Friday, July 30, 2010

The next Pokémon titles come with a tab of acid, right?

I know the next Pokémon games are Pokémon Black and Pokémon White and I know that both of them are going to hit the streets in Japan on Sept. 18, but other than that I don't know much about Game Freak's next project(s).

Which probably goes a long way toward explaining the look that washed across my face as I watched the following trailer earlier today:



Which scenes in particular prompted my "WTF face," as I like to call it? Well, there are the twitchy, three-on-three battle scenes that appear at the 3:22 mark. (I knew they existed, but I had never seen them in action before today.) Then there are the headscratchingly crazy trainers--including a fat chef and a football player--that appear at 5:18. Last but not least, there's the dress-up-and-dance "music show" that appears at 2:12. (Note to the game's developers: Please let me take the lizard-like Pokémon--Tsutarja?--into battle avec purse!)

I know I'm going to buy this game, play it for about 10 hours and then give up on it, but that isn't stopping me from being completely and totally stoked about it at the moment.

See also: 'You know, I'm kind of interested in Pokémon Black/White'

4 comments:

Viewtiful_Justin said...

I watched about half of this yesterday before I gave up. The dance show made me scratch my head and stop watching.

Bryan Ochalla said...

Yeah, the video's a bit wacky -- and *very* long, with most of it seemingly focusing on the game's connectivity features. I don't understand most of it, to tell you the truth...

Viewtiful_Justin said...

I wish it focused a little more on ACTUAL gameplay, not just side stuff.

Bryan Ochalla said...

Oh, I'm sure they'll release more such trailers in the coming weeks, Justin -- and many/most of those should show a lot more gameplay.