Scoop 1 talks about White Kyurem’s attacks. Scoop 2 talks about the secret of the frozen map. Caption reads “What happened here?”. This takes place 2 years after Black and White. Scoop 3 says new pokemon will be in Unova, ie: old pokemon. The pokedex has about 300 pokemon now.
Scoop 4, new protagonists! Caption “Surprisingly, they are different characters than BW. This is unusual for Pokemon series. They are sporty and mature. Of course you can choose from Male or Female.” Scoop 5… new characters! Blue haired character is your rival and is from Hiougi City. His caption is “I’m gonna get mad now!” A new mysterious researcher named Akuroma! He’s studying about the strength of Pokemon. Sometimes he’ll help you… There’s a new gym leader named Homika (guitar player) and she is the “Master of Poison”. She will also appear in the anime on June 14th! Shizui is a new gym leader as well specializing in water types! He will give you advice.
Scoop 6, this adventure will begin from Hiougi City. It is southwest of Unova. It is a very hilly location. Male character is standing in front of his house. Hiougi has a PokeCenter and trainer’s school! Unova has many new facilities. Caption by golden building says “What do the blue and red objects mean? Looks fun!” Under that screenshot, on the road, the caption says “There are many stores! What can you buy?” Next screenshot is a glass-encased road underwater. Appears the preorder bonus is shown, could be a poster.
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On the scan with both kyurems at the bottom right it says the number 653 with a weird looking thin above it…. Can we be getting 4 more pokemon?
That number is from the article on that page, which is about a completely different game. Sorry.
Well it’s nice that in B2W2 we are getting new art for some pokemon. That’s a plus. Plus the fact there’s new art for Metagross is further proof that the R/S remakes are imminent.
1. there is no earlier proof that I know of
2. maybe the art is there because Metagross is #254 in Unova now/Beldum can be caught near Lacunosa Town…
Well, waiting for them to leak was fun, but…. I must say I’m a little disappointed, they could have at least given us more to chew on than this. The new player characters seem a little outageous, and so does the concept of half of Unova covered in ice. It’s like giving a baby half a lollipop and expecting it not to look at you funny. Needless to say, I will not be satisfied until I have the game in my possession, or when it comes out in Japan and I know EVERYTHING.
I must say that the most exciting part I found is the new Pokemon Professor, his hair is so coooool, and his interest in Pokemon Strength really makes me wonder, how much has Unova changed in the past 2 years…..
I am so excited for B2W2!!!!
Okay. Serebii and here say something along the lines of, “The new Unova Pokedex includes a combination of new and old Pokemon.” Is this just a wording issue? Or does the really mean new Pokemon. I can’t tell if they would still be considering Unova Pokemon to be new, because I sure don’t. They are old news.
I am crossing my fingers for new Pokemon included in this “300.” I just really want new starters.
New starters seems out of the question anymore, since we can see Serperior up against both new formes of Kyurem. I was hoping for the same thing too… :/
However, there is still hope that new Pokemon are among the 300 described. (b^,^)b If not completely original Pokemon, we can at least expect new forms.
Honestly, I don’t see how a picture of Serperior rules new starters out… I noticed it, and my boyfriend already pointed the Serperior out to me. They obviously aren’t showing any new Pokemon yet, if the term “new Pokemon” really does mean brand new, never before seen pokemon.
I feel like the gameplay shots in CoroCoro before just show whatever the hell they feel like… I think serperior is just a random Pokemon they decided to show for that screen shot. I’m not ruling out new starters yet…
Oh, another thought… I’m wondering if maybe not so much of the region is actually frozen. You know how sometimes they third versions will have changes to the map, but they’ll cover those changes at first so we can’t see them? (Usually they do with clouds, but perhaps the ice is covering parts of Unova that got MAJOR differences.
Okay. I’m done with my comments for now. lol
You’re quite right, I just assumed it was actually covered in ice, but if you look at it, it doesn’t look…right. It’s definitively a rues.
I bet the frozen part of Unova gets un-frozen after the main storyline, which will have something to do with Kyurem. I think after the story, the frozen areas thaw out and you can explore them. Kind of like the way the eastern half of Unova was in Black and White.
Of course, since they’ve been covered in ice for a while, I don’t think there’s anyone in those areas now…
I bet nothing is frozen over.
Ice is fancier than clouds.
Is anyone else getting a sense of “water” here?
– Main characters appear to be wearing swimming gear of some kind
– Underwater tunnel
– Shizui (Who I friggin love already)
– Lots of ice….
Speaking of ice.. It’s covering the whole of one of the three “segments” and the top. Maybe it’s changed? Maybe Kyurem KILLED everyone there?
Totally agree with you. Shizui is the most awesome gym leader ever !!!!!!
Funny that there was a lack of water routes and water pokemon in the old Unova. Now it seems opposite.
I still dont see about the (New) Pokemon question. Its just probably exclusives of it instead. Once again, its probably New Forms of Legendary Pokemon… The reason why the old pokemon are in it is because they are just mentioned as BW2 Version Exclusives seperately (hence why the Old (1-4 generation) and New (5th generation),Even if it was new Pokemon. I just dont really see it exist at the point. New Trainers and gym leaders are possibly the nearest info we have. But i still doubt about New Pokemon in it! If it was true.. Then i would be excited. But its kind of those speculations part i majorly doubt, because its Black and White (But just a few new things!, and No New Pokemon, and only forms)
Sorry i had to say it, But i dont understand about it.
they’re shoes actually have laces :O
Hmm…
・Your rival is your childhood friend
・Homika’s gym is a live house
・Many new buildings have appeared in two years
・Mantine appears over the underwater tunnel
・The new Pokedex has around 300 Pokemon
・The preorder bonus is an original illustration
・Akuroma is talking to the main character about having created a Pokemon…
That’s gotta be Genesect then
but didn’t team plasma make genasect according to the game files…
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YES! Water gym leader! <3 So if the starting town is outside of of the original map, who's to say there aren't more new routes and what not? 😀 I wonder what has happened to Nuvema Town in the 2 years…SOOO glad we're going to be able to use things from outside of Unova. I was getting sick of using the same Pokemon and fighting the same Pokemon over and over again in BW. It was just all too predictable and linear. Hooray for lots of changes!
Something I noticed…On the newer part of Unova, there’s a large dock or pier of sorts. I’m thinking that you end up in Castelia and proceed up towards Nimbasa. The 2 new gym leaders would make sense, because it appears that the area of Unova containing the Triplets and Lenora’s gyms is frozen off. Thus, we have 2 brand new leaders to take their place! Also, I recall there being lots of construction around Old Unova in BW. I’m thinking that all of that construction has finished in 2 years and has resulted in new buildings and such! Because the part of Unova where all the Pokemon from Gens. 1-4 lived in Old Unova in BW has frozen over, I’m thinking maybe there was sort of a forced migration that occurred, that resulted in foreign Pokemon having to live in livable parts of Unova.
Its not frozen off. Its covering half of the region to keep it secret. Its the fancy cloud replacement. ON THE MAP PICTURE.
I wonder if this will be the first game where I initially start as the girl. I’ll just name her Stephen like I did with Lyra.
But I am loving the newness of this game. Some things bug me but the idea of all of these renovations and such to series’ formula is refreshing.
I love that a water gym leader is present, as that is my favorite type and always has been. I’m sure the character designs will grow on me. And I love the underwater route concept, so much!
The hometown, excuse me, home CITY sounds incredible and screens we have of it are fantastic.
The hairstyles are very over the top, even for Pokemon, but I’ll get used to them. I can’t wait to explore the new areas of Unova and catch Pokemon from the previous games right from the start!
I like Kyurem’s Zekrom form better, but White 2 has better exclusives. I like Metagross and Zoroark a ton more than Haxorus or Lucario.
I was hoping for better version exclusives besides Gothitelle/Reuniclus, Lilligant/Whimsicott and Reshiram/Zekrom, and it looks like it’ll finally happen! Also, the lack of gender differences for most Pokemon in BW was a letdown. Even if they don’t full-out edit sprites, I think the least they could do if differentiate more Pokemon by gender.
hiougi city has a trainer school according to serebii…… well ganondolphin got one thing right
This is SUCH a Gold & Silver move. A newish region, bordering the old Unova (which you can revisit during the main adventure), old Pokemon mixed up with new Pokemon,… seriously? This may be the same generation, but they seriously pulled a Gold & Silver move right here. I love how much they’re rebooting the franchise.
I have a felling they will unveil new stater pokemon at Pokemon Smash
I’m actually kinda hoping that the battle scenes won’t look EXACTLY like Black and White…maybe a more 3D battlefield, as in zoomed out for the entire battle, not just when you don’t attack. Just something I wanted to throw out there, since the battle pictures look too similar, I guess.
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I would agree that the ice is fake and just blocking the rest of the map, but I think the magazine actually describes the ice as being a part of the plot surrounding Kyurem. Since there is no visible Pokemon League, I bet the rest of the areas will defrost after you catch Black or White Kyurem. Wouldn’t it suck if those areas remained frozen? All they need to do is copy and paste the old routes and cities in the north and east…
Guys, look on the map page. There is an arrow from a small version of the map, pointing to the big map. Look just under the arrow – there is something embedded in the mountain!
Also, this ice doesn’t seem to fit with the map. And you’d think that Kyurem’s former home would be important, so I think the ice is just a tool used to hide sections of the map.
Also, Shizui the swimmer reminds me of Kamina from Gurren Lagann for some reason: shirtless I guess, but mainly this from Bulbapedia: “He is described as a big-hearted big brother who gives passionate advice.”
Also, it looks like Haxorus and Lucario are exclusive to Black 2, and Zoroark and Metagross are exclusive to White 2.
Looks like an Aeroplane on the ledge to me. Perhaps Mistralton Airport will be of use afterall. Perhaps that’s the new location of either the League, or the Ice Gym. Both original locations look fairly encased in ice on the new map.
There is also something at the bottom of the cliff there, possibly a bridge to the entralink area?
That’s always been there. It’s the bridge that you cross to enter another player’s game.
…Are there 300 Pokemon TOTAL in the updated Unova Pokedex, or 300 Pokemon from previous generations IN ADDITION to the 156 Unova Pokemon??? Bulbagarden is implying that the latter is the case. If what Bulbagarden says is true, then the Pokedex seriously has about 450 Pokemon. This could mean that Unova has become a lot more vast, each old route has an expansive list of Pokemon to catch in it, and/or trainers use a variety of Pokemon as opposed to something like spamming Patrat and Rattata.
I’d say the former is the case. 450 Pokémon would be too much imo
So, after 2 years, they brought old pokemon to Unova and made them live there. I will miss the old intact Unova but this Unova will be more fun.
Is there going to be a new evil team? Or will we try to solve another problem rather than an evil team?
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Guess we don’t know yet :s
Maybe, if the frozen region is the case, we will try to solve this problem. And this scientist looks a little evil.
it’s likely that Team Plasma will reappear. Or maybe, this game will solely be about Kyurem. From what has been said, he sounds like a very antagonizing Pokemon himself.
Well, by looking the map, it seems that the cities in bw2 that remain unfrozen since bw1 are Nimbasa, Castelia, Opelucid, Driftveil, Mistralton and Opelucid. Oh, and also Anville Town. This might mean Burgh, Elesa, Clay, Skyla and Iris/Drayden are still gym leaders, or, at least, their gyms are active. Two more gyms, water and poison. And the other gym? Cheren, a fire gym, a plant gym…??
The poison gym leader has two pokemon so it’s probably the first leader; I think her city will be the city under Driftveil. Her pokemon: Venipede and Zubat/Skorupi maybe??
I think the water gym is located exactly where you can see psyduck pokedex’s information, and it will be accessible when you get surf, so you can surf the river on psy’s info left. Or maybe waterfall, and it’s the last gym?? The water near psy’s info upper left edge seems to be going down like a waterfall.
A city in the desert?? I can see a path, some buildings and a big, weird one :/
It also appears to be a new building in Driftveil (and it seems important).
My final speculation: May the thing on Entralink’s right be the entrance to Victory Road?? And maybe the league is somehow inside the cave?? :O
By the way, I really like the rival design *_*, and the MC designs are very original. I really wanted an Eevee in bw1 and now I’ll finally be able to get it!!! I will definitely buy BW2 :DDD
You noticed all the details but didnt feel like the “ice” is “fake”?
It can be fake or not, but, anyway, I don’t think any of the 8 gyms will be under that ice… If it’s fake, the zones under the fake ice will probably be unlocked after the league. If it isn’t, they will probably be unfrozen after fighting Kyurem (after the league or near the 8th gym maybe?) . That’s what I was only saying, I don’t really care about the ice fakeness… I care more about new gyms 😀
Homika is a bassist! Hooray for bassists!
Does the Water Gym leader remind anyone else of Finnick Odair?
@Uyi – Finnick Odair? The guy form the Hunger Games Series (Catching Fire & MockingJay)? Now that I think about he kind of does :).
I’m so glad I can finally have my precious Umbreon with me in Unova (Obviously that’s depending on what eeveeloutions the decide to add. If not I’ll settle for Eevee).
Here is my speculation:
The ultimate goal is to head north (or east, not sure which) because it’s the coldest area. It only makes sense that Kyurem would live there.
Second, the Ice will clear, post-game, when Kyurem is dealed with.
Third, Riolu will be in B2 while Beldum is in W2.