Quick Look: Pokémon Black

Just got the original Blue on my phone. Fuck yeah. 

" Wow it's pretty interesting seeing how much people who are sort of new(?) to Pokemon fumble with the mechanics. I haven't played a Pokemon game in years but I still get all of that stuff naturally. It's also amazing how Ryan doesn't see the big "Check Moves" button. "

Played the Japanese version, but I doubt I'll buy the English until the price goes down.
One thing I must say is that the music in the game is great, I'd say it almost tops the Gold/Silver score.

" How can we be past the 6th pokemon game and your still not allowed to pick your first dude at the start of every fight "

There is a pokemon with romantic relationships it's called persona

I beat every Pokemon game without using buffs/debuffs. I doubt it's necessary unless you're doing some challenge run or playing competitively.
 
I do like how they've added visual effects that make it very easy to tell when someone is buffing/debuffing though.

I wanna be the very best....like no one ever was. Dun dun dun dun! 

I love Vinny's little soundeffects whenever he plays or watches a game. 
 
I've never actually played Pokemon. Franchise started out in my country when I was 15 and looking to "get away from all those kiddy games!". 
 
Now I'm old enough to not actually care, but getting into Pokemon now seems like such a hassle!

Those aren't pokemon... That looks like fluffy creatures from the dream of a 5-year old girl.

" Wow, this totally looks like every other Pokemon game.  A slightly updated sprite system and a 2.5D battle presentation is hardly anything to get excited about. "

" @RockmanBionics:   All you have to do is put the pokemon you want to fight at the front of your party.  I mean you have to be in a trainers line of sight or actually walk into grass to find a pokemon.  So you always know when you're going to get into a fight.  If the game moved at a faster pace then maybe that would be a good idea, but to be honest that would just annoy me more than anything. "

They're pokemon knowledge is TERRIBLE!!! :'(

" The 'faint' mechanic is one of the lamest excuses in all of gaming history. If you're trying to sell me bullshit on that level, at the very least draw a sprite of the Pokemon fainted, as opposed to vertically dropping the sprite through the ground. "

Pokemon's battle system is just so tedious all these years after the original. I can't believe they haven't tried to improve on it. I mean, it's still selling well so I guess it's justified, but I seriously can't play it that way. It's too slow. Surely they can come up with something?

I'm all for Pokemon music. Especially when used in thrash metal riffs...
 
  

Grass monkey, that funky monkey

" I need to get into pokemon so I can relate to other people at college. "

I haven't played a Pokemon game since Silver/Gold. I have no idea who any of these new creatures are. 

" I haven't played a Pokemon game since Silver/Gold. I have no idea who any of these new creatures are.  "

3 hours into the game and the pokemon are level 10? 

Hahaha... I loved this Quick Look even though I've already beaten the game.. you guys are so cute.... I will admit that I was yelling at the screen a few times when Ryan was clearly fuckin up but I still enjoyed myself.  Next time there's a Pokemon game you should let me help do the quick look!!  I know way too much about it n_n;

" "relationships in pokemon"   WHAT THE HELL VINNY   WHAT THE HELL    OH MY GOD "

exp share is so freakin helpful!

" I haven't played a Pokemon game since Silver/Gold. I have no idea who any of these new creatures are.  "

" Hahaha... I loved this Quick Look even though I've already beaten the game.. you guys are so cute.... I will admit that I was yelling at the screen a few times when Ryan was clearly fuckin up but I still enjoyed myself.  Next time there's a Pokemon game you should let me help do the quick look!!  I know way too much about it n_n; "

" exp share is so freakin helpful! "

I just beat the 5th gym leader so I was kind of hesitant to watch the QL as if it would bore me but man, that high five after catching Audino so good. 
 
I don't always care for quoting but man. 
"Gonna train the shit out of that pokemon"

cant believe the text short hands like PkMn are still in the game. That was fine on the original gameboy, but cmon. 
but why put any effort if it still sells i guess.

Awesome QL, hilarious as always.

" cant believe the text short hands like PkMn are still in the game. That was fine on the original gameboy, but cmon. but why put any effort if it still sells i guess. "

" @notsonic said:

" cant believe the text short hands like PkMn are still in the game. That was fine on the original gameboy, but cmon. but why put any effort if it still sells i guess. "

Right, because a short hand in order to avoid taking up unavailable text space shows that there was no effort put into the game. "

" @neoepoch said:

" @notsonic said:

" cant believe the text short hands like PkMn are still in the game. That was fine on the original gameboy, but cmon. but why put any effort if it still sells i guess. "

Right, because a short hand in order to avoid taking up unavailable text space shows that there was no effort put into the game. "

They have more space now, the DS has a MUCH higher screen resolution than the original Gameboy. They don't have to restrict it to 4 spaces, they do so because "CHANGE IS BAD tm". "

" only thing keeping me from playing new pokemon games are ....the new pokemon. idk what the fuck they are or all these new types and what the fuck they do... i decided to play soul silver over this "

" It's been a long time since I've played the blue/red/yellow Pokemon Game Boy version. I can see it didn't change that much... "

" @dcgc said:

" It's been a long time since I've played the blue/red/yellow Pokemon Game Boy version. I can see it didn't change that much... "

I think the changes are more "under the hood" than out in your face. ie. they are not readily apparent, but once you play it, it feels so different yet similar at the same time to result in something awesome. "

This kinda a little bit reminds me of the first 10 minutes of Up.

The best part about this quick look? Not a single bellsprout to be seen.

The worst part? Not knowing how to check the move information.

" @Nettacki said:

" @dcgc said:

" It's been a long time since I've played the blue/red/yellow Pokemon Game Boy version. I can see it didn't change that much... "

I think the changes are more "under the hood" than out in your face. ie. they are not readily apparent, but once you play it, it feels so different yet similar at the same time to result in something awesome. "

No, it's the same. "

No, it ain't.

" @Nettacki said:

" @dcgc said:

" It's been a long time since I've played the blue/red/yellow Pokemon Game Boy version. I can see it didn't change that much... "

I think the changes are more "under the hood" than out in your face. ie. they are not readily apparent, but once you play it, it feels so different yet similar at the same time to result in something awesome. "

No, it's the same. "

No, it isn't.
Play Red/Blue and then play Black/White, the changes are obvious:

- Two new types from R/B/Y

- Abilities 

- Physical/Special move split

- Sp. Defense now a stat

- Evolution methods

- Individual Values

- Effort Values

- Genders

- Forms

- New Items

- TMs are now permanent, like HMs of old

- Move Deleter, Move Tutors

- New Moves with varying effects

- New Species (this is OBVIOUS)

Then again, trolls like you never care for the details. You just see something that is somewhat familiar, yell "SAME!" and walk away with a smug look of satisfaction.

Guess what, Twilight Princess and the original Legend of Zelda are the 'same' too by your logic.

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" @Mikazukinoyaiba said: 

No, it isn't.
Play Red/Blue and then play Black/White, the changes are obvious:
- Two new types from R/B/Y
- Abilities 
- Physical/Special move split
- Sp. Defense now a stat
- Evolution methods
- Individual Values
- Effort Values
- Genders
- Forms
- New Items
- TMs are now permanent, like HMs of old
- Move Deleter, Move Tutors
- New Moves with varying effects
- New Species (this is OBVIOUS)

Then again, trolls like you never care for the details. You just see something that is somewhat familiar, yell "SAME!" and walk away with a smug look of satisfaction.

Guess what, Twilight Princess and the original Legend of Zelda are the 'same' too by your logic.
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The fact that you actually had to make a case for why the fifth iteration of a series is not exactly the same as the original just proves that they are too similar. It's not that they're LITERALLY the same, 
"

" 
Wow
I went ahead and made a substantive list of differences and you take it as proof that the series is still similar?

Good reasoning skills sir, bravo. I'll be sure to tell that to the officer the next time I'm stopped for a DUI because fact that so many people witnessed me hit that wall is proof that I was so sober. 

also in a format where the only communication is typed language, I can't help but take people LITERALLY when they say "this series hasn't changed at all"

also the GBA didn't have wi-fi and that couldn't have been done all those years back

who are you to say Pokemon hasn't progressed or what they could have accomplished years ago?

Casual players like you ALWAYS ignore the details, maybe you should take a history lesson and look at the development of the metagame over the generations then tell me none of those changes matter and it is still all the same.

"

Yep. You got me. I've been mated. Not only did I present a completely incoherent and counter-intuitive argument, but as a casual player who has only experienced hundreds, if not thousands of video games over the course of two decades, I am in absolutely no position to speak to the evolution of a game series.

I doff my cap to you sir, for I have been defeated.

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