New B/W Pokémon, Characters, and Locations Leaked
by Exorc ~ July 11th, 2010.CoroCoro, a Japanese magazine, was leaked early to the public today, revealing new Pokémon, better pictures of some Pokémon we’ve seen thus far, new characters, and new areas to be implemented into Black and White.
Let us start with the Pokémon:
First image: The new war eagle Pokémon above is of the Normal and Flying types and is entitled the Valor Pokémon. It is 1.5m tall and weighs 41kg. Its abilities are Keen Eye and Encourage, a new ability which increases the power of its attacks, though disables said attacks’ secondary effects, such as causing Paralysis or having to wait a turn to recharge. It learns a move called Free Fall, which involves lifting the opponent into the air one turn and letting it fall to the ground on the next.
Second image: The Pokémon in that picture looks a bit like a Pokémon I displayed last week, huh? It’s not the same one, it is its evolution. This Pokémon is described as having something to do with Dream Smoke, which somehow involves Game Sync. Though there is not enough information included to decipher the meaning of “Dream Smoke,” we can assume “Game Sync” is the uploading of your Black/White game save file to the Internet, a vague feature revealed recently.
Third image:Here we see better pictures of some Pokémon revealed in the past two updates.
On to the new characters:
First and second image: These pictures depict the player’s two childhood friends, the second of whom we saw begin to battle in the video from last week.
Third image: This character is also familiar from last weeks video. He is known simply as “N“. It is unknown whether this is the name he will actually go by in the games.
Fourth image: The woman in the lab coat is a friend of the region’s professor. She will have a role in the plot of Black and White.
Now I shall proceed to new areas:
The two areas displayed in the two images above are version-exclusive areas of Black and White. The first image depicts White Forest, while the second portrays Black City. It is unknown which area will correspond to which version, though I predict White Forest will be in Black Version and Black City will be in White Version, due to the games’ concept reference to Yin and Yang; furthermore, this is likely because Reshiram (Black Versions mascot) is a white Pokémon who seems to represent nature, while Zekrom (White Version’s mascot) is a black, Electric type Pokémon who carries the essence of industry and technology.
