Another Oha Suta trailer reveals new stuff[permalink]
Posted by Frost on 30 Jul 2010 at 4:03am PDT Updated on 30 Jul 2010 at 10:15am PDT
Another new trailer for Black and White aired during Oha Suta today. The first section showed a bunch of previously-revealed Pokemon, some 3D models of Reshiram and Zekrom, and a bunch of previously-revealed characters. However, in this group were two members of Team Plasma, the newest villain team. There was also a "VS" screenshot against somebody named Aloe (Aroe in katakana). In the Generation IV games, only important characters like Gym Leaders or Elite Four got those, so it might be somebody noteworthy. It's also probably the series' first black character, discounting Rosie from Battle Revolution who was only black outside of Japan:
The second part of the trailer shows off the C-Gear item that Makomo gives you, including the four-person battle capability and a new feature called Hi-Link. It looks like the Hi-Link lets another player visit your game, sort of like the Animal Crossing series. A shot of the in-game map of Isshu is also shown:
During the third part of the trailer, something called "Pokemon Musical" is shown. Since only little girl players were shown, and you can dress up your Pokemon in this activity, a lot of people have assumed that these are the new equivalent of contests. Some promotional art for Pokemon Musical was shown that contains a new bird Pokemon. It looks kind of like a stork or a swan to me:
The trailer then moves onto battles, and a new Pokemon is shown right off the bat. The heroine is shown to release a Pokemon named Shikijika. It's a cute little baby deer. Surely people will start going "ZOMG STANTLER PRE-EVOLUTION" but I'd like to point out that a Stantler pre-evolution would probably have... you know, antlers.
Then the Dream World is shown off for a bit. The player is shown to be able to grow berries here, and there is footage of the player catching a dream Pikachu as well. It is officially confirmed that Pokemon from Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver can be transferred up to Black and White with the PokeShifter, and you play a little mini-game with the DS's touch screen to catch them:
At the very end of the trailer, the main characters are shown walking down a route. The male is shown walking and it looks pretty regular. Then the screen shifts to the female walking and the route takes on a very autumnal appearance. Do we finally get seasons?
We also get sneak peeks at four new trainer classes, including an American football player and a baker:
Finally, we see Minezumi's evolution, Miruhoggu, attacking in a wild double battle:
As always, thanks to those Japanese media watchhawks over at Filb.de for capturing this trailer! I've also added the three new Pokemon to our list of known Gen V Pokemon.
Yeah, Aloe is definitely the first black Pokemon character ever. People can debate about Brock or Dahlia as much as they want but if they were meant to be black, Gamefreak would have made it really obvious. Kind of like how this person has a HUGE AFRO.
And no. The new bird looks nothing like Pelipper besides being a white bird.
honestly i do think that thing is a stantler evo, cause in real life, a fawn is born without antlers, so i it just makes sense, but im not going to say it actually is cause i have no proof to back it up and im wrong quite often lol
Team Plasma...EPIC FAIL! Jessie, James, and Meowth will have fun messing with those FASHION FREAKS! I always thought Aqua had the worst looks...but now... Anyway, wasn't there a picture with the same VS banner featuring the rival guy? As I'm posting this, there's only 49 days, 14 hours, 6 minutes, and 59seconds until B/W is released in Japan!
The thing is, the antlers are a HUGE aspect of Stantler's design, and even female Stantler have them even though they shouldn't. Surely a Stantler pre-evolution if it existed would have some sort of reference to the antlers. The baby deer just has a ribbon on its head.
Woo! And I thought Minezumi was hideous... I thought team Plasma sounded cool untill I scrolled down and saw their pictures. I have one word for them: FAILURE
They're adding people of color more in the game 'coz they don't want people to think they're racist (See the names of the pokemon game). @Frost My friend says that both male and female reindeer have antlers but baby reindeers don't. so it might still be a pre evo of stantler. I however reeeeeeeeeally hope it isn't. the pokemon world needs more than one pokemon line to represent moose, deer, elk, etc
So by Frost's logic of "Antlers being a huge part of Stantler's design" Squirtle and Wartortle aren't part of the Blastoise family, because they don't have cannons which are HUGE to Blastoise. and charmander and Charmeleon have nothing to do with Charizard since they don't have wings...right?
They do look like wannabe knights, lol. And I've always thought something like the Hi-link would be awesome. Black and White are starting to look cooler.
@paulo26: I think the basic storyline of Crystal was the same as Gold and Silver. So the bad guys were Team Rocket.
The blue parts of the swan are her legs. Therefore they aren't boobs.
And why have two people compared this Pokemon to Wingull and Pelipper? --; General shape does not mean a new Pokemon is automatically an evolution of an older one.
Beyond what Frost has already said, let's put aside unfounded guessing and actually look at the facts of Black and White.
Set in a new region completely isolated from the earlier games. Protagonists who are radically different from the others. Gameplay has significantly changed, far more than usual. The games are advertised as a new beginning. Routes start over at Route 1.
Yes, there's backwards compatibility, but these games stand far more independent than their predecessors. While I wouldn't use the term "reboot" as a perfect description, look at what we actually have. These games are distinct and separate, to a far greater degree than usual. Look at the Pokemon - they're unrelated to the previous generations.
It's not a stretch to suggest that every Pokemon in the Isshu Dex will be entirely unrelated to older Pokemon. No evolutions or pre-evolutions of currently existing Pokemon.
My money is on the Isshu Dex standing alone with its own set of Pokemon.
I don't think the blue part of the swan is legs O.o If it is, then it has four, which is a little wierd for a swan xD you can clearly see it swan-like feet beneath it.
I like the seasons thing :) and I hope that the stupid moose isn't a pre-evolution of Stantler, because I hate him. And the swan has definitely boobs xD Team Plasma.... I don't know about them...
@Frost the swan has legs underneath the 'breast like structure' plus its not the only one nidoqueen has boobs to and i compleatly agree it looks nothing like wingull or pelipper :)
Im probably not the first one to notice this... but those two pictures of the seasons appear to be on the same route but just in different postions. If so, im wondering if this change in seasons would occur by the ds's calandar or be in-game event based? The swan is wearing a blue feather bra at best, or it may be blue feathers on its chest that could extend down to its abdomen. When I read the name "Team Plasma" I was not expecting to scroll down and see the Poketemplars. Have the costume fit the name, maybe?
@StayByU I don't think they kinda look diferent. But it would be cool like if a second irl was a 1min in the game or so and the day and night changes after some time and same for the weather.
There'd better be seasons! I am so sick of going to Snowpoint and have it snow in the summer, or in R/S/E where it always rains with no Pokemon causing it!
mudkip eez awsome(31 Jul 2010 at 12:12pm PDT)Reply
i know what you mean yog...
that would be cool if they had seasonal pokemon. (one for summer,winter,fall and spring.
mudkip eez awsome(31 Jul 2010 at 12:15pm PDT)Reply
ooh i just realized the foot ball dude is black too!... wait because hes an "american" foot ball player are they calling ALL of us americans black?
Also, what if Nintendo narrows random encounters even further by making it that a certain pokemon only appears at a certain time of day and only if it is a certain weather or season... that would make alot of people mad...
I'm fairly sure the names of the games have nothing to do with race. LOL! :D
I happen to like Team Plasmer. And Plasma = Electricity = Megaman Star Force 2 Zerker. Zerker had a sword. Knights use swords. Therefore Team Please-ma has absolutely EVERYTHING to do with knights. Thanksyu.
Those are boobs. Playing the trumpet. It's obvious.
Also speculated in aforementioned thread is seasonally-exclusive areas (because I already knew there was going to be seasons :P), which I think would be a neat-o fetch idea.
For the most part I'm pleased with Gen V's changes to gameplay (especialmente Hi-Link). I'm excited for these games.
Just to be clear, I will NOT eat my own shoes if the cute little baby deer doesn't evolve into Stantler. :/ Shikijika might evolve into something new, rather than an existing Pokemon...
Although I have to disagree with the idea that the antlers couldn't be absent in a pre-evolution (hence the ribbon of the same colour, maybe?), the resemblance is nowhere near as obvious as that between Mamanbou and Luvdisc, leaving the door wide open for other possibilities. There's no rule against making a brand new deer Pokemon...
The fail swan has boobs. My friend says it might be a female evo for winggul 'cos it looks nothing like peliper and i'm sure we can all agree that the swan in the pic isn't male.
I'm surprised they have football players as pokemon trainers what kind of pokemon would they have? Maybe big fat pokemon like hariyama or snorlax or maybe tough "mean" pokemon like gyarados or maybe something like small and wimpy pokemon like cleffa for some kind of contrast or maybe no theme at all Idk but the bakers to what kind of pokemon would bakers have munchlax maybe? I don't know at all
Also I think that the black person is either a rival or a part of Team Plasma (or maybe another team if they did the same thing like RSE)ONLY because if you look at of what the background you can see they look like glass cases or exhibits like at a museum and I don't think a gym would have that nor would an elite four room have that so thats my reasoning but I'm probably wrong.
Does anyone else think it's funny how the American football palyer's black? Sort of reminds me of the other stereotypical American character, Lt. Surge. I really hope when he approaches you for a battle, he uses the words 'Yo' and 'Dogg' a lot.