Pokémon Black Version
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Pokémon Black Version

Game Freak

2010•Strategy•PEGI 3•About 33 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurefamilyfantasyscience fictionvehiclesfastfresh & originalwholesomelightimaginarylinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questunlikely connections

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Boxlist takeOtherworldly and good-natured: an expansive strategy game, light rather than heavy. Best if you like warmth over edge.

Pace: fast · Originality: fresh · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: very light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

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About This Game

Pokémon Black Version and Pokémon White Version are the primary paired versions of Generation V. Black and White follow the trends set up by previous games in the series. Two player characters (one male and one female) travel a new region, Unova, on their Pokémon journeys. This region is inhabited by various Pokémon, and unlike before, none of those available prior to Generation V can be obtained before completing the main story by defeating Team Plasma. The games' names were revealed on the official Japanese Pokémon website on April 9, 2010, and scans from the subsequent issue of the magazine leaked the following day, April 10. Pokémon Black and White are followed in 2012 by two sequels, Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, which are set two years after the events of Black and White. Black 2 and White 2 are the second and final paired versions of Generation V.

Summary: IGDB

Story

One day, you and your friends, Cheren and Bianca, each receive a Pokémon from Professor Juniper, who asks you to travel throughout the Unova region in order to encounter every kind of Pokémon there is and to complete the Pokédex. After choosing your first Pokémon, who will also be your partner on this journey, your adventure begins!

Screenshots

  • Pokémon Black Version screenshot
  • Pokémon Black Version screenshot
  • Pokémon Black Version screenshot
  • Pokémon Black Version screenshot

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureFamilyFantasyScience fictionVehiclesAll consuming questUnlikely connections

Keywords

Collecting

Details

Developer
Game Freak
Publisher
Nintendo
Released
18 September 2010
Series
Pokémon
Platforms
Nintendo DS
Modes
Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric, Side view
Time to beat
33h normally
Age rating
PEGI 3
Taste scores
How we score
Source
IGDB

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