The Official Pokémon Black & White Discussion Thread

[Klavier Gavin]

[Legendary]

I expect no less than a successful Shoryuken from the Black Belt NPCs.

[Klavier Gavin]

[Klavier Gavin]

Is that a Luvdisc evolution I see there?

[Sakura Leic]

It might be because of the camera angle but that Luvdis evo looks pissed.

[Pyro]

It might be because of the camera angle but that Luvdis evo looks pissed.

Uh oh, [parasitic bomb] got real! 

[Solar]

I'm sure being considered the worst pokemon ever for over half a decade can [acid burst] off even cute useless heart shaped things.

[AquaTeamV3]

It might be because of the camera angle but that Luvdis evo looks pissed.

It's called tough love for a reason! xD

[Akira]

'Black' and 'White' Video Footage: Intro, Starter Battles, Pokemon Battles
   

   
The current issue of Dengeki Nintendo DS magazine contains an advertisement DVD with new Black and White video footage, and thanks to an armed robbery at their printing plant an anonymous Japanese PokeBeach reader, we now have the video to share with everyone! The first video below shows part of the game's intro followed by you, Cheren, and Belle opening the present from Professor Araragi and picking your starter Pokemon. You then battle them, destroying your room in the process. The second video shows several battle scenes between most of the recently revealed Pokemon. Enjoy!

Source: http://pokebeach.com/

[Klavier Gavin]

Mystery Pokemon name unveiled and it's a legendary.

Pokemon Sunday just finished airing and revealed the new Black and White Legendary Pokemon that was shown in the advertisement following The Ruler of Illusions: Zoroark movie: its name is Bikutini (ビクティニ-). It is number 000 in the Isshu PokeDex and you will be able to get it once you obtain a Liberty Ticket (リバティチケット) item, which will be distributed to Black and White players between September 18th and October 18th. The show also showed footage from a 3-on-3 battle; a video will be uploaded to YouTube shortly and posted here, so be sure to check back in a bit!

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[Gaia]

Huh, this isin't the first time we had tiny legendaries (SEE: The Lake Trio from gen 4).

[Hypershell]

Huh, this isin't the first time we had tiny legendaries (SEE: The Lake Trio from gen 4).

This one requires an event item it seems, and tiny legendaries as promotional-only are quite common; at least one exists in every generation.

[Sakura Leic]

This one requires an event item it seems, and tiny legendaries as promotional-only are quite common; at least one exists in every generation.

Which means that chances are it's going to be at least a psychic if not a dual psychic.

[Hypershell]

Perhaps, but Manaphy/Phione broke that trend last gen (good thing given the entire "legendary trio" of last-gen was Psychic).  And this guy appears to stand rather than float.

[Sakura Leic]

Yeah that is true, and I guess you can count Shaymin too since he's small and had his own movie.  What do you think he is I mean he does have little wings on his...lower back.

[Klavier Gavin]

Today's Oha Suta revealed three new Pokemon: a deer Pokemon, Shikijika (シキジカ); an unnamed swan Pokemon; and the evolution of Minezumi, Miruhoggu (ミルホッグ). The show also confirmed that the evil team in the game is named Team Plasma.

Also, Pokemon musical...wat.

[Mirby]

Team Plasma, eh? I like it!

[Blackhook]

Oh god, they are going to be something like the Illuminanti...though I like their crazy knights outfits

[Mirby]

ANGELS & POKEMANS

lol

[Sakura Leic]

Kights and kings and Bambi is finally a pokemon, well this is intresting.

[Blackhook]

...They gave smugleaf in one scene a top hat and a walking stick...there is no bigger proof that he´s based on Excalibur!

[Klavier Gavin]

Pokemon Sunday has revealed the full character designs of Iris, the new female companion to Ash, as well as a new male character, Dento; both will appear in Best Wishes, the next "season" of the anime that will take place in the Isshu region. Iris is confirmed to have a Kibago as seen in the character sheet leaked a few weeks ago, but nothing is known about Dento at this point in time.

During one of the segments, the Pokemon Sunday crew was able to get inside the new Black and White tour buses that will be traveling around Japan this month. They tried out the game demo inside, battling Belle, Cheren, and encountering a wild Shimama on a rainy route. It is interesting to note that Shimama's mane was white during the first part of the battle, but once it used an Electric-type attack, the mane started to glow yellow... could we have varying animations like this with other Pokemon? [I was watching a low-quality video when I wrote that originally - it glows yellow before and after the attack.] Next week, the show promises to reveal more details on Victini.

Update (6:00 PM) - TV Tokyo has uploaded 5-second clips of Tsuutaja, Pokabu, Mijumaru, and Reshiram. They are presumably from the first or so episode of Best Wishes, which probably means one of the characters sees Reshiram for an instant like Ash saw Ho-Oh and Dawn say Mesprit.

Update #2 (6:30 PM) - The TV Tokyo website also posted biographies of the characters. For Iris, they say, "Her specialty is tree climbing, she makes good use of berries for herself, and she is a girl with very wild behavior. For some reason, she is traveling with the Dragon-type Pokemon, Kibago." For Dento, the new male, they say he is "A Pokemon Sommelier (waiter) who is a source of abundant knowledge and experience, diagnoses the compatibility between Trainer and Pokemon, and gives advice on how to befriend. Is this really, in fact, true?!" My theory based on the biographies: Iris replaces Dawn (obvious to anyone) and Dento replaces Brock or is just a rival in Pokemon Contests. Thanks goes to KurowaSan from our forums for the translations!

Update #3 (6:45 PM) - Higher-quality videos of the anime preview and game footage added below thanks to our friends at Filb.de.

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[Sakura Leic]

Huh so you fight both rivals in the same place at once again, oh boy.

[Shinigami No Tekken]

Wait. That screenshot...

Triple battles? Srsly? Just srsly?

Anyways, DPP wasn't all that good, and BW don't look all that prety either. I'll check it out anyways of course.

[Archer]

Wait. That screenshot...

Triple battles? Srsly? Just srsly?

old news

Anyways, DPP wasn't all that good, and BW don't look all that prety either. I'll check it out anyways of course.

you think gen 1 or 2 was the best, don't you?