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[jcrdude]

Here's the basics.

Pokemon Black/White release on the 4th in Europe
Someone got hold of the game early
Cracking teams are already working on the anti-piracy measures

What does this mean?

Some of us may be playing the English release soon... as soon as a crack actually surfaces that works.

DISCUSS GENERAL EXCITEMENT FOR POKEMON B/W

DO NOT POST DOWNLOAD LINKS OR DISCUSS WAYS TO BREAK ANTI-PIRACY MEASURES, AS THESE ARE WAREZ DISCUSSIONS AND ARE NOT ALLOWED

[Tarabyte]

I go through this painful anticipation every time a Pokemon game comes out. I've had it reserved since the first day you could reserve it.

I need a new Pokemon fix stat.

[ToxicS]

hate pokemon, because in the end game everyone uses the same pokemon

[Narna]

Methinks pokemon is running out of ideas.

[Junsu]

I played the poorly translated ROM.
IT WAS AWESOMEMEMEMEMEEE

[jcrdude]

A exp patch has just dropped. I'm loading this on my CycloDS right now and clearly I won't be sleeping tonight. Will be posting a pic as evidence as soon as I have it up and running.

MUWAHAHAHAHA

[Bone]

A exp patch has just dropped. I'm loading this on my CycloDS right now and clearly I won't be sleeping tonight. Will be posting a pic as evidence as soon as I have it up and running.

MUWAHAHAHAHA

AHHH. If I was as excited about this game as I was for HG/SS I'd be playing it right now.
But I think I can wait a week. I think.

Oh and does anyone know if the decapitalization of Pokemon names is Europe-only?

Edited by Bone, 03 March 2011 - 03:04 AM.

[jcrdude]

Oh and does anyone know if the decapitzalization of Pokemon names is Europe-only?

I have no idea. I do know, however, that the save file for the Euro game will transfer to the US ROM... That's all I know for certain besides <3 Pokemon

[ifethereal]

Haha these highly expected games ALWAYS get dumped before they are released. It's just how the scene works .

[Lallard]

Methinks pokemon is running out of ideas.

This^

Back in my day Pokemon was in black and white, and we had the missingno glitch to cheat grinding, all was good.
The new ones are starting to look like digimon now.

[Scot]

In honor of this leak, I will post Pokemon comics here

Spoiler

[jcrdude]

I believe that I am more excited than all of you, combined.

Not possible. I literally pooped with excitement when I saw the leak.

[Elindoril]

3 days people, 3 DAYS! Do we not have patience?

Also, totally forgot this even existed until I saw the pre-order cards at work last night.

Also, where's my Snorlax?

[Fresca]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! I already have it pre-ordered so I'll wait to play it myself, but I'll take any early info I can get, haha. I might break out HeartGold this week to get warmed up.

[jcrdude]

3 days people, 3 DAYS! Do we not have patience?

Also, totally forgot this even existed until I saw the pre-order cards at work last night.

Also, where's my Snorlax?

Nope, plus it's really fun to watch other pokemon fans' eyes bug out of their heads while watch you play as they wait for Sunday. Muwahahaha.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! I already have it pre-ordered so I'll wait to play it myself, but I'll take any early info I can get, haha. I might break out HeartGold this week to get warmed up.

I'm trying to avoid spoiling too many things for myself. I've literally been playing through to the second gym now with no guide. I'm digging the return to figuring out which pokes are good and which ones suck the old fashioned way: Trial and error

[Persuasion]

Pokemon 5th Generation = Ran out of money for art designs

They just threws eyes on inanimate objects o.o There's a snowcone pokemon; and a gear pokemon. Magnoton was much cooler

[Bone]

Pokemon 5th Generation = Ran out of money for art designs

They just threws eyes on inanimate objects o.o There's a snowcone pokemon; and a gear pokemon. Magnoton was much cooler

Gen I had bad Pokemon too... and I rather like Klink and whatever the chandelier Pokemon is called.

[Tailwind]

The only reason the designs may look wonky is because they weren't designed primarily by Ken Sugmori like Gen 1, 2, and 4. (Yes, 3 was designed by a different team for the most part. Ken played a part in a few of Gen 3 and 5 designs, but they were mostly other people.)

[jcrdude]

The only reason the designs may look wonky is because they weren't designed primarily by Ken Sugmori like Gen 1, 2, and 4. (Yes, 3 was designed by a different team for the most part. Ken played a part in a few of Gen 3 and 5 designs, but they were mostly other people.)

Leave it to our resident Pokemon fan to come in and tell us what's REALLY going on.

[Connery]

This^

Back in my day Pokemon was in black and white, and we had the missingno glitch to cheat grinding, all was good.
The new ones are starting to look like digimon now.

This. Played a nearly-complete translation of the Japanese ROM and that's enough for me. The metagame is awful and the Pokemon (as stated above) are stupid Digimon clones, so I'm done with this gen.

EDIT: That's not completely true, Tailwind. For Pokémon Black and White, Sugimori directed a team of 17 people in designing new characters for the games, though he always drew the final designs. He drew much of his inspiration from observing animals in aquariums and zoos. Regarding the aquariums and zoos bit, I'll try to find the interview where he talks about his designs for the starters and how he traveled to zoos and stuff (in America, if I'm not mistaken) as references and inspiration. Although, I don't know how the fuck you get a walrus/unicorn/shell beast from a zoo...

EDIT #2: Here's some of it; I couldn't find the full thing, unfortunately:

Ken Sugimori, primary illustrator: I really struggled the most with the Water-type [starter] this time.
Yusuke Ohmura, illustrator: There was talk of, "Wouldn't a sea otter be good for the Water starter?" But it was a really close decision in terms of what this sea otter would become once it evolves. In the end, we decided to have it evolve into something with a completely different appearance.
Sugimori: Of course, we want to make the starters into Pokémon that remain with the player throughout the game, so we hope to make them evolve into creatures that offer a surprise to the player. We always make an effort to throw in some twists and create third-stage evolutions that have an impact.
Ohmura: There was also talk this time about dividing the three starters into Japanese, Western, and Chinese styles of design. Tsutaaja was based on Western design, and Pokabu was rooted in a Chinese style, so I was told, "Let's make Mijumaru into a more Japanese-style design." Someone even asked, "Can't you make Mijumaru into a samurai?" [laughs]
Everyone: [laughs]
Sugimori: I worried about it for a while, and I eventually went to go see the sea otters at the aquarium. I happened to catch the sea lion show while I was there, and I became aware of the sea lion's power. "Well, let's try blending a sea otter and a sea lion," I thought. I came up with the idea of making the shell on Mijumaru's stomach into a sword (katana) and using it to fight, and that's how I completed Mijumaru and its evolution."

tl;dr He was still very much involved in creating the Pokemon for B/W and his new art direction is balls.

Edited by Connery, 03 March 2011 - 09:59 PM.

[Brennon]

SOOOOOO excited for this. I'm getting black. Who all preordered it?

[ArticTheTiger]

XD I got it once it was leaked, DS2 can play the game clean. XD

[jcrdude]

XD I got it once it was leaked, DS2 can play the game clean. XD

Oh hush, you. RGF had a patch out within a couple hours of the leak. It was pretty epic to watch unfold.

[ArticTheTiger]

Oh hush, you. RGF had a patch out within a couple hours of the leak. It was pretty epic to watch unfold.

Couple of hours I spent playing