Game-based video chat is always a bad idea. You can browse UNO after dark if you have a steamy-hot desire to see my point. But where Microsoft fails, Nintendo has excelled in protecting our eyes from the dangers of the wild--and it will continue to do so with Pokemon Black/White, a game that will support up to four-player video chat, as revealed in the latest issue of Japanese magazine CoroCoro.
Serebii.net (via Siliconera) reports that the forthcoming Pokemon titles will feature a mode called "Live Caster" which will allow up to four local players to video chat with their DSis, or just two over Wi-Fi. What'll keep Black/White from becoming a creepy peep show are, of course, friends codes. Rest easy.
Live Caster will pump up the volume on the social element of the games, but the other tidbit CoraCora has reported turns the Pokebox up to "11." Black/White will support a "Pass By Mode," a connectivity feature similar to what the Nintendo 3DS will do out of the box. By virtue of just being in the vicinity of a duder with Pokemon Black/White while you have a connection-seeking DS or 3DS in your pocket, you'll be able to help him or her with quests.
The specifics on this, if you didn't catch the vagueness there, are still unknown at this point. But, hey, you just learned a little bit more about Pokemon Black/White. Go tell your friends about this over video chat. Try not to smoke any drugs or expose yourself while doing it, though.
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