Pokémon Black and White

arkarian

2010-04-19 05:34:20 pm

red chamber dream

yeah man because anything called black and white is automatically referring to race

Quietus

2010-04-19 06:38:33 pm

Super Secret Area - Dead Ahead!

The sad thing is that for some people it is the first thing they think of. Rolling Eyes

Poision Envy

2010-04-19 06:42:55 pm

Club 27 Goals

Quote from tomatobob:

featuring a Gardevoir and Cynthia along with the player character.

I'm surprised that there hasn't been a porn flash game of this yet. Not that I've actually looked for one, just saying.

Toozin

2010-04-19 08:08:29 pm

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

I am reminded of that movement several years back to change the name of master and slave drivers because those terms are racist. The irony being, of course, to assign racial connotations to those terms is in and of itself pretty fucking racist.

Gamma_Metroid

2010-04-19 10:30:52 pm

Because of course slavery is always based on race.

Prime Hunter

Edit history:

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2010-04-19 10:35:38 pm

Quote from arkarian:

yeah man because anything called black and white is automatically referring to race

Quote from Quietus:

The sad thing is that for some people it is the first thing they think of. Rolling Eyes

If you look at this topic you'd think it was like that for most people. And yeah, I know all of that is pretty much joking around, but it's still the idea that there WILL be people out there who think of race whenever they hear the names of the 5th gen.

Personally, a Good/Evil split would be an interesting direction if done right, and it's the first thing that came to my mind when I heard the names. I thought I heard on some other forum that one guy wondered if it could go as far as playing the Hero or the Rival depending on which version you got, which to me would be more incentive to get each version than normal if the gameplay is different depending on who you are.

Wouldn't mind seeing more of the Distortion World that was in Platinum either, as I can see the split between that world and the normal Pokemon world being a core element of a game pretty easily. They could get some pretty crazy Pokemon designs out of that.

[quote="arkarian"]yeah man because anything called black and white is automatically referring to race[/quote]
[quote="Quietus"]The sad thing is that for some people it [i]is[/i] the first thing they think of. :roll:[/quote]
If you look at this topic you'd think it was like that for [i]most[/i] people. And yeah, I know all of that is pretty much joking around, but it's still the idea that there WILL be people out there who think of race whenever they hear the names of the 5th gen.

Personally, a Good/Evil split would be an interesting direction if done right, and it's the first thing that came to my mind when I heard the names. I thought I heard on some other forum that one guy wondered if it could go as far as playing the Hero or the Rival depending on which version you got, which to me would be more incentive to get each version than normal if the gameplay is different depending on who you are.

Wouldn't mind seeing more of the Distortion World that was in Platinum either, as I can see the split between that world and the normal Pokemon world being a core element of a game pretty easily. They could get some pretty crazy Pokemon designs out of that.

Quietus

2010-04-20 04:58:14 am

Super Secret Area - Dead Ahead!

I presume they've gone with Black / White for a reason, but it does seem strange when there were surely enough options to avoid such issues. Light / Shade, for example.

tomatobob

2010-04-20 05:21:56 am

One shall stand, one shall ball.

I'm still pissed as hell about their using Red and Yellow. Fuckers just can't stop being racist assholes.

tomatobob

2010-04-20 05:23:58 am

One shall stand, one shall ball.

Remember when they used to film things in black and white? Goddamn insensitive pricks.

TheGreenManalishi

2010-04-20 05:45:28 am

Pokémon Hard and Soft versions.

BioSpark

2010-04-20 05:21:33 pm

this is just the japanese name guys ... i doubt they associate it with race like americans do. the english name isn't official, so they could end up doing some shit like light and shadow.

tomatobob

2010-04-20 05:38:54 pm

One shall stand, one shall ball.

That would be super dumb though.

Idkbutlike2

2010-04-20 05:39:23 pm

As if it wasn't super dumb to begin with :/

Poision Envy

2010-04-20 06:55:31 pm

Club 27 Goals

and I bet most of the kids that buy it would choose dark over light because EL OH EL IT WOULD MEAN IM EVIL AND THATS SOOO COOOOOL. Same goes with all the kids that roll Horde.

tomatobob

2010-04-20 10:17:10 pm

One shall stand, one shall ball.

Quote from Idkbutlike2:

As if it wasn't super dumb to begin with :/

What? Choosing Black and White as the colors? There was nothing dumb about that, anyone who is legit angry about colors is stupid.

Or are you saying Pokemon was super dumb to begin with? That's true.

Quote from Poision Envy:

and I bet most of the kids that buy it would choose dark over light because EL OH EL IT WOULD MEAN IM EVIL AND THATS SOOO COOOOOL.

Pretty much.

Prime Hunter

2010-04-20 11:05:44 pm

I'm still going with White anyway, partially to continue my trend of preferring the warmer variants of each generation.

Poision Envy

2010-04-20 11:49:02 pm

Club 27 Goals

Quote from Prime Hunter:

I'm still going with White anyway, partially to continue my trend of preferring the warmer variants of each generation.

I've never thought of that, but I do the exact same. Red, Gold, Ruby, Pearl, and now Heart Gold.

nn12000

2010-04-21 12:32:20 am

Mister ...

I'm just gonna wait until the 3rd game comes out. aiwebs_008

tomatobob

2010-04-21 02:00:30 am

One shall stand, one shall ball.

Quote from Prime Hunter:

I'm still going with White anyway, partially to continue my trend of preferring the warmer variants of each generation.

white power

TheGreenManalishi

2010-04-21 10:11:56 am

Quote from tomatobob:

Quote from Prime Hunter:

I'm still going with White anyway, partially to continue my trend of preferring the warmer variants of each generation.

white power

Quietus

2010-04-21 10:20:24 am

Super Secret Area - Dead Ahead!

Backward for a reason?

Also, it always makes me chuckle that these people are so proud of what they do that they have to cover their faces.

Poision Envy

2010-04-21 07:54:31 pm

Club 27 Goals

That was hilarious.

Prime Hunter

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Prime Hunter: 2010-05-09 12:37:09 pm

2010-05-09 12:36:58 pm

So for more speculation, here's a trio of silhouettes representing the new starters that I saw on Serebii. They suggest we'll see the actual pokemon later this week.

I kinda like the top left and bottom ones, but I have no clue what the other one is supposed to be at all.

attachment:

B&W Starters.png

nate

2010-05-09 12:58:40 pm

probably a flower or something on its head (top right).

OR MAYBE IT'S A TURBAN LOLOL TALIBON

Poision Envy

2010-05-09 01:52:55 pm

Club 27 Goals

top right looks like a duck platypus thing with piplup's head. Top left looks like the grass one, with a retarded/down-syndrom head.

Bottom looks like a pig.