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Zelda August 1st, 2010 7:32 PM

These seasons are going to look really awesome. I love the effects of each and every one and I can't wait to see how it looks in a snowy town/city.
This is definitely going to be another reason to buy the games for me. I love the way the leaves flow as the person walks through the place, which gives me all the more reason to love how this game is going so far. I can't wait to see what else Nintendo has in store for us.

Mista T August 1st, 2010 8:03 PM

As mentioned before, I strongly support seasonal swarms or relocation of Pokemon based on the season (finding Teddiursa, for example, in caves during the winter rather than woods during the rest of the year.) Season exclusive Pokemon would take far too long to acquire, and would disappoint fans of said Pokemon who may have to wait as many as 9 months to obtain them.

Haza August 1st, 2010 9:08 PM

Omg, I'd love it if you could only find certain Pokemon and Berries at certain times of the year, that would really make for long time play and a system reminiscent of Animal Crossing. I would love to be out in the forest in the winter, covered in snow and encountering Teddiursa, Snover, Stantler & the new cute deer, and any other winter themed Pokemon.

austy14 August 1st, 2010 9:19 PM

I really like the seasons idea, and the real time seasons would be cool, its just that I don't think I could wait 3 months for the new season. I think it sould be a little quiker... like maybe even just 1 month. That would give us each season 4 times a year. Although, since seasons might only apply to certain areas it might be just weekly. But I hope it applies to most of Isshu and stays for at least a little while. :D

Ho-Oh August 1st, 2010 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Magmaruby and Aquasapphire (Post 6026820)
I think only that we could have some pokemon that are typically rare become more common during a certain season...for example some pokemon mate in the spring so we will see more of those pokemon...

The only thing I can think of is birds... so we'll have lots and lots of birds? Lovely. I'm sure there are others but besides insects and birds-- (or am I completely forgetting how nature works?) idk I'd be glad to see lots of birds at least I guess.

Luck August 1st, 2010 11:35 PM

USELESS. I can't believe everyone is getting so excited over this, it will most likely have little more than novelty purposes.

But then again, people did get excited over pokemon following you in HG/SS >>

Eliminator Jr. August 1st, 2010 11:52 PM

Seasons are definitely a good thing. I remember when designing a Pokémon game about eight or nine years ago (on paper of course) I always wanted to put seasons into it and have ice Pokémon more available in winter and all that. I'm glad they're finally doing it. Oh, and in regards to how long each should be, it depends on whether Pokémon are available in each season. Like if it's only aesthetic changes with seasons I'm happy for them to be as long as our real seasons, however if certain seasons have certain Pokémon I think it'd be more suitable to have the season change every week or fortnight.

Totaldile August 2nd, 2010 1:14 AM

I suggest, as similar to others have said, that all pokemon are available in specific places all year round, but the changing seasons would bring changes in swarms and general pokemon appearance. I mean, does it really make sense for a wailmer to be found around a now-frozen lake :/?
I would appreciate different forms/pokemon only being available at specific times, yeah it would irritate the hell out of you, but it builds patience. I know some people who rip through the game without taking time to enjoy it :). I prefer to just take it easy. For example, ice types would be more common in winter, and grass types in spring and summer. And in summer cherrim could be in it's sunny day form permanently.

MistahDude August 2nd, 2010 1:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Totaldile (Post 6027930)
I suggest, as similar to others have said, that all pokemon are available in specific places all year round, but the changing seasons would bring changes in swarms and general pokemon appearance. I mean, does it really make sense for a wailmer to be found around a now-frozen lake :/?
I would appreciate different forms/pokemon only being available at specific times, yeah it would irritate the hell out of you, but it builds patience. I know some people who rip through the game without taking time to enjoy it :). I prefer to just take it easy. For example, ice types would be more common in winter, and grass types in spring and summer. And in summer cherrim could be in it's sunny day form permanently.

Id imagine spring would have more water types because of how often it rains.

Volroc August 2nd, 2010 2:39 AM

seasons = EPIC WIN!

i love it XD


season exclusive pokemon?
whos the hell would think of something so idiotic?
if nintendo did that,no one would buy it
why? cuz 99% of gamers hate to wait, and yall know you do too

would you really sit there, after waiting these last few months, get your hands on B&W, start playing through it& see your favorite/the strongest/most wanted gen5 pokemon you have to wait another 8months to caught, youd go oh ok ill just save,turn off& wait...
hell no! youd go ballistic, so would i& anyone else here whos excited bout the next generation

JP August 2nd, 2010 7:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Haza (Post 6027599)
Omg, I'd love it if you could only find certain Pokemon and Berries at certain times of the year, that would really make for long time play and a system reminiscent of Animal Crossing. I would love to be out in the forest in the winter, covered in snow and encountering Teddiursa, Snover, Stantler & the new cute deer, and any other winter themed Pokemon.

Having berries during certain seasons would be amazing! That'd give it a strong realistic feel for sure. I love that idea.

funguy10 August 2nd, 2010 8:05 AM

I like the idea of real-time seasons. They should be timed with season-beased events just like how we have time of day and weekly events. For example, right at the starts of winter, all the houses could be decorated with flashing lights and Christmas Trees inside. Another thing, I'm hoping for if the seasons are indeed region-wide and real-time is for region-wide weather. So, in the winter, for example, it would snow all over Isshu. Lakes would be frozen so instead of surfing you could ice skate across. That way it wouldn't seem like it's always raining on just one route while the rest of the region's weather is always sunny.

ares10 August 2nd, 2010 8:09 AM

What if there's new whether conditions

Pokemafia August 2nd, 2010 12:41 PM

I saw someone mention it somewhere before, that the weather would be based on your post code/zip that you put in at the begining of the game. So if it's raining where you are it'd be raining on the game.You'd need nwfc though.
4 seasons, 4 weeks in a month, different season each week?
Season exclusive pokes I'd love to see, and pokes evolving in different seasons/weather would be good.
I'd like to also see an uber sweeper that evolves into the final poke depemding on the season/weather.

Pichu_War August 2nd, 2010 8:24 PM

well they only showed two seasons, so what if they make routes have version differences between black & white with the seasons?

Perry_ August 3rd, 2010 3:26 AM

A lot of people seem to think in extremes when thinking how seasons would effect the game. If it is winter the region won't just instantly be covered in snow with christmas lights all around it. You won't be trudging through the snow everywhere and skating across where all the water used to be. Here's my two cents:

Seasons will have aesthetic changes in some parts of the world but not all. Now obviously having snow or tumbling leaves in the middle of the desert would make no sense. If it snows in winter, it'll effect the north most part of the world (assuming Isshu is in the northern hemisphere) and the area surrounding the mountains in Isshu. It won't snow everywhere. Seasons will most likely change the commoness of pokemon in certain areas, it'll effect the play expierience but not limit it, which is likely nintendo's motto with seasons.

Simple pokemon like Pidgey for example though, would stay the same all year round. However Spearow may all be part of a large flock and travel to a different quadrant of the region for each season.

The bug pokemon may have preferred periods when they like to be out. Caterpie might love the Spring, but be uncommon in Autmn and Winter. Weedle might love Autumn but is rarer in Spring and Winter. They both love the summer and thrieve in it, but they both go in decline during the Winter.

The oceans are filled with Seakings, Mantines, Sharpedos, Seadras and Lumineon during the summer time. But winter brings a shift in the climate and these pokemon become more uncommon. They are replaced by pokemon the thrieve in cooler waters such as Dewgong, Cloyster and Sealeo, these pokemon are also available in the summer but are far less common and prefer to stick to icey grottos in northern waters. The summer pokemon mostly head south when winter comes, but a few still hang around to be avilable to you.

The forests around the mountains are effected in the winter, a small blanket of snow covers it. Sninubs, Snovers and Sneasels venture down from the mountains to make use to the forest's resources. They are also avilable in the summer but only in the mountains they call home. Furrets and Ursarings have mostly gone into hybernation, but still appear occasionally if disturbs from their slumber. Not all forests are effected however, only the oens around the mountains or to the north.

Grass pokemon shift around the region to meet their needs. Sometimes even approaching forest bordering the desert in the middle of winter in an effort to absorb more sunlight. Most head south though, in summer there is a more even spread out.

Winter isn't all bad though. Ghost pokemon find comfort in areas where a lot of pokemon have left to fight the cold heading for warmer territory or hybernating. The nights are longer, so dark pokemon appear far more often as well as nocternal pokemon. These measures make up for the small decline in variety that i described before.

^ Just my ideas.

Cyberglass August 3rd, 2010 5:29 AM

^This.

I'm liking the seasons, but I hope it will be mostly aesthetic unless it it very quick (which wouldn't be as relistic).

Masterge77 August 3rd, 2010 9:01 AM

I do hope these are real seasons like in Animal Crossing, and not fake ones that last one week then switch the next week.......

Bluerang1 August 3rd, 2010 9:11 AM

I'm thinking:
December - February = Winter
March - May = Spring
June - August = Summer
September - November = Autumn

Maybe people can manipulate the Calendar to catch certain Pokemon?

Resultz August 3rd, 2010 12:15 PM

'seasons'
 
I just had a idea. What about if you can change the Timezone/Country/date on the DS and it will change the ingame Day/Night system and weather to match the time of year?

like someone in the UK on December 14th it would be dark at 4PM rather than 8, and on June 14th, It would be dark at 11PM rather than 8?

just a thought. do you like it or think it would work? thoughts?

Amore August 3rd, 2010 12:19 PM

Could work.

There's a pic on the Serebii home page labelled "Autumn", but no reference to it anywhere else in the page.

Resultz August 3rd, 2010 12:22 PM

just thought it would be more useful for getting day/night exclusive pokes...

also, what about weather exclusive pokes, if this dynamic weather stuff is gonna happen.

like only being able to get poliwag in rain...

Perry_ August 3rd, 2010 10:18 PM

Simple, it still rains in summer, just a whole lot less. Poliwag are common in Spring and Autumn when it rains regularly. In the areas not around the mountains in winter it also rains regularly instead of snowing.

Red1530 August 4th, 2010 6:37 PM

I hope the seasons in the game are as long as they are in real-life. I would like to see the seasons affect the availability of Pokémon without eliminating the ability to find them in a given locations.

One issue that has to be brought up is what about players in the Southern Hemisphere? I think the game ask which hemisphere you live in so it sets the seasons right.

incognito322 August 4th, 2010 6:40 PM

If this is a major part of the engine, it will be localization. Then again, remember Isshu is it's own land. So its seasons may be based on those of the Northern Hemisphere. It's like this: the land itself has seasons, but they won't necessarily correlate to the real-life seasons the player experiences.


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