These Are the Actual Pokemon Black & White Starters

[leonhart126]

The fake pokemon in the false picture before looked much better than these ones..

 

[gigastrike]

Ummm...what's that on the blue one's chest? ...What's the Pokemon it's self supposed to be, for that matter?

 

[dbmountain]

^
it's an otter with a shell

 

[halfeclipse]

It's good to see pokemon keep getting incresingly
Also why does it always have to be fire-water-grass? I can't think of any reason other than "it was like that in red and Blue". Nintendo has shown no intention of mixing things up so far.

Because the starters serve as a quick way to teach the "rock paper scissors" mechanic and there isn't another combination that work together like that.

 

[youkokitsune]

^
it's an otter with a shell

again thank you for pointing that out

 

[Danpascooch]

I like that we're playing someone older....but how will that work? Will he already have five years as a trainer under his belt when we start?

I like the grass starter, but the other too can go jump off a bridge.

 

[Poketom]

The grass type looks smug
The water type looks sad
The fire type has the awesome face...

 

[Danpascooch]

*blinks*

Those are the ugliest pokemon i have EVER seen, just look at that damn water pokemon. Seriously what the hell is that?

It's like a Piplup that they stuck a shell to

 

[interspark]

I like the piggy, i bet his third evolutions like some kind of beastly wild boar.

http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/thumb/b/bc/435Skuntank.png/200px-435Skuntank.png

>.> They've already been down that road.

Grass guy seems appealing in a strange way... I guess... Resisting disappointment...

in what way does skuntank at all resemble a boar? anyway theyre allowed to re-use animal bases sandshrew and pikachu are both based on mice and then theres ratata and god know how many bird ones there are

 

[ObsessiveSketch]

You could point to most pokemon and think "okay, I see where they got that from." Back then it was more along the lines of 'what if our normal everyday animals were just a little more fantastic?'
Now it's just 'how many things can I think of and palette-swap before the pot wears off.'

Since when is a Dragon a 'normal everyday animal'? Have you ever seen floating magnets with huge eyes? Or boulders with hands?

Even the many evolutions were lazy. 'Lets put three Digglets/Magnetons together and call it an evolution'.

Don't take me wrong. I love the original Pokemon. I just think that you're looking at the older designs trough Nostalgia goggles.

And Scott was also making fun of the grumpy older players being stuck in the past.

At least a dragon is an established creature of folklore. Plus fire lizard -> dragon isn't that difficult a connection to make.

Hmmm, you've got me on that one. It's true that my nostalgia goggles are more potent than beer goggles in terms of reality alteration, but I didn't much mind every generation up to this one. Although diamond and pearl tested my patience. I suppose it's more the addition of unnecessary elements? I dunno. hmmm...

I think...I think it's the deviation from the simplistic/minimalist design than I don't like. If you look at these starters, and most pokemon after 2nd gen, they're all multicolored with unnecessary doo-dads and flourishes. Playing the news ones, I felt that this subtracts from any suspension of disbelief. The originals felt more like each pokemon had its own niche in the re-imagined world, and that you could almost picture many of them existing (excluding freaks like Jynx, of course). As pokemon got more complicated/obscure, they became more unbelievable, which I didn't like.

For example, the little blurb of info in the pokedex used to give some sort of justification or cause of that pokemon's existence, yeah? It was like its own mythology. I just feel that all the new designs don't mesh with the original concept.

And I wouldn't be the nostalgiafag I am if I didn't also gripe about the 'apps' for the pokedex, the poffin/pokeblocks, and the 'legendaries' that are 'discovered' every game.

PS I own both a GB and DS, I just prefer to side with my 1st/2nd gen old farts than the 4th/5th newbies. ;P

Tl;dr. Pokemon used to be like natural mythology, with the occasional odd ball. Now they're over-designed and purposeless. And young 'uns don't know whut dey're missin' playin' wit' their new flasy pokaymans!

 

[interspark]

i love em! dispite my instinct to complain ive gotta say nintendo have done it again! stop your whining everyone, each generation is slightly different, thats not to say they have to be worse! no one liked gen 3 at first but look at it now!

im gonna stick with the grass type no matter what! (a decision i made when i saw the silluettes) that way im spared the usuall ten months of "ohhh which should i pick!! i only get one first!! that looks good but that ones final form is BAD ASS! ohgodohgodohgodohgod!" that i normally go through

 

[interspark]

y'know`what? im just gonna say it, in comparison... i dont even like the gen 1s! i mean, dont get me wrong, i love em to bits and i practically owe them my gaming life, but in comparison to gen 2s and even 3s some of them are just weird! i mean, jynx, tangela, mr frickin' mime? i dont mind these newbies i think theyre pretty cool, even the water one, which, i havent seen anyone say yet, is blatently part ice type (hello? snowman/penguin!)

also ive decided ill be nick-naming my grass type bottles XD

 

[Stylish_Robot]

I'm gonna pick the grass type I bet, looks like he'll evolve to that Scizar or whatever guy from the first couple generations. And I might end up picking piggy but hopefully sad panda will evolve into like a ferocious bear cause he's cute but such a weird design. A seashell on his stomach? Looks like a discarded Care Bear

 

[comadorcrack]

i love em! dispite my instinct to complain ive gotta say nintendo have done it again! stop your whining everyone, each generation is slightly different, thats not to say they have to be worse! no one liked gen 3 at first but look at it now!

im gonna stick with the grass type no matter what! (a decision i made when i saw the silluettes) that way im spared the usuall ten months of "ohhh which should i pick!! i only get one first!! that looks good but that ones final form is BAD ASS! ohgodohgodohgodohgod!" that i normally go through

You and I.
We are now friends.

Yeah I like them. Even though earlier in this thread i said the Water guy looked lame, Iwarmed up to him after this pic.

[http://img175.imageshack.us/i/ottersucks.png/]

 

[Iampringles]

Eh, they look kinda suckish. Their evolutions better suck less...

*shakes metaphorical fist*

 

[Vianyte]

Well, they're better than the fan made ones.

I think I'll choose the grass thing, even though in every gen before this one I chose the fire starter.

 

[Stylish_Robot]

one thing I'm curious about is why no one's complaining about the trainers, I mean you have Mr. Androgyny and Mrs. "My Hair's from the 80's"

 

[interspark]

y'know i just noticed, the grass types form and expression is alot like milotics

 

[blarghblarghhhhh]

It's good to see pokemon keep getting incresingly uglier in each generation. Oh, how I long for a pokemon game when we can choose from the previous starters as well as these thingies.
Also why does it always have to be fire-water-grass? I can't think of any reason other than "it was like that in red and Blue". Nintendo has shown no intention of mixing things up so far.

grass beats water, water beats fire, fire beats grass. its balanced in a way.


serebii has some new screenshots posted that look really cool. makes me think of the zelda games for the ds.

http://www.serebii.net/blackwhite/characterselect.jpg
http://www.serebii.net/blackwhite/male-field.jpg
http://www.serebii.net/blackwhite/maleforest.jpg
http://www.serebii.net/blackwhite/femalecity.jpg
http://www.serebii.net/blackwhite/femaletrain.jpg

the quality is bad because they were scanned from a magazine, coro coro comics.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

The Water type is tied with Piplup on adorable factor. Even if it is retarded. It's sad! WE MUST MAKE IT HAPPY!