Pokemon Black and White

[Prpl_Mage]

Just picture how nerfed grinding would be. If we have 4 different regions with gyms we gotta balance the **** so that people want to visit all the low level instances (first gym) and not just return later on to defeat enemies with splash.

[Archem]

Hey, why not just make it a full-fledged adventure that takes you into the high levels easy before you can access the MMO-stage, where it's all re-worked. It opens up a ton of Pokémon for the catching, a lot of new activities and events, new quests, all NPC trainers and gym leaders are revised to be worth fighting at those higher levels. Instanced party games would consist of only a few people in a game world at a time, but certain rules exist. Something like upping enemy levels a little, increasing multi-Pokémon battles by a ton, and placing obedience limits, like badges have, to ten levels above the lowest player. This wouldn't remove the ability to play with way under-levelled friends, but it would keep you from grinding them all the way through in a heartbeat or power-levelling them to 100 in a week. So we have single player/party mode and MMO after a certain point. Probably after the first E4 encounter.

There can be arenas for PvP for fun, and some parts of the world can allow challenges on the field for actual payouts. Challenges must always be accepted before a battle starts, and a player can choose to auto-accept/decline challenges if they don't want to be bothered. The actual game world would obviously need to be rebuilt on a larger scale, because cramming a hundred people at a time down a narrow hallway, like we see now, would be a hassle. Also, wild battles will be displayed on the world by displaying the player with a sprite of the Pokémon being fought in-front of them. Checking the hostile Pokémon will allow you to view the battle. With PvP battles, checking either trainer will do this.

[Natako]

That sounds like a pretty interesting idea. Pokemon meets MMO's...have to admit that I've never thought of the concept before. Nintendo could really go somewhere wonderful with that if they ever felt inclined to do so. Unfortunately, I seriously doubt Pokemon will step very far outside of its original format, but you never know. After all, we have all this wonderful WiFi lately. You never know what the game designers are going to do with it in the future.

[Prpl_Mage]

They also added triple battles and rotation battles. Odd stuff indeed.

[Valiere]

It's not like it makes or breaks the game for me either way. I'll still pick this game up whenever I can. I've also decided that I need to buy HG or SS one of these days as well, though I despise the female trainer in that game. She looks like Mario with a goofy hat.

As I said before, it looks like her mommy dressed her that morning.

The Elite Four is a cake walk. I grinded to level 50 to be safe, but it's not like previous games where subsequent members have higher and higher level Pokemon. They're all around 48.

[Prpl_Mage]

Yepp, that was kinda sweet actually. Not like you need to grind up to lvl 60 and fight the first one with 50s pokémon and the second with 53 pokes ect. They always appeared to crudly bad.

Also, the last fight was only hard because of that friggin Hydreigon and some other crappers. But especially that Hydreigon.

And yes, Lyra looks like ****. But the male version is still a youngster.

[drenrin2120]

**** Hydreigon. It's got a ridiculous special stat and gets a perfect moveset making it the best special sweeper out there.

[Valiere]

Anyone notice the pokemon in this gen evolve ridiculously late? My Mienfoo evolved at level 50. That's like dragon level late-evolving.

[Prpl_Mage]

Anyone notice the pokemon in this gen evolve ridiculously late? My Mienfoo evolved at level 50. That's like dragon level late-evolving.

But you find it at lvl 35-43 right? So it kinda makes sense that it doesn't evolve one level later.
I remember some games where you could find unevolved pokés at high levels. Just messed with my exp gain.

What doesn't make sense is the level up of the bug/fire(Larvesta). It's a bug and evolves at 59(59!).


Also, I think my entire party was ready to roll at 35 or something. Whenever the starter evolves the third time. Woobat popped his feelings for me at 21 and it was done. Buldore needs a trade to get any better. The toad was pretty early as well as Stoutland.
I spent a lot of time looking for an Axew but never found one. I did find the evolved form in the victory road though, same as the Hydreigon first state. Although it must've been in a special part of the dungeon since I haven't seen one since.

[Legacy of Elecrusher]

So I had a dream about it, which turned into impulse buying of Pokemon Black. Now to get a bud to help me save scum my way into having all 3 starters like I did in Ruby.

[SaiKar]

So I had a dream about it, which turned into impulse buying of Pokemon Black.

Wait, what? You too?

The dark gods are really active on this one.

[Cerebus]

I've read on Bulbapedia there is a place in Pokémon White only which has few Pokémons absent from Black. In other words, there would be more Pokémons in White than in Black. Is there something in Black to compensate for this?
Also, I've read you can have Pokémons from Ruby/Sapphire and Diamond/Pearl in HeartGold/SoulSilver after you obtain National Pokédex or something. Read it's possible to have like near 500 Pokémons (though I'm unsure if you can obtain them all with only HG/SS).
So, is it actually possible to obtain all Pokémons with Black/White too?

[Valiere]

Black has Black City, which has trainer battles, but no wild pokemon. It's all up to preference, I guess.

Also, [end of game spoilers] [spoiler]I'm gonna miss N. He was my creepy manchild friend throughout the entire game, and then he just....flies off? Breaks my heart. [/spoiler]

[Legacy of Elecrusher]

Ready to take on the second gym now.

Named my Oshawott (now Dewott) Ottawin. Seemed like a clever pun at the time. Also debating on whether or not evolve it into Samurott.

[Cerebus]

I hear Ditto copies the catch rate of the Pokémon it clones, so that probably didn't help the capturing part, either.

Ah, I see. I suppose Quilava's catch rate isn't very high, then.
But well, I managed to get him. I hypnotized him and then threw an Ultra Ball. Pretty sure it wasn't necessary, but I'd rather waste one Ultra than 10 Great.
At least, it'll look nicer to see an Ultra Ball when I use him in combat. Well... "it" actually, considering it's genderless.

I remember a pissed-off friend telling me his team was wrecked when a ditto he was trying to capture transformed into one his legendaries or something. Haha, owned.

This level 10 Ditto was pretty much kicking my level 16-22 Pokémons' arses. Can't imagine what a Legendary would do.

Yes, I know these come from another thread, but it would've been off-topic, so... yeah.

And say, to those who've finished many Pokémon games... which one would you consider the best?