Pokémon Black and White (WARNING: SPOILERS)

[Fuelbi]

Intro kinda/battles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsiAG5GMEOM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxfKJGhn_hQ

Whoa, after seeing ACTUAL gameplay footage (I mean footage where you get to see the entirety of a battle), I'm excited for this game now

 

[O D I N]

Whoa, after seeing ACTUAL gameplay footage (I mean footage where you get to see the entirety of a battle), I'm excited for this game now

Same. It's closer to 3d animation. I like the sprites, but seriously. It's about **** time we get animated pokes AND voices...


Okay... maybe voices would be a start. >_>

 

[Fuelbi]

Same. It's closer to 3d animation. I like the sprites, but seriously. It's about **** time we get animated pokes AND voices...


Okay... maybe voices would be a start. >_>

Wait... there were voices in the video? I don't remember hearing that

 

[O D I N]

I didn't have sound, but I'm sure it's just those 8-bit noises they've had since Poke-game-1. :-/

 

[LordoftheMorning]

Ice/Dragon **** YEAR!

 

[Fuelbi]

I didn't have sound, but I'm sure it's just those 8-bit noises they've had since Poke-game-1. :-/

But I do think it DOES have voices. I remember seeing a video released on Pokemon Sunday where the main character was walking through Huinn City and there were noises like the hustle and bustle of a city and whenever the character would approach an NPC, they would start talking in Japanese

But it was sorta hard to hear throught the quality of the vid

 

[IsmaR]

I don't think it'll ever be as good as the voices were for PS2, which had somewhat more realistic/not electric beeps for voices.

Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii O D I N

 

[RuNNing Riot]

Hearing the battle noises for the first time, I'm a little bit disappointed. Does anyone else here kinda dislike the sound of a supereffective hit in Gens IV and V compared to Gen. III's sharp cracks? I mean, it sounds horribly muffled, imo. Third gen's version actually sounded painful.

 

[Kole]

a grass/ground/poison legendary trio would be pretty cool

 

[Firus]

Hearing the battle noises for the first time, I'm a little bit disappointed. Does anyone else here kinda dislike the sound of a supereffective hit in Gens IV and V compared to Gen. III's sharp cracks? I mean, it sounds horribly muffled, imo. Third gen's version actually sounded painful.

I don't think you can fully judge how good the sounds are until you hear the sounds outside of YouTube. Remember that YouTube kills video and sound quality.

 

[UberMario]

Intro kinda/battles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsiAG5GMEOM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxfKJGhn_hQ

Amazing footage, but the rival battle theme totally rips off the Underwater Theme from Super Mario Bros.

I'm actually surprised that something like this came out so far ahead of even the Japanese release date.

 

[PowerBomb]

Their cries don't sound as pathetic as Gen IV's was. Those cries were bad, IMO. I loved Gen I/II's Pokemon cries...

 

[Fuelbi]

Their cries don't sound as pathetic as Gen IV's was. Those cries were bad, IMO. I loved Gen I/II's Pokemon cries...

Especially Kricketune's... I have no idea what kind of pokemon would have a cry as stupid as that one XD

 

[UberMario]

Their cries don't sound as pathetic as Gen IV's was. Those cries were bad, IMO. I loved Gen I/II's Pokemon cries...

Yeah, the IV cries sound totally midi based, at least the Gen V ones shown so far try to sound vaguely like 8-bit.

Also, the Wild Pokemon Battle! Theme from the second video is so epic, I can just imagine a SSB4 music remix . . . . .

AND AWESOME! THE POKEMON GET A "IN PERIL" theme for when they're only one hit away from fainting!

 

[JustKindaBoredUKno]

Lol, pokebattle in your bedroom. Awesome.

 

[Fuelbi]

You know what I kinda don't get after watching that video? Why the pokemon don't wince or anything when they get hit by an attack

I know I might be getting ahead of the technology of the DS can offer so far, but it doesn't really make sense doesn't it?

 

[PowerBomb]

In the battles, the camera actually moves around a bit. I just noticed that. I know we've known about it, but to actually see it is pretty cool.

 

[O D I N]

But I do think it DOES have voices. I remember seeing a video released on Pokemon Sunday where the main character was walking through Huinn City and there were noises like the hustle and bustle of a city and whenever the character would approach an NPC, they would start talking in Japanese

But it was sorta hard to hear throught the quality of the vid

I still want voices one day. :-/

I don't think it'll ever be as good as the voices were for PS2, which had somewhat more realistic/not electric beeps for voices.

Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii O D I N

ISHIMAR!!!!! :D

Okay, so in Japan, there was this store named 'Ishimaru'... It didn't make me think of you... but I thought of it now... talking to you..... >_> Wassup?

a grass/ground/poison legendary trio would be pretty cool

I doubt we'll see trios. Too broken.

 

[Fuelbi]

I still want voices one day. :-/

I DO think it DOES HAVEvoices. Ask someone else if they remember that vid though, because it could be possible that I fabricated this all in my head

 

[UberMario]

You know what I kinda don't get after watching that video? Why the pokemon don't wince or anything when they get hit by an attack

I know I might be getting ahead of the technology of the DS can offer so far, but it doesn't really make sense doesn't it?

That, and I seriously hope they use different animations for their "in peril" movement. When I saw Wotter rocking back and forth in slowmotion, it looked like it was going to collapse, then it moonjumped. XD

Also, I wonder if the animation for Smugleaf was influenced by the fanbase, in one of his animations he crosses his arms with a "so what are ya waiting for" kind of attitude.

 

[Firus]

I doubt we'll see trios. Too broken.

I think proxy was referring to the legendary trios, as in Articuno/Zapdos/Moltres, Entei/Suicune/Raikou, Regice/Regirock/Registeel, and Uxie/Mesprit/Azelf.

Personally, I think Grass / Ground / Poison sounds like an interesting combo, but I don't care a whole lot as long as the trio isn't as boring as the 4th gen trio. Even their story is pretty lame. I mean, their Pokédex entry info is fairly interesting, but their only use is related to Dialga and Palkia, whereas all of the other trios had their own story.

If fifth gen can make a trio that can top the Regis for me, that would be amazing. I've always liked the Regis (excluding Regigigas), and after seeing Lucario and the Mystery of Mew and how absolutely terrifying they were in action, I absolutely love them. I think the Regis might even be my favorite legends at this point. Game Freak ought to do something like the Regis again -- no more of the "fleeing" crap, I'd love to see some more Pokémon that actually have to be discovered, that are hidden away somewhere and not just sitting in an island cave.

Scratch these legendary Pokémon who want to be challenged by you or want to play with you or whatever -- these are supposed to be legendary, so they should be hidden somewhere and attack with full force when you disturb them.

I DO think it DOES HAVEvoices. Ask someone else if they remember that vid though, because it could be possible that I fabricated this all in my head

I don't recall anything about a video, but I do remember hearing that you would hear the chatter of people while walking through Hiun City.

I don't think those are the kind of voices ODIN is talking about, though. I'm pretty sure he means actual voices for the people and / or Pokémon, and as cool as hearing the chatter of people is, it isn't exactly "voices".

 

[RuNNing Riot]

Well, maybe we might hear them when talking to the Pokemon we happen to be walking with, like as you did Pokemon Yellow with Pikachu.

 

[UberMario]

A grass-ground-poison legendary trio could be awesome. It could almost be like how the starters work, where one is strong to a second and weak to the third, but based on a "real" animal triangle. (i.e. a grass rat, ground roadrunner, and poison snake. Rats eat bird eggs so that could complete the cycle)

 

[Kole]

i agree about the running legendaries. they should have more depth to them, not "go into a cave. then chase this Pokemon around"

 

[O D I N]

Ah, gotcha Firus.

Only problem with Poison... it kinda sucks. :-X

I mean, sure it resists a bit... but it's not strong against much.

/equips flameshield made of Torkoal shells

 

[PowerBomb]

The Suicune mini-roam chase thing was pretty cool. I'd like something to happen like that again.

 

[Pluvia]

If you think about it the Regi's were the hardest to get Trio. Without the Internet most of us wouldn't have them, unlike the other Trio's.

Btw what does everyone think the 3rd Legendary will represent? If the Black and White ones are supposed to represent Technology and Nature, what's the 3rd one going to be?

 

[UberMario]

Btw what does everyone think the 3rd Legendary will represent? If the Black and White ones are supposed to represent Technology and Nature, what's the 3rd one going to be?

Hmmm, Technology, Nature, and Seismic Activity? Or maybe Gravity?

 

[Pluvia]

Gravity and Seismic activity seems totally out of place. Gravity would fit in more with Gen IV and seismic activity with Gen III.

 

[IsmaR]

I think the trio will all be nature related. Poison could be toxic-waste-dump-gone-awry/acid rain, ground could be seismic stuff/landfill/something to do with wastelands, and grass could be swamp related. There's a possiblity there will be another trio based on tech to offset this(steel rock ice...owait, fire), kinda like how there was more than one trio in the 4th gen(one being uber aside).

ISHIMAR!!!!! :D

Okay, so in Japan, there was this store named 'Ishimaru'... It didn't make me think of you... but I thought of it now... talking to you..... >_> Wassup?

teehee. Just Japan be stealing my name, not much else. hbu?

 

[UberMario]

Gravity and Seismic activity seems totally out of place. Gravity would fit in more with Gen IV and seismic activity with Gen III.

True, just trying to think of something not related to nature or technology that would fit.

We have one super power of fire, one of technology, maybe the rumored Green Cobra will be about healing and the circle of life?

 

[Zook]

Also, I wonder if the animation for Smugleaf was influenced by the fanbase, in one of his animations he crosses his arms with a "so what are ya waiting for" kind of attitude.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aANtlw2nJY=2m52s

This just has to be true.

Btw what does everyone think the 3rd Legendary will represent? If the Black and White ones are supposed to represent Technology and Nature, what's the 3rd one going to be?

Civilization, maybe?

 

[Pluvia]

Green Cobra sounds quite Rayquazza-esct and Civilization? What would is look like to represent that?

 

[Kole]

Civilization goes hand-in-hand with technology, I doubt it will be that.

 

[Zook]

^^ Not necessarily. Zekrom represents very advanced technology. Civilization can be anything from nature-dependent nomads to New York City.

Civilization? What would is look like to represent that?

Hmm, I'm not sure. How is Reshiram supposed to represent nature?

Perhaps it could weild some weapon, or something.

 

[flyinfilipino]

I don't think Reshiram and Zekrom represent nature or technology at all. I think their Pokedex entries were leaked on Pokebeach a while back and they just said Reshiram's heat moves the atmosphere and Zekrom generates huge thunderstorms. They seem more sky-related than anything. That Zekrom looks sort of robotic is just a unique design, I think. I could be wrong, though.

 

[Mic_128]

Btw what does everyone think the 3rd Legendary will represent? If the Black and White ones are supposed to represent Technology and Nature, what's the 3rd one going to be?

Why not an in between? Though I spose that's kind of been done with Mewtwo.

 

[Kole]

The only possibility I can think of is that the 3rd one represents either complete descruction or nothingness.

 

[Zook]

The only possibility I can think of is that the 3rd one represents either complete descruction or nothingness.

Yeah, this makes a lot of sense, actually.

 

[¯\_S.(ツ).L.I.D._/¯]

Maybe like a Black Hole Pokemon?