus then min points. Pokémon black 'n white version is very good with the gameplay, controls and grahpics on the battle system and the landscape. They also made the pokémon move completly at the animation and the gym leaders have a perfect animation too. The gyms is very great and more entertaining then ever. You always need to do something entartaining before you can battle against the gym trainers and the gym leader. That's still great to do. The game can be played like the old games but it also has a 3D function.

»The final conclusion«
If you really liked the other Pokemon games back in the day then i am sure that you will also like this game. There are agin lots of pokemon to be collected and lots of other trainers to battle. The game looks great on the 3DS and you can see that they made a lot of upgrades to the series sice the last title. At the other hand it's just too bad that the replaced some of the old game modes with some really crappy versions of it. But the overall point is that for the price you get a great game that will give you many hours of playing time so to all of you pokemon grainers out there i just got one things left to say. Get out there and go catch them all.

»PLUS POINTS«

Beautiful Landscape.
Gyms are more entertaining
3D and normal option
Better Sound
New region Unova

»MIN POINTS«
Some pokémons are not looking good.
New region named Unova is smaller than other regions.

»Final score«
9.0 awsome superb game ever you can play dear trainers!

Fynn
01-28-2013, 05:08 PM
I'd say you're not giving enough credit to the story, which is really where this game shines. It's an interesting take on the morality debate of keeping Pokemon in Pokeballs, with interesting characters with complex motivations. It goes leaps and bound beyond the typical Pokemon "get 8 badges > beat evil team > beat evil champion > oh, and there was some legendary on the way or something".

Rinoa Lover
01-28-2013, 05:17 PM
I'd say you're not giving enough credit to the story, which is really where this game shines. It's an interesting take on the morality debate of keeping Pokemon in Pokeballs, with interesting characters with complex motivations. It goes leaps and bound beyond the typical Pokemon "get 8 badges > beat evil team > beat evil champion > oh, and there was some legendary on the way or something".Thankies very much dear White wizard, sorry that was my first review about the games and it was posted on gamespot.com next time I make a bigger review about the games and my perfect review was about Dragonball Z and I want to post here right now dear White wizard :)

Formalhaut
01-28-2013, 05:19 PM
The main disappointment with Black/White for me were the pokemon designs. Definitely. I didn't love them. At all. While I found IV to have lovely designs (compared to the mediocre Gen.III designs) they took a step backwards unfortunately.

Rinoa Lover
01-28-2013, 05:21 PM
The main disappointment with Black/White for me were the pokemon designs. Definitely. I didn't love them. At all. While I found IV to have lovely designs (compared to the mediocre Gen.III designs) they took a step backwards unfortunately.Ooh okay dear friend Formal :)

Fynn
01-28-2013, 05:22 PM
I'd say you're not giving enough credit to the story, which is really where this game shines. It's an interesting take on the morality debate of keeping Pokemon in Pokeballs, with interesting characters with complex motivations. It goes leaps and bound beyond the typical Pokemon "get 8 badges > beat evil team > beat evil champion > oh, and there was some legendary on the way or something".Thankies very much dear White wizard, sorry that was my first review about the games and it was posted on gamespot.com next time I make a bigger review about the games and my perfect review was about Dragonball Z and I want to post here right now dear White wizard :)

It's OK, it's a nice review, BTW ;) And you are entitled to your opinion, of course. If you think the story wasn't anything new - you have the full right to think so. I just deemed it appropriate to toss in my three cents :D

Rinoa Lover
01-28-2013, 05:27 PM
I'd say you're not giving enough credit to the story, which is really where this game shines. It's an interesting take on the morality debate of keeping Pokemon in Pokeballs, with interesting characters with complex motivations. It goes leaps and bound beyond the typical Pokemon "get 8 badges > beat evil team > beat evil champion > oh, and there was some legendary on the way or something".Thankies very much dear White wizard, sorry that was my first review about the games and it was posted on gamespot.com next time I make a bigger review about the games and my perfect review was about Dragonball Z and I want to post here right now dear White wizard :)It's OK, it's a nice review, BTW ;) And you are entitled to your opinion, of course. If you think the story wasn't anything new - you have the full right to think so. I just deemed it appropriate to toss in my three cents :DOoh okay dear White wizard, but I want to make some great review about games and must know more about, I'm playing Mario kart 7 on my own Nintendo 3DS and then want to make greatest review about the game dear White wizard. Pleas stay tuned :)

Fynn
01-28-2013, 05:28 PM
I'd say you're not giving enough credit to the story, which is really where this game shines. It's an interesting take on the morality debate of keeping Pokemon in Pokeballs, with interesting characters with complex motivations. It goes leaps and bound beyond the typical Pokemon "get 8 badges > beat evil team > beat evil champion > oh, and there was some legendary on the way or something".Thankies very much dear White wizard, sorry that was my first review about the games and it was posted on gamespot.com next time I make a bigger review about the games and my perfect review was about Dragonball Z and I want to post here right now dear White wizard :)It's OK, it's a nice review, BTW ;) And you are entitled to your opinion, of course. If you think the story wasn't anything new - you have the full right to think so. I just deemed it appropriate to toss in my three cents :DOoh okay dear White wizard, but I want to make some great review about games and must know more about, I'm playing Mario kart 7 on my own Nintendo 3DS and then want to make greatest review about the game dear White wizard. Pleas stay tuned :)

I just thought of one tip. I personally think the review would be more interesting if you didn't reveal whether you like it or at the beginnig. You could aska question at the beginning, like "... but is it really all it promises to be?", just to add a little bit of suspence for the reader to enjoy :)

Rinoa Lover
01-28-2013, 05:32 PM
I'd say you're not giving enough credit to the story, which is really where this game shines. It's an interesting take on the morality debate of keeping Pokemon in Pokeballs, with interesting characters with complex motivations. It goes leaps and bound beyond the typical Pokemon "get 8 badges > beat evil team > beat evil champion > oh, and there was some legendary on the way or something".Thankies very much dear White wizard, sorry that was my first review about the games and it was posted on gamespot.com next time I make a bigger review about the games and my perfect review was about Dragonball Z and I want to post here right now dear White wizard :)It's OK, it's a nice review, BTW ;) And you are entitled to your opinion, of course. If you think the story wasn't anything new - you have the full right to think so. I just deemed it appropriate to toss in my three cents :DOoh okay dear White wizard, but I want to make some great review about games and must know more about, I'm playing Mario kart 7 on my own Nintendo 3DS and then want to make greatest review about the game dear White wizard. Pleas stay tuned :)I just thought of one tip. I personally think the review would be more interesting if you didn't reveal whether you like it or at the beginnig. You could aska question at the beginning, like "... but is it really all it promises to be?", just to add a little bit of suspence for the reader to enjoy :)Ooh okay thankies very mcuh for the tip dear White wizard :)

Formalhaut
01-28-2013, 05:49 PM
Don't know about you, but the constant "thankies" and "dear" is starting to grate. :p

Fynn
01-28-2013, 06:01 PM
Don't know about you, but the constant "thankies" and "dear" is starting to grate. :p

GTFO, you gen5-hater! You don't understand my pain D:

Rinoa Lover
01-28-2013, 07:01 PM
Don't know about you, but the constant "thankies" and "dear" is starting to grate. :p

GTFO, you gen5-hater! You don't understand my pain D:Hey hello dear White wizard can you please rate first Pokémon (http://home.eyesonff.com/general-gaming-discussion/148326-please-rate-my-first-pok-mon-team.html) dear White wizard :)

TrollHunter
01-28-2013, 07:13 PM
WHO DARE LABEL THE DESIGNS ON GENERATION III AS MEDIOCRE
formalhaut, your opinion is wrong.

Also, the review was decent, though as fynn stated giving your opinion on the game in the first paragraph kindof spoils the review. That kindof paragraph is beat suited for the end

Polnareff
01-28-2013, 07:28 PM
The main disappointment with Black/White for me were the pokemon designs. Definitely. I didn't love them. At all. While I found IV to have lovely designs (compared to the mediocre Gen.III designs) they took a step backwards unfortunately.

I have a very unpopular opinion about which Pokemon designs are good. Basically, I like anything except the Gen III and Gen IV designs. The only Gen IV designs I could stand were the Pokemon who got second evolutions by trading (such as Rhydon > Rhyperior and Magmar > Magmortar). Other than that.....

Rinoa Lover
01-28-2013, 07:33 PM
WHO DARE LABEL THE DESIGNS ON GENERATION III AS MEDIOCRE
formalhaut, your opinion is wrong.

Also, the review was decent, though as fynn stated giving your opinion on the game in the first paragraph kindof spoils the review. That kindof paragraph is beat suited for the endOoh okay dear Hunter!

Fynn
01-28-2013, 07:48 PM
The main disappointment with Black/White for me were the pokemon designs. Definitely. I didn't love them. At all. While I found IV to have lovely designs (compared to the mediocre Gen.III designs) they took a step backwards unfortunately.

I have a very unpopular opinion about which Pokemon designs are good. Basically, I like anything except the Gen III and Gen IV designs. The only Gen IV designs I could stand were the Pokemon who got second evolutions by trading (such as Rhydon > Rhyperior and Magmar > Magmortar). Other than that.....

Wow, that is interesting. I also feel gen IV has the weakest designs (along with gen I - sue me! :D), but I also thought the new evolutions to pre-existing POkemon were the weakest, with most of the new ones being pretty decent.

Also, am I the only person around the Internet who thinks that there hasn't been a bad design for a starter yet? I love them all!

Chris
01-28-2013, 07:51 PM
Graphically, it was definitely a step forward, but rest still felt like all of the versions that came before it. The evolution process is way too slow, and I don't feel like they've pushed it far enough with this generation. I mean, the concepts are the same, it just looks prettier. Give os something that will blow us away! Thankfully, it looks as if this upcoming new generation will do just that! :D

Good review, though. Nicely written.

Formalhaut
01-28-2013, 08:09 PM
It's not that the designs were *bad*, just that they were hardly mind-blowing or complemented the series. Gen V's starter designs were just lazy too.

In generation IV we had Chimchar -> Monferno -> Infernape which was a lovely Fire/Fighting monkey type thing.

In generation V we had Tepig -> Pignite -> Emboar which was...oh. Another Fire/Fighting, and looks slightly similar...

You then have Gen V's ice cream pokemon (http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Vanilluxe_(Pok%C3%A9mon)), a badly named pokemon called "Beheeyem", for goodness sake, and really, I just didn't feel it. My main gripe about Gen.III was really the legendaries, that adopted a very blocky look. Everything had sharp angles and looked like it was computer generated, not really natural.

I realise I'm probably the only person in the entire world who thinks this.

Aulayna
01-28-2013, 10:18 PM
I loved Gen. III

Mudkip, Mightyena, Skitty, Milotic, Aggron, Kyogre, Latios...

What's not to love?

Fynn
01-28-2013, 10:31 PM
I loved Gen. III

Mudkip, Mightyena, Skitty, Milotic, Aggron, Kyogre, Latios...

What's not to love?

I know.

I don't know what's not to love about any of the gens, actually. It sometimes feels like the Internet is just looking for hate fuel :roll2

TrollHunter
01-28-2013, 11:30 PM
It's not that the designs were *bad*, just that they were hardly mind-blowing or complemented the series. Gen V's starter designs were just lazy too.

In generation IV we had Chimchar -> Monferno -> Infernape which was a lovely Fire/Fighting monkey type thing.

In generation V we had Tepig -> Pignite -> Emboar which was...oh. Another Fire/Fighting, and looks slightly similar...

You then have Gen V's ice cream pokemon (http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Vanilluxe_(Pok%C3%A9mon)), a badly named pokemon called "Beheeyem", for goodness sake, and really, I just didn't feel it. My main gripe about Gen.III was really the legendaries, that adopted a very blocky look. Everything had sharp angles and looked like it was computer generated, not really natural.

I realise I'm probably the only person in the entire world who thinks this.

You forgot about Blaziken (http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy158/Sableye10/Anime%20Guys%20and%20Girls/Pokemon/pokemon__blaziken_by_kidel-d30mtp4.png) in gen 3, it was the first fire fighting starter. Who may I add looks badass.
We also have Swampert (http://ns223506.ovh.net/manga-anime/b774e1f2108bce9d133766b14f42c7f4/wallpaper-390567.jpg), quite the creative water/ground combination only prior found in quagsire.
Then we have Sceptile (https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcREcpRIXEhL74YAhPyzz_X_i0uw14w3wLPdenjMR_2JqZ3zrFlQ) who is just all kinds of awesome.

Those are just the starters, I can easily find more awesome 3rd gen pokemon if you want.

qwertysaur
01-29-2013, 12:04 AM
Different generations have themes for the new pokémon released as a whole. These themes are hinted at based on what the regional professors specializes in. :p
Kanto was the first, and emphasizes working with pokémon and building relationships with them as trainers.
Johto was baby pokémon and how pokémon grow. (eggs and some new ways to evolve pokémon.) Since Johto is an expansion on Kanto, they still share similar characteristics.
Hoenn is the first big shift. The games have a theme of nature and natural habitats. Groudon is the land, Kyogre is the sea, and Rayquaza the Sky. because of the theme on nature, there are a ton of water pokémon here. Also it's the first not to have all pokémon from previous generations because it's not an extension of Johto and Kanto. :p
Sinnoh is all about evolution. You can see this especially in Platinum where all the pokémon that get new evolutions are added to the regional pokédex. :p
Unova is all about bringing together and opposites. You get new type combinations like Bug/Electric, Ground/Electric, Ghost/Ground, and Dark/Steel to name a few. Additionally you have the natural, mythical and manmade. You get things like Deerling, Pidove, Swanna, and Sandile for some natural examples. At the same time we get Hydreigon, Darumaka, Beheeyem are all mythical. And for manmade, Vanillite, Trubbish, and Klink all stand out. These different things come together to make one cohesive region.

And if you want a bigger Unova then play Black2/White2. ;)

Formalhaut
01-29-2013, 07:29 AM
I forgot Gen III's Blaziken Fire/Fighting type.

So wait, that makes THREE generations in a row where the Fire Starter (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmin5WkOuPw) is the same type? Geez, how lazy.

As for the blocky, computer generated legendaries...

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/7/70/383Groudon.png/280px-383Groudon.png
It looks alot less natural than other legendaries I've seen.

Quindiana Jones
01-29-2013, 11:36 AM
I just want them to stop with the fucking midi Pokémon sounds. I know for a fact that you lazy gits can give the Pokémon proper calls, but you don't bother. :colbert:

Fynn
01-29-2013, 01:03 PM
They give the new ones beautiful cries. But it's hard to give the old ones new cries, because they make up part of their recognizability.

Quindiana Jones
01-29-2013, 01:10 PM
Psh, my arse they do! Nobody recognises Pokemon by their cries in the games, because the sounds they make are not their cries. They're just a relic of a 90s console. ;)

Fynn
01-29-2013, 03:25 PM
Psh, my arse they do! Nobody recognises Pokemon by their cries in the games, because the sounds they make are not their cries. They're just a relic of a 90s console. ;)

I do. :) And I largely prefer their in-game cries to what they sound like in the anime.

Formalhaut
01-29-2013, 05:49 PM
The cries are for effect I guess, and for the most part, they do a decent job. Some are just indecipherable and terrible though.

Skyblade
01-29-2013, 05:55 PM
Psh, my arse they do! Nobody recognises Pokemon by their cries in the games, because the sounds they make are not their cries. They're just a relic of a 90s console. ;)

I do. :) And I largely prefer their in-game cries to what they sound like in the anime.

I suppose we should go back to Gen 1 sprites too, huh?

Fynn
01-29-2013, 06:50 PM
Psh, my arse they do! Nobody recognises Pokemon by their cries in the games, because the sounds they make are not their cries. They're just a relic of a 90s console. ;)

I do. :) And I largely prefer their in-game cries to what they sound like in the anime.

I suppose we should go back to Gen 1 sprites too, huh?

You say you'd really prefer "squirtle-squir" to his actual cry? I mean, I wouldn't mind if they remade them with a better synthethizer if they remain recognizable, but I seriously don;t want the anime voices in my game.

Chris
01-29-2013, 07:01 PM
Pikachu in Yellow Version actually said PIKACHU when it entered battles, so it's no excuse. :colbert:

Fynn
01-29-2013, 07:08 PM
Pikachu in Yellow Version actually said PIKACHU when it entered battles, so it's no excuse. :colbert:

And that SUCKED!

Formalhaut
01-29-2013, 07:30 PM
Pikachu in Yellow Version actually said PIKACHU when it entered battles, so it's no excuse. :colbert:

And that SUCKED!

Really? Never played Yellow, but then it is sort of mirroring the anime. I mean, James and jessie are in that one..

Fynn
01-29-2013, 07:37 PM
Pikachu in Yellow Version actually said PIKACHU when it entered battles, so it's no excuse. :colbert:

And that SUCKED!

Really? Never played Yellow, but then it is sort of mirroring the anime. I mean, James and jessie are in that one..

Don't get me wrong, I loved Yellow. But the Pikachu voice thing was stupid. None of the other Pokemon had voices there, mind you. Just Pikachu. And just this one.

Aulayna
01-31-2013, 01:51 AM
As for the blocky, computer generated legendaries...

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/7/70/383Groudon.png/280px-383Groudon.png
It looks just as awesome as the legendaries I've seen.

Fixed.

Quindiana Jones
02-01-2013, 02:39 PM
Buh-wawa-buwa!

Hey, guess which Pokemon I am!

All of them.

TrollHunter
02-01-2013, 05:36 PM
I can actually recognize most pokehmns by their cries... But one stands out the most
The cries of golbats
Dear god... No

Formalhaut
02-02-2013, 12:46 AM
I can actually recognize most pokehmns by their cries... But one stands out the most
The cries of golbats
Dear god... No

Correction. Make that ZUBATS (Though the Zubat family lineage do have similar cries) and Geodude.

I dread going through caves.