After nearly a decade and a half of continuity that the games were increasingly burdening themselves with, the games decided to say ‘screw it,’ and basically rebooted the entire franchise, taking the players to the far off and absolutely disconnected from everywhere else Unova region. Pokemon Black/White came as a breath of fresh air. As they stand, they are probably the ultimate realization of the Pokemon formula, with everything fine tuned to pitch perfection, the best series progression and pace structure, the best selection of game modes both online and offline, the best roster of critters available from the get go, and overall, delivering the kind of deep, immersive, and addictive Pokemon experience that I demand from each new entry in the saga.īut they also often feel like a step back for the series. Make no mistake, Pokemon Black 2/White 2 are great. To me, as a Pokemon loyalist who has stuck with the series since the beginning, they come off simultaneously as exhilarating, and as a bit of a disappointment. To those with even the slightest bit of know how about game development, they come as the final attempts to squeeze some more massive revenue from the DS Pokemon engine (for a whopping fifth time this generation), before the inevitable move to the infinitely more expensive to develop for 3DS. To the more distant, more dispassionate observer, they come off as relentless milking of a formula that is now, perhaps, finally, beginning to show its age. To the Pokemon maniac, they come as a bit of a slap in the face, coming off barely a year after the incredible Pokemon Black/White, and flying in the face of everything that game stood for. It’s really hard to justify Pokemon Black 2 and White 2’s existence.
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