Pokemon Black and White

[SaiKar]

HeartGold. Everything before the elite 4 feels like a grind. Everything after feels like putzing around until I get bored. HeartGold/SoulSilver delayed that putzing stage by a long shot. It's just a freaking huge game. The original Gold and Silver did this too, but HG/SS does what they did and does it better.

[Valiere]

I'd say HG/SS, simply for the value. It's practically two games in one.

[Archem]

You know, I've never had any trouble with Ditto. They never survive more than three turns (assuming I'm doing something horribly wrong), and I always capture them without a problem.

I must be some sort of Ditto wizard.

[Robotam Plus]

Assuming anybody plays the battle subway super single trains, what's the farthest you've got? I've never beat more than 20 trainers. Somehow the 21st trainer beats me every damn time I get there. And it drives me insane just how unlucky you can get. Their odds are FAR better than yours so when they're holding items like quick claw or brightpowder you know you might well be screwed. Quick claws can make them attack before you multiple times in a row if you're just a little bit unlucky and with brightpowder attacks with 100% accuracy will miss like HALF THE DAMN TIME. It gets kinda frustrating. And now I just lost to an Alkazam... Goddamnit.

[Prpl_Mage]

Also, I've read you can have Pokémons from Ruby/Sapphire and Diamond/Pearl in HeartGold/SoulSilver after you obtain National Pokédex or something. Read it's possible to have like near 500 Pokémons (though I'm unsure if you can obtain them all with only HG/SS).
So, is it actually possible to obtain all Pokémons with Black/White too?

Well, I think that HG/SS have the same thing as D/P/P - the Pal park. You insert a game into the GBA socket and pick 6 of them. Then you enter the park and capture those 6. Wait a day then repeat.

B/W got a simmilar thing but it's about getting pokés from D/P/P and HG/SS. You need another ds, use download play, pick 6 pokés from the game. Then you will get a minigame where you capture the 6 pokés with a time limit. After that they are sent to your box in B/W.
As far as I know. B/W can only trade with B/W. Everything else is steal.

And the white forest wasn't much to cheer about. 1 house and patches of grass with random pokés. I'd like to see that black city.

[coreystranick]

I'll be going to black city soon. I jsut got both games last week (wednesday) so far I've gotten almost all the badges. I'm having a fun time though, but I keep changing up my party to have a more diverse group than i normally play with. Most of my pokes are dual types (grass/steel; electric/flying; rock/ground; and so on) But I do like this game a lot more, and I gotta say you are given a lot of crap throughout the game! I've never had  a game just give me stuff from random people before, and the same way with the HMs, I'm loving the reusable TMs as well, save me money on having to buy TMs for pokes that I want to learn the same move for, or when I switch one poke out for another of the same type. Zebstrika is one of my favorites as well as the Roggenrola line and the little spiked grass/steel poke (can't remember the name right now).
All in all I'm glad with how the did this game.

But for some reason N just bugs the hell out of me as well as Cheren. Two least NPCs of this game.

[Cerebus]

Well, I think that HG/SS have the same thing as D/P/P - the Pal park. You insert a game into the GBA socket and pick 6 of them. Then you enter the park and capture those 6. Wait a day then repeat.

Actually, I've read you can capture Gen. 3-4 Pokés by using a certain channel on your radio on certain days, but you need the National Pokédex. For example, you can apparently capture Absol in the Slowpoke Well if you switch to DJ something's channel on Wednesday.

[Prpl_Mage]

Yes, but that's in the wild and not trades. I was speaking trades there.
There are the swarms and then the radios in HG/SS and at least swarms in B/W.
Can get you some pokés that are otherwise unobtainable during main game.

[Cerebus]

Nice. Too bad you need to pretty much beat the game first, though... but hey, that's still pretty nice.

[drenrin2120]

If that was a question, purple, then yes. Check out bulbapedia for the routes and places after the elite four.

[aboutasoandthis]

Actually, I've read you can capture Gen. 3-4 Pokés by using a certain channel on your radio on certain days, but you need the National Pokédex. For example, you can apparently capture Absol in the Slowpoke Well if you switch to DJ something's channel on Wednesday.

It's true, and I wub my little Absol. ^^

[SaiKar]

I haven't touched this game in like a week now. Stupid stinking dreamvoices convincing me to spend money on this when I knew I wasn't really feeling it.

Maybe in a year or so I'll pick it up again.

[Valiere]

Very disappointed in the lack of Battle Factory.

[Cerebus]

So, should I definitely stay on HeartGold?

[Prpl_Mage]

Well, I still kinda liked Platinum better. It was a great boost from Diamond and pearl. Lots of daily stuff to do, battle frontier which was more than just a tall tower. Roaming bastards.

The fun of HG/SS for me was the post-game which ended far too quickly and then the pokéathlon which is rad to challenge your friends in. Having pokés after you kinda stopped being cool once you got the bike.

White was all new, although it didn't really challenge me the way that platinum did and Lance in HG/SS. The white forest was a disappointment, I expected an actual forest. Most post game trainers have pokes at 63 and up while the league was kinda 55. Liked the new type combinations in white, liked most pokés. Hunting down legendaries now. But I kinda lost interest in all that once I did an entire lap around the world. Not sure why though.