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Pokémon Black and White
Developer(s)Game Freak
Publisher(s)Nintendo, The Pokémon Company
Director(s)Junichi Masuda Edit this on Wikidata
Producer(s)Junichi Masuda Edit this on Wikidata
Designer(s)Satoshi Tajiri
Junichi Masuda
Composer(s)Go Ichinose
Junichi Masuda
Hitomi Sato
Minako Adachi
Shota Kageyama
SeriesPokémon
Platform(s)Nintendo DS
Release
  • JP: September 18, 2010[1]
Genre(s)Role-playing
Mode(s)Multiplayer
single-player Edit this on Wikidata

Pokémon Black Version and White Version are two role-playing games (RPGs) in the Pokémon series made by Game Freak for the Nintendo DS. The games were released in Japan on September 18, 2010, on Europe on March 4, 2011, on North America on March 6, 2011, and in Australia on March 10, 2011. The games have 156 new Pokémon, which brings the total to 649. These games introduce the largest amount of Pokémon in any generation.

Gameplay

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Pokémon Black and White are role-playing games where the player captures creatures called Pokémon. They can use them to battle against other Pokémon. One of the new features in the games is triple battles, which allows players to battle three Pokémon against three Pokémon. Alongside triple battles are Rotation Battles. Players still send out three Pokémon, but only one can battle at a time. The player can switch the position of their Pokémon during their turn. Also new is that the seasons change, and areas in the game have falling leaves in the fall, and snow in the winter.

Plot

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New York City was used as the basis for Unova. Specifically, Castelia City features tall buildings and an urban setting and is the region's "central metropolis".

Pokémon Black and White take place in the Unova region, which is based on New York City and its surrounding area,[6][7] unlike past games being based on regions of Japan. The plot of the game follows a new Pokémon trainer who is on a journey to become a Pokémon master. They do this by battling other trainers such as Gym Leaders, and finally the Elite Four. During this journey, the player meets an evil team known as Team Plasma, who look like knights.

Team Plasma wants to make a new world where Pokémon are no longer owned by trainers. The player has numerous encounters with the king of the organization, a young man simply known as "N". Through those encounters, the player learns that N truly believes in separating Pokémon from their trainers (later proved in the sequels by the player being able to find the Pokémon that N has released during the events of the game in the wild).

After the player beats all eight Gym Leaders in the region, they go to the Pokémon League. There, they challenge the Elite Four. After beating the Elite Four, the player goes to challenge the Champion of Unova, only to find that N had beat him. Suddenly, Team Plasma's castle rises from the dirt, surrounding the Pokémon League. The player goes in to find that N has summoned the Pokémon of (Ideals in Black Version (Zekrom) or Ideals in White Version (Reshiram)), before he has the player summon the other Pokémon. Once these Pokémon are summoned and N is defeated again, the leader of Team Plasma, Ghetsis, reveals that he used N for his own personal gain. The player beats Ghetsis, and the credits begin.

Development

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On January 29, 2010, the Pokémon Company announced that a new game was in the making for the Nintendo DS to be released later that year.[8][9] Director Junichi Masuda said that several aspects of the series were being revamped for the new generation.[10] On April 9, 2010, the Japanese website updated with the titles of the versions as Pokémon Black and White, and announced a Fall 2010 release date.[11]

Promotion

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A shadow figure of a new Pokémon was shown by Junichi Masuda on the February 7, 2010, episode of Pokémon Sunday, stated to be in the upcoming film for the summer.[12] Since then, the character has been named "Zoroark" (ゾロアーク, Zoroāku), and its pre-evolution was also revealed to be named "Zorua" (ゾロア, Zoroa). Both are to be featured in Phantom Ruler: Zoroark.[13][14] This new character is the start of the fifth generation of the Pokémon Franchise.[15]

Reception

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Justin Towell of GamesRadar UK was sad, both that the games were not announced for the planned Nintendo 3DS handheld, and that the names created an image of old Game Boy technology.[16]

References

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  1. ↑ "商品情報 | 『ポケットモンスターブラック・ホワイト』公式サイト" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2010-09-22. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
  2. ↑ "Pokémon Black & White UK release date confirmed". 2011-01-10. Archived from the original on 2011-01-13. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
  3. ↑ "Pokémon Black Version and Pokémon White Version". 2010-05-28. Archived from the original on 2010-09-22. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
  4. ↑ "Pokemon Black & Pokémon White launching in North America on March 6, 2011". Archived from the original on 2010-12-30. Retrieved 2010-12-27.
  5. ↑ "Pokémon Black Version and Pokémon White Version | Official Video Game Site (Australia & New Zealand)".
  6. ↑ Pokémon Pia (ポケモンぴあ)
  7. ↑ "社長が訊く『ポケットモンスターブラック・ホワイト』". Retrieved 2011-02-18.
  8. ↑ "『ポケットモンスター』シリーズ完全新作 2010年内発売に向けて開発中！ | ゲーム関連 | ニュース | ポケットモンスターオフィシャルサイト" (in Japanese). January 29, 2010. Retrieved January 29, 2010.
  9. ↑ Brian Ashcraft (Jan 28, 2010). ""Entirely New" Pokemon Series Coming This Year - Japan - Kotaku". Kotaku. Retrieved 2010-01-29.
  10. ↑ Masuda, Junichi (9 April 2010). "第１６０回・" (in Japanese). Director's Column. Gamefreak. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
  11. ↑ "『ポケットモンスターブラック・ホワイト』公式サイト｜ポケットモンスターオフィシャルサイト" (in Japanese). Nintendo. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
  12. ↑ "ポケモン☆サンデー | アニメ | ポケットモンスターオフィシャルサイト" (in Japanese). Nintendo. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
  13. ↑ "新ポケモン「ゾロア」「ゾロアーク」の姿が判明！2010年ポケモン映画にも登場！ | ゲーム関連 | ニュース | ポケットモンスターオフィシャルサイト" (in Japanese). Nintendo. 2010-02-15. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
  14. ↑ "◆ポケモン映画公式サイト「幻影の覇者 ゾロアーク」◆" (in Japanese). Nintendo. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
  15. ↑ "コロコロ公式サイト｜2010年ポケットモンスター最新作発売決定!!" (in Japanese). Coro-Coro. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
  16. ↑ Towell, Justin (9 April 2010). "Pokemon Black & White? We've got a better idea". GamesRadar. Future plc. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2010.

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