Topic: No Pokémon Gray After Black and White

[NWR_pap64]

There won't be a third Pokémon game released after the first two incarnations.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/25353

Pokémon Black and White was unveiled recently to the European press. Spanish site Meristation was able to talk to some of the people responsible for the fifth generation of Pokémon. When asked if there would be a Pokémon Gray after the release of Pokémon Black and White, they mentioned that they were done with Pokémon Black and White and that players shouldn't expect another game.

"No, not at all. We are done with this generation with Pokémon Black and White Edition", said Mana Ibe, designer on Pokémon Black/White.

In addition, they were asked why they released the game so close to the launch of the 3DS. Their response was "It was the right time to launch a new game with lots of innovations. While the 3DS is a great system, these games were created with the DS in mind".

[RABicle]

I hate the way Americns spell grey.

[farnham]

it makes sense as BW is so close to the 3DS launch

but somehow i think that nintendo still will release a special edition of BW

[Chocobo_Rider]

Normally I am not so cynical when it comes to Nintendo.  But I do not believe this one.

I'm confident there will be a Pokemon "Gray" of some kind.  I wouldn't be surprised if it is 3DS exclusive however.

Not sure on the details... these are just the hunches I get.

[NWR_insanolord]

Releasing Gray as a DS game doesn't make much sense, and making it for the 3DS would require a lot of work to be at all worthwhile, so I'm inclined to believe this. Based on that, I'd also expect to see the next mainline Pokemon release, a 3DS exclusive, to come sooner than usual; the standard seems to be about a 3 year gap between major releases, but I wouldn't be surprised to see the first 3DS installments even as soon as late next year.

[Bleach187]

I hate the way Americns spell grey.

I hate the way Europeans claim to be the most polite people in the world and then go around trashing Americans whenever possible. Grow up please.

EDIT: By the way it's 'Americans'. If you're going to be annoyed by how something is spelt elsewhere you might want to learn to spell yourself.

[ControlerFleX]

Normally I am not so cynical when it comes to Nintendo.  But I do not believe this one.

I'm confident there will be a Pokemon "Gray" of some kind.  I wouldn't be surprised if it is 3DS exclusive however.

Not sure on the details... these are just the hunches I get.

I share your "hunch" and raise you this......

In title, no "Gray/Grey"........, 3DS exclusive, Black+White 3D........, constitutes as "same" generation, using same assets, slight iteration on story by allowing "simul-play"(play both story arch's with slight cross interaction and the ability to combine rosters after main story)

........sorry..... i'm just dreaming now....... 

[SilverQuilava]

Even though the designer said they were done with this generation, that doesn't exactly mean they were done with pokemon games. I would love to see something like being able to go to all the regions in one game. Remember how in gold and silver you could battle the kanto gym leaders after beating the pokemon league? It would be cool to like keep going with each region and each gym leader get slightly harder. Also, beating the other Pokemon leagues would be cool too like the Ever Grande City League in Hoenn and the Sinnoh league. It would be an enormous game, but I'm just saying I would play a game like that.

[Shaymin]

I've said my piece here, so I'll just say that expecting a company to discuss the director's cut at the original's launch is the height of folly.

[TJ Spyke]

I've said my piece here, so I'll just say that expecting a company to discuss the director's cut at the original's launch is the height of folly.

That's what Fox did with Avatar. They admitted that the first DVD release would be a turd (not in those words of coarse, LOL) and be just the barebones movie, the real version would be released months later and include stuff that people expect from movies for the last 10 years. Yet somehow the turd version still sold millions.

[Mop it up]

Nintendo also said they wouldn't make a sequel to Wii Sports, so I'll believe it when I don't see it.

[the asylum]

Nintendo saying "No" to a Pokemon Gray is like saying "No" to money.

Oh wait.... it is.

[Dasmos]

I hate the way Americns spell grey.

I hate the way Europeans claim to be the most polite people in the world and then go around trashing Americans whenever possible. Grow up please.

EDIT: By the way it's 'Americans'. If you're going to be annoyed by how something is spelt elsewhere you might want to learn to spell yourself.

haha

[NWR_pap64]

I hate the way Americns spell grey.

And this is relevant to the discussion...how?

Regarding this news story, I too don't believe that this will be end of Black and White, but I think its going to be far more complicated than just updating the main game. Like its been mentioned already, with the 3DS out there's the temptation of making an updated game for the 3DS, but then why not just make a real game for the 3DS instead?

[RABicle]

I hate the way Americns spell grey.

I hate the way Europeans claim to be the most polite people in the world and then go around trashing Americans whenever possible. Grow up please.

EDIT: By the way it's 'Americans'. If you're going to be annoyed by how something is spelt elsewhere you might want to learn to spell yourself.

haha

I hate LOVE it when someone takes an assumption and then goes into a rant about it but they were wrong in the first place and therefore lose the point. Yeah I just forgot to include the second a in American, how disrespectful. Must be my innate European blood kicking in.

[ThePerm]

I'm an American and I've always spelled it grey. Grey is one of the few words in the dictionary with two spellings. The other one being Disc/Disk/Disque
I spell square disks with a K and round ones with a C. This discussion has come up many times before in the forums...mostly started by former forumer Grey Ninja whose Canadian. This is one of those words thats spelling difference is not attributed to being caused by transatlantic split. Also and even then, things change and different spellings can create different meanings. Its become common to spell a movie theater theater, and a play performance theatre theatre.

[blackfootsteps]

I hate the way Americns spell grey.

I hate the way Europeans claim to be the most polite people in the world and then go around trashing Americans whenever possible. Grow up please.

EDIT: By the way it's 'Americans'. If you're going to be annoyed by how something is spelt elsewhere you might want to learn to spell yourself.

haha

I hate LOVE it when someone takes an assumption and then goes into a rant about it but they were wrong in the first place and therefore lose the point. Yeah I just forgot to include the second a in American, how disrespectful. Must be my innate European blood kicking in.

Brilliant. Interestingly, Bleach187 uses the (predominately) British spelling of the past tense of spell.

Edit: Go discussion re: predominate vs predominant

[Plugabugz]

I hate how humans always act like idiots.

Oh.


Derails for the win!

[TJ Spyke]

If Nintendo did make a Pokemon Gray, I wonder if they would use that spelling? They used the name "Game Boy Color" in every region (although I still occasionally see someone incorrectly write "Game Boy Colour" just because that is how they spell the word in their country). I don't think Nintendo plans to do this because I think they want people to move onto the 3DS as soon as possible. I know they could put a sticker or something on the box that says "Compatible with 3DS", but that would not encourage anyone with a DS to upgrade.

[Caterkiller]

Can we get to the real topic at hand? As a Pokemon player who tries to raise pokemon competively this means there will be no Dream World Unova Pokemon.  I can only assume this Wii title will contain them, as the data for them exist in black and white, but the sprites don't in the Dream World. At least the dream world that we have up and running now.

What ever the case I sure hope there is no greay. Yellow I was all for, crystal didn't care enough, emerald only did it because of the breeding updates(yeah I know) but I am not in the mood for just more moves and another nonstory.

[RABicle]

Brilliant. Interestingly, Bleach187 uses the (predominately) British spelling of the past tense of spell.

=0 OMG YOU"RE RIGHT! HE SAID SPELT NOT SPELLED! There must be some of that obnoxious European coursing through his veins too!

[TheYoungerPlumber]

OK guys, break it up. This is a thread about Pokemon, and not a place to insult or mock one another over spelling.

[Mop it up]

The other one being Disc/Disk/Disque
I spell square disks with a K and round ones with a C.

As far as I'm aware, the difference in spelling refers to the type that it is. A disk with a K stores data magnetically (3 1/2 floppy, hard disk drive, etc), and a disc with a C stores data to be read optically (CD > compact disc, DVD > digital video/versatile disc, etc).

[TJ Spyke]

In a interview with GameTrailers, Black/White director Junichi Masuda says he never said there would not be a third version and he was surprised to hear about the rumor. That is not confirmation that there will be a third version, but it seems to move it from "No" to "Maybe" IMO since he is higher up on the corporate ladder.

[Halbred]

I hate the way Americns spell grey.

COLOUR.

Anyway, this is a shocker to me. This will be the first core Pokemon game to NOT have a 3rd "ultimate" edition. Which I'd surely have purchased or have sent to me for review purposes.