The Official Pokémon Black & White Discussion Thread

[Mirby]

Wait...

So migrating my Groudon from Ruby won't let me get Rayquaza in HG?

WRRRRRYYYYYY??????

[Police Girl]

I just did the easy thing and transferred Kyogre and Rayquaza over. Then got Groudon in my SS.

[VixyNyan]

http://www.pokemonblackwhite.com/en-us/the-starter-pokemon/

* Grass-type Tsutarja: Snivy
* Fire-type Pokabu: Tepig
* Water-type Mijumaru: Oshawott
* Isshu region: Unova region

[Mirby]

Ewww... those are horrible. I think I'll stick with the JP names.

Realy? Tepig? Is that supposed to be a play on Tepid?

And Unova? Nova means New, I think, so that's probably what they're referencing there.

And Oshawott makes no sense at all.

At least Snivy works (Snide + ivy)

[VixyNyan]

[Mirby]

lol... Revolver Oshawott...

[Solar]

At least Snivy works (Snide + ivy)

Actually that'd be Snake+Ivy

Snivy>Oshawott>Tepig (in names only though)...still, I think I'll stick with Smugleaf, Wotter, and Pignite. Also, why rename Isshu?

[Sakura Leic]

...Tepig really?  

It's a good thing I nickname my pokemon, and I already decided to name him Hakkai a few months ago and Yannappu is going to be Goku.  Now if only I had a Pokemon for Sanzo and Gojyo because honestly I don't know what kind of pokemon could be a priest and a water sprite and still be decent for the first playthrough.

[VixyNyan]

"So you're the one with the same codename as the boss."

[Acid]

Easy choice.

Grass starter for me here.

[Karai]

Snivy is a good name for my starter.
But what's with the region name change? Every other name was ok, and suddenly Isshu is bad?

[Police Girl]

Release date announced.

B&W on March 6th, 2011.

Nice, early in the month.

[geekgo4]

Snivy is a good name for my starter.
But what's with the region name change? Every other name was ok, and suddenly Isshu is bad?

Well, Isshu is based on New Youk, so they just give it a Japanese Name, can it?

Also, wow. People complaining about the 5th Gen Starter Names.

Where was the hate for Pochama's dub name?

[Dr. Wily II]

More localised names.
(Japanese name => Localised name)

Humans:
Professor Araragi => Professor Juniper
N => N
Team Plasma => Team Plasma

Places:
Hiun City => Castelia City
Black City => Black City
White Forest => White Forest

Pokemon:
Yanappu => Pansage
Baoppu => Pansear
Hiyappu => Panpour
Munna => Munna
Mamepato => Pidove
Shimama => Blitzle
Gigaith => Gigalith
Meguroc => Sandile
Hihidaruma => Darmanitan
Chillarmy => Minccino
Gear => Klink

Pokemon Abilities:
Encourage => Sheer Force
Overconfidence => Moxie
Pigeon Heart => Big Pecks

Pokemon Attacks:
Sweep Slap => Tail Slap
Telekinesis => Telekinesis
Wild Bolt => Wild Charge

Source: Serebii.net

[Police Girl]

There was no reason to change Gear.

I like the original ability names over the localized ones. (Sheer force is the exception.)

[STM]

Definitely naming Klink to Col. Klink.

Big Pecks is also hilarious.

[Pyro]

I thought I'd name my Pokemon in BW after Canadian cities because Oshawott sounds like a combination of "Oshawa" and "Ottawa" (therefore I'm naming my Oshawott, "Ottawa"). Tepig is going to be called Toronto (because its nickname is Hog Town), and Snivy will likely be Calgary or maybe after my hometown since we have more than enough snakes.

[Hypershell]

Since nobody posted this here, the shiny G/S/C beasts are going to be downloadable at GameStop in the coming weeks.  Raikou from Jan. 3-9, Entei from Jan. 17-23, and Suicune from Jan 31-Feb. 6.

If you want the Zoroark event in Black/White, you'll need one of them.

[Mirby]

Then I'd better get my DS so I can get them on mah HG.

[Sakura Leic]

...Big Pecks, are they serious?  Well at least Pansage gives me more reason to name him Goku but I have no idea what to call Blitzle.

[Solar]

Since nobody posted this here, the shiny G/S/C beasts are going to be downloadable at GameStop in the coming weeks.  Raikou from Jan. 3-9, Entei from Jan. 17-23, and Suicune from Jan 31-Feb. 6.

If you want the Zoroark event in Black/White, you'll need one of them.

[tornado fang] you Nintendo, what about everyone else outside the US/Canada =/

[Reaperoid]

I already have my shiny beasts and Celebi on my ENG Gen4 ready for my upcoming ENG White, got them from a friend who got them from the JP movie 13 distributions.
Plus I got some help with my JP Black (no JP Gen4 carts :<), so I've caught Zorua and Zoroark on there too. Worst comes to worst, I can trade them to White for the records.

Also, on another note, it's not been mentioned that Canada will actually be receiving the beasts as well. The only restriction is that English carts (xxxE game code) can receive them, considering that HeartGold and SoulSilver are the first games to officially be sold in French in Canada.

[Mirby]

Blitzle? I shall get him to accompany my Blitzwei!!

Then agian, ZAPDOS doesn't need the help soo...

[Reaperoid]

The shiny beast distribution cart has been dumped.
A GAMESTP Celebi is also in there, and 'can be obtained' from Feb 27 ~ Mar 7 depending on whether Gamestop does anything.

[Police Girl]

Sounds awesome. Been a long time since ANYBODY in the US was able to get Celebi legitimately.