#black and white is the best pokemon game

[zukaichu]

Significant otter 🦦🦦

Thought I might share this piece on here too ^-^

#digital art #pokémon #pkmn fanart #fanart #oshawott #cuteness #game freak #pokémon legends アルセウス #pokemon legends arceus #pokemon bw #my art #pokemon black and white #Pokémon black #best starter #nintendo #pocket monsters #illustration #mijumaru

[bestgameostcrownduel]

Round 1, Side A: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (2001) vs Pokémon Black & White (2010)

Ace Attorney | Pokémon

Campaigns under the cut!

Campaign for Ace Attorney:

listen to maya's reminiscence theme and tell me you dont feel something. ace attorney sweep!!!!

Campaign for Pokémon:

Altered my brain chemistry permanently, the fact that the soundtrack changes between seasons?? And its interactive, with the two areas that have npcs that if you talk to they'll add a part to the music (village bridge and accumula town), and when you're running it adds a drum, and its dramatic beats hit SO hard with the sweeping orchestral music

Probably the best soundtrack of the entire franchise.

#pokemon #pokemon black and white #pokémon #pokeblr #polls #best game ost crown duel #ace attorney #phoenix wright ace attorney #pkmn bw #round 1 #side a #pkmn

[jack-shadow]

The time has come for us to take our place in the spotlight, for too long critics have been tearing apart our childhoods and all hope of this game had disappeared from memory. But now we are the big announcement at the end of the pokemon presents, and out of no where.... it happened

POKEMON Z IS REALLLLL!!!!! THIS POST GOES OUT TO EVERYONE WHO BULLYS GEN 6 FOR NO GOOD REASON!!! TAKE THAT SUCKERS WE GEN 6 STANS ARE GETTING A NEW GAME!!!

#F in the chat for all gen 5 fans hoping for good Black and white remakes #Or legends Kyrem #If it makes you feel better X and Y aren't getting remakes. #They probably just had more ideas for a kalos centric game #But unova will have its time soon #Pokemon #Pokemon X #Pokemon Y #pokemon x and y #pokemon xy #pokemon gen 6 #Gen 6 #pokemon kalos #kalos is the best region #kalos #pokemon legends za

[jadeazora]

A time for the previously-announced Anime Expo showing of the Pokemon Concierge series from Netflix!

There's a limited figure from Korea of the Pokemon having a pool party.

The full art for the Pokemon 151 Alakazam card by Mitsuhiro Arita.

And the first episode of Black and White has been added to the playlist of Japanese episodes. (It's mostly been just first episodes, so I guess we'll see the first episodes for XY, Sun and Moon, and maybe Journeys too?)

Tyranitar and Salamence Nanoblocks releasing in September.

#anime expo #pokemon concierge #netflix #pokeani #anipoke #ash ketchum #pokemon best wishes #pokemon black and white #pokemon figures #meowth #psyduck #squirtle #pikachu #alakazam #pokemon tcg #pokemon cards #pokemon trading card game #nanoblock #tyranitar #salamence

[jaredthebc]

HI I REALIZED SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY ISN’T INTENTIONAL WHILE LOOKING AT N IMAGES ON GOOGLE

Does this sound familiar

again probably not intentional but OH MY GOD I WILL SEE IT AS SUCH UNLESS IT GETS DENIED I love the parallels of how the normal Pokemon traditions become so warped and sad when its in the context of N in particular

#natural harmonia gropius #n harmonia #n pokemon #pokemon black and white #pokemon bw #anipoke #pokemon #LIKE. SO MUCH OF N TURNS THE THEMES OF POKEMON FROM CHEERY TO TRAUMATIC #I still love how with N so much of what he strives to be without the context of plasma is pure heroic #like saving creatures from abuse would be seen so positively in other media #and it still IS shown as heroic but like. Its also signs of the brainwashing N went through #He was fed propaganda for so long. He was fed that people were the generic monsters and he had to quest to save them #its almost kinda like an old school anime setup. But instead of childhood wonder Pokemon itself gives to trainers #its instead tragic. Being so heavily sheltered before finally being let out to become the very best like no one ever was #but instead of being that just for fun and to bond. Its to be a pawn in a grand scheme #Theres so many parallels to N and every protagonist. Him leaving the castle was like the protagonist leaving the house at the start of games #even his HAT. THAT HAT IS SO SIMILAR TO MOST MALE PROTAGS #Had he been raised in different circumstances. Away from Plasma...I think he really would have been like one of the protags #of course speaking to Pokemon would impact that somewhat. But he still would have had a normal ish childhood #and even after everything. Hes allowed to recover. He is becoming the cheery protagonist he paralleled so long ago. Hes healing #Even with healing. He is using his experience to help others. He still holds some of his past views. #hes using what he learned with what he organically knows to his advantage and to continue his mission without Plasma manipulating him #sorry for the big tag ramble just....AUGH I LOVE N SO MUCH HIS STORY IS SO AMAMAZING #will forever love this dude and everything he stands for he means the world to me

[mokeonn]

My most controversial video game opinion is that Generation 5 of pokemon was the best generation by far, and every pokemon game after Black and White 2 has gone down in quality.

No, you cannot convince me otherwise. Don't even try. There has yet to be a pokemon game full of as much content, story, and difficulty as Gen 5.

#simon says #is gen 5 my favorite of the series? no. #that reward goes to gen 4 because im biased towards Pokemon Pearl bc it was the first game i owned #but gen 5 is the best. #yes im replaying gen 5 for the first time in years why do you ask #anyways I wish gamefreak and nintendo would stop with the yearly pokemon releases to make another game as good as black and white 2 #i want a game with at least 3 battle towers of various difficulty and 2 pokemon pagent style minigames #hell i want them to add a hard mode again #i know pokemon is for kids and that's why it's been getting easier as time goes on but the medal system in bw2 woke something up in me #kids these days dont just go and beat the elite 4 and champion with 1 dragonite because a guy with a bunch of medals tells you to #im trying to zoom through white so i can play black 2 again since i wanna play the movie minigame #also i found out about memory sync and the features it adds to bw2 and i never knew about it as a kid so i wanna do that #over 10 years later and i still haven't done all there is in bw2 #anyways there's my hot take of the day #and im not speaking from nostalgia im speaking from my dissatisfaction with the series #but yeah my memories of the series and how it blew my mind as a kid do play into it a bit i will be honest #even as a kid i thought it was so cool that black and white had a whole new pokedex with no previous gen pokemon until post game

[perenlop]

me: oh i gotta finish my novella and work more on my pmd fic and world and also work on that wc rewrite loose outline and oh i wanna get back to my sonic one eventually

also me: omg what if i made an anthro pokemon world based on the main series but the main gym leaders and protags are all replaced by their pokemon (not to be confused with pmd, this is just the main series but the humans are gone)

#sorry man. im an anomaly it is impossible for me to get attached to the trainers #i like some of them obviously like the harmonia siblings do still infect my brain and bws the one game im consistently invested in #but if you ask me my favorite johto gym leader i will never have anything deeper to say than ‘’uh. idk bugsys kinda neat’’ #that being said wow its gonna be harddd to adapt some of these games if i do this #black and white in particular cause that games conflict hinges on the dynamic between humans and pokemon #maybe i wont do all the games #ill admit im totally inspired by eeveelution family fjdjdkd i really wanna make pokemon anthro ocs #just not sure where to start #wait no i kinda do. i wanna do something with my paldea team #adeleine the grafaiai with her best friend. the robotic lizard that crashed on her #theyre also yuri probably #echoed voice #idk i think some of the games would be interesting to adapt. i like adaptation i think the process is fascinating #cause with a massive change like this you HAVE to change the characters and their dynamics to an extent #like maxie vs archie cant just be copy and pasted into here i think. cause its no longer just conflicting types of environmental terrorism #i mean it still is but like. ‘’archie’’ would likely be a water type who lives in the sea and maxie would be in tune with the earth #theres less separation between the things theyre fighting for

[quietwingsinthesky]

im not excited for pokemon z because i have zero faith in gamefreak, as we all should at this point, but i do hope it is good. i do hope it’s another chance for kalos to really wow people. i remember getting Y back when it came out, and it was. Fine. the most Fine pokemon game i’ve ever played, then and now. it had the unfortunate fate of being a follow up to black/white 2 (some of the best pokemon games ever made) and being the mainline transition to 3D (something they’re still struggling with tbh.) they suffer a lot from those growing pains, a lot of x/y feels underdeveloped or bland. but i really hope this game gives the region new life because all the pieces were there.

#pokemon company bring back the 2d games im no longer asking #the 3d games are ugly!!! can we all admit this!!! they look like dogshit!!! they run like dogshit!!! it isnt worth it to have them in 3D!!! #god at least go to 2.5D or something. the team clearly isnt big enough or skilled in making 3D games!!! esp under the time crunch they #usually get stuck in!!! #(which is not a knock against the people who actually have to make these games. these are very difficult products to develop.) #like. not to be nostalgic or anything. actually no fuck that i will be. because im nostalgic For 3D games too. i played pokepark. its a #gorgeous game for the wii. it really is. its also much smaller in scope. #but anyway. i miss the spritework. for the trainers for the locations for the pokemon. the visuals really did peak with black/white + 2. #those are some damn gorgeous games. they really are. and while pokemon *has* had some pretty moments since. they’re vastly outnumbered by #the game looking. boring at best. or bad at worst. #sorry im up on my soapbox. we deserve better pokemon games. most companies would be embarrassed to have that shit outline effect in the #caves that arceus had to be in their betas. pokemon put it in the final release of the game.

[catgirlkirigiri]

omgg you modded your 3ds :0 what games did you get

Welcome to my very epic modded 3DS :D I’m gonna download pokémon x, rhythm heaven, and sonic generations tomorrow but it is currently late (I need to set the clock for daylight savings lol it’s an hour ahead rn, it’s 2am) and I thus want to go to bed <3

#spent the last two hours installing alpha sapphire lol. I gotta do bigger cias from qr cause my laptop doesn’t have a ton of space :p #I have a bunch of other cool themes installed rn too I just think this scenecore one fits the vibe the best for showing off my home screen #I’ve been mostly using a club penguin fishing minigame theme tho cause I love opening my ds to that classic music #it’s pretty much all pokemon games rn. I have red yellow leaf green silver crystal soul silver sapphire emerald alpha sapphire diamond #platinum black and white 2. lol #and of course breaking bad ds is there. I did not expect that game to be so fun #I’ll probably shuffle the cube w checkpoint to put x below that and just move my folder over to the next cube idk #the folder is really just for old stuff I don’t use (download play eshop etc) I kept it cause it was my 27th folder and that’s my favorite #number so. special 27 folder yaay #also idk if I’m gonna keep the Cyrus ac settings badge I just like the idea of badge app icons and that’s the only one I have #zoracontent #asks #anon

[shayminlucario07]

God. I wish Pokemon Black and White 2 were as good as people act like they are.

Those games are not anywhere near as good as they're perceived to be, and it makes me kind of mad. And really, really sad. I wish I could have that opinion too. But I can't.

The gameplay is quite possibly the epitome of "It was probably good if you played it when it was current and lived in a big city where there could reasonably be a solid community who played it as well but there's nothing of substance there if you don't meet those specific criteria", which is. Impressive, considering that that exact phenomenon is the biggest problem with every single game in the franchise, but that's not all.

It gets heralded as one of the best stories in the franchise, which, for Black and White, I can totally see and wholeheartedly agree with. But Black and White 2? ...Really? The games with next to no actual story, that barely include the three (Four but the protagonist doesn't count because silent Pokemon protagonist) main characters of the story, and cut out arguably the most compelling Gym Leader (Lenora, the museum curator who is SINGLEHANDEDLY THE REASON THE ENTIRE CONFLICT OF BLACK AND WHITE COULD BE RESOLVED BECAUSE OF HER HISTORY KNOWLEDGE)? Those games are the best in the series, and are better than Black and White. That's the hill you're dying on. I don't know why you decided to die trying to defend a pit, but okay.

I could do a whole essay on this- and I probably will someday, since if I'm being totally honest, it's really only a matter of time before I start making video essays about my dumb opinions on video game stories that no one agrees with, but for now... this really just depresses me.

#Pokemon #Pokemon Black and White 2 #Pokemon Black and White #Yes this was brought on by me watching Chuggaaconroy's lets play series #Yes I'm in the comments of a lot of the videos talking about how I dislike the games so intensely despite my best efforts #I was really hoping he could turn my opinion around but... alas here we are

[blueskyscribe]

Time to roast Pokemon Gen 5

I was really looking forward to playing Pokemon Black / White (Gen V) because everyone said it was the Pokemon gen with the best story.

Well.

The plot:

Evil Guy wants to take over the region.

Evil Guy is like "Hee hee I will trick people into releasing their Pokemon, then I'll easily take over with MY Pokemon."

Evil Guy tells everyone that keeping Pokemon in pokeballs is exploitative. He frames this in generic terms (no examples) and this is enough to make the crowd gawp and wonder aloud if Evil Guy is correct. They seem shocked by the idea the Pokemon could be exploited, to which I say . . . do these people ever watch the news? Like we have had four previous games full of pocket monster exploitation by bad guys. Anyway, Evil Guy urges everyone to release their Pokemon.

Evil Guy of course has an Evil Team. And since the Unova region is based on America, of course they are themed as . . . MEDIEVAL KNIGHTS!

But don't worry, this team also has American theming such as Seven Sages, a couple ninjas, and a late game castle which erupts out of the earth.

It's all so generic. It's too bad, because America certainly has a history full of conflicts and villains. All right, there are some topics that I wouldn't trust Pokemon writers to address with enough sensitivity (like racism), but what about "Pinkertons versus unions"? Organized crime and crooked cops? The 1920s had a rash of fake spiritualists bilking people out of their money, what about a team based on them, with Psychic type Pokemon? With a Champion based on Harry Houdini, who loved unmasking fake psychics?

But no, we get store-brand Final Fantasy bullshit.

So anyway, Evil Guy's plan relies on people believing that he means well and is trustworthy. And therefore, Evil Team starts . . . committing a wide variety of crimes! In front of witnesses! They steal pokeballs from children, they kick Pokemon, etc.

"But maybe they still have plausible deniability," you might be thinking. "Maybe people won't believe kids." Well, maybe not, but they also commit crimes in front of Gym Leaders, the most trusted and powerful people in the Unova region. Like, one of the Gym Leaders has a museum, and instead of breaking in stealthily in the night, Team Evil just goes through the front door in broad daylight and steals an item while everyone stares at them.

Let's reflect on some other shortcomings of Evil Guy's plan which, to reiterate, is to guilt people into releasing their Pokemon.

First, if a Pokemon loves its owner, why would it leave just because it was released? Why wouldn't it continue to hang around, like the wild Rockruff that lived in Professor Kukui's house in the anime?

Second, if all Pokemon WOULD rather flee into the woods than stay with their human, then the bad guy is seemingly correct.

Third, what about the asshole trainers who don't care about their Pokemon's feelings? We know they're out there, there's a Pokemon move called Frustration.

Fourth, even if Evil Guy tricked everyone into releasing their Pokemon, there is nothing to stop the populace from catching NEW Pokemon the minute Evil Guy starts using his Pokemon to bully people. Feed Evil Guy's plan to a Trubbish and throw it in the bin, because it's garbage.

On a final note, when looking at the ethics of keeping Pokemon . . . Of COURSE it would be unethical to keep a lot of them irl! Giving children Fire type Pokemon would be grossly irresponsible. Litwick feeds off human souls, you shouldn't keep one. And the Yamask--introduced in THIS GAME--are described as "the spirits of people interred in graves. Each retains memories of its former life."

Now personally I love the weirder Pokedex entries and all the Pokemon with horrifying origins. I love that Pallosand shoots the bones of its victims from its arms and that Phantump is the ghost of a child who possessed a stump. However: Gen V made a beeline for the only rake in the yard and stepped on it. Most Pokemon games sidestep Poke-catching ethics; it's understood that this is all pretend, nothing is actually being captured, and therefore the player doesn't need to worry about such things.

But characters within Black & White bring this argument to the forefront, and without having any rebuttal. This is why the Evil Guy makes generic arguments like "If you don't release your Pokemon they can't fulfill their true potential", instead of telling the crowds "Catching a Yamask means you're enslaving a human ghost" or "Hands up anyone who caught your Pokemon by burning, paralyzing, or poisoning it."

So, yeah. Pokemon Black & White has the second worst story of a mainline Pokemon game. I haven't played Black 2 or White 2, maybe they were better.

#Pokemon Black and White #Pokemon Gen Five #Pokemon #oh if you're wondering what my Number One Worst Story is for a Pokemon game #it's Sword Shield #and third worst is X / Y but it's so close to Black / White that it's really more of a tie #however X / Y is also one of my favorites to play because I like the wide variety of Pokemon you can catch quite early #it's not that I hate Black & White #it actually has one of the best sets of starters imo #but I'm incredulous that people thought this was the best story #it ain't #long post

[daisybell-on-a-carousel]

If I can find my ds and charger I'm thinking abt maybe buying a pokemon game!

#ive never played an actual pokémon game before. main line game? yknow the ones #ive only played Go and i have vague memories of playing a ranger game! there was a houndoom and i couldn't get past the snorlax... #ds specifically bc the only switch pokemon game im interested in is pla and that may not be the best starting point #as from what i can tell its very different #but anyway! i was thinking maybe sun+moon? its fairly enough recent that it may be easy to find. and i rly wanted it back when in came out #theres also x and y and black and white which would be closer to my generation of pkmn i think! but those would be wayy harder to find #x and y i remember just wanting to play because Xerneas looked so cool #black and white i wanted to play because i knew a kid with a book that was like. the unova pokedex? and i liked looking thru that #my first favorite pokemon was gothitelle. or gothorita? p sure it was gothitelle though #actually i think we did own black or white but my sister wouldn't let me play it.or im mixing it up with the ranger game which mightve been #gen 5 too #BUT! b+w is wayyy more expensive! so sun and moon is still the most likely option #moon probably. i love lunala #aww but sun has so many cool exclusive pokemon #i want ninetales :(. i want the funny clown :(. i want reshiram and xerneas :( #potato rambles n speaks #the clown doesn't matter i dont think im getting ultra first. also the legendaries too probably. i think theyre in ultra

[bestgameostcrownduel]

Round 1, Side B: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice For All (2002) vs Pokémon Black 2 & White 2 (2012)

Ace Attorney | Pokémon

Campaigns under the cut!

Campaign for Ace Attorney:

honestly out of the main trilogy this one has the best themes ever. especially all the reminiscence themes. it sounds and feels like something you'd expect for the height of a trilogy. also justice for all is underrated as a game it'd be awesome if it won jk haha Unless.

Campaign for Pokémon:

it's got all the cool jammin music of black/white 1 but more, how could you not like it?? I especially love the virbank city gym soundtrack, do you know of any other pokemon soundtrack that's had voice as an instrument?? Yeah that's right, no you haven't!!! Don't fact check that just trust me bro

#ace attorney #ace attorney jfa #aa jfa #ace attorney justice for all #phoenix wright ace attorney #pokemon #pkmn #pokemon black 2 #pokemon white 2 #pokemon bw2 #pokemon black 2 and white 2 #polls #round 1 #side b #best game ost crown duel

[le-pokerus]

I really like the concept of battle facilities, like the Battle Frontier etc, but I hate how you have to rely on competitive teams and a crap ton of luck to complete them.

Like I’d love it if we got post-game content like that but we could just use the Pokémon we’d beat the game with, like they’re so cool and yet the majority of people have never even seen most of them.

The only one that does that is the White Tree Hollow and the Black Tower from Black 2 and White 2, it was awesome and we even got a shiny Pokémon as a reward.

We desperately need more places like this.

#competitive pokemon my disdained #also shout out to black 2 and white 2 for continuing to be the best games in the series #my content #pokemon

[shima-draws]

Idk what it is but I’ve been on a huge Pokemon kick lately. I just finished replaying Sun this weekend and now I’m already 4 badges into replaying White fkaldmlksa

#GRANTED I actually did restart White before I played Sun so I was already 2 badges in but. #I'm at Driftveil City already and it's only been like a day #IT'S WEIRD usually I get burned out so quickly with constant Pokemon battles but like #I've just been sitting here doing that for a solid six hours today lol #Dunno where my motivation to do art went. I'm just hyperfixated on playing Pokemon rn I guess #I do plan to replay Black 2 after I finish White as well <3 #I love Unova so so so so much I'll say it a million times more #Best games periodt #Shima speaks #Pokemon

[snailfen]

THEYDIES, GENTLETHEMS AND COWARDS ALIKE. I FINALLY FUCKING DID IT I WAS ABLE TO GET THE WFC TO WORK AND MY SWEET LITTLE PUMPKIN WAS FINALLY ABLE TO EVOLVE

TODAY I REJOICE

#again thanks charmed for staying up with me til 1 am to get this to work #NOW TIME TO GO BULLY A WHITE MAN AND HIS BEST FRIENDS TO STOP PETA AND GET HIS LUNCH MONEY #mossball.txt #pokemon #bw #pokemon black and white #nebi gaming moment