Pokemon Black & White

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30 Jun 2010 09:08

A new trailer is available for Pokemon Black & White. We disect it and point out a few things you might not have noticed (as well as linking you to the trailer itself, in case you wanted to watch that as well!)


titen96 posted this link in the chatroom: kotaku.com.

That page shows the first official trailer for the japanese versions of Pokemon Black & White. Up until now we've only been given screenshots and the images of some of the legendary Pokemon.

Here's a bit of an in-depth look at the video… in your reply, let us know if you noticed anything else interesting!

blackwhite1.jpg

This is what the new UI looks like! Isn't it … diamond-y? Not sure if I like it that much, but I'll probably get used to it. Good to see that they're experimenting with a new UI.

But… there's more! Have a look at the top of this screenshot.

  • Black/White has infra-red. Confirmed!

There's been some speculation about whether B/W would have an infra-red port built into the cartridge, or if it was just a once-off for HG/SS as a result of the original Gold / Silver games also using infra-red for communications. It looks like we've got the first official proof that IR is in the new games.

Other useful information is displayed on the screen: the current time, and whether IR/WiFi/Wireless is currently active or not. There's also a battery meter… but although these games have been confirmed to work on all Nintendo DS consoles ("Phat" included) I'm betting that the battery meter will only work on Nintendo DSi and 3DS models — there is no way for game cartridges to read the battery level on the original DS consoles.

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Next up — Integration with home PC's and some kind of integration with a website. I'm not sure what this means, and what you'd be able to do with this … but if you watch the video you'll see a bit more than this screenshot shows you… so I suggest you go and have a look now. The link is at the top of this page… or you can just be lazy and click here. :)

blackwhite3.jpg

Not sure what this is. It says "GEAR" at the top so my first thought was "PokeGEAR" (a la Gold/Silver) … but this looks like connection-only settings… i.e. something to do with IR/WiFi/Wireless only, and not your regular options to Save the game and view your Trainer Card.

Once again there's a battery meter here, as well as an indication of wireless signal strength on the far right. As seen in a previous screenshot that I posted above, only Wireless was enabled when this video was recorded, so I suspect IR and Wi-Fi might have similar icons that appear between the battery and wireless icon, when those particular features are turned on and being used.

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And something else which I missed the first time I watched the video — 3 vs 3 battles! Awesome!

Based on what I've heard about the new female character, I'm fairly certain that's not her in the picture, so you are still the one on the lower-left corner of the battle screen. That would make the woman in the screen shot your rival for the current battle. Probably a "Lass" or something or other…

Once again, there is more in the video so I suggest you watch that. I'm not going to post another link though… ;)

Edit: Moved this to the announcements section because I know there are quite a few Pokemon fans here.

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30 Jun 2010 10:01

"Integration with home PC's and some kind of integration with a website." It allows you to upload your save file and play the game online using your PC.

"I'm fairly certain that's not her in the picture" It is in fact the female character in the picture.

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30 Jun 2010 10:04

The anon above this post is me. I hate wikidot.

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30 Jun 2010 13:10

Ive been looking forward to this for quite some time. xD.

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01 Jul 2010 01:04

The anon above this post is me. I hate wikidot.

No, you hate this site accepting anonymous contributions. Don't be hatin' on Wikidot! D:

If I block all anonymous users from posting it'll force you to log in first. Will that help? The problem is that it provides a barrier for other users…

… alternatively if you use the same PC all the time, you can just remain logged in. I never log out, and I don't think Proto does either.

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01 Jul 2010 09:11

Not usually, no. I had noticed I was signed out a couple of days ago just before a post, but I managed to log in before I posted.

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01 Jul 2010 14:37

I have the same problem lol. Its happened to me a bunch… And my IP does not change, and I only use 1 pc.

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01 Jul 2010 18:11

For more information about the game visit Filb.de (German site).

For custom Sprites visit my DeviantArt Gallery: spaceemotion.deviantart.com/gallery!

I really like the new pokemon versions. I hope that they're announce more soon!

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02 Jul 2010 07:16

Am on iPod at the moment so when I get home I'll create a bug report for the log in issues. Maybe Wikidot can look into this.

Let's try to stay on topic though. It was my fault by replying to gariscus that made this go off topic… sorry ;-)

— leiger

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02 Jul 2010 12:18

I'm guessing that Anonymous is you then, leiger? :P :P :P

Meh, Pokemon still doesn't interest me, so I guess this isn't as important to me as it probably is to a lot of you. :P

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02 Jul 2010 13:08

Gariscus will probably get the Japanese version of the game when it's released if the HG/SS release is anything to go by… I'm not that addicted myself :) I definitely enjoy the games though.

And yes, that was me. For some reason I was logged out of both my iPod and computer today… encountering the same problem as other people here, on the day we just happen to be talking about it… creepy. ;-)

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02 Jul 2010 15:27

I probably won't get the Japanese version.

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02 Jul 2010 15:28

Damnit! >:(

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02 Jul 2010 15:35

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02 Jul 2010 16:41

i found this on kotaku:
http://kotaku.com/5578022/the-new-pokemon-series-name-takes-some-liberties?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kotaku%2Ffull+%28Kotaku%29

"At first, this completely shocked me. Then I found a neat picture of a bunny and posted it at the top of the article. Hello there, bunny!"

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02 Jul 2010 17:36

"Pokemon: Bon voyage!"

how crazy is that?

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04 Jul 2010 01:53

I don't watch the anime so the name of that doesn't really affect me that much. I know some people - even older than me - that watch anime. I fail to understand it xD Why not watch real movies?

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05 Jul 2010 21:12

Well. Anime has endless possibilities due to animation… Movies are limited, CG can make movies much more shiny and stuff… but no where near the ability of anime.
I personally like anime more. :P

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09 Jul 2010 05:29

YES! i saw that trailer a while back and was exited by all the new Pokemon! but seriously, a sarcophagus Pokemon…
a message to Progenitus: who doesn't like anime? :P

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09 Jul 2010 17:55

This may be unrelated but i wanted to show everybody here:
If Pokemon Were Real?
They are just images

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09 Jul 2010 22:58

leiger said he does not watch anime xD. Thats who!!! *shakes fist* How can someone not like anime? :(

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10 Jul 2010 03:55

I guess you're just as mystified as I am about people who do watch anime :S

Cool pics titen, thanks for the link.

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10 Jul 2010 13:20

Haha. I totaly am :P.

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12 Jul 2010 21:48

thanks for the pics titen! my friend collects these.

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16 Jul 2010 05:47

has anyone checked out the differences between both games? there are some major differences and i, personally, believe it's about time there were more than pokemon differences. details on serebii.net or the link below.
http://www.serebii.net/blackwhite/versioncity.shtml

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17 Jul 2010 00:25

Nice! I like the fact that they're making things a bit more interesting this way - but it just makes my choice of which version to get even tougher :S

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18 Jul 2010 21:52

same with me. white looks like happy while black looks evil. still, black has Zekrom… i'll have to think it out. :D

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19 Jul 2010 03:52

Zekrom?

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19 Jul 2010 04:16

remember this guy? :P
29%20-%20Zekrom.png
5%20-%20Zekrom.png
this is Zekrom. :D

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19 Jul 2010 05:30

Nope, never seen that one before. Looks like a steel type?

What is Pokemon White giving us to replace Black's "Zekrom"?

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19 Jul 2010 05:35

Actually Zekrom is in White not Black… It is on White's box art.

This is White's box art: http://www.serebii.net/blackwhite/whitebox.jpg

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19 Jul 2010 21:57

sorry leiger! i thought you'd seen them before! Reshiram is Black version's main pokemon.

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20 Jul 2010 02:19

I haven't had time lately to read any news sites for information about the upcoming Pokemon games, so I basically know what you guys have posted here, and that's it.

I have seen the boxart before… I just didn't recognise the Pokemon shown on the boxes, nor know their names ;-)

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20 Jul 2010 02:23

Hmm… I'm decided. I'll get Black version, and Reshiram.

Reshiram is fire, which rocks a lot more than Electric :) And I prefer the scenery from the Black version, based on the few screenshots I've seen.

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20 Jul 2010 21:55

well, Reshiram is Dragon-Fire so that cuts out ice being super effective. that leaves only dragon!

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21 Jul 2010 01:50

the official release date for Japan is 18th September 2010. Doing it this way so i don't comfuse people is either d/m/y or m/d/y.

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21 Jul 2010 09:29

So the aussie release would be sometime around March?

- leiger (from iPod)

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21 Jul 2010 21:43

exactly leiger! it's meant to come out when the Nintendo 3DS comes out, so that's around mid March. my birthday!! :D

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22 Jul 2010 00:19

Yeah: Kinect (Xbox 360 peripheral), Halo Reach (Xbox 360 game), Harry Potter part 1 (movie), Tomorrow when the war began (movie) — all coming out at the end of this year around my birthday as well. Lots of exciting things happening in the next 9-12 months.

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