Pokémon - Black Version

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A new world filled with never-before-seen Pokemon! [Read more]

Top Reviews

Super fun game
by Cedric Sweet (5 out of 5 stars)
October 18, 2019

Was very hesitant with this gen. This was the gen where Pokemon in my opinion had some very questionable looks and names. However it was a super fun game and there is actually a lot of new Pokémon that are my favorite in this gen. I put a lot of hours in this game and it had a lot of story to be played.
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Go for it
by Alexis (5 out of 5 stars)
February 23, 2019

I'm an OG pokemon nerd. Been playing since they were on gameboy. Recently just finished the Pokemon Moon game. This game is super good as well. Package was fine. Would buy again if I hadn't already beat the game lol
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Still Playing This One
by A (5 out of 5 stars)
March 8, 2011

UPDATE: Two Years Later My Son and I Both Revisit These Games Frequently ENough to Make This One of the Best Values Ever for a Pokemon Game

Original Review: I have been playing these games with my now-10-year-old son since he was three (I bought used GBCs and color pokemon games and let him figure it out - he also learned to read). Together, we have gone through the Gameboy Color, Gameboy Advance, the Sinnoh games, and Heart Gold/Soul Silver. I almost didn't buy a copy of Pokemon Black, because the games had been getting kind of stale for me. My son still loves them (as do his classmates - if you have a fourth grade boy on your gift list, and he doesn't already have this? You will be making a little boy ecstatic.

Anyway, my son really wanted me to play, and I gave in a bit reluctantly, but, now that I'm playing the game, I love this iteration for the following reasons:
1. I do not want to spoil the storyline, but the antagonists' issues and ethical positions are fairly sophisticated. Team Plasma is actually asking some interesting questions about trainers' relationships with their pokemon. Those questions also apply to our own relationships with other (real) creatures here in our world.
2. The smack-talk from rivals and other trainers is toned way down from generations past.
3. The game helps you along, which makes it much less frustrating (at least for me). For example, before each of the three gym battles I've done so far, you get an opportunity to get a pokemon who has a helpful type and a high enough level to ensure that you don't spend a ton of time fighting and re-fighting the same battles.
4. The graphics are really amazing for a handheld game, and the towns have lots to do besides gym battling, so your kid isn't likely to beat this game in a day and toss it aside. You get your money's worth.
5. There are new battle modes, new pokemon, new ways of interacting with friends in person and over the Wifi Connection. Nintendo also made Black and White just different enough from each other to make it worthwhile to purchase and play both.

I deducted one star because my game cartridge arrived glitchy. In the first battle, my pokemon, a female Oshawott could not execute any attacks. Every time I selected an attack, the game went to a screen describing the attack and showing my trainer statistics. I had to shut down the game and restart several times, all with the same result (except never again did I get a female starter), before I decided to try cleaning the cartridge, which worked (use a q-tip and rubbing alcohol gently to clean the game cartridge and let it dry completely). This is the first time since the Gameboy color games (which I bought used) that I have had a quality control issue with a pokemon game.

I recommend this game for kids who enjoy the anime and the other rpg and for adults who either want to play along with their children or enjoy gentle (mostly) nature/environmental-themed rpgs. It's fun and has good replay value for the money.
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Another generation, Another great adventure
by DryvBy (5 out of 5 stars)
September 3, 2011

I've been playing the Pokémon games since the Game Boy Color days. I didn't know anything about it until my cousin was talking about it. It sounded stupid, yet interesting. Sure enough, I ended up wasting quite a few batteries playing this game. Pokémon is basically built for children. The game isn't that difficult. There's not a lot of moves. It's turn-based. But it holds it's charm and has such an addictive mechanism for children (and adults), that South Park did a great parody of it in the 90's. But enough about the past. The 5th generation of these abused creatures is back, and this time, it's almost the same exact thing!

Which is a good thing, if you ask me. Just to give some gameplay background of the series, Pokémon adventures start out with a professor of the island you live at asking you questions, you picking one of three rare Pokémon (grass, fire, water), you leaving your mom - dad's M.I.A. - behind to become a trainer, and then heading out to collect Pokémon data on a device called a Pokédex. The Pokédex is a sort of encyclopedia, giving you information on seen Pokémon and then more information after you capture them. Capturing a Pokémon requires you throwing a Pokéball at a creature during battle, and locking it into place. It's sort of like how the Ghostbusters do it, only faster and less messy. During your collecting, you also go on various side quest for people, battle other trainers, and train yourself to beat all of the Pokémon Gym masters (just think of them as bosses). This is essentially the series in a nut shell. So why is there five generations of the same style game? It might be because Nintendo doesn't need to fix what isn't broken.

Pokémon Black/White is a bit different than most of the other games, at least in it's story. Team Rocket, the bad guys of the previous games, are no longer the bad guys. Instead, Team Plasma are the new bad guys, and they're a bit more realistic than the previous villains. Team Plasma closely resembles the animal rights activist we have in every country. They're just a bit more extreme in some manners. They feel Pokémon are mistreated and should be set free. You'll get this message pushed at you during the entire game. Nintendo did a great job at making me hate their guts, because they were extremely annoying when they popped up. I missed Team Rocket when I played, but these guys feel more like true bad guys than Team Rocket ever dreamed of being.

The new visuals of the game are top notch to the series. It's great seeing the cities come to life when you walk through them, but it still doesn't change much to the game. If you're really wondering about the newest changes to the game, aside from the Pokémon , look no further than the way the game is a bit more fast-paced. The tweaks they did to the game really shine, as they just make the game feel a lot more fluid than before. Along with that is the more annoying features of the series has left, and hopefully for good. TMs are no longer used up like before. This is one of the more annoying things about the old game, as sometimes it's just a hard choice to make on how to use these moves.

If you've never played the series before, this isn't a bad start at all, but you may want to get familiar with the previous installments before getting Black/White, if anything just for the story. The game is so well defined in it's own way that going back afterwards is kind of hard. Trust me, I'm playing through HeartGold again, a game I loved, and there's several little things that make the game feel old. Real old. But if you want a solid experience with online support, this is the game to get. A top of the line title from Nintendo, once again.
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The Best Pokemon Game to Hit The Market Yet
by Monica Guza (5 out of 5 stars)
April 10, 2011

Wow...just wow. Not only the best game in pokemon, but the best game for ds i've ever seen. It's very very complex, but not overwhelming. Frustrating at times, but with a little time you can get over those times very fast.

the 8 gyms. Are slightly different from previous games. My favorite would be, the stration city gym, where it's type differs from what starter you pick, and it's the hardest, and the first.

The grass starter, Snivy, makes that gym the fire type. The guy would have Pansear, a fire type monkey and a lilipup, a normal type scottland terrier pokemon.

The fire starter, Tepig, makes that gym the water type. The guy would have Panpour, a water type monkey, and a lilipup, a normal type scottland terrier pokemon.

The water starter, Oshawott, makes that gym the grass type. The guy would have Pansage, a grass type monkey and a lilipup, a normal type scottland terrier pokemon.

That was just a tidbit of info, and a great feature in the game. Some other great features are:
-Game sync, a feature to sync your pokemon game to the internet in order to 'catch em' all'
-Infrared Connection, a feature to sync your pokemon to the internet to play with your friends over the wifi. More features than wifi club.
-Beatutiful 3D graphics. The 3DS inhances this feature, and on select cites, there are special renders and camera renders.

Overall, i would say, even if you don't know pokemon, I would still tell you to get the game.
*For younger children, there is a cuss filter. Unfortunatly. it's easy to pass. I've gotten numerous pokemon with innpropriate names from the gts. Another downer on the subject is that you can't change the names of pokemon traded over the gts or otherwise.

So, if you have a child 10+ that likes fantasy, puzzles and action, this would be the perfect game.
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"like new?" pffftt...
by Lambles (5 out of 5 stars)
December 5, 2014

"Condition: Used - Like New - Includes manual, cover art, and packaging. Bonus downloadable content may have already been redeemed. Game data from previous use may be present, but can be overwritten or deleted."

This is what was written on the listing for my purchase but the game was not "like new" the case was not perfect, it has the scrathes and things you wouldn't expect from a "like new" product. This was Amazon fulfilled. If that passes as like new, Amazon, then I should change the listings for all the items I've sold. Not to mention that the game did not have the manual or "packaging." The game data was definitely present though and I got a free Reshiram - so thanks for that.
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For fans of the originals, this game is for you.
by HitroahBlue (4 out of 5 stars)
September 19, 2012

There are many Pokemon fans out there who stick to the original games on the Gameboy system (and their GBA remakes) as being the best. I am one of them.

Before Pokemon Black I found no joy in the games of the DS generation. HeartGold/SoulSilver, while great for nostalgic purposes, paled in comparison to Gold/Silver; there was no motivation to complete the game. Plus, what happened to Crystal? Not to mention that the Diamond/Pearl/Platinum generation was far too easy to defeat; where was the challenge? I was able to do it sick as a dog and tired. Not right.

There was also no attachment to the "new generation" Pokemon and I made a point to beat the game with a team of 'originals' - easier done than said.

Poekmon Black HAS DONE IT RIGHT.

By making it so there are only the region's own 150+ Pokemon the challenge of learning every creature's strengths and weaknesses and the thrill of not knowing what you would see next was the first time I'd felt anything at all like I did when I was given Pokemon Yellow as a kid. The plot strung me along and I love how the titles of the games are a metaphor, not just colors. Points there. While the graphics were a bit too extravagant for my old-school tastes, backgrounds wise, I did enjoy seeing the original 151 Pokemon animated once I completed the game and they were accessible.

Overall, if you loved games such as Yellow, Red, Green, Gold, Silver, Crystal, Ruby and Sapphire, you'll enjoy this game. You really will.
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Great continuation to the franchise
by Longhorn15 (5 out of 5 stars)
March 18, 2013

Pokemon black is the first game in the 5th generation of pokemon games. It aas revamped certain aspects of the gameplay to make it a better experience overall. There also many newer functions that make trading simpler and faster than ever. The game feels new and fresh while still keeping true to the classic pokemon formula. Here are the main things that make this game great:
- reusable TMs, now TMs can be reused so you can experiment with different movesets. They are a bit more challenging to find, but the rewards are great.
- C Gear. This takes up your touchscreen and includes infrared functions for trading/battling and NFC functions much like the union room. Also some wifi capabilities for your pokemon.
- GTS negotiations(wifi), this is like an edited version of the GTS that allows you to engage in live trading with another trainer from anywhere in the world. You can't directly communicate, but you can sort of indicate what pokemon you want and it is a lot more useful and faster than the original GTS.
- Random matchups(wifi), you can now battle anyone instantly over wifi, very cool feature.
- No old pokemon until after you pass the game. This forces you to really explore the new generation and is great for getting the hang of things.
- Revamped exp. system. It is now MUCH easier to level up weaker pokemon. Basically the game gives out exp based on the difference in levels of you and your opponent now.

Overall a great game and I highly recommend it.
*NOTE* In this game the exclusive legendaries are Reshiram and Tornadus. You can get Zekrom and Thundurus in pokemon white only.
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POKEMON IS BACK!!
by Gabriel J. Zisk (3 out of 5 stars)
April 3, 2011

The best pokemon so far, but hsould have been better.

The graphics can be awesome, then you get in a battle and see a crappy sketch of a trainer or a pokemon doing a little jig repeatedly.

The music's sound quality is great, but the actual songs for battles and towns barely sounds different and is not very exciting.

the pokemon are still decent, but like all after the irst 150, some were obviously forced. however, being that they are in the 500's, there are some awesome pokemon still; enough to make up for any undesirables. some are there just for fun (an ice cream pokemon?), some must have been thrown together at the last minut (segliph, you'll see what I mean), and then there are actually designed pokemon made for specific situations you'll encounter in the...

new battles! rotation is nice because it is strategy heavy, but there are a little over 5 of them (unless you get online). there is a subway where you can and do different scenario battles that seem to be endless (as in you'll never run out of people to battle, good thing!).

the land...is great. the distances between cities is perfect. Traveling is well paced and has plenty of trainers to fight. yet, you cannot rechallenge trainers this time around (stupid). and in certain areas you can run around in the grass and never find pokemon, yet in others, you cna turn left in get in a battle.

the story (if your under 13 and care) is good; about pokemon and trainers being seperated. It gets deep and actually involves you as a trainer, so thats cool.

BEST THING---> the whole wifi connection and of course new pokemon! But more so the online experience is just easy and great (and not dependent on a pokemon center).

WORST THING---> some pokemon take forever to evolve, and it seems training takes forever now (use the lucky egg though). If you have local friends, you'll be thrilled to use the online and et everyhting out of it. But if your older and no one around you has the game, your really, really screwed.
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My favorite Pokémon game!
by Phoebe L. (5 out of 5 stars)
November 23, 2019

I was lucky i found this at such a good price, bought it as a gift for my brother but i will be playing it as well haha. It arrived pretty soon, the game looks like new and it works just fine so far. The only thing missing was the paper manual and cover art but that was stated in the info before buying so that's okay.

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