Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 Thread

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http://pokebeach.com/2012/02/pokemon-black-2-pokemon-white-2-announced-on-pokemon-smash

Junichi Masuda just appeared on Pokemon Smash and announced Pokemon Black 2 and Pokemon White 2, the sequels of Black and White. Both games will be released for the Nintendo DS in June 2012 but will apparently sport additional DSi and 3DS features. The game mascots will apparently be the two new formes of Kyurem that were shown in the movie poster earlier. They seem to be some sort of combination of Kyurem and Reshiram (Ice / Fire?) and Kyurem and Zekrom (Ice / Electric?). Their names, Masuda promised, will be revealed later.

http://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pokémon_Black_and_White_2_revealed_on_Pokémon_Smash!

In another rare personal appearance on Pokémon Smash!, Game Freak director Junichi Masuda has announced that Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 are in development, and will be released in Japan in June for the Nintendo DS. The games were also announced on the official Japanese and international websites.

New formes were also revealed, but as of right now, it is difficult to determine whether they are of Kyurem or Reshiram and Zekrom. The Kyurem/Zekrom forme will be the mascot of Black 2, while the Kyurem/Reshiram forme will be the mascot for White 2, in contrast to the original Pokémon Black and White.

If these games are direct sequels of Black and White, as the title would suggest, they would be the first direct sequels in the Pokémon main series.

 

[Segtendo]

lol
I was just gonna make this. Glad you did.

Here's what they look like.

And here's the Japanese site.

 

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Looks like Reshiram, Zekrom, and Kyurem DNA Digivolved.

 

[soneek]

Hopefully we get info about more gameplay additions soon!

 

[KrIsP!]

Damn, beat me to it. I was hoping they'd wait a little longer for wii u integration. Still possible

 

[Kazyx]

I must admit, these make me like Kyurem even more now!

People have been nicknaming them Kyurom and Kyuram (KYUrem + zekROM and KYUrem + reshiRAM respectively), though I prefer the names Kyurem-Z and Kyurem-R personally. Seems more like something Game Freak and Nintendo would do, given how the forme names have been previously.

Speculations also include Ice/Electric for Kyurom and Ice/Fire for Kyuram, which seems understandable, but I'm not entirely sure if they'll do that. They more likely than not will probably stay Ice/Dragon, and just be able to learn Freeze Shock and Freeze Flame or whatever those two attacks are called that were never used.

Personally, Kyurem-Z (Kyurom/the one that's gray and black mostly) looks like a strange gargoyle being, while Kyurem-R (Kyuram/the one that's gray and white) looks like it's got a strange feminine-esque body, due to the slenderness of it.

 

[The Real Gamer]

I TOLD YOU MOTHER ****ERS THE B/W SEQUEL WOULD BE A NINTENDO DS RELEASE AND NOT A 3DS ONE! Everyone who called me crazy and said I was wrong can kiss my ***.

/rant

BTW the new Kyurem forms look terrible IMO.

 

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[The Real Gamer]

Ugliest Pokemon to date?

 

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Pokemon Black & White 2 are confirmed for a North American release:
http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-video-games/pokemon-black-version-2-and-pokemon-white-version-2/

That was fast. lol

 

[Kazyx]

Well it's pretty obvious they'd release the games over here as well, but we don't have a release date, while Japan only has a rough estimated one (June 2012). I still can't wait though, personally, seeing as I've been a fan of the games since Red and Blue first came out.

 

[Deleted member]

Now it's just a matter of whether these are the "Gray" version or direct sequels.

 

[ndayday]

They're so cute!!!!!!!11




It's like some teleporter machine mishap.
Also, wanting a sequel here.

 

[Deleted member]

I'd imagine most folks are hoping for a sequel.

 

[Segtendo]

Ugliest Pokemon to date?

The Zekrom one is uglier.
I like the Reshiram one better (probably cuz I played Black lol)

 

[Deleted member]

Ugliest Pokemon to date?

As someone who supports newer Pokemon, yeah, they're pretty **** ugly.

 

[Kazyx]

Oh, release date is June 2nd, 2012 for Japan.

The names for the Kyurem forms (according to Pokebeach) are "Black Kyurem" and "White Kyurem".

... What original names. --;

 

[The Real Gamer]

At least the Rotom forms were aesthetically pleasing.

These new Kyurem fusions are just plain ugly, unnecessary, and lazy.

 

[Segtendo]

The names for the Kyurem forms (according to Pokebeach) are "Black Kyurem" and "White Kyurem".

... What original names. --;

...
They look more like Zekrom and Reshiram then Kyurem...

 

[KrIsP!]

Looks like a bad fan sprite mixture, the color palette doesn't mix, they should've reworked rather than splice pieces together

 

[The Real Gamer]

This may be an early indication that Game Freak has officially ran out of good ideas as far as original Pokemon are concerned.

 

[Deleted member]

This may be an early indication that Game Freak has officially ran out of good ideas as far as original Pokemon are concerned.

Who's to say these are the first Gen VI games?

 

[Kazyx]

...
They look more like Zekrom and Reshiram then Kyurem...

That's true, but there's lore behind Kyurem that states Reshiram and Zekrom were once one Pokemon, and when they became two, Kyurem was basically the shedded scales of the one whole dragon.

Personally, I think that's a pretty nifty concept, though I'd rather have had Kyurem's alt forme be that one and not these two. Now that Nintendo's shifted stuff around, maybe they'll make Pokemon Gray be the third game, while Black 2 and White 2 will essentially just be literal sequels of the first ones.

Best money-making scheme if I've ever seen it.

As Fry would say:
Shut up and take my money!

 

[John2k4]

Initial reaction: Wait, am I reading this right? B/W2? o.o

The Pokemon look kinda ..... bad... though. :|

 

[SwampertTheGreat]

I'm hoping these direct sequels and not just two gray versions.
Guess we'll see

 

[Sephirothxxx]

Ugliest Pokemon to date?

They do look kinda weird, but I'm hyped for .... ugh...."black and white 2" as much as I hate to say it. I hope they consider a namechange. Black and White 2 sounds really dumb to me. My personal opinion says these pokemon are ugly as hell, honestly. They look like (pardon my rough comparison) a couple feraligatrs mixed with.. uh.... some things to make them really ugly...

 

[vanderzant]

This is way better than just getting a Grey version

 

[Aurane]

Back at Serebii, they're all mad about the names. My response:

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

Since they are forms of Kyurem, I can assure everyone this IS the "grey version" of this generation.

Now that I know they are forms of Kyurem, I feel a little better about them. Kyurem was the orignal dragon that Reshiram and Zekrom broke from.

In other words, Reshiram and Zekrom are Piccolo Daimato and Kami

 

[Ryu Shimazu]

Why is this not for 3ds

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

Why is this not for 3ds

Probably so pokemon black and white 1 can interact with it

 

[TL?]

This is cool. A full sequel instead of an update? Sounds great and it's still on the regular DS so I can play it. lol

 

[Tacket]

I'd much rather have Grey than two new games, but beggars can't be choosers.

I'm just happy the I'll be able to immediately trade an egg from my tourney winning Shuckle over to the game, so it can be my starter instead of one of the trio. I already have all three in my team of 120+ on Black.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

Maybe this will get me back into pokemon.

This gen just can't keep my attention like the last

 

[UltiMario]

And this is what happens when I go to bed really ****ing early one day.

I miss the initial minutes of an announcement

Whatevs

 

[Tacket]

Why is this not for 3ds

Because the 3DS is dumb as ****.

 

[Life]

My first thought: Oh cool.

My second thought: STAB BOLTBEAM

They're kind of ugly, but then, that's not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[Aurane]

Reshyrem (Kyurem and Reshiram Fusion) is going to definatly join my Uber team... if it's strong, anyways.

 

[The Real Gamer]

Other than the hideous looking fusions I actually like the idea of a "sequel" for B/W... Assuming B/W#2 implies a sequel. It's something new I guess.

 

[Tacket]

To be honest, I've seem Pokefusions better than these designs.