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 What’s Pokemon? Don’t you play this game with me.  please drone on about this pokemon in particular Pokemon White and Black spearheaded the Fifth Generation of Pokemon games, and were released for the the Nintendo DS in 2010. Much of the game’s marketing emphasized the new graphics, using the DS’ 3D capabilities to highlight the urban setting of Unova, themed after New York. There was also a lot of emphasis placed on the game’s plot, which seemed to promise something more intricate than the series’ traditional fare. The games would also introduce 156 new Pokemon, a new record, to fill the wild encounters with new surprises for series fans. No more caves full of Zubat! Instead there’s a Pokemon called “Woobat.” Do people like Black and White? Kinda? The games definitely have their charm, but they often don’t get the love other entries in the series do. I wouldn’t say it’s on the level of something like Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon or Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts, but frequent criticisms of the game often center on the plot trying a little too hard, or… Is this the one with the garbage bag? ..the fact that many of the new designs did not...go over well. Yes, this is the game you have heard of, with the Literal Garbage Pokemon and the Ice Cream Pokemon. What kind of LP is this? Pretty darn casual. I won’t be catching them all, but we will be traveling through Unova and defeating the Pokemon League. I’m also going with a special rule for this playthrough. THIS IS A TRUBBISH/VANILLUXE APPRECIATION ZONE Moreso than perhaps any other Pokemon, I have seen the designs of these two lovely creations criticized as “terrible”. No longer. I will be taking thread suggestions on team members, but I have one stipulation for our endgame lineup. Trubbish* and Vanniluxe MUST be present when we defeat the champion. *maybe the evolved form if y’all really want but that one is truly terrible In fact, in the spirit of this, I encourage everyone to suggest their favorite doofy-looking B/W Pokemon, and I will strive to create a team of clowns to stomp through all obstacles. Thread participation/rules? Since this is a Pokemon game, nicknames are more than welcome for any potential teammates, and big decisions like my starter will be left to a vote. Nicknames can be submitted at any time, just let me know in the thread. Since this game aims a little higher than Pokemon typically does with its story, please tag spoilers. The usual “don’t be gross/a jerk” applies. Is the Pokewalker even in this game? I had one joke. Table Of Contents Update 1: Back In Black Update 2: Jagen Embarks Update 3: Jagen Attends A Protest Event Update 4: Jagen Tours The Public School System Update 5: Jagen Meets The Awful Monkeys Update 6: Jagen Takes Hallucinogens Update 7: Jagen Unleashes The Tapir Update 8: Jagen Appreciates Art Update 9: Jagen Gets Stumped By A Library Update 10: Jagen Catches A Pansage Update 11: Jagen Experiences Revolutionary New Camera Angles Update 12: Jagen Does Urban Exploration Update 13: Jagen Commits Arson Update 14: Jagen's Last Resort Update 15: Jagen's Archaeology Aside LordHippoman fucked around with this message at 18:07 on Aug 6, 2019 |
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Update 1: Back In Black It’s been a while since I’ve gotten to make a joke like “Nintendo, never heard of ‘em!” In the intervening time I’ve realized it was never very funny.   Right out of the gate, we’ve got some plot in the opener, so let’s sit back and enjoy.    I’ve never been to the UK, but I’m pretty sure I speak for all Americans when I say I think this is how your government works?  midground guy is envious of foreground guy’s sweet beard   Mysterious Crownbearer tries to start the wave, but the room’s really not feeling it.  I’m fairly sure that’s a robe meant to be sweeping off this figure, but his arms could also just be on fire.    Alright, calm down, Rafiki.  Pictured: the readerbase’s response to my jokes so far    All hail the PokePope?  Not to be outdone, Eyeball Cape Man and the Baby Bottle Hat Squad get their time in the frame. We’re gonna have a lot to talk about RE: Unova Fashion in this LP.  SUDDENLY HOPES!  DREAMS! (I swear this is as jaunting a transition as I’m making it look)  This is a multiplayer feature so we actually won’t be discovering it at all.   Whether you want to put funny hats on a jellyfish or make your dragon shoot purple orbs…  Pokemon Black Version is a game for you!  Right, normally I run down the Main Menu in the first update of an LP, but there’s really not much here worth exploring. Mystery Gift was Nintendo’s way of distributing special Event Pokemon, either through the internet or local wireless if you wanted to trek to the local GameStop. Nintendo WFC is dead, long live Nintendo WFC. The Mic Test is actually sorta interesting, in that these games featured very rudimentary voice chat with friends! I have never tried it, and cannot now that the online features are dead, but I imagine it was terrible, considering it used the DS microphone. If anyone has a firsthand account about this I’d love to hear it. Let’s just hit up the New Game.    This opening is pretty much identical to any other Pokemon opening.  Right down to one of the cuter new Pokemon coming out of the ball! Hey, it’s Mincinno! it’s no fuckin’ trubbish  : That's right! This world is widely inhabited by mysterious creatures called Pokémon! Pokémon have mysterious powers. Worth noting is that Mincinno hops around and waves a bit during this intro. The Pokemon get a little more animated in this game. : We humans live happily with Pokémon! Living and working together, we complement each other. We help each other to accomplish difficult tasks. Having Pokémon battle one another is particularly popular, and it deepens the bonds between people and Pokémon. And that is why I research Pokémon. I thought you’d never ask.  Like in most of the Pokemon games, we’re asked to select a gender for our character, which determines our sprite and...not much else. There’s a side-quest that changes very slightly. This is one of three things I’ll need your votes on! But more on that later.  For now, we’ll go with the boy just for test update purposes.  Next up, our character’s name. This is the peak of character customization in this game. Don’t go asking for cool hats and poo poo until X and Y come out.  Again, for test purposes, we’ll just go with my name.  ...Or, y’know, as close as I can get.  More or less.  It’s not! And that’s why I’ll need you to come up with a name for our intrepid adventurer! : Well then. I’m going to introduce you to your two best friends!Your social life is over now. Embrace your Pokefriends.  : He can be a little difficult, but he's a very honest person.Have you ever heard someone use that description for anyone you actually want to hang out with? Cheren’s not really that bad, I promise.  : She's a little flighty, but she works very hard. : a very, very important Pokémon. Calm down! : The moment you choose the Pokémon that will accompany you on your journey, your story will truly begin. During your journey, you will meet many Pokémon and people with different personalities and points of view!We will certainly chat with lots of random NPCs, yes.  : That's right! Befriend new people and Pokémon and grow as a person! That is the most important goal for your journey! Wait, were we not already there? Where is this white void?  Don’t worry about it. It’s winter now. This game does have a seasonal system along with its day/night cycle, but the former doesn’t exactly sync up with real life. Y’know, since I’m posting this in April. We’ll get more into that later.  A quaint and quiet town.  Roughly four buildings.  Sounds like the perfect place to start a JRPG adventure!  Why do they all yell at me     : What’s keeping Bianca?  : I’ve known for ten years that you have no sense of time, but...seriously…It took her like three seconds to walk onscreen. I take back what I said before, Cheren is terrible. : Today’s the day we can get a Pokemon from Professor Juniper!  Hopefully not the garbage can. Unless it’s Trubbish.  : They were delivered to Hippomn’s house, so Hippomn gets first pick.: Naturally. Juniper bothered to make a gift box. Usually the professors just leave the Pokeballs out in the middle of nowhere, or in a lovely basket or something. Clearly we’ve got the cool professor in this region.   As do I, let’s go!  Hang on gotta check the obligatory advertising cameo  Okay, now let’s go!  We do get first dibs, so I guess Cheren and Bianca will have to scrap it out over the others.   Oh boy, time for starter choice! Let’s meet the candidates!  Snivy is our potential Grass type starter. It’s fast and decently bulky. Most importantly it constantly looks like  . All the time. In every evolution. Snivy won’t ever pick up a second typing, that’s for lesser starters. Snivy will eventually evolve into a snake that looks like it’s judging you for your choices.  Tepig is a Fire type, and he’s a lovable chunk of Attack. It’s my personal favorite of the starters, but don’t let that influence your votes, I’ll go with any of them. Tepig eventually picks up Fighting typing, continuing a string of Fire/Fighting final starter evolutions that stretched on for way too long. Tepig will eventually evolve into a really loving chunky pig with a beard made of fire. I’m not naming it Bacon, that’s the one rule.  Oshawott is our final potential starter, taking the Water slot. Whereas Tepig shone in Attack, Oshawott’s better with Special Attack. Oshawott also appears to be wearing a shirt, which is weird and he creeps me out. Much like Snivy, Oshawott will never pick up a second typing, staying pure water. Oshawott will eventually evolve into a seal with abs and a stupid helmet. So we’ve got some choices to make! What is our protagonist’s gender? What is their name? Which starter will we choose? As usual, please bold your votes, and I’ll decide on our starter through a purely democratic process (and then probably just pick the name that makes me laugh the most). LordHippoman fucked around with this message at 08:20 on Apr 11, 2019 |
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Apr 10, 2019 07:17
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Oh boy a LordHippoman LP! It's been too long!  We're playing as a Male named Jagen because I'm choosing to believe that he was reincarnated in the Pokemon World
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Apr 10, 2019 07:39
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Firstly: I wanna see the clean freak pokemon, Minccino, at your E4 conquering! Oh right, names. Uuuuuhhhhh...Male, Gary, Oshawott named Revolver because I’m nine years old and Revolver Oshawott is the best thing I can come up with at midnight.
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Apr 10, 2019 07:52
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Oh, this game. I am so conflicted about this game. It tried so hard with so many story beats and pretty much fell on its face with every single one of them. Some fun monsters and such though. Take the judgement snek and don't nickname it because honestly Serperior is one of the best pokepuns in the franchise and cannot be improved upon. In LP tradition, play as female even though the girl sprite is awful, because at least that way there's one competent female character capable of doing things. I don't have a clever nickname in mind though.
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Apr 10, 2019 09:42
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Awesome, Trubbish is one of me favorite pokemon. Choose Female Name Momo Starter Snivy Starter Name Phallis
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Apr 10, 2019 10:06
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All I care is that we get a Snivy.
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Apr 10, 2019 10:47
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I have had exactly one experience with the B/W voice chat and that's that someone I was pokebattlin' screamed into the mic when he was about to lose and I got startled and dropped my DS. Gen V is probably my favorite set of Pokemon games; I really enjoyed the increased focus on story and a lot of the new designs. Not all of 'em were winners, but whatcanyado?
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Apr 10, 2019 12:18
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Gen 5 has the worst starters. Snivy i guess, nickname Bacon. And let's say you're a male named Bacon.
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Apr 10, 2019 12:54
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Apr 10, 2019 12:57
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Pokemon Black: It's not Reborn!
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Apr 10, 2019 13:08
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Let's go for the guy, name of Schwartz, with a Snivy named Weiss.
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Apr 10, 2019 13:26
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Female, called Liberty, with a Snivy.
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Apr 10, 2019 13:41
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Gonna throw out a vote for Tepig, just because Snivy is a better choice for the sequel if Hippo decides he’s gonna LP that one too. Gonna second the idea of female trainer named Liberty
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Apr 10, 2019 13:54
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Choose male Name Jagen Starter oshawott Starter Name The Seven(or just seven if space issues)
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Apr 10, 2019 14:08
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Voting for a Guy named Jagen with a Snivy named Weiss
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Apr 10, 2019 14:15
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I'm happy Trubbish is getting the respect it deserves: more than none, but still way less that most others receive. At the very least, its better than those three monkeys. Pick a Tepig and then name it Waddles because it waddles.  Waaaaaddles
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Apr 10, 2019 14:18
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Play as the male because the female sprite is bad (how does her hair even work with her cap). I have no idea what to name him, though. Choose Judgement Snake and don't give it nicknames.
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Apr 10, 2019 14:22
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Trubbish and Vanillish getting the respect they deserve, this is my kinda LP.Roro posted:Female, called Liberty, with a Snivy. Can't think of any good names, so throwing a vote for this.
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Apr 10, 2019 14:37
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I won't stand for Garbodor slander though. And where's my boy Klinklang???
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Apr 10, 2019 14:47
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Vanillite's whole line is to be treasured and loved. Same with the wireframe muppets, though I may be biased because of how well my own Throh turned out. 
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Apr 10, 2019 14:53
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BlackPersona posted:We're playing as a Male named Jagen because I'm choosing to believe that he was reincarnated in the Pokemon World Seconding this Also, take the Tepig and name it Hitchman after another porcine pro wrestler
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Apr 10, 2019 14:59
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This should be a fun lp to follow as I did enjoy just how good the story was.
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Apr 10, 2019 15:03
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Trubbish and Garbador are fine and good. Also Female with her pal Oshawott nicknamed whatever, because God dang it Oshawott is adorable and I will not hear otherwise.
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Apr 10, 2019 15:12
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On the subject of friends for our trash bag and ice cream, I would suggest sandile and litwig because they are good and cool.
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Apr 10, 2019 15:14
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FoolyCharged posted:On the subject of friends for our trash bag and ice cream, I would suggest sandile and litwig because they are good and cool. We don't want good and cool. Hippoman should use all three monkeys and suffer.
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Apr 10, 2019 16:06
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BlackPersona posted:Oh boy a LordHippoman LP! It's been too long!  No vote for our character, but we should have a Snivy named Smugleaf
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Apr 10, 2019 16:38
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Black Robe posted:We don't want good and cool. Hippoman should use all three monkeys and suffer. We will see more than enough of those monkeys not having them in the party
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Apr 10, 2019 16:44
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"Okay guys, this time we're gonna have a whole set of all-new Pokémon!" "Great, let's start listing some cool design ideas we haven't done before!" (awkward silence) Roro posted:Female, called Liberty, with a Snivy. This one. Snivy is actually kinda neat-looking and thus a stand-out in this gen.
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Apr 10, 2019 17:04
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Kemix posted:Firstly: I wanna see the clean freak pokemon, Minccino, at your E4 conquering! Seconded.
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Apr 10, 2019 17:56
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Gen V was... certainly a time for the franchise. Boy trainer because good grief the girl design is bad! No opinion on name. Araxxor fucked around with this message at 18:29 on Apr 10, 2019 |
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Apr 10, 2019 18:10
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Kemix posted:Firstly: I wanna see the clean freak pokemon, Minccino, at your E4 conquering! Voting for this. Also, Sandile and evos are the best and I'll not hear otherwise.
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Apr 10, 2019 18:25
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My vote would be for Male named Jagen, with an Oshawott named Revolver.
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Apr 10, 2019 18:44
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Let’s see, how about a girl named HAIR with a Snivy named Tilda. As far as future Pokémon, get a Joltik named Miles. (Oh how I wish Archen wasn’t so  )
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Apr 10, 2019 19:13
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Anything except a revolver ocelot joke, since we've already have had a SA LP where that joke was done to death. I s'pose a Snivy then. I don't really care.
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Apr 10, 2019 20:33
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BlackPersona posted:Oh boy a LordHippoman LP! It's been too long! I've missed it! Scrap Dragon posted:Snivy is a better choice for the sequel if Hippo decides he's gonna LP that one too. It is definitely possible. Black Robe posted:We don't want good and cool. Hippoman should use all three monkeys and suffer. Hey, now, I know I encouraged this in the OP but the monkeys? That seems a bit far. I'm going to close up votes tomorrow so I can get to work on starting the game in earnest, but until then feel free to submit them! Snivy is dominating at the moment, but Oshawott could still catch up, and it looks like a Male Jagen or a Female Liberty are both potentially in the running too.
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Apr 10, 2019 20:36
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Black and White are slightly before my time (I started with Y) but they do seem like interesting new takes on the formula - I'm a big fan of Chorocojo/Red Chocobo's old LP of Black (uh... no pressure!). The Gen V mons are a mixed bag (Trubbish and Vanillish lines are fine, but those drat monkeys...), but the good ones are excellent and if nothing else Gen V deserves praise for upping the number of pokemon in under-represented types (eg ghost, dragon, dark) considerably, as well as giving us a lot of cool bugs. Also infinite-use TMs!
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Apr 10, 2019 21:19
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LordHippoman posted:it looks like a Male Jagen or a Lady Liberty are both potentially in the running too. Fixed it for you.
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Apr 10, 2019 21:34
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I vote for Lady Liberty, and she has a Snivy called Smugleaf, in the tradition of leaks from four score and seven years ago. MURRRRCA.
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Male trainer named Jagen, Snivy without a nickname
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