First, the video above shows us some new Pokemon. They seem to be in the middle of one of the game's "dress up" mini games, so we can't be sure how their standard designs will look. All these blurry screengrabs show us is a floating blue octopus dressed in nothing but a top hat, a beard, and a smile, and a weird pink elf thing in a white dress, brandishing a giant war hammer. I'm hoping that those designs are for real. "The new Pokemon look too much like Digimon" my ass.
Also in Pokemon Black/White news, we have the revelation that the two games will each have its own exclusive area. In Black, you'll get to go to a go to a strange city, where in White, you get a mysterious forest (see Gallery for more details). This gives me reason to choose White over Black, as my love of Animal Crossing over GTA has shown me that I generally prefer videogame forests to videogame cities. Of course, real Pokemaniacs will get both versions anyway; four versions if you count importing the games from Japan in September, then buying them again when they get localized.
How about you? What do you prefer, forests or cities? Flying blue octopi or hammer wielding elf-things?
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How can Pokémon look too much like Digimon? Show someone who's never seen either series and aside from art style, they won't be able to tell the difference. They're pretty much the same thing, just packaged in different ideas.
Still siding with Black (y'know, if I wasn't holding out for Gray). I used to like Lugia over Ho-Oh, and went through a similar phase with these legendaries. Being able to go to a city, though, it may give up more Rotom-esque antics (wait, did they just separate the Chateau-infused forest from D/P/Pt?!).
can someone explain to me, what a Pokemon looks like and what a Digimon looks like? They're imaginary critters. I don't get this whole, "new pokemon look like digimon" thing.
Wow, still comparing Pokemon to Digimon guys? Well, I like the exclusive area stuff, gives more reasons to choose one version just because if it's different, makes things more variable, more than choosing because the exclusive Pokemon
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The blue thing looks like a squid or octopus to me..