Please somebody place feedback 'cause I'm benefiting from it to!! LOL

I can't afford it just yet, but I've read tons of spoilers. They switched it up a lot, it's a sequel set in the future so they have new gym leaders, new areas, and all sorts of stuff for people (like me) who love nitpicky details :p I'm pretty sure having a black and white instead of a grey was just so they could keep the whole plot with the legendaries from the first game intact.

If you tend to buy the third game anyways, do it, it goes above and beyond what they usually add.

bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pokémon_Black_and_White_Versions_2 -- for anyone who wants spoilers

I'm the kinda person who goes and gets the third version like years after it comes out. Example: I just this year bought Platinum. Haha.

I believed they changed a few things like Pokemon that appear. I was wondering if it is worth getting because I might get White 2!

Black 2 has a hard mode you can unlock. White has an easy mode to unlock. I'd say black.

Like, you beat the game on normal and then depending on what game you have you can then do it on another mode?

I think it increases the levels of other trainers and improves their team but pretty much. Though it really doesn't make sense why you'd have to beat the game on normal to unlock easy mode.

Easy mode would be great for EV training, if you battle plenty of under leveled but evolved Pokemon, you could have a really strong team as far as stats go.

I'm still playing through the first Pokemon Black. I'm about 1/2-way through the game. I need to get my ass on that 3DS and play! I'll eventually get Black or White after I beat the first one.

*eventually get black or white 2

Yeah I haven't even beaten the first one really. Still getting to the Elite Four. Dem crazy caves you gotta go through to get there. D:

I wasnt impressed with Black and White so I most likely wont get the 2 version. After reading the spoilers I am even less inclined to get it. :<

Yeah, I guess if you weren't into the new generation you'll probably not like the newest release in that same generation, heh.
I personally really liked Black Version. :O

I loved the games up until this last installation. One of my biggest dislikes is that my party pretty much consisted of a bunch of pokemon I didnt care for but kept in my party because they were good for fighting. Any that I did like either sucked when leveled up or I didnt bother training up because battles bored me due to the lack of diversity... fighting the exact same things over and over again, different people but pretty much the same team... why would a game which has the potential of nearly 650 make up a bunch of teams with pretty much the same pokemon repeated? At least with the last couple games they had trainers with pokemon from different games that you couldnt catch in the game but could trade in.

The storyline didnt grasp me like the other games and in general I didnt care for the majority of the new pokemon, even the starters were less than desirable to me... usually I heavily favor one but with this version I just chose the one that would better suit my needs. The game seriously did not do it for me like the previous games... if only the pokemon looked better and had better names... really a candle, ice cream cone, and trash bag for pokemon?? A yorkie for the dog type pokemon... why remake Tauros with a afro? Genie pokemon... ugh.

I kind of got pissed at the recycling of Tauros's design with a disco head of hair fah;sdl;adfsfkl;dnalknsd;ldfs... and the ice cream cones (THE FUCK POKEMON???) and trash bag, as well, hahah. Ughh.

But I guess I didn't analyze it the same way you did. I am absolutely HATING grinding right now in my Black version to get through Victory Road or whatever. Stupid caves to go through are stupid.

And I didn't really notice the lack of diversity in opponents.

I loved the starter I picked though. I immediately fell for Oshawott, but that's personal taste.

The storyline was actually more interesting to me in Black/White than in a few of the other games. It was kind of interesting to see that they were kind of EXACTLY like PETA, going about "freeing Pokemon" and such in the most sinister, evil way, and trying to foil anybody who came in their way. I almost read into it as a social commentary, but maybe that's just me.

I did get the whole PETA thing, I cant really explain why it didnt capture my attention like the other games, I think the big issue for me was the pokemon. Grinding SUCKS in this game... It doesnt help that victory road to the Elite 4 has pokemon severely underpowered in comparison to the pokemon found in the Elite 4 so HEAVY amounts of grinding is needed. In the old games I would get out of victory road barely able to continue so it was worth going back in to level up... not with B/W...

I feel like they went really fancy with the graphics of the cities and such but lacked a whole lot in the actual ideas of the pokemon. The cities themselves lacked the same amount of exploration as others. Goldenrod and Vermillion comes to mind with how much exploration a town offered in the older games which I never feel like I found in any city in B/W.

I'm well into the White 2 postgame content now. I can say while there are a LOT of pokemon from gens 1-4 that you can catch and train up, I wasnt too impressed until I got to the halfway point of the campaign. There is tons of new content and I totally love the PWT concept, because I can port over all the stuff I trained on my Black card and test my mettle against the best of what the CPU has to offer.

Overall, if you're a Pokemon fan, I say its definitely worth a look. At least in this version you cant take an uber Pokemon and destroy the Champion the first time around.

And finally: SHINY DRAGONITE! <3

Like, in-game shiny Dragonite? Like the Gyarados in G/S/C?

Yes, but only if you get White 2. It involves a bit of a lengthy sidequest and a LOT of battling random trainers, but you can eventually get one for yourself.

Step 1: Defeat the champion.
Optional, but recommended step: make a sidequest to go catch Reshiram, and Kyurem if you wish.
Step 2: Go to Flocessy Town and defeat Alder (His team is level 60, so it's not too terrribly difficult as your team should be on par with his).
Step 3: After the cutscene, make your way to White Forest and enter the big tree in the middle.
Step 4: Challenge the White Treehollow. You'll need to beat the boss trainer this a total of 10 times, one for each area. Pokemon levels start at 50 but quickly grow higher, and by the time you're done, you will be facing Level 75-80 Pokemon in Area 10.
Also, I strongly recommend you have a pen for areas 6 and beyond, because you will be exploring multiple levels and it's easy to get lost.

Step 5: Anyway, once you defeat the Boss of Area 10, Fly back to Flocessy Town and go back to the house Alder lives in. Talk to the person who you just battled and he will fork over a Level 1 Dratini. This Dratini is special in that it is ALWAYS shiny. Also the Natures and IVs are random when you recieve it, so if you want to seriously train a Dragonite, you can reset the game until you get one you're satisfied with.

Note: If you buy Black 2, the process is very similar, except instead of a shiny Dratini, you will instead receive a shiny Gible at Level 1.

That DEFINITELY made me want to get White 2.

The only other main difference is which Pokemon you can get in the game. and of course the choice betwen Zekrom and Reshiram. And also that you can 'combine' it with Kyurem to make a Pokemon that's more powerful than even Mewtwo.

Also I believe that Black City and White Forest are interchangable like they are in Black/White. I'm not sure if it's strictly exclusive to White (I'd have to check Serebii to see what's listed there.)

What do you mean with the combination with Kyurem? O.O

And I have Black version, so I'm going to end up getting Reshiram in that version when I bother to get that far (lol oops havent beaten it yet), so I'm thinking I'll switch it up and get White for that reason too--to get Zekrom.

Actually, in an odd move, Reshiram is in White 2 and Zekrom is in Black 2. Don't ask me the logic behind this. And yes, in the plot of the game Kyurem winds up getting 'Combined' with one of the other two Dragons, and you have to fight it. Once you beat the Champion, there's a sidequest where if you go to what's left of N's castle near Pokemon League you can then fight either Reshiram or Zekrom. Once defeated, you can then go to Dragonspiral Tower to catch it. (Bring a LOT of Dusk Balls)

Once you catch Reshiram/Zekrom, you can then go to Giant Chasm where Kyurem has reappeared and catch that too. If you catch Kyurem, it leaves behind a Key Item which allows you to 'Combine' Kyurem with either Reshiram or Zekrom, which results in the Pokemon you see on the box and on the title screen. Note that Reshiram or Zekrom will 'disappear' from the party when the combination is done. But the process is reversible if you decide to change your mind.

Also, this combined form of Kyurem can learn Fusion Flare/Fusion Bolt (With a Heart Scale) and Ice Burn/Freeze Shock (A unique move it learns automatically when it fuses with the other Dragon, but isn't particularly good). Just note however that if you decide to separate the two dragons, Kyurem will lose these moves.

Combined Kyurem: Note that ALL of Kyurem's forms keep the original Ice/Dragon typing.

White Kyurem has Turboblaze, allows it to attack the opponent regardless of it's Ability. Black Kyurem gets Terravolt which is the same exact thing.

Base Stats: HP - Health Points, AT - Attack, DF - Defense, SA - Special Atk., SD - Special Def. SP - Speed

White Kyurem | Black Kyurem

HP: 125 | HP: 125
AT: 120 | AT: 170(!!)
DF: 90 | DF: 100
SA: 170(!!) | SA: 120
SD: 100 | SD: 90
SP: 95 | SP: 95

Note: Compare this to Mewtwo, who has Base 154 Special Attack. And also to Attack form Deoxys which has 180 in attacking stats.

Ooh. Well I want to be able to get the one I'm not going to be able to get in my Black version... So maybe I should buy Black. BUT The Special Attack on the White 2 version Kyurem looks awesome. ALFJALDSF.asdlkbn;adsf. I'd prefer that higher SA and SD stats rather than the AT and DF stats......

Also, interesting thing: If you complete the story on the original Black card, you can send that data to Black 2/White 2 and your trainer name will be referenced in the plot. It also unlocks a bonus cutscene and allows you to catch Pokemon that used to belong to a certain Trainer after Driftveil City...

You do need two DS/3DS units, as it makes use of DS Download Play to transfer the data.

That's possible. As I have a DSi XL as well as my old, chunky, blue original DS.