Topic: Pokemon Black and White

[nickmitch]

I want Jynx to finally have the evolution she deserves. In any case, the new Pokemon look pretty sweet. I wanna know what the Zebra one looks like if/when it evolves.

[Caterkiller]

I hope that Zebra doesn't become the Pegesus that I want Rapidash to become.

[Caterkiller]

Any news on this game? I'm surprised nothing came up at E3 so far.

[BeautifulShy]

Nothing pokemon related came out of E3 for this game but there was a Pokepark Wii game shown.

This was revealed before E3 but there is going to be a transfer method for Pokemon Black and White to bring over your pokemon from the 4th gen games to Black and White.

[Shaymin]

If it's a Pokemon Box DSi app, I'm going to cry.

[Shorty McNostril]

You reckon there could be a surprise announcement that these will be 3DS launch games? 

[BeautifulShy]

If it's a Pokemon Box DSi app, I'm going to cry.

It isn't. Its an ingame machine in Black and White.

[Stratos]

I thought Pokepark was a collection of minigames with pokemon?

[BeautifulShy]

Well we have a Japan release date for the game. September 18th 2010.

Any thoughts on a North American release date?

[Caterkiller]

March 15th.

[TJ Spyke]

Diamond and Pearl launched in Japan in September 2006 and then North America in April 2007, so I think we can expect a March or April release.

[Shaymin]

March 27. Maximize pre-Easter sales and get it out in NA before the end of the fiscal year.

[Spak-Spang]

Nintendo is being really silly.  They need to release this game on 3DS not DS.  Or at least release it in Japan on the DS, and have a special edition for Japan launch with the 3DS...but only give the US the 3DS games.  Please...It would make the game much more special...and help with 3DS sales.

[BeautifulShy]

I don't know Spak-Spang. I think that 3DS is Backwards compatable so all the numerous DS games will likely be a selling point for the 3DS.I know the GB Player and GBASP those were selling points.Others might be in the same boat.

Also usually Pokemon Players have 2 handheld systems to trade between the two.Also there was great games shown for the 3DS so that is a selling point as well.

What type of things could the 3DS offer Pokemon?

[Spak-Spang]

Well, if you did polygon Pokemon, I believe 3D battles would be amazing.  Also, it would add depth to the world, and could be used for numerous ideas if it was designed for it.

[Caterkiller]

New Trailer! STRANGE looking pokemon and 3 VS 3 battles!

http://www.n-europe.com/news.php?nid=14165

[TJ Spyke]

Nintendo is being really silly.  They need to release this game on 3DS not DS.  Or at least release it in Japan on the DS, and have a special edition for Japan launch with the 3DS...but only give the US the 3DS games.  Please...It would make the game much more special...and help with 3DS sales.

That would be a totally stupid idea, no offense. First, there are over 100 million DS systems (even if you factor in people who upgraded, I would bet at least 50 million people own a DS system). Second, the game was designed for the DS, so they would have to delay the game several months and have it be a DS game on a 3DS cartridge (as it would not have any 3DS features, at all). Third, Nintendo handhelds always sell a ton at launch, so Nintendo does not need a Pokemon game at launch to help. Releasing the game on the 3DS would not offer any benefits, while the downsides are significant.

[Shaymin]

New Trailer! STRANGE looking pokemon and 3 VS 3 battles!

http://www.n-europe.com/news.php?nid=14165

That giant brick over there is the one I **** after seeing 3v3 battles. They're going to have to radically change a lot of the existing moves to accommodate 6 Pokemon simultaneously in play.

[Spinnzilla]

Dude, these Pokemon look very Ultraman monster inspired.  Automatically cool in my book.

[Pale]

Excited for 3-on-3 battles. It's a cool direction to take the series.

I think they should consider going to in permanently though. It'd be kind of weird to ALWAYS encounter three wild pokemon at a time, but I think it would be worth it to drastically enhance the general battle system.

[Caterkiller]

While I don't agree with ONLY 3 on 3 battles there should be lots of em. Ruby and Sapphire had so few double battles, Gale of Darkness was nothing but, but then I think Emerald and HG/SS had a nice new balance of the 2.

I just want them to have plenty of 3vs3's and not just in the battle frontier.

[BeautifulShy]

Hmm what 3 pokemon would you take into a triple battle? Since we hardly know any 5th gen pokemon this is regulated to the first 4 gens.

Any strategies come to mind?

[nickmitch]

Well, it's easy to make 3 Pokemon teams that balance each other out (Ice, Psychic and Bug types), but I think we need to wait and see how the moves will work. We've seen (what looked like) rock slide effecting all 3 opposing Pokemon and we can assume earthquake will hurt everybody, but other moves are still in the dark. Some might effect on two opposing or a part of the field that includes 4 of the 6 in battle.
But still, I like my Jynx and Ampharos as a team. I could probably throw in Infernape in to that to help balance it out.

[Stratos]

I'd imagine it would be the same as 2v2 battles pretty much. Some affect all the enemy, some affect single monsters, some affect all ally monsters, some affect everyone (special immunity not counted).

Though I could see it where some moves have splash damage. Hit the middle monster and the two others receive 'splash damage'. Hit one on a far end and only the one monster directly adjacent to it receives the splash damage.

[nickmitch]

I'm actually hoping for something like that because it'll add a lot more strategy to the 2v2 system. Although, I'm not looking forward to relearning all the moves.