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Thoughts On Black & White
Hello everyone! It's been a bit since Black & White came out in English, so for everyone who's filling up their Unova Pokédex, how about a post to share your thoughts?
Which version of the game did you get? What do you think of the Unova region and its Pokémon? Were there things in particular that you liked or disliked? Did you like Bianca and Cheren?
Please remember, anyone who wants to leave their friends code in their comments and arrange trades is welcome to do so!
Which version of the game did you get? What do you think of the Unova region and its Pokémon? Were there things in particular that you liked or disliked? Did you like Bianca and Cheren?
Please remember, anyone who wants to leave their friends code in their comments and arrange trades is welcome to do so!
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I got Pokemon White and started with Oschwot.
I think the Pokemon this gen are pretty interesting and there are a few contenders for some seriously awesome Pokemon. So far Joltik and Darmanitan have played *incredably* well for me. Darmanitan especially is pretty much a one man army - seriously, that thing is unstopable. (especially since I adore fire pokemon!) I could do with a GOOD psychic pokemon though >_> Munna and it's evo get owned by everything going.
I'm also really loveing the plot this time round. It usually dosen't have a huge effect on me but I think some of the characters are very striking. I have SUCH a soft spot for N but I'm told that might shift radically before the games out. I don't know - I just think that unlike the other bossess he isn't just in this for the evulz.
I like the world layout. I HATEEE the shakeing grass/clowed of dust thing. So. Much. Rage.
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Have you been to White Forest yet?
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...it's not very effective.
So far, I'm liking the Unova region. I'm just a few cities in, been going a little slow, 'cause life is hectic, but it's nice to take your time and enjoy a new game.
I started Black as Hilda with Snivy, which gave Oshawott to Bianca and Tepig to Cheren, but the colour scheme mismatch sort of bothered me subliminally, so I restarted as Hilbert with Tepig, so that Cheren got Oshawott and Bianca got Snivy. All the trainers' clothes now match their starter Pokémon. Satisfying.
...what?
About Bianca and Cheren, I like them a lot as characters, but I don't really like them as rivals. You have to fight a lot and I always feel vaguely guilty about fighting Bianca. Like kicking a puppy... a really nice puppy that helps people. I prefer the rivals you can freely dislike, so you can enjoy your victory when you beat them.
I like the Pokémon in this gen too. So far, I think Scraggy and Scrafty are my favorite. So cute.
One thing I didn't like is the season change. So far, I've only played in Autumn, and everything is all brownish. I don't really like it much when games change season, because for fall and winter, which is like half the year, your game world looks kind of bleak. I like it much better when things are green and cheerful. That's pretty much the only thing, all the rest is great!
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Was a total nerd and bought one copy of each when they came out (just like Heart Gold and Soul Silver, actually, though that was more for the Pokéwalkers than completion), but have only started a game on White so far.
I started as Hilda with Oshawott, whose nickname eventually ended up being Riptide. I'm planning to go for Tepig on Black (only starting as Hilbert next time) and Snivy on the Inevitable Third Game. No idea what I'm going to call Tepig yet; I want it to be something awesome, though :/ Snivy I'm absolutely going to call Vineglory, and no one can stop me. Even if it does mean I'll miss out on calling it Smugleaf.
Only up through the seventh badge/Dragon Spiral Tower so far; my team has shifted a lot through my game, which didn't really happen in my fourth gen games. I've got a Leavanny, a Scrafty, the one evolved Zebra thing, the one evolved Archeopteryx thing, and Victini, in addition to Samurott. I was totally planning to make Joltik both my bug and my electric, and then Litwick my fire and maybe Deerling my grass, except then I had such a good thing going with Leavanny, and Litwick was slow as f*ck, so I decided to go a different route.
I'm a little annoyed at the predictability of the rain in certain towns, and impatient for the seasons to get moving, though I don't have many particular complaints about autumn. I suppose it's matching up nicely in the southern hemisphere right now, at least.
I'm loving that we can re-use TMs now, though I'm also more than a little disappointed that the only Pickup option (prior to beating the game) is Lillipup, with no evolving. I always like to have a Pickup-er in my team, because STUFF! But I just can't justify keeping Lillipup with me, even when it's the same level as everyone else. Crappy stats are crappy.
As far as the rivals go, well. Cheren I'm fairly neutral towards. I guess I was hoping he'd be snarkier? Bianca I genuinely like, but I keep feeling like she got the short end of the stick here. She keeps going on about how weak she is/feels, and all I want to do is sit her down and explain to her that no, she's not weak, I'm just that effing badass. I beat Cheren just as often as I beat her, and does she think he's weak? No! I mean, she could be losing other battles off-screen, and I could definitely understand it better if she were losing to Cheren all the time as well, but I don't recall ever being given concrete evidence of that. I personally think she's pretty strong, especially compared to the average trainer out there. While one could hand-wave that as her being a rival and thus required to "keep up" with the player, that's still pretty damn good by Pokémon standards.
I do like the relationship between the three of them, even if I do keep wishing that Cheren and Bianca could have switched roles or something. Makes me miss Cynthia :/ Still, it's pretty nice to have an active girl rival/counterpart, instead of just the opposite-sex-player-character-choice hanging around and doing nothing to speak of/not being an even remotely credible threat. Which in my games tend to be male anyway, but we're not going there.
As for Team Plasma and N... I dunno, I guess I mostly find N to be frustrating so far? I have no idea why he bothers me so much, except that he does. Maybe I'll figure it out by the end of the game. Or by the end of the next game. Well, hopefully someday, at least.
Okay, I think that's everything. If you read through all this, you get some sort of prize.
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Hilda could be the Ricky Bobby of Pokémon.
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It really bothers me how much she emphasizes her own supposed incompetence. To me at least, it reeks of her trying to keep the player/Cheren from having to consider her as an equal. While that's bad enough on its own, the fact that probably ~half of all players start out as male (or are male) adds an extra dimension of squick to it for me. While I'm sure it wasn't intentional, it still echoes an uncomfortable reality for many people out there :/
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I really love the storyline and the general idea of a group against the training and capture of pokemon and I am highly amused by the fact that they are going about it ALL WRONG. Like, when they started kicking Munna I was all o.O "you're doing it wrong" cause well, kicking pokemon you're trying to release from captivity? A little counter-productive. N is interesting and I'm really intrigued to see how his story works out.
The fact that you have two "rivals" is pretty cool and Bianca is sweet. I mostly wanna give her a pat on the head and say good job, you keep on keeping on.
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Also... CYNDAQUIL <3
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I chose Snivy because I looove snake type pokemon and actually he's the reason I got the game on it's release date instead of waiting like I usually do. As for characters, I am not entirely fond of Bianca because she seems like a stereotype in some ways and I hate those kinds of characters. N amuses me for some reason even though I've probably cursed him out at least once. I am somewhat secretly shipping him with the main character (I chose to play as a boy XD) too. I do know who he really is, but I'm just weird.
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That being said, do you have any fic recs?
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Am currently playing Black, though very slowly since I've been so busy with school. My starter's is Snivy and I'm currently up to my 4th badge. Catching Victini was surprisingly easy. I was tossing balls at it like crazy when I got really annoyed so shut off my DS. Then I went back into the game and to my surprise, got it with two balls.
Haven't done any trading as of yet. But I've got a group of friends here who are also playing the game so we'll probably end up trading between each other. But I'll be more than happy to trade with anyone here, if they want to.