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CoroCoro reveals new information on Black 2 and White 2: Information on Meloetta dist

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Re: CoroCoro reveals new information on Black 2 and White 2: Information on Meloetta

Maybe there's two factions of Team Plasma; one that's still loyal to N (old uniforms), and one that's loyal to...Ghetsis? Akuroma? (new black uniforms)

I don't think Akuroma is evil, not yet at least. Considering his shrouded character though, he could be related to them. Team Plasma, although under N's "rule" were actually ordered by Ghetsis if I remember so for an entire division to split and follow him seems unlikely. Possible, but unlikely. I would like to know how the previous Leaders and Elite Four came to Unova. Skyla said it was difficult do to the distance, so mayby they developed new technology? I am also wondering if they have a connection to the story somehow. Almost all the leaders came to stop N in B/W so may be a similar situation? or simply to bash on another in the challenges?
Skyla's complaint was that Cedric was talking as if the Japan-based regions were near Unova, and that she couldn't fly people that far in a cargo plane (since that's what she flies, not passenger planes). Prior to the release of Black and White, I remember it being stated that you could only travel to Unova from the other regions by boat or plane.

If Akuroma has an evil team, I doubt it will be a split from Team Plasma (although I wouldn't be surprised if they converted some members). The black uniform team will likely be a new villainous team. If Team plasma appears in B2W2, I'm not epecting them to have a major role, and just be a washed up team - not unlike how Team Galactic ended up being an energy company (or at least Saturn implied he planned to make them what they had been masquerading as).

So the tournament is a game feature? Wonder if it's replacing the Battle Subway.

I doubt it will replace it; we still need to get to Anville Town (which still has no path to it on the new map). Besides, battling random Trainers to get win streaks is quite different to battling Gym Leaders and Champions in a tournament (you can see a tournament tree in one of the images).
 

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Re: CoroCoro reveals new information on Black 2 and White 2: Information on Meloetta

But they can fill a similar role: a post-game challenge.

I know it probably won't, s'all I'm saying is that they seem like they could be similar.
 

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Re: CoroCoro reveals new information on Black 2 and White 2: Information on Meloetta

I think the world tournament is more likely to be post game, while the Battle Subway can stay like it was in B2W2; able to be played as soon as you reach Nimbasa City.

And Emerald had the entire Battle Frontier and Trainer Hill, so it's not like they haven't had two battle facilities that are not part of the same frontier before.
 

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I'd like it if Giovanni was the villain again, maybe competing with team plasma towards something (like team Magma and Aqua in Emerald) , considering he's reappearing he has to do something <.<;
 

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And Emerald had the entire Battle Frontier and Trainer Hill, so it's not like they haven't had two battle facilities that are not part of the same frontier before.
Ahhh. Now that's something I didn't know.
 

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@snoopy3000; I honestly don't want Giovanni/Team Rocket as the villain again. I'm pretty much sick of them showing up all the time. Seriously, they've been in every generation. Time to give us a break.
 

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Re: CoroCoro reveals new information on Black 2 and White 2: Information on Meloetta

Characters from all the previous generations coming back? Hell yeah! Maybe that'll give us some clue as to how much time has passed between Generations IV and V. Although, with all these characters coming together, I have to wonder if they might be building up to a grand finale.
 

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The world tournament will be awesome. I really hope all characters in it will get remixed versions of their original battle themes.

Also, one question: why does CoroCoro always look like such a horrid eyesore? It's always such a hideous clusterfuck of images, very shouty text, often in large print of what looks to be the equivalent of all-caps and with multiple exclamation marks (the sure sign of a diseased mind), and hideously-coloured backgrounds. Do people actually read magazines as badly designed as that? Is this common in Japan?
 

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OMGOMGOMG!!!!!

I actually died when I saw this!! Cheren and Bianca look so awesome!!

EDIT: Has anyone else noticed that Bianca's wearing Cheren's glasses??
 
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The world tournament will be awesome. I really hope all characters in it will get remixed versions of their original battle themes.

Also, one question: why does CoroCoro always look like such a horrid eyesore? It's always such a hideous clusterfuck of images, very shouty text, often in large print of what looks to be the equivalent of all-caps and with multiple exclamation marks (the sure sign of a diseased mind), and hideously-coloured backgrounds. Do people actually read magazines as badly designed as that? Is this common in Japan?
Well, they're trying to get people's attention, so it's natural that a magazine would put all sorts of designs to make it look flashy and colorful.

I'm looking forward to the world-tournament :) They didn't give Steven a new outfit... :( But he's best the way he's been anyways XDD I would love to see his new moving sprite and his Metagross again.
 

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I got gitty when I saw the old Gym Leaders and Elite Four people.

And Cheren looks attractive now.

But other than that, I'm super excited for these games.
 

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Did anyone else notice Giovanni and Steven Stone both use their gen III art? Haven't aged a bit.
 

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Did anyone else notice Giovanni and Steven Stone both use their gen III art? Haven't aged a bit.
HGSS trainer sprites are also re-used for the characters from those games.

I'd imagine that's more than likely simply because they're only featured in a small part of the game, so to redesign each Gym Leader and Champion would take up way too much time. Also, they could also be at the age where a short timeskip doesn't mean a whole lot of difference in regards to physical changes.
 

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Did anyone else notice Giovanni and Steven Stone both use their gen III art? Haven't aged a bit.
HGSS trainer sprites are also re-used for the characters from those games.

I'd imagine that's more than likely simply because they're only featured in a small part of the game, so to redesign each Gym Leader and Champion would take up way too much time. Also, they could also be at the age where a short timeskip doesn't mean a whole lot of difference in regards to physical changes.
Not too far? We're at least 3 years after PtHGSS in BW and at least 5 in BW2. If anything, too much work is a bad excuse for something that will play a very heavy role in the next Anime series and possibly be a feature of a new area.
 

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OMGOMGOMG!!!!!

I actually died when I saw this!! Cheren and Bianca look so awesome!!

EDIT: Has anyone else noticed that Bianca's wearing Cheren's glasses??

She's not, though.
 

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Re: CoroCoro reveals new information on Black 2 and White 2: Information on Meloetta

OMGOMGOMG!!!!!

I actually died when I saw this!! Cheren and Bianca look so awesome!!

EDIT: Has anyone else noticed that Bianca's wearing Cheren's glasses??

She's not, though.

She clearly is. They have the exact same design.
 

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Re: CoroCoro reveals new information on Black 2 and White 2: Information on Meloetta

Did anyone else notice Giovanni and Steven Stone both use their gen III art? Haven't aged a bit.
HGSS trainer sprites are also re-used for the characters from those games.

I'd imagine that's more than likely simply because they're only featured in a small part of the game, so to redesign each Gym Leader and Champion would take up way too much time. Also, they could also be at the age where a short timeskip doesn't mean a whole lot of difference in regards to physical changes.
Not too far? We're at least 3 years after PtHGSS in BW and at least 5 in BW2. If anything, too much work is a bad excuse for something that will play a very heavy role in the next Anime series and possibly be a feature of a new area.
Ash hasn't aged in the anime since it started 15 years ago, so I highly doubt it will affect the anime at all. And yeah, the feature may be promoted now, but I imagine that in comparison to the rest of the game, it will be a relatively small feature. If we assume that every Gym Leader and Champion from Kanto-Sinnoh is in it, then that means there's a total of 36 characters.

I think that's a heck of a lot to redesign.
 

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OMGOMGOMG!!!!!

I actually died when I saw this!! Cheren and Bianca look so awesome!!

EDIT: Has anyone else noticed that Bianca's wearing Cheren's glasses??

She's not, though.

She clearly is. They have the exact same design.

Bel's glasses have frames around the whole bottom, while Cheren's don't, only on the bridge.
 

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I'm looking forward to the world-tournament :) They didn't give Steven a new outfit... :( But he's best the way he's been anyways XDD I would love to see his new moving sprite and his Metagross again.

Problem is, Game Freak seems to have rehashed the exact same artwork (and therefore designs) as previous games for him and all the other Kanto/Johto/Hoenn/Sinnoh characters, despite the supposedly 10+ year timespan between the Generation IV and V games, never mind the 2 years the BW2 adds on top of that. The only even remotely logical reason I can think of for this is that for some weird reason they're using a time machine to travel to Unova.

I mean, if the Kanto Gym Leaders can get new designs in GSC/HGSS to reflect the 3 years that passed since RBGY/FRLG, and Cheren and Bel can get new designs to reflect the 2 year span from BW1 to BW2, why not update everyone else's designs as well?

Granted, it is a lot of characters to redesign, and of course the anime doesn't age characters like the games do (or at least used to)...

But, as you said, at least we're getting new animated sprites.
 

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Re: CoroCoro reveals new information on Black 2 and White 2: Information on Meloetta

Bel's glasses have frames around the whole bottom, while Cheren's don't, only on the bridge.

Oh, bah... you're right, my memory has failed me.

Still similar in design though.
 
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