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I got a copy of White 2.
Bit of background on me as a player -- my first game was Crystal, got it in a bundle with the kiwi green GBC. Started playing the card game in 1998 or so, I'm decent but never competed. After playing Crystal I got Ruby, can't remember how far I got in that. A friend got me a .jp copy of Emerald right after the release when she went back to her home for Spring Break in 2004, I got to about the second gym on that but am paranoid about playing that cart for too long because of the battery life issue. Continued playing the card game but didn't play the video game again until 2009 when I got a copy of Heart Gold. Got White on release day, and got the Black DSi bundle to soothe my regret from missing out on the other Pokemon themed Game Boys. Like with the TCG, I'm pretty decent but don't compete except with friends. I played some of Platinum but found it harder going than HG, still working on the E4 on it. A friend is currently in Tokyo and I asked her to get a copy of White2 for me, it arrived last week and had one of the clear file pre-order bonuses. Other than being reminded how much my reading level has dropped since I stopped taking Japanese 5 years ago, I'm slogging through and having a good time with it.
Mom is an "old friend" of Juniper; Bel giving you the starters and being called "Juniper's girl" made me giggle a bit.
Cheren's gym wasn't too bad, it just took me forever to find because it was in the back of the school. I'm mostly sad that you don't get rock smash until after Roxie's gym instead of having it for the Normal gym.
Poison gym, yay! I love PLAYING a poison type, going against one is slightly annoying without a psychic type and I didn't have my magmite leveled enough to use in the gym. It wasn't too awful but I have a better idea what I want to do the next time I go through it. I did Pokewood and then the game wouldn't let me continue, it took WAY too long to figure out that I had to actually WATCH the video as well as make it. And then it took forever to find the Plasma grunt. I find her again eventually and am struck by how much their uniforms look like Team Aqua's. RSE remake, please, Nintendo?
I'm on the third gym. What's worse than a cave full of nothing but rattata and zubats? A cave filled with nothing but DOUBLE BATTLES of rattata and zubats. Hugh is being an EV trainer like the ones in DPP, the part where he's healing after each battle makes it go from SUPER ANNOYING to annoying but good speed training. I'm planning on hanging out in the sewers until I have everyone up to about level 30 and then go do Baugh's gym.
It's fun so far but I may yet trade my starter and a couple others over to Black and start it over now that I'm starting to remember my verbs. Also I am super impatient for October to get here to use the 3DS features, I don't have a Japanese 3DS (playing on a DS Lite) and don't import enough games to make it worth it.
Mom is an "old friend" of Juniper; Bel giving you the starters and being called "Juniper's girl" made me giggle a bit.
Cheren's gym wasn't too bad, it just took me forever to find because it was in the back of the school. I'm mostly sad that you don't get rock smash until after Roxie's gym instead of having it for the Normal gym.
Poison gym, yay! I love PLAYING a poison type, going against one is slightly annoying without a psychic type and I didn't have my magmite leveled enough to use in the gym. It wasn't too awful but I have a better idea what I want to do the next time I go through it. I did Pokewood and then the game wouldn't let me continue, it took WAY too long to figure out that I had to actually WATCH the video as well as make it. And then it took forever to find the Plasma grunt. I find her again eventually and am struck by how much their uniforms look like Team Aqua's. RSE remake, please, Nintendo?
I'm on the third gym. What's worse than a cave full of nothing but rattata and zubats? A cave filled with nothing but DOUBLE BATTLES of rattata and zubats. Hugh is being an EV trainer like the ones in DPP, the part where he's healing after each battle makes it go from SUPER ANNOYING to annoying but good speed training. I'm planning on hanging out in the sewers until I have everyone up to about level 30 and then go do Baugh's gym.
It's fun so far but I may yet trade my starter and a couple others over to Black and start it over now that I'm starting to remember my verbs. Also I am super impatient for October to get here to use the 3DS features, I don't have a Japanese 3DS (playing on a DS Lite) and don't import enough games to make it worth it.