Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Two hours in ...

I started playing Pokémon Black last night, and as of now I'm nearly two hours into the game. (I'm just about to battle the first gym leader, it seems. I know, I'm slow.)

I chose Tepig as my starter after much contemplation, by the way. I nearly went with Snivy instead, but the creatively named piglet is such a cutie that in the end I couldn't resist him.

Anyway, I'm enjoying the experience thus far. The graphics are nice--I especially like the animated Pokémon sprites while in battle--the music is appropriately cheery and, best of all in my opinion, everything seems to move along at a nice clip.

Are any of you currently working your way through Pokémon Black or White? If so, what do you like or dislike so far?

6 comments:

  1. Viewtiful_Justin7:02 PM

    I love the pacing. The new Pokemon don't seem to be as charming as the old ones I remember, but they're still pretty awesome. They had said they were trying for an older crowd, so they made them a little cooler, more angular lines, etc. They're not as cute, but definitely still collectible.

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  2. Bryan Ochalla7:17 PM

    Huh. I think the ones I've come across so far have been really cute and charming. I have seen some later ones that look less so, though, so I can see where your'e coming from. One thing I always hate about these games: I don't want to let my Pokemon evolve :(

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  3. Viewtiful_Justin6:56 AM

    Me either!!! Tepig is NOT CUTE after it evolves...

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  4. Bryan Ochalla8:46 AM

    Oh, well that SUCKS! Can you play a Pokemon game through to completion without evolving your Pokemon??

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  5. Viewtiful_Justin9:38 AM

    Sure! Of course you can. Unevolved Pokemon learn moves more quickly.

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  6. Bryan Ochalla12:30 PM

    Oh, well, that's good to know. I'm going to keep them un-evolved for sometime then :)

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