Current Events > Pokemon Black and White really nailed it

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Towards the end of 4th gen was the first time that most mythicals were available and accessible internationally. You could catch every pokemon with just 2 games and a bit of trading for version exclusives, and the GTS was an option. Johto remakes finished bringing back everything that was lost when 3rd gen cut off the old games. It was really "complete." How should that be followed up?

Black and White took us far away, to a region inspired by NYC instead of another region of Japan. They tried an actual story, they gave us good rivals, and most importantly they gave us all new pokemon. After finally completing a national dex with 493 pokemon, there was a whole new land to conquer. The biggest generation ever. When you get to a new route you can actually get excited to explore the grass and find new pokemon. You'll never face the disappointment of running into hoothoot, zubat, buneary, or ponyta.

Of course, once you reach the post game they start mixing in, which is just the right time for it. And for people that really want older pokemon for their playthrough, they could get them through the Dream World, which also gave them new hidden abilities to make them feel fresh. And then obviously, you could transfer all your old pokemon in the post game as well, which is how it always should be. But for that first playthrough it was just so amazing to have everything new. One of the best decisions Gamefreak ever made.

Black 2 and White 2 were also great and improved on the previous games in many ways. Doing actual sequels instead of third version added a lot. And those games mixed a healthy (still relatively low) amount of old pokemon into the routes, which was right for a game that was a return to a region rather than a first visit.

N was neat but the other two rivals were really lame.

BW2 are still the best in the series.

Is black and white the next games in the line for remake treatment? I've never played them before and what you describe sounds incredible.

Yep.

And Black and White 2 absolutely nailed the fan service for the players. PWT had every gym leader up to that point, as well as the champions. All of them had tough as nails teams waiting to challenge you in the post game.

PWT was a post game done right.

Then later games were like "Here's a cameo from Red and Blue. You remember Kanto right? We gave Charizard another form! Anyway here's another reworked Battle Tower clone."

Yep. Gen 5 was peak Pokemon. It's been downhill since, even with some of the QoL improvements to make it easier to get competitive Pokemon.

It's my favorite gen (aside from 2) but I didn't like the setting at all.

Ikzai posted...

Is black and white the next games in the line for remake treatment? I've never played them before and what you describe sounds incredible.

Yeah. If it follows the "pattern" they'll be coming in 2028 during 10th gen. I'm not confident they're be done right if they even come. They're the worst selling pair of games that launched a generation. Gamefreak outsourced the last remakes, and there was a massive glitch that made the game 10,000 better than it was supposed to be (it was just ok without the glitch). So The Pokemon Company might decided it's not worth it, or if they do it might suck.

I wish the starters weren't such a letdown