Pokemon Black/White
14 years ago
I recently bought Pokemon Black and I am in -love- with this game! :D I've only gotten three badges so far (I just beat Castelia City's gym leader), but I can already tell that I'm gonna love the entire experience. I originally expected the 5th generation to fail horribly, but now that I've actually played the game and interacted with several of the new Pokemon, I'm really enjoying it. My starter was Oshawott (OTTERS = <3), which is now a level 28 Dewott. I'd have to say Dewott is currently my favourite 5th-generation Pokemon due to its cute otterness. I'm not a huge fan of its evolution, Samurott, though; it looks too much like a dragon and not enough like an otter.
The Unova region is so much more complex (despite its simple geography) than any of the previous regions and the changing seasons is a nice touch. I especially like how some of the Pokemon's appearances change along with the seasons. And holy crap, the bridges! Very nice 3D effects, and I find it amusing that there are cars and trucks driving along the highway portion of the bridges, but nowhere else in the game. Where do they go after they exit the bridges? xD
Oh, and of course, there's Team Plasma -- as my friend so aptly stated, "They're like PETA activists on steroids". x3 It's too bad there aren't any truly evil characters, but I still think they did a great job developing each character and giving them more defined personalities than in previous games.
Anyone else have the new game(s)? What are your thoughts/reactions? (P.S. - NO SPOILERS. I haven't finished the game yet!)
The Unova region is so much more complex (despite its simple geography) than any of the previous regions and the changing seasons is a nice touch. I especially like how some of the Pokemon's appearances change along with the seasons. And holy crap, the bridges! Very nice 3D effects, and I find it amusing that there are cars and trucks driving along the highway portion of the bridges, but nowhere else in the game. Where do they go after they exit the bridges? xD
Oh, and of course, there's Team Plasma -- as my friend so aptly stated, "They're like PETA activists on steroids". x3 It's too bad there aren't any truly evil characters, but I still think they did a great job developing each character and giving them more defined personalities than in previous games.
Anyone else have the new game(s)? What are your thoughts/reactions? (P.S. - NO SPOILERS. I haven't finished the game yet!)
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I love the games so much <3 And you're right, those bridges are awesome D: I find the cars funny as well, they're so random cx I like how boats go under the skyarrow bridge too :)
Team Plasma is totally PETA too xD I always call them PETA lol
We should exchange friend codes lol, mine is on the journal on my dA profile along with my team and stuff if you want to add me, and let me know your friend code too :3 It's for my white game, I haven't checked my friend code on my Black yet.
I wasn't a fan of many of the new pokemon at first either, but I gotta say, they've really grown on me while playing ^^ With an exception of a select few ^^;
BOATS? O__o I never saw boats! *runs back to Skyarrow Bridge to observe boats*
Sure, but I'd have to figure out what to do first. The only person I've ever exchanged codes with was Rozak, and he entered his code in for me. xD But yeah, that'd be awesome!
When they first announced there was gonna be a 5th generation, I was like "Ugh, MORE? D:" Then I viewed their images and I was like, "Eeeeh, these aren't -that- bad, but still not great." And now that I've played the game, I realize that the 5th generation actually is pretty awesome... besides a few weird ones. Like the ice cream ones and the gothic ones. And Leavanny (it looks like a bug version of Lopunny, which is already retarded).
P.S. - I just created a new account to match my dA one, and it's only for non-yiff drawings. So you may want to watch that account, since I take it you don't care for my yiff stuff. x3 Most of my journals and updates will be on this account, however.
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And yeah, it is destructive xD Especially if you teach it revenge and surf. Surf does massive damage on almost anything, and revenge is both good for when you face normal and dark types like PETA has a lot (Patrats/Watchogs/Purrloin/etc) and getting back at anything that attacks first to make up for being slower Cx
Yeah, I didn't notice them at first either, and then one time I was walking back and forth on the bridge trying to make an egg hatch, and then all of the sudden this huge boat is going over the bridge and I'm like AWESOME OUO
All right c: Well, you have a pal pad, right? (you should have gotten it from Fennel in the town by the Dreamyard. If you have it, go to the key items, click on pal pad, and then register friend code, then enter my name and code, and viola C:
Same here xD And yeah, I don't care for those either o-e; That big crystal thing too, or garbodor. Trubbish is ok, but it's evolution just makes me think of vomit... And I like Sewaddle and Swadloon, but Leavanny.... Dx I wish it didn't have to evolve into something like that...
The gothic ones have to be my new least favorite pokemon ever xD And the ice cream cones... Just make me feel like I should be eating them, not raising them :I
Cool C: Though, I have to admit, I've never even seen any of your yiff stuff on here O-o Seriously, it's like it's non-existent xD Even though I'm over 18, it still won't let me view certain stuff I guess, but I'm definitely not complaining xD I prefer it this way lol
Cobalt already knows Revenge (which is definitely useful!) and I always teach all my water types Surf. I think it's the strongest water attack that doesn't have like 70% accuracy.
M'kay, I'll randomly add you sometime tonight. :3 And wow, your team is strong! (was just looking at the sprites on your dA journal) My level 29 Dewott is my only nicknamed Pokemon, and I also have a level 25 Blitzle, level 25 Pansear, level 26 Tranquill, level 22 Roggenrola and level 21 Sawk. But then again, I only have three badges, so there's a reason my team is pretty weak. xD I may nickname the Blitzle and Tranquill when they evolve later, because I plan on keeping them on my team. And I want a Braviary SO BAD but it doesn't appear in my game. .__. *sadness*
I haven't encountered Cryogonal yet, but it seems pretty weird. And I agree -- Trubbish is okay, but Garbodor is disgusting. >__> Timburr/Gurdurr/Conkeldurr are just brain-damaged construction workers, Kling/Klang/Klinklang shouldn't even be alive, the ice-cream Pokemon should live in Soviet Russia (where food eats you D:)... and I have no words to express how bizarre the gothic Pokemon are. But then there also some totally badass Pokemon. :D Like Unfezant, Zebstrika, Excadrill (about time they made a mole Pokemon!), Scolipede, Krookodile, Sigilyph, Carracosta, Zoroark, Cinccino (I hate its name though), Sawsbuck, Galvantula, Eelektross, Chandelure, HAXORUS <3, Mienshao, Braviary, Durant (probably painful to get bitten by that thing .__.), Heatmor, Hydreigon, Volcarona... So yeah, the likes outweigh the dislikes. xD
Really? If you go into the Control Panel and check your Account Settings, I bet it'll say you're unable to view mature artwork. I have tons of it on here -- you'd see it, believe me. x3 But hey, I guess it's better this way!
Nice C: And yeah, I like surf even better than hydro pump just because it does massive damage and hardly ever misses (in fact, I don't think I've ever had surf miss in all my years playing pokemon xD)
Ok c: Let me know your code when you do as well :3
Haha yeah, I guess XD Though, they're still not ready to face the Elite Four the second time, I'd like them to be in the 80's when I challenge them since -I hope this isn't a spoiler- their pokemon are in the 70's. But that's the second time you face them, so don't freak out xD
Here's a good tip for training though, it's not really a spoiler since early in the game they kinda hint at it anyways. The best way to train them is by murdering Audino in the wild, they give you tons of experience. You can find them really easy by running back and forth by grass until a patch starts shaking, then just go in the shaking patch :3
I love nicknaming the pokemon I use a lot, sometimes finding a name that fits can be hard for some though xD
Braviary is a BEAST <3 It is OFFICIALLY my new favorite flying type pokemon ever ;u; I can trade you a Rufflet some time if you want C: (After I catch some more) and let me know if you would want it nicknamed. They're all male just like all Vullaby/Mandibuzz's are female. Sad thing is Rufflet don't evolve until like level 54 or so ;-; I literally would not move forward in the game until the Rufflet I caught evolved Cx
LOL, true. XDD
Timburr helped me tons in the gym with Lenora, but I pretty much boxed it after that and it was immediately replaced with Sandile <3 Krookodile is just amazing
And yus, all those pokemon you mentioned are really cool :3 Durant's probably my least favorite of those listed, I have one, but I've never used it yet. Kyurem is really strong... but I can't get over the fact that it moves like a retarded chicken... I wish they could have made it look a bit more graceful for being an ice type |D About the only part of it's design I like is the face...
Well I guess I better leave it this way then lol, I even still have the mature block on dA XD
*checks* It's 0862-2862-0748. :3
Oh, I've been destroying Audino since my Pokemon were level 10. :D I walked into a patch of shaking grass by accident and found one, then almost fell over when it gave me like 600 exp. points and my Oshawott grew two entire levels. Since then, I've ignored pretty much all wild Pokemon but Audino. Just today, I trained my level 10 Drilbur into a level 32 Excadrill by murdering the poor things. x3
I'd nickname all my Pokemon if I could thing of fitting names. :/ I was lucky to think of Cobalt. But then again, I'm still getting used to the 5th generation, so I guess it's wise to keep their original names so I can learn them better. AND OMG I'D LOVE A RUFFLET. 8D I managed to catch a Sawk and it mangled Lenora, but I haven't used it since then either. And I'm training up my Sandile right now.
Save yourself. D: dA's front page always has a naked woman on it somewhere. So annoying!
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Same here on my Black version after I figured it out xD Sadly I didn't find out about the Audino on my White version until after the Elite Four the first time, I really could have used the exp from Audino's xDD Before the pokemon league, I just murdered Buffolant's and hoped they didn't use head charge xD Gawd those things are worse than Tauros x.x I never got an Excadrill in my team because Krookodile did such a good job covering for ground moves, and dark, so he pretty much destroyed any electric or psychic types I encountered. I do have one in my white version... I just don't use it xD But it is a cool pokemon and I like it, don't get me wrong cx
Also, I caught a Darumaka in my Black version, and that thing is awesome D: It may not be the prettiest pokemon, but it learns some really awesom moves early on and can really put a pounding on things. (ohey, by the way, if you want something to really murder Elesa with in the gym, since she has some emolga's that ground moves won't hit, go in the desert (the one where the ruins are) and near the bottom left hand corner of it around some rocks, you'll find the TM rock tomb you can teach Sandile (or anything else) and it will totally crush those emolga ;3 Assuming you haven't found it already.)
Sometimes I search names online (behindthename.com ftw) and find cool names I can use, or I use their pokedex entries to try to think of a name that would fit. I can totally get you one xD Just like note me on dA or something (so you get a faster reply) when you're ready to trade and what you want it named (if anything) and I'll go get one. Right now I have a level 36 one in my box named Ruffi, but I'll never use him since I have my Indi probably ^^;
It knows: Fly, Aerial Ace, Slash, and Sky Drop/Impish nature/Keen eye ability
Let me know if you want it, and if you want it's name changed to fit a Braviary more, or want me to catch another one xD (I need to catch others anyways since I have some other people I may be trading with that want some) I also totally have some Zorua's if you want one XD They're level one though since I bred them, but I can raise them up easily if you want me to.
fff now that I turned the game on and am looking through the boxes, I'm wanting to play it and raise/evolve some things in here D8
I also managed to get all 3 starters by trading over the GTS, I could breed them eventually some time since I have a ditto if you want some of those cx
Is there anything else you want that's version exclusive to white (like solosis) or something else I might be able to get?
Guh, I know, right? D: It's horrible x.x I turned the filter off once so that I didn't have to have gorey things blocked, but it seems that's all that was on the front page, so I just turned it back on :/
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When I first saw Bouffalant, I thought it was an evolved version of Tauros. xD Luckily there aren't a ton of new evolved forms and baby Pokemon like there were in the 4th generation. That got really ridiculous. I haven't even used my Darumaka, but I noticed that its attacks are really strong... I figured I'd just catch a Darmanitan once I get a RageCandyBar. :P And I think my Excadrill has it covered -- it knows Rock Slide. And if that doesn't work, my Roggenrola knows a couple rock-type moves, so I could level it up if I need to.
Ooh, okay. :3 I'd want a fierce eagle-ish name since I'd be evolving it into a Braviary (which I still think of as Wargle 'cause I love the Japanese name so much... wish they hadn't changed it to Braviary xD). And I could just breed it for another Rufflet. I have the event Celebi that I need to get Zorua, so no problem there, and same with the shiny legendary dogs needed to get Zoroark. I definitely wouldn't mind getting Tepig and Snivy, but I have like three Dittos on my SoulSilver/Platinum though (two of them are level 60+ from sitting in the daycare O__o), so I don't need any more. And I think the only other White-exclusive Pokemon are Solosis and Petilil. So overall -- Snivy, Tepig, Petilil, Solosis, and Rufflet. :3
Photos that are basically porn make it onto the front page every day, yet they censor profanity like it's deadly. *rolls eyes* My "sarcastic bitch" stamp has a permanent mature filter on it because someone reported it for inappropriate content... and from what I've heard, the admins are acting more and more hypocritical. dA's just so weird nowadays that I don't even bother with it. :P
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Me too xD I though Alomomola was an evolved form of Luvdisc too xDD But yeah, I'm glad a bunch of them aren't evolved forms of other pokemon too, it did get pretty ridiculous... PROBOPASS WAT. /dies
Ah well, you won't be getting ragecandybar for a little while I don't think P: And they're different than regular Darmanitan since they have a special ability that allows them to go into that blue form when their HP gets low, normal ones don't have that ability. (or so I've heard)
Ah, well, I didn't have an Excadrill or Roggenrola at the time, so I really needed that TM for Krokorok cx I'm not a fan of many rock types lol
And the first run through I couldn't find a Drilbur, I went in that cave near the day care and went in several things of swirling dust and all I found were items anyways, so I gave up after about an hour and moved on xDD
I still think of some of them as the Japanese names too xD Like I still think "Tabunne" every time an Audino pops up, same with 'Hatobo' for Tranquill, and a few others I've heard a lot before the english versions were out.
Let me know if you find a suitable name you like for Wargle/Braviary, and I'll rename it, or if you, unless you just want to breed it with a ditto.
And I'll try breeding Tepig and Snivy sometime too. I can always catch a Solosis, I think I have one in my box now that I was going to offer to trade over the GTS, but I found everything I wanted at the time after a while and didn't have to trade it after all cx There's actually someone in the game too that will trade you a Petilil for a Cottonee, and vice versa on my game, I got a Cottonee for a Petilil. Here's a list of all the in game trades http://www.serebii.net/blackwhite/trade.shtml
Yeah, it does get really hypocritical there, but I just ignore it all xD
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Luvdisc and Alomomola look SO similar... It's really weird that they aren't related. O__o Probopass scares me. And how about Magmortar/Rhyperior/Electivire/Magnezone/etc.? They ruined a bunch of badass first-gen Pokemon by suddenly giving them new evolutions TEN YEARS later. D: They really must've been out of ideas to do something like that. I'm not a huge fan of rock/ground-types either, but they can definitely be useful. I got extremely lucky with the Drilbur -- I was just about to exit Wellspring Cave when the ground suddenly started shaking. And I was like "WHOA WHAT IS THAT :O" and I walked into it, and a Drilbur appeared. I stuffed in the PC for a while, but once I got to Nimbasa and found out that the gym leader has Electric-types, I realized how useful its Dig attack would be.
I keep doing that too. Like Pidove/Mamepato and Minccino/Chillarmy. I like Emonga better than Emolga (makes it sound moldy or something :P) and OMG I WISH THEY KEPT AXEW AS KIBAGO. It sounds so cute in the Japanese anime when it goes "Kibaaa!" Rozak made a point of showing that to me. x3 Axew still isn't a bad name though.
I already talked to the lady who wants a Cottonee for a Petilil, but I don't like the in-game trades 'cause then you're stuck with a nicknamed Pokemon. I still remember the Lickitung I got in one of the GameBoy Advance games named Marc... *facepalm* I'd rather have a Petilil from you that's actually named Petilil. xD
My dA conversations are harder to find than Waldo. xD Because there have only been a few of them since 2009.
And I know Dx I just don't see how they can't be related x.x
And Probopass is scary, I think it's the worse out of those new evolution, Rhyperior too. The others are... ok, but I still think they could have done without them :/ I think they were out of ideas then xD And then afterwards they're like OHAY GUISE, NEW IDEAS, LETS MAKE A NEW REGION 8D BOOM. Black and White. xD lol
And that was lucky o: I never ran into any at all until like.. Twist Mountain... Dx Then all of the sudden they're everywhere in the swirling dust. I had to have went in 20 swirling dust clouds in Wellspring Cave, and all I found were items x:
Dig was really useful on the Zebstrika she had, but since the Emolga were part flying it had no effect, that's when I was glad I stopped by the desert before-hand to train and found that TM to teach Bandit/Krokorok/Krookodile.
Same with those xD I just think some of the Japanese names are more fitting, Or I just got used to hearing them so much that I associated the names with the pokemon, and the english names still haven't fully taken over yet lol.
I like Emonga better too, Emolga... is just ugly D:
AND OMG I KNOW ;U; Kibago is FREAKING ADORABLE in the anime <333 Kiba kibaaa~ I totally decided that when I find an Axew/Kibago, I'm naming it Kiba. Just because of that ;o; Axew reminds me too much of Axel xD That would probably be the 2nd name I name one if I get 2.
I swear, this is the only season of Pokemon I'm following other than like the first season when I was a kid xDD
Omg, I remember Marc D: ... That thing was permanently boxed. I:
I freaking hate lickitung, and I hate "Lickilicky"... whatever that ugly freaking new evolution of it was in the 4th generation was even more. I only got it for the pokedex, nothing more. Dx Seriously, that thing is equally bad, or worse than Probopass.... D'x
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What I don't like about Black/White is that you can't have your manz follow you like in HG/SS. D: