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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

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.
It won't be relatively small. Its also part of the plot with Achroma, has been hinted by Cynthia since the first game, and it should be a major replacement or such for the BF, if we do not get one. They should respect the games with at least new sprites, no matter how many characters they are.
 

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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

No, the most logical reason is that they don't care about the timeline and just want you to be able to battle gym leaders without them having to redesign them all.

Also Cynthia looked exactly the same in BW as she did in DPPt as well, just saying.


edit: Wait, where the fuck did you get the idea from BW is 10 years after gen IV anyway?
 

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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.
It won't be relatively small. Its also part of the plot with Achroma, has been hinted by Cynthia since the first game, and it should be a major replacement or such for the BF, if we do not get one. They should respect the games with at least new sprites, no matter how many characters they are.
How do we know that Achroma doesn't appear in it post-game? Or Achroma's appearance in the hall could be prior to the World Tournament? (it could have been erected for other purposes, then used for the WT post-game). Also, I'm not sure if it will be a major replacement for the Battle Frontier; looking at the scans, it looks to essentially be a Celebrity Battle Dome in terms of how it is played.

I highly doubt that the World Tournament will be a part of the main story. I imagine it will be a post-game optional thing to serve as a treat to the fans. So in that respect, to have to redesign, draw artwork and reprogram sprites for around 36 trainers who ultimately will not serve much use to the overall game, would be seen as not worth the time put into it.

Just be happy that the World Tournament feature even exists...
 

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

The same crest for the tourney is seen with Achroma's appearance. I full and well believe this thing will be wholly important in-game.
 

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

Damn they seriously made Cheren and Bianca's design look amazing. xD
 

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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.

Oh well, I guess my memory failed too... Anyways - what even happened to Cheren's glasses? Did he just suddenly grow out of his eye sight problems? I mean, I've heard that happens, but still...

Anyways, pretty excited for characters like Shirona/Cynthia and Hikari/Dawn returning to the anime!! I can't wait to see all the interactions... I'm just gonna go and ship Hikari and Dento now! I guess now it makes sense that Cheren wasn't the rival in the anime, he'll probably be a gym leader
 

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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.

Oh well, I guess my memory failed too... Anyways - what even happened to Cheren's glasses? Did he just suddenly grow out of his eye sight problems? I mean, I've heard that happens, but still...

Anyways, pretty excited for characters like Shirona/Cynthia and Hikari/Dawn returning to the anime!! I can't wait to see all the interactions... I'm just gonna go and ship Hikari and Dento now! I guess now it makes sense that Cheren wasn't the rival in the anime, he'll probably be a gym leader
Wow - I'll totally love it if Cheren appears in the anime as a gym leader :) But Ash already battled Lenora...

Still, they could just give him an episode without an official gym battle, I guess?
 

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

Maybe he got contacts? Sounds like a pretty simple solution to me XD
 

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First off, I'm actually surprised that the World Tournament is actually real, thought for sure it was an elaborate troll effort, I want to see how this turns out.

Cheren being a Gym leader I predicted would happen, though I was expecting him to be the last one rather than the first, but it's awesome either way, also, his glasses are gone, Cheren must have gotten contact lenses in two years time, while Bianca gets glasses, Bianca looks better than ever, we don't know what happened to Professor Juniper however, but we at least have someone to give us an Oshawott to cuddle with for the second time

N is missing, though since he has brand new artwork here, we officially know that N will most definitely be in the game, how big his role will be, or what is role even is, we do not know yet, but it seems like the Sages are out of Jail, and looking at the screenshot, Team Plasma is back and is wearing their old outfits, but if they are returning with their old outfits, then who are the uniformed people in Nimbassa, are they the military, a new villian team, we won't know for another month and a half (or at least until the next issue of CoroCoro comes out)

And Alder's returning, is he still the champion or is someone else the champion?

Pokewood seems like an interesting concept to me, it's like a "choose your own adventure" thing, it also appears that Brycen has returned to acting, but with Iccirus City beneath the so called "ice", is he still a Gym leader though, it's cool that Homika's father is an actor, and is actually facing off against an actor who actually IS (was?) a Gym leader while being the father of another Gym leader.

I really like Professor Burnett's hair, pity she's in a side game and not the main game. The alternate formes we know ARE in the game, and seem like an interesting concept.

Keldeo and Meloetta I could care less about right now

Also, new season of the anime looks interessting, Cynthia is back, and... oh God no, Dawn and her annoying Piplup are returning, I thought Oshawott was annoying enough, bringing his predecessor back and putting him with his succesor wouldn't be good, but at least Giovanni is returning though, does this mean Team Plasma is going to appear? We don't know yet
 

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

@Zane

-Alder's no longer the champion.
-N's missing, doubt he's returning.
-Indeed it seems there are two plasma's for now....
-Brycen's......Brycen. we're at the max amount of gyms, so it seems he's out.
 

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

I hope this world tournament means I can get all the gym badges on one file. That would be a dream come true.

I wonder why Bianca is wearing glasses now and Cheren isn't? XD
 
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Re: CoroCoro reveals new information on Black 2 and White 2: Information on Meloetta

When was it confirmed that Alder is no longer the champion?
 

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The same crest for the tourney is seen with Achroma's appearance. I full and well believe this thing will be wholly important in-game.
We'll have to wait and see. Either way though, GameFreak didn't see it to be important enough to justify redesigning and remaking sprites for 36 different characters.
 

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Bianca looks better, Cheren looks nice, old gym leaders and bosses are returning, Tornadus and the rest of the Kami Trio is getting formes, something's replacing the Musicals, a new professor (not Akuroma), and old characters returning in the anime. Good. Is that Dawn- oh crap, more Piplup and fanservice...

I am going to wonder why Dawn was chosen. Piplup was annoying enough, with Oshawott? I'd rather play the games in Japanese.
 

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So, if Dawn's returning to the anime, and there's this new World Tournament thing, does this mean we might get to see Misty and Brock in the anime again?
 

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Yes! Dawn and Cynthia in the anime! I've been wanting a non-Unova character to appear forever now! We haven't seen one since the last time we say Professor Oak on the video screen in Nimbasa City. I love the idea of this World Tournament thing! I hope it appears in the anime too! Bianca and Cheren look pretty cool! I'll miss Lenora as a gym leader though.
 

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To be honest, I was really wondering whatever happened to Bianca and Cheren. I never actually expected Bianca to give away the Unova starters as Juniper's assisstant and Cheren as a Gym Leader. When I saw Cheren without his glasses, I assume he's wearing contacts (I wear glasses and I know once you're eyes go bad, they won't get better). I found it confusing that Bianca is wearing glasses, but I do have to admit, she looks sexy in them.

I am also glad they brought back old Gym Leaders and champions, but the appearance of Giovanni is questionable.

Also Pokewood (hee hee), sound like a nice replacement for Pokemon Musical. It's not big deal because, although the Musical was a nice thing to do, it isn't really all that great.

And when are we going to get that updated Unova Pokedex? I want to decide my new team.
 

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

Cheren is the first gym leader?

He's finally gonna be in the anime!! xD
 

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

It was never stated that Cheren would be in the anime. And besides, Ash already has the Basic Badge.
 

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

I was kinda joking there, but it just seems wrong to leave out Cheren simply because he already has his gym badge. :/

Also, the fact that Ash is going through Unova AGAIN makes no sense. He's already got almost all the gym badges, so why start all over to rechallenge the Unova league? It would make much more sense if we had a new main character collecting all the badges...
 
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