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Pokemon Black & White, aka Gen 5. Coming to Japan in Fall 2010.
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I still don't like Bronzong...:P
A few pages back we also talked about the shifting sprites. Seems like the sprites are actually going to move, instead of just jiggling in place occasionally. At least, that's what everyone hoping for.
Dynamic camera angle changes!I find this odd:
And then
Why is one image showing the entire sprite in the middle of the platform, but the other the same format as the past generations?
Seems so. The text box seems to be the standard "What will Raikou do?" thing.
I guess the HP bars vamoose during the attack animations.
It will be weird looking at no text box....The HP bars have been disappearing during battle animations so you can properly enjoy them.
As long as it doesn't get to 12-20 seconds long. If that long, it will be tiring to watch the animation, and GF probably knows this.
What I hope they fix is when you turn off the animations to try and save time w/ Chaining Shinnies, etc. is that there is a pause when you use an attack, and you end up waiting just as long as you would the animations on. They need to state "Raikou attacked", show Zoroark's HP drop, than move to the next attack/turn w/o a pause when the animations are off.
And seeing how much work they invested, there might not be an option to turn the graphics off.
It'd be kinda funny if they didn't allow us to turn off the animations for that reason. I think it'll be nice having the whole screen open for the new fancy moving sprites and possible dynamic camera movement. That's probably why the text box is see-through as well, so that you can see the back sprite of your pokemon even when not attacking.
And for animation time, just hope it's not like the old Surf animation.
And for animation time, just hope it's not like the old Surf animation.
That's probably my biggest nitpick about the fourth generation. Especially Diamond/Pearl. The battle animations just gotten TOO fancy. It takes forever whenever you smack something with a overly fancy attack like Leaf Storm to only watch the health bar of the bulky pink blob start to slowly drop. Don't even get me started on the slow 'post turn' effects like Leftovers.
TLDR: Gamefreak should speed things up just a bit like they did the first few generations.
I reckon this new graphics, the large battle arena, would be better to play on with the Dsi XL, with its large screen? What do you think?
I just hope that you can turn off the animation in Wifi, it would be horrible to just keep watching this in a stall team
Sandstorm, Toxic damage, Leftovers for both, + The Battle Animations!
If they take long, I might have to put in my sig, no stall!
I like battles fast paced, and if the moves arent fast, then I lose tempo, and it then doesnt seem fun
I just hope that you can turn off the animation in Wifi, it would be horrible to just keep watching this in a stall team
Sandstorm, Toxic damage, Leftovers for both, + The Battle Animations!
If they take long, I might have to put in my sig, no stall!
I like battles fast paced, and if the moves arent fast, then I lose tempo, and it then doesnt seem fun
http://www.pokemon-sp.jp/news-sp/20100515_01.html
Looking at Raikou vs Entei, I speculate the guise provided by Zorua's and Zoroark's Illusion ability during switch-in will be like that of your in-game rival picking the Starter Pokémon stronger than yours.
Possible tell-tale signs of Pokémon under the effects of Illusion.
1. A Pokémon switching onto Stealth Rock that does not inflict the right amount of damage you thought it would (eg Charizard not taken the full 50% damage).
2. An unpopular or NU Pokémon appearing as a counter to your Pokémon (eg rare Mespirit attempting to stop your Uxie).
Clever use of Illusion however will give rise to new mindgames for your opponent;
Your Choice Scarf Gengar just KOed enemy Infernape holding Choice Scarf with Shadowball.
The opponent responds by sending out Alakazam, who gets injured by Stealth Rock damage, leaving the possible hold item - Focus Sash, out of the equation.
Now why has he sent out Alakazam on my Gengar? He clearly knows I'm faster than him. Does it have Choice Scarf or Kasib Berry? Or is it Zoroark with Pursuit (speculation >_>)?
Edit: Just realised I repeated what's been already discussed a few pages back.
Looking at Raikou vs Entei, I speculate the guise provided by Zorua's and Zoroark's Illusion ability during switch-in will be like that of your in-game rival picking the Starter Pokémon stronger than yours.
Possible tell-tale signs of Pokémon under the effects of Illusion.
1. A Pokémon switching onto Stealth Rock that does not inflict the right amount of damage you thought it would (eg Charizard not taken the full 50% damage).
2. An unpopular or NU Pokémon appearing as a counter to your Pokémon (eg rare Mespirit attempting to stop your Uxie).
Clever use of Illusion however will give rise to new mindgames for your opponent;
Your Choice Scarf Gengar just KOed enemy Infernape holding Choice Scarf with Shadowball.
The opponent responds by sending out Alakazam, who gets injured by Stealth Rock damage, leaving the possible hold item - Focus Sash, out of the equation.
Now why has he sent out Alakazam on my Gengar? He clearly knows I'm faster than him. Does it have Choice Scarf or Kasib Berry? Or is it Zoroark with Pursuit (speculation >_>)?
Edit: Just realised I repeated what's been already discussed a few pages back.
If we make the HP bar faster, then poor Shedninja will go down in a millisecond!
Though its worth it, if we see that Pink Blob out of my face quicker
@Tony: So your speculation would be that Illusion, takes its appearance of a pokemon, but it still keeps its moves, stats and stuff. That is awesome!
This will revolutionise the metagame!
Now I cant wait even more for gen 5!
Though its worth it, if we see that Pink Blob out of my face quicker
@Tony: So your speculation would be that Illusion, takes its appearance of a pokemon, but it still keeps its moves, stats and stuff. That is awesome!
This will revolutionise the metagame!
Now I cant wait even more for gen 5!
It would be cool to have the weather effects stay on completely during battle and just disappear once the duration is up, along with the whole "the rain stopped" or "the sandstorm subsided."
It seems like alot of attack animations are the same as Gen. 4...
For the Fire attacking, it looks like the flamethrower animation was just starting, while in the Grass attacking the Leaf Storm was hitting the target, maybe the sprite was pushed back by the attack?
That's what i was thinking. In the past, there have been slight recoils of your pokemon when hit but nothing that drastic. Maybe it moves back farther the more powerful the move is?
I, for one, hope it shows how much HP the enemy lost in another way, like in Soul Calibur (SCIII, at least), where pieces of the green health bar turn red and fall off, with the size of the piece corresponding to the damage it represents. It would also make multi-hit attack animations a lot faster; imagine Weavile using Fury Swipes, and just going hog-wild on the enemy while chunks of its HP drop out of its bar.
Of course, nobody really cares about multi-hit moves, especially Fury Swipes, but hey, they're probably the slowest moves in the game right now, so speeding them up to the current speed of Flamethrower shows how awesome my idea is. =P
I think showing the HP loss during the move animation instead of after would be a good idea. It would speed up battles, and be more realistic like. ^Fury Swipes would cut off HP, while moves like Flamethrower would lose HP to however long the animation is.
Agreeing with a new animation for the HP so I don't have to wait forever to watch something with high HP go down.
But anyway, I'm interested in how Illusion works, mainly how Zoroark is going to act like other Pokemon and how it's controlled. I'm not sure how it'll work competitively so I'm really looking forward to seeing the details.
I'm a fan of the new trainers, and the new starters seem better than a few days ago... For the Pokemon, that's how it seems to always happen though. The trainers... Not so much. The last groups I didn't like, these actually look like they wouldn't break down two weeks into being on their own.
But anyway, I'm interested in how Illusion works, mainly how Zoroark is going to act like other Pokemon and how it's controlled. I'm not sure how it'll work competitively so I'm really looking forward to seeing the details.
I'm a fan of the new trainers, and the new starters seem better than a few days ago... For the Pokemon, that's how it seems to always happen though. The trainers... Not so much. The last groups I didn't like, these actually look like they wouldn't break down two weeks into being on their own.
This, my friends, is what worries me. The metagame might simply degrade into "which physical/special/mixed sweepers do I want?" Blissey and co won't be able to handle the many threats presented in 5 generations of battling. It's just not possible. :|
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