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I'll be getting both games, but my friend and I have agreed to play opposite games, myself playing White. :)

I want White. I can't wait to catch a fuzzy little Darumaka :D and poke its belly!

It's gonna take me a little bit to get used to Cofagrigus, but all in all I CAN'T WAIT FOR THESE GAMES!
I always hate that they make it so difficult to figure out the proper pronunciation of some of these names.
"Axew" could go a couple different ways, "Cofagrigus" depending on where the emphasis is supposed to lie...
Maybe I'm just bitter because EVERYONE pronounces "Milotic" differently and that's left a bad taste in my mouth.

I don't say this about the English names much, but Cofagrigus is a simply horrible name. I can't imagine the average member of Pokemon's demographic to look at that name and even be able to pronounce it, much less understand its origin.

Woobat though is so cute. <3

The most im looking forward to is everything in black and white. Still unsure which starer to choose. most likely start with one, complete most everything on it, then start over with the next starter, and so on...probably will start with Tepig. I plan on getting (and i already have reserved and paid off @ my local GameStop :) thanks to my mom @ christmas) Pokémon Black. I really don't care what the english names are, i will like all of them eventually.

Anyone else think Wargle should have kept it's Japanese name?

@Lv100Shedinja I actually think braviary is a really good name and that they actually managed to try and not fail to get something that was clever

is it just me or is everybody writing paragraphs for this one?

The names are pretty creative. They flow off the tongue very well for me. I myself will probably get black, but I'm getting my little cousin the opposite game also...

patrat and woobat, Lol
I'm getting white, and i'm just looking forward to trying out all the new pokemon :)

Axew name was cute and a bit weird, maybe combination of Axe and Chew. Braviary was a god name, but I prefer Wargle...

Maybe I'll getting Black, cause I love reshiram.

I've had White pre-ordered since the release date, thought about getting both, but decided against it. I have to replenish my collection of games, I've only got 6 at this point, White will make it 7...

Main reason I'm getting White is Zekrom, but Reuniclus looks pretty cool too!

I have the feelin that theres gonna be a third legendary pokemon that you be able to capture

@Infernape77 I think its axe you, which would be better

cool that the proffessor's assistent really have a name this time.
the names aren't awsome but they'll do. We'll get used to them.
Woobat and braviary was the best of them, though.

I'm getting white and I'm most looking forward to play with the new pokemon, and the new adventure, simply.
And I agree, some of them was a little hard to pronounce.

Getting White first, might get black in the future.
some of these names are awesome(Braviary)
while some are going to be rather awkward(Cofagrius)
still, I can't wait, been impatiantly counting down the days and still have so long to go.

How are they going to be distrituting the dogs? One by one or all at once?
Lol to the max at Patrat.^_^

Nice names, although I had been expecting Wargle to be the English name. Braviary is much better :)

Hehehe.....I love Cofagrigus's ability. Mummy: When this Pokemon is hit with a contact move, the attacking Pokemon's ability becomes Mummy.

lol

@tektonikyzer I still dont understand that ability, it would only have use when switching out or in multiple battles. Its really stupid unless I am misunderstanding something.

@dragontamer1021 If the opponent(s) gets the ability Mummy, then their actual ability would be useless. So let's say you battled a Kecleon against a Cofagrigus. Your Kecleon used a contact move, like maybe, Scratch. Because of Cofagrigus' ability, Mummy, Kecleon's Color Change ability would become useless.

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Noticed something. Woobat and it's evo might be the new Zubat, Golbat, and Crobat. Drilbur and it's evo might be the new Sandshrew and Sandslash. Gigalith and it's pre evos might be the new Geodude, Graveler, and Golem. The ugly duckling that evolves into Swanna might be the new Magikarp and Gyarados.

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BOLOGNA! BLACK AND WHITE ARE STILL AWESOME! I'm gonna wait for their third counterpart though. Because most of the time the 3rd one is awesomer.

@dragontamer1021 Essentially, it erases the pokemon's ability so your opponent has to think twice about using a contact move if their ability is a big part of their strategy or gives them an advantage....like Technician Scizor... You could also switch it in to do the same thing. Plus, Cofagrigus's great defenses help.
@Frost they took the word sarcophagus and dropped it in a blender :D

Thx

@Impersonation I actually think Swanna and it's pre-evolution are more like the new Wingull/pelliper but with better stats.

@Spdgreen3 That third one is the ice dragon.
Lol at Woobat, too!

Gothitelle reminds me of Gardevoir...

I think Cofagrigus's name is horrible, too...
Braviary, though, is awesome. :)

@creampuff, don't search those two Pokemon. Or if you do, make sure SafeSearch is on!

Am I the only one who doesn't understand the coolness factor of Woobat's name? :(

@Funerallaughter - Haha, I think it's more of a cuteness factor. ;) And I must admit, it is pretty adorable, especially if it really IS supposed to be the zubat of the new generation.

@frenchhorn95 It will get REALLY annoying after a couple of caves

@dragontamer1021 - True that, but at least it's not ugly. :) Anyways, it's nothing a few repels can't handle.

Oh goodie! I thought I was missing something past the heart on its nose connected to Woo + Bat = Woobat; X3

Beasts! Wi-Fi! Awesome!

These names are really beast! I'm getting white for my birthday, which, lucky for me is march 11... :D

I dont know which version I want, I might just wait till the third game of the gen comes out, If i can wait that long.

Does anybody know whats goin on with the black and wite legendary beast things?

@Probopass_Fails: Swanna and it's pre-evo has the feel of ugly/stupid-to-beautiful/awesome, something Magikarp and Gyarados have. (coughcoughandtheirhoennrehashesfeebasandmiltoic)

@Creampuff Hime: Gothitelle and its pre-evos maybe a compliment to Ralts and its evos characteristics, which is white and majestic. Unlike Gothitelle and its pre-evos, which is black and Gothic.

@GofD: If I were me, (which I am) I would wait for the thrid counterpart. Because most of the time, the third one is awesomer that the first two. (e.g Emerald and Platinum.)

Will you be able to caputre the other main pokemon in Black & White? sn:50 days and counting baby!!!!

@Impersonation If anything, Swanna is a rehash of Milotic. Unlike Magikarp, Swanna and it's pre-evo can each only be found in one place under special circumstances just like Feebas. But that doesn't make Swanna and Milotic the same thing either. You can catch Swanna without evolving Koaruhie, You can catch either in a matter of minutes as opposed to hours, and it evolves at level 35, not trading w/ item or maxing out it's beauty.
And this is just personal preference, but i like Koaruhie more than Swanna, unlike Magikarp and Feebas.

Tehe klink

Can Cofagrigus learn Sucker Punch? If so, watch out metagame, you're about to get screwed.

ANYWAY how do you guys think the odd names are pronounced?
My bets are on the following:
Axew - "AXE-ew"
Cofagrigus - "caw-FAG-rig-gus"
Minccino - "min-CHEE-no"
Darmanitan - "dar-MAN-ih-tan"
and Oshawott - "OSH-uh-watt" (osh as in osh kosh b'gosh)

@Spoinkable Nope, it can't. It also can't learn Hypnosis despite having Nightmare and Dream Eater :/
Axew: it has to...otherwise it sounds like a-choo! :) Minccino - I think so too

...oh and Klink's final evolution is called Klinklang...

@smallFly9 And Feebas and Milotic are rehashes of Magikarp and Gyarados. I mean, ugly and weak first stage fish Pokemon evolves into awesome and strong dragon/serpent-like Pokemon.

Although I think Magikarp is cute and Gyarados is more awesome than that rehash Milotic.

Koaruhie and Swanna is just a different take on the weak-to-strong category.

BTW, Remoraid and Octillery might be the Johto's weak-to-strong Poke'mon.

I still can't decide what to get. I mean I like the types of the Zerkrom in Pokemon White, but Reshiram looks a lot cooler.

I don't think Swanna has anything to do with Gyarados OR Milotic. Mostly because Swanna's stats are garbage, whereas Gyarados and Milotic have the same base stats only switched around.

@Impersonation Psyduck and Golduck, Slowpoke and Slowking, Tentacool and Tentacruel, Seel and Dewgong.... Almost any water type pokemon that evolves once will strengthen significantly. And i was only listing a few 1st gen examples. And for a water type pokemon to be worth keeping it must have both good attack (waterfall) and good special attack (surf) bringing swanna above the other two. Other good water types include: Octillery, Kingdra, Sharpedo, Crawdaunt, Huntail and legendaries.

see this:
http://zonasafari.net/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1295124170&archive=&start_from=&ucat=3&

you have to translate

@Ghoster Is that true? But if it is...
Gamefreak and Nintedo of America REALLY went meant that they start fresh. A lot of the names are not your easy to say names. I mean, Unfezant? THIS IS AWESOME!

@Frost But they still have the feel of ugly to pretty/awesome. Although Swann(a) is weak compared to the other two, she still evolved from an ugly (but cute) Poke'mon.

@smallFly9 Almost ALL of Final Evolution Poke'mon are significantly stronger than their first evolutions. And the other Poke'mon that you said fits in other categories. The Magikarp category is when a weak/ugly Poke'mon evolves into a strong/pretty Poke'mon.

It's just a theory though.

@Impersonation Since when is gyrados pretty?

@Impersonation since when is Milotic pretty, either? Swanna is nothing like Gyaridos or Milotic.

@dragontamer1021

You get what Impersonation means.


Anyway:
Braviary= awesome
(to me, Woogooro(sp?) sounds like a name for a turkey pokemon.

I want to get both Swanna and Braviary in my party.

I might get both, but I will get Black for sure.

@Yog Taken from Emerald Poke'dex Entry:

"It is said to live at the bottom of large lakes. Considered to be the most beautiful of all POKÉMON, it has been depicted in paintings and statues."

Swanna is nothing like Gyarados and Milotic since Black and White is a new fresh start. It won't make sense to make another weak/ugly-to-strong/pretty Poke'mon that's a fish that turns into a serpent-like creature.

Dragonair101: Thanks.

And oh yeah, you'll get both but you'll get Black for sure :D

Might as well get both :D

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Hmmm....if I wait for the third counterpart, everybody else will be a step away from me because they know the whole storyline of Unova....

IMMA WAIT 3:)

@Ghoster I doubt those names

@Impersonation So you're saying that it's LOOKING weak then strong that they have in common. If so there are other pokemon that are like that. Kabuto and Kabutops, Barboach and Whiscash, Clamperl and either of its evos, Shellos and Gastrodon...
And there are other pokemon that share similar designs, too. There are several monkey pokemon, several rabbit pokemon and dogs, cats, turtles, caterpillars/cocoons and fish. Yet each of those pokemon are different.

@Impersonation It is supoused to be true because if you read the article, it says that the information was given by a person in Nintendo Italy.

@dragontamer If you doubt isn't me that are going to try change your mind.

P.S.: Impersonation if you have translated the web site like I said some names coud be changed.

@Ghoster They could be the names for that language mixed with our names or something, just a guess, it wasnt rly doubt just dislike of most

@Ghoster
According to that source, those names are Italian.
Sure, some will be the same, but aren't the majority different in different languages?

Actually, as far as I know, the Italians don't get their own translations of Pokémon names, just people and places, since the games aren't translated into Italian themselves, so Italian names would be kind of redundant -.-

but yes you have some reason
I was reading the names and some names are to conplicated, they are like a 1.º work like in the pokemons, some of them are different from the draws that we saw before. I think that those names are ideias that are going to change but others are going to be the same. because if you see a name like: zebstrika, please comon.

I also think they went off the rumors with the monkey, then created new names for the evos

WHITE FTW!! zekrom is better than reshiram... except i'd rather have black city than white forest... :/

I will be getting both, but I will play White first, as my friend shall only be getting Black. On the other hand, I have to agree with a few of you and say the third probably will be the best; I'll get that too.

Yeah just finished playing White. Zekrom is pretty good, but Reshiram sounds better. :P

Of course the third will be better...but who has the patience?! ^_^

Wait. What's the 3rd game going to be called? Grey/Gray? XD

I might get both versions, actually. I prefer the version-exclusives in White, but I really want Reshiram...

Is there a way of using the Internet to trade Pokemon between two of your own games, if you don't have a second DS system? (And if so, is this possible for the Gen IV games as well?)

You can put it on the GTS with a REALLY specific request.
You put it up for something that's a high level so it would be a bit of a hassle for people to nab. Then IMMEDIATELY jump on your other game and trade them.

Or, you could use the "vendor trash" method, which I think is better.
Go catch a lv 2 Bidoof or something equally as crappy, and request a lv 70 Lugia or whatever it is you want from your other game. If you lose it because someone really wants that Bidoof, then hey you now have a free Lugia! More than likely you won't, though, so you'll be able to trade back and forth to your heart's content.

I'm going to buy both and then play both at the same time using two DS's.

@ Spoinkable

I find that second method really petty. I hardly see any good offers in the GTS anymore, since almost all the trade offers are scams. Level one Pidgey for level one hundred Moltres? Really? I'm not that stupid. The only reason that method even works is because some people have an IQ of 0.

@Dragonair, hi would you mind reading more carefully please?
DA asked about trading between two of your own games without two DS's, and I proposed a pretty good way to guarantee you can get your Lugia (or whatever is valuable to you) from one of Your Games to the other of Your Games without it getting stolen off the GTS before you can claim it.
Do you have a better way of getting Your Own Pokemon between two of Your Own Games? If so, please share it, but try to be more respectful. Petty was an unnecessary word.
kthxbye

@GofD maybe it's Pokemon Grey/Gray?? hahas

I wanna buy black... but I'm in Singapore and it's out on March 15... T^T

i want both so i can trade of the starter pokemon all to one game so i can have an advantage on my rival