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ShreyasPokemon March 5th, 2011 10:17 PM

Belle actually seems old enough to be an adult. And Cheren looks around 16ish~

Snopes March 5th, 2011 10:28 PM

I would say theyre about 16-ish since that's a popular age group for the pokemon game series

インフェルノの津波 March 5th, 2011 10:32 PM

15, I remember reading it somewhere.

There is no way those 4 are 10. Even though May & Dawn are questionable as well, Whitlea and Bianca are definitely 15 with those curves.

Kon~ March 5th, 2011 10:37 PM

I'd say they're on the verge of turning 16. They seem mature enough and look old enough.

On another note, I'd say N is somewhere around 16-17, but he's mentally younger.

Sora's Nobody March 6th, 2011 12:05 AM

I remember reading either an article or a review stating that they were still 10. But i just don't believe that.

Kon~ March 6th, 2011 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Sora's Nobody (Post 6494822)
I remember reading either an article or a review stating that they were still 10. But i just don't believe that.

If they're 10 then the girl character's backsprite is nearly criminal. I can't find an animated version to show off but... those shorts are pretty tight. >.>

Bluerang1 March 6th, 2011 12:15 AM

Yay for 15/16 I'm turning 16 this year. I thought they were said to be/generally accepted as 14. How old is Trip? But yes, 15/16 works for the gang :D

Pokemon Trainer Touko March 6th, 2011 12:18 AM

I remember reading N x Touko fanfics and their age were like 16. One even said that you can only be an official trainer and travel by yourself only if you are above 16.

PlatinumDude March 6th, 2011 12:30 AM

I think Blair/Hilbert, Whitlea/Hilda, Bianca and Cheren are around 15-16 years old just by looking at them.

vaporeon7 March 6th, 2011 12:38 AM

They look to be about 15 or 16 years old. I always though the May/Dawn were very well developed for 10 years old.

ShinyMeowth March 6th, 2011 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Pokemon Trainer Touko (Post 6494831)
I remember reading N x Touko fanfics and their age were like 16. One even said that you can only be an official trainer and travel by yourself only if you are above 16.

According to the first episode of the anime, you have to be 10 to become a trainer. But then again, you see kindergarten students with Pokemon. I guess the world will never know what is true.

Anyway, though probably inaccurate, I am going to say 20. I am sick and tired of 10 year old players beating 60-year old experts (Gentleman trainer class?). We need more realism.

Ho-Oh March 6th, 2011 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Pokemon Trainer Touko (Post 6494831)
I remember reading N x Touko fanfics and their age were like 16. One even said that you can only be an official trainer and travel by yourself only if you are above 16.

The keyword here is "fanfics". So in no way is that official.

I'm going to agree with everyone else though and say 16, but as for Bianca/Cheren, I really think they look at least 21, especially Bianca. Cheren maybe 19? Idk. They just look older than the main two characters.

Kon~ March 6th, 2011 1:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Forever (Post 6494860)


I'm going to agree with everyone else though and say 16, but as for Bianca/Cheren, I really think they look at least 21, especially Bianca. Cheren maybe 19? Idk. They just look older than the main two characters.

Just a little while ago I was thinking how Cheren is more mature that Hilda and Bianca, and also how large Bianca's hips are... maybe they are a little older than Hilda. >.>

SquirtleGirl March 6th, 2011 2:45 AM

I'd say Cheren is about 19 and Bianca maybe a bit younger. She does live with her parents and her Dad seems awfully controlling for having a daughter who is 18+ :L

I think White and Black are definitely 16-17. White's dress sense is far too suggestive for anyone under 16 :L

Palkia March 6th, 2011 3:01 AM

I would say;

Hilbert: 14

Hilda: 15

Bianca: 12/13

Cheren: 13

Bianca is very nervous early on, so she may have her birthday during the time of black/white.

Nick March 6th, 2011 3:05 AM

The way Professor Juniper describes them at the beginning leads me to believe that they're at least 15 years old.

Their exact age I'm unsure of, but I have a feeling that the main protagonists would be the oldest of the trio. Or at least the middle one.

JP March 6th, 2011 5:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Sora's Nobody (Post 6494822)
I remember reading either an article or a review stating that they were still 10. But i just don't believe that.

Probably the IGN review of the games, I remember reading that there too.

I'd definitely say 15/16. It seems to be the most cliche "teenager age" to me.

Rich Boy Rob March 6th, 2011 5:27 AM

I'd say they're all about 16, perhaps with the player being on the younger end of that spectrum. I'd say Cheren sounds and looks the most mature with Bianca being between the two.
N looks about 17 in my opinion

I don't think Bianca is over 20 like some of you though, she doesn't look or sound nearly that old.

Sabrewulf238 March 6th, 2011 5:32 AM

It's funny how only when the protagonist/rivals are around 16 years old do the parents start worrying about their children and demand they come home.

While 10 year olds have been traveling around regions before without a care in the world.

It is nice that they're recognising how young the protagonists are though, and that they might be somewhat vulnerable. I doubt there's a big age difference between your character, Bianca and Cheren. In fact I bet they're all the same age.

Hachiku March 6th, 2011 5:46 AM

I'm pretty sure that before the games were released in Japan, it was mentioned in the May CoroCoro issue that the protagonists were going to be older.

So they would have probably made the characters 14-16.
I'd probably guess 14 though, any higher is out of Nintendo's comfort zone, seeing as they don't want to alieniate their younger players.


Nameless. March 6th, 2011 6:10 AM

Uhhh, I'm really not sure.
Cheren looks and acts older but I'm pretty sure he's the same age as Bel and the protagonist. If I was to take an estimate.. I guess 14.
Cause I dunno about them, but I wouldn't wait until I was 14 to go on my Pokemon journey if I was able at age 10. O_o So, I definitely doubt they are much older.
Who has patience in the world of Pokemon to wait until age 15-16?! D:


KieronGames March 6th, 2011 6:14 AM

15.
15th Anniversary.
Makes sense.

travisjb90 March 6th, 2011 8:15 AM

I think that they are 16 or 17. Those ages would fit them well.

Pkmn Trainer Touko March 6th, 2011 8:33 AM

I think they are definitely 16 years old.

RYOUKI March 6th, 2011 8:38 AM

16. I remember your mom.. er, the protagonists' mom saying that she hoped that they would become 'respectable adults', so probably mid-teens like 16-17. I bet on 16 though.

NatureKeeper March 6th, 2011 9:01 AM

I think they are 13ish, I am surprised how do you think they're older.

Nick March 6th, 2011 9:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Rich Boy Rob (Post 6495065)
I'd say they're all about 16, perhaps with the player being on the younger end of things. I'd say Cheren sounds and looks the most mature with Bianca being between the two.
N looks about 17 in my opinion

I don't think Bianca is over 20 like some of you though, she doesn't look or sound nearly that old.

I agree. There's absolutely no way that Bianca is twenty given the context of some of the quotes that Juniper and your mom say at the beginning of the game.

But I have to disagree with how you said Cheren is the most mature. He interrupts people when they are speaking so many times, and you can tell he has a superiority complex going on given what he says and how he says it. That leads me to believe that he certainly isn't the oldest of the group.

Bluerang1 March 6th, 2011 9:07 AM

Those with the English games, what's their height? I've been forever curious. You use the PokeDex to find out their height and weight. It will help in determining their ages somewhat.

KieronGames March 6th, 2011 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Bluerang1 (Post 6495339)
Those with the English games, what's their height? I've been forever curious. You use the PokeDex to find out their height and weight. It will help in determining their ages somewhat.

It doesn't let you now :/

Rich Boy Rob March 6th, 2011 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bluerang1 (Post 6495339)
Those with the English games, what's their height? I've been forever curious. You use the PokeDex to find out their height and weight. It will help in determining their ages somewhat.

I just had a look, but unfortunately it doesn't tell you. There's no visual representation of a Pokémon's height anymore that I can find anymore, it's just a number.

fenyx4 March 6th, 2011 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Hiroshi Sotomura (Post 6494708)
So in order to give B/W some sort of fresh rebranding, GameFreak gave us slightly older protagonists, and made a few comments on Japanese publications about how the group of trainers of Nuvema Town were "older" than the previous ten-year-olds in the Pokémon RPGs prior to Black/White.

So Cheren, Bel, and the player character are apparently not ten; they're supposedly teenagers. (While it was something that while GameFreak would boast a few times, TPCi has neglected to mention it.)

So how old would you say the young trainers of Nuvema Town are? Why?

I say that they are 16 years of age, because they look a bit taller than the usual "10 year olds" of Pokemon. Also, my personal guidelines are that anyone who's as tall as Naruto was pre-Shippuden is about 13 years old; anyone as tall as him during Shippuden's start is about 16 years old. In Pokemon, the only people I consider "10 years old" as of now are Ash when he first started out and Red during Generation 1. Everyone else looks way too old to be ten, though Ken Sugimori's artwork of Iris may avert that (Iris's anime depiction, however...).

Anyway, White and Touko definitely have to be older than 10. The mentions by the developers confirm that, and for White...THOSE SHORTS. As for Belle...THEM HIPS.

Additionally, Cheren reminds me of Bleach's Uryu Ishida, who is 16 as well:

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091110023843/bleach/en/images/e/e3/Uryu_threading.jpghttp://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/8/8c/Cheren.png

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Originally Posted by Sabrewulf238 (Post 6495072)
It's funny how only when the protagonist/rivals are around 16 years old do the parents start worrying about their children and demand they come home.

While 10 year olds have been traveling around regions before without a care in the world.

LOL...strangely true.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rich Boy Rob (Post 6495622)
I just had a look, but unfortunately it doesn't tell you. There's no visual representation of a Pokémon's height anymore that I can find anymore, it's just a number.

-_- Game Freak, WTF?! Yet another pointless regression of BW...

Akeraz March 6th, 2011 1:31 PM

I think their ages have been left obscured on purpose. It leaves it more open to player interpretation, and thus the player can decide the age for themselves.

It might be to help older players feel abit more comfortable when playing as the protagonist. Who knows.

Personally I reckon they're around 16, but I could be way off.

Keyaki March 6th, 2011 2:44 PM

I'd say around the 14-16 age range for all of them.

shinyabsol1 March 6th, 2011 4:59 PM

To me, they all seem to be in the 16-17 year old range.

The 100 Mega Shock March 6th, 2011 5:05 PM

They're no older than 15.

Aro-kun March 6th, 2011 7:42 PM

13-16. There is no way in heck that they are 18+ =.= But they do definitely look older than 10. If I had to pick exactly, i'd say 13.

adhdguitar March 6th, 2011 7:47 PM

According to the games...

They're 10....

Austy March 6th, 2011 9:55 PM

I said 14, mainly because I was 14 when all the hype about them came out. So I just stick to my 14-year-old guess XD. But it makes me happy that they are about the age of the true fans, anyways. :D

adhdguitar March 6th, 2011 10:13 PM

Cheren: "Bianca, I've known you for 10 years and..."

^ He says something like that in the beginning of the game.

fenyx4 March 6th, 2011 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by adhdguitar (Post 6496625)
Cheren: "Bianca, I've known you for 10 years and..."

^ He says something like that in the beginning of the game.

But you don't exactly "know" people when you're a baby, right? This implies to me that some years could have passed before they came to know each other. And hey, they could have met when they were 6 years old or something, which would make them 16 years with that statement... :o

Vrai March 6th, 2011 10:23 PM

I feel like 15 gives them justice, for the most part. 16 feels too old and I'm frankly appalled at suggestions of 10. x__x

N does feel a little older, though. 16?

adhdguitar March 6th, 2011 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Vrai (Post 6496636)
I feel like 15 gives them justice, for the most part. 16 feels too old and I'm frankly appalled at suggestions of 10. x__x

N does feel a little older, though. 16?

Oh, 10 years is an awful thought don't get me wrong, but I can see Pokemon's English distributors doing that. >.>

Also, for some reason I always thought N was an adult, but maybe not. O_o

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Originally Posted by fenyx4 (Post 6496633)
But you don't exactly "know" people when you're a baby, right? This implies to me that some years could have passed before they came to know each other. And hey, they could have met when they were 6 years old or something, which would make them 16 years with that statement... :o

I could have sworn it was implied somewhere that they always knew each other... For all intents and purposes, they're way too old to be 10, but the English Translators seem to disagree.

Hikamaru March 19th, 2011 2:57 AM

I think that Cheren, Bianca, Hilbert and Hilda are aged around 17.

Honest March 19th, 2011 8:39 AM

15 or 16, definitely. They just... look that age. Especially the chick.

Yusshin March 19th, 2011 9:12 AM

15/16. Not younger, not older. You can tell just by looking at their sprite that they're both physically maturer than prior generations.

Zayin March 19th, 2011 9:13 AM

15-16 years old seems realistic to me. The 3 protagonists probably have about the same age, since they started their adventure at the same time. I don't think Bel/Bianca is older than Touko and Cheren, she's too childish for that. By the way, I really don't think she has huge hips. I think her curves are due to the cut of her skirt. Pokemon main characters are always perfectly shaped, why would she be the only different one?

Chiar March 19th, 2011 9:21 AM

I think they are 12-14 years old. They don't seem a lot more mature looking than in previous games for me. O_O
N might be older, though.

lamby101 March 19th, 2011 9:39 AM

News to me, I thought they were still 10.

Barn March 19th, 2011 9:55 AM

I think Bianca is the youngest, why does she seem 18+ to some of you? O_O She seems around 15, while Blair/Whitlea seem around 16-17 and Cheren and N around 17-18.

Koratah March 19th, 2011 3:22 PM

I see them as 16, the thought of them being 10 is just scary. The way they talk and act implies 15/16 to me. Although I always think of N as an adult..

D0N3GAN March 26th, 2011 8:06 AM

I'm going to say 16 years old, that is if they are all the same age.
I'm saying this because of Cheren's dialogue which makes him sound older than sixteen but lets remember he is smarter than the protagonist and Bianca.

tjb90 March 26th, 2011 1:27 PM

I think that they are 16 or 17.

BenjiTheKid March 26th, 2011 2:32 PM

As far as "why would they wait when they could've started their journey at 10 goes", that would be assuming that the rules worked the same in Unova. Unova is supposed to be a completely different region- separated from all the previous ones, what if- in the games- the rules are different?

That aside, I would assume they are about 16. They are definitely not of adult age, considering how badly Bianca's dad freaked out at the news of her journey... and with the way the female protagonist is dressed, I certainly hope they aren't any younger than 16!

sak5222 March 26th, 2011 2:43 PM

they might even be ten (imagine if they were).

The 100 Mega Shock March 26th, 2011 2:50 PM

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Originally Posted by adhdguitar (Post 6496625)
Cheren: "Bianca, I've known you for 10 years and..."

^ He says something like that in the beginning of the game.

There is no "you" in his sentence.

"I've known for 10 years that you have no sense of time..."


That changes its' meaning by quite a bit.

The Nightmare March 27th, 2011 12:15 AM

I think they are 15 or 16 year olds.

GreenBeece March 27th, 2011 3:46 AM

I think that Chreren, Bianca and Hilda/Hilbert (player characters) are 13-14 years old, like all the rival/player characters.


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