Pokemon Black 2 and White 2 confirmed for Nintendo DS

Lazy is a bad thing now? For Pokemon, lazy is perfectly fine, and you don't need to have major, enormous changes to the formula for each game. Smaller, more subtle additions and changes are fine for most fans anyway.

So by this logic, Mario should have stayed 2D forever right? Dragon Quest too?
After all, it would have been fine for most fans... But then we would lose something new and incredible.

The Pokemon games are great, because the underlying formula is among the best gaming has to offer. Great world and characters, simple and addictive gameplay, emphasis on multiplayer and collection, surprising depth for those who seek it.

But it has remained relatively the same for over 15 years now, and being apologetic about it is wrong. The series has been on 3D-capable hardware since 2006. It's time to bring up the scale, and bring the online functionality closer to its true (and amazing) potential. This can probably only happen on the 3DS. Make it happen already!
 
I just realised the DS has had 7 mainline Pokemon games + BW2 coming. That makes 9 mainline ones. The DS is a goddamn beast.

this is essentially grey (edit: in spirit at least).

Not really, they're sequels. Grey would be the normal third version that just has improvements. This assumingly continues the story.
 
If this will be old - new pokémon mix again, it would be a real letdown for me. I was very happy with constant encounters with Frillish instead of Tentacool, Rogenrolla instead of Geodude. I don't wanna hear dialup modem sounds of old Pokémon anymore.
 
Well, Gold & Silver were first known as "Pocket Monster 2"

As much as I wanted a 3DS version, I'm okay with this since I never buy the second versions.
 
So if we get Hoen shoved into B/W2 at least we'll get a completely brand new game on the 3DS instead of remakes, but I was interested in seeing some 3DS RBE remakes :/
 
I read the thread, every one is confused: So what is this now? Are these two games? And are they completely different from B&W or like Emerald, Crysta,...? This is weird. And it's gonna sell like crazy. Confusing, but a money printer.
 
Buh?

A quick/easy cash-grab from Nintendo? That's the only reason I can think of.

Pretty much ... also don't hurt that these games are coming out in 3-4 months in JPN.

Highly disappointed ... makes no logical sense for me to buy a brand new DS game in fucking late 2012.

And you know what? If this is anything like the past 3rd games it's likely not gonna be worth getting when we're knees deep into the current gen of handhelds. :/

Ehh, anyway ... back to waiting for GF to catch up with my decent level expectations. Guess that wont happen till gen 6 comes out.
 
So by this logic, Mario should have stayed 2D forever right? Dragon Quest too?
After all, it would have been fine for most fans... But then we would lose something new and incredible.

The Pokemon games are great, because the underlying formula is among the best gaming has to offer. Great world and characters, simple and addictive gameplay, emphasis on multiplayer and collection, surprising depth for those who seek it.

But it has remained relatively the same for over 15 years now, and being apologetic about it is wrong. The series has been on 3D-capable hardware since 2006. It's time to bring up the scale, and bring the online functionality closer to its true (and amazing) potential. This can probably only happen on the 3DS. Make it happen already!
They're not going to change the formula for reasons. Keeping the formula as it is will keep the games accessible while retaining the competitive aspects that keep fans attracted to the series to begin with. Vastly improving the presentation aspect of it, then, isn't much of a big change at all, which isn't what your post really implies. So I take it you're fine with everything else moving forward by small increments, which is already the case with the franchise?

It's one thing to say that I'm making a complacent point and then make a complacent point yourself. Then, both of us look a bit stupid. When Mario changed to 3D, so did the way you played a Mario game. But that hasn't been the case for Pokemon, where any changes to the game design itself have mostly been aesthetic and, if at all related to the internal math and proceedings of battles and raising, relatively-minor.

So, at this point anyway: I feel fine in saying that Game Freak's current direction for the franchise is the best it can take. If I wanted to revolutionize or greatly change the underlying fabric of the average Pokemon game, I'd do it via a spinoff or, at any rate, a fan-game. But the main series is in too good of a position to abandon ship now.
 
Is it safe to say that these games will be prequels story-wise?
I can't believe it's going to DS. What the hell have Gamefreak been doing with the 3DS dev kits all this time?
Building a massive, open-world, "if you can see it, you can go there" 3d free-roaming game.
 
And you know what? If this is anything like the past 3rd games it's likely not gonna be worth getting when we're knees deep into the current gen of handhelds. :/

They won't be, don't worry. They're sequels, not a repackaged third version.
 
Pretty much ... also don't hurt that these games are coming out in 3-4 months in JPN.

Highly disappointed ... makes no logical sense for me to buy a brand new DS game in fucking late 2012.

And you know what? If this is anything like the past 3rd games it's likely not gonna be worth getting when we're knees deep into the current gen of handhelds. :/

Ehh, anyway ... back to waiting for GF to catch up with my decent level expectations. Guess that wont happen till gen 6 comes out.

There engine is not ready yet, there not happy with the results. They need more time, so they keep a seperate team to develop the 3DS engine and concept, while the 1st team is making the 2nd game for the DS, inorder for them to have some profit. At the same time they have access to a huge DS install base, give time for the 3DS install base to build up.

Makes sense
 
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