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zantetsu122 April 11th, 2012 9:02 PM

What do you think of the New Characters?
 
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So I was going over Serebii, and I saw some scans.
New Characters:

Dex Changes:

Pics of the new places:

What do you think about the Trainers you're going to choose from?
What do you think of the other new characters, thier roles.
What do you think about the OW Sprites, battle sprites? Still the same?
Or did you think this is just the beta, and the game will change drastically?

Bluemoon April 11th, 2012 9:28 PM

I think they are more amazing!

SnowpointQuincy April 11th, 2012 9:52 PM

They made a point to mention a Scientist that researches Strength? There must be something important there.

1. Plot Related

2. Mechanic Related

Maybe the scientist is part of the plot, or gives easier access to dream world abilities?

I think he is the most mysterious character revealed so far.

and Sailor Moon + Pokemon will (the girl MC) will break sales records! She is so awesome!

zantetsu122 April 11th, 2012 9:55 PM

For me, the new female character is THE best female character. 2nd best for me is Kris. Imo.

Livewire April 11th, 2012 9:59 PM

The female characher looks great but the others look pretty meh to me. The rival isn't too bad.

Cello April 11th, 2012 10:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SnowpointQuincy (Post 7127272)
They made a point to mention a Scientist that researches Strength? There must be something important there.

1. Plot Related

2. Mechanic Related

Maybe the scientist is part of the plot, or gives easier access to dream world abilities?

I think he is the most mysterious character revealed so far.

and Sailor Moon + Pokemon will (the girl MC) will break sales records! She is so awesome!

Perhaps he's the professor who hooks your character up with their stater. Though I have to admit, he does seem a bit menacing. That would be a nice plot twist, have an evil professor for a change.

As for the characters, i'm kinda neutral on the male. I don't like him nor do I hate him. He could always be the Diamond/Pearl protagonist, which is the worst case scenario here.
I absolutely love the female. I may actually play as a female character in a game for a change.

Turn-it April 11th, 2012 10:06 PM

I like the female and the rival. The males kinda took a loss with this character. But not too really concerned with how he looks, just hope the game is amazing.

gunnerpow7 April 11th, 2012 10:06 PM

The male looks like Hilbert's child for some sort... Weird...

But I absolutely love the female! I'm gonna use her when I get my hands on the English release... and a DS... =/

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire April 11th, 2012 10:09 PM

The girl eyes are quite anime like xD
She's third to May and Dawn for me.
The boy is alright, he's fourth behind Brandon, Red, and Hilbert...
As for the Rival...he looks cool, he gives off that same aura Green and Silver did...I hope he's just as if not more cool than those two.

wombateiro April 11th, 2012 10:19 PM

That boy character needs to go to barber NOW :) Or maybe there will be barber in game? lol

Treecko April 11th, 2012 10:20 PM

The rival is pretty cool in my opinion, but my favorite has to be the Poison type gymleader(girl in the middle with the guitar) Not really a fan of the new professor he looks menacing , but that would be an interesting plot twist. As for the protagonist, I love the female over the male. Not sure if I which one I'm gonna choose. Though if all goes as I planned, I'll get both Black 2 and White 2 and the one I pick as my main game, I'll choose the female and the other will be the male.


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Originally Posted by gunnerpow7 (Post 7127289)
The male looks like Hilbert's child for some sort... Weird...

That's what I was thought until I read the games are taking place only 2 years later. So it's not possible for Hilbert to have a child in that time even though teenagers have kids all the time


Edit:Hilda+Princess Leia+Sailor Moon =Female protagonist

Cello April 11th, 2012 10:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wombateiro (Post 7127307)
That boy character needs to go to barber NOW :) Or maybe there will be barber in game? lol

If so, I would gladly pay any amount of Pokedollar to make that creature on his head go away.

Ho-Oh April 11th, 2012 10:27 PM

I LOVE this male design more than Hilbert, and as for the female, yeah, she's better than Hilda. Omgomg I wonder what they'll be named. ;; Hopefully something better than Hilda/Hilbert or I will cry.

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire April 11th, 2012 10:33 PM

@ Forever Finally someone who also liles the male character.
We don't even know their japanese names xD. Maybe their english names will have to do with ice, or maybe balance to fit with Kyurem. Luke and Dawn were light, while Hilbert and Hilda were strength (huh the new profs topic...), maybe the will continue the strength theme.

Ho-Oh April 11th, 2012 10:35 PM

Hey you know, it could be opposite then, tbh. Something to do with dreams: Dreama and Darren? Ooh I like. I WANT.

Treecko April 11th, 2012 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Forever (Post 7127324)
I LOVE this male design more than Hilbert, and as for the female, yeah, she's better than Hilda. Omgomg I wonder what they'll be named. ;; Hopefully something better than Hilda/Hilbert or I will cry.

I'm hoping their English names are better than Hilda and Hilbert. Honestly they should of stucked with Blair and Whitlea.

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire April 11th, 2012 10:43 PM

@ Aw. Hey maybe Blair and Whitlea (or should I say Whitleia ;) ) will be these guys names ^_^. I mean why waste perfectly good names?

Ho-Oh April 11th, 2012 10:45 PM

I doubt that :( Those were fan-made as a rumour correct? I can't even remember, but I don't think they will since they'd much rather come up with their "better" names imo.

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire April 11th, 2012 10:49 PM

^ I beleive they were placekeeper names for their real names aka alternative names...it's hard to remember now...

Treecko April 11th, 2012 10:51 PM

Nah I think like what Magmaruby said, they were beta names...not sure though.



Edit: http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Hilda#Trivia

http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Hilbert_(game)#Trivia

yup

Ho-Oh April 11th, 2012 10:54 PM

Hmmm, I still don't think they'll do them. Imo they'll do the double letter theme really, since to me it all seems to be opposites here.

icypsaiko April 12th, 2012 12:35 AM

The new character look pretty awesome, especially the rival. I'd rather have Prof Juniper back though.

Daydream April 12th, 2012 1:06 AM

It's like Hilda and Hilbert's caps withered to visors, and then their hair exploded.

I like the female player character, and I like the male's clothes. But that hair is awful, it's just a pile. And is he wearing like... Leggings underneath those shorts? Or is it some kind of scuba outfit? What if they're getting rid of surf and dive and letting our characters do that instead? That would be cool.

Rival looks awesome. I like his jacket and his hair. Looks like he might be kinda cocky, like someone said above, I hope he's a Blue/Silver sort of rival.

Also love the Poison Gym Leader, she looks really 80s. And the Water Leader looks pretty cool too.

All in all, pretty much enjoying the new character designs. If we could just cut the boy's hair. D;

Ho-Oh April 12th, 2012 1:17 AM

Theory about the protags:

[17:13:16] <@ForeverAfraid> wait wait wait gu
[17:13:19] <@ForeverAfraid> ys
[17:13:31] <@ForeverAfraid> black and white anime is called "rival destinies"
[17:13:32] <gunnerpow7> what?
[17:13:34] <@ForeverAfraid> perhaps that relates to the games
[17:13:47] <@ForeverAfraid> aka, that b2w2 are opposite to bw, and that the rivals are travelling unova together
[17:13:54] <@ForeverAfraid> as in protag rivals

So like, instead of a Cheren/Bianca thing, you instead get your opposite protag travelling with you like they were sorta--no I'm probably reading into this too much, but I still think it's pretty likely. :x Dunno, I'd just like to see the other protag being involved in your journey. XD

Magnificence April 12th, 2012 1:23 AM

It's all really exciting.

Judging by what route we'd have to take in order to travel the updated region, I presume that the two new gym leaders are going to replace the Striaton trio and Lenora.

Swimming seems to be the theme so far, aside from the funky water leader, the male protagonist appears to have a diving suit underneath his clothing and the female seems to also be wearing a swimsuit under her shirt

I wasn't as keen on the hair of the new Professor, but the absurdness of the style has grown on me in the past couple of hours. As for his role, I personally wouldn't mind for him to be the one who gives us our Pokedex/Starter. As for the suggestion that he's evil/suspicious I think it would be an interesting twist. I'd certainly be grateful for a Pokemon game with a starting professor who has a less linear and more impacting role within the main plot.

New protagonists have grown on me, the girl is brilliant, no complaints. I also like how her Xtransceiver appears to be yellow rather than the typical gender colour association. The male reminds me a lot of the HG/SS protagonist, his bag looks a little too big for him but I'm willing to overlook it. I'd perhaps like them more if they didn't look like complete Hilbert/Hilda revamps; I'd prefer them to look like completely new characters.

Nepse April 12th, 2012 1:47 AM

The Poison-type leader appears to be the first gym leader. If my eyes don't fool me she has two Pokémon, and her gym looks like a "thrashed" version of the Striaton Gym.

The player characters are OK. Although the male would be better without all that hair and that swimsuit-thingy under his shorts.

I hope the professor turns out to be an antagonist towards the end, just like Ghetsis's actual ambition in BW.

The rival gives me this Silver-vibe, it seems to me that he'll get some pretty powerful Pokémon. Too much hair, again! At least this rival looks like a guy.

I hope the Dratini-line is part of the regional Pokédex. It's nice to see some Gen 1 Pokémon, anyway.

Bluerang1 April 12th, 2012 2:37 AM

Does the Water Gym leader remind anyone else of Finnick Odair?

SolarAbusoru April 12th, 2012 3:22 AM

I like the characters designs, the male character's design sorta is similar to Brendan's Emerald design, sorta, just barely, but I always liked that design and so I like this one too, also the girl looks alot more casual.

HaloSonic April 12th, 2012 4:00 AM

meh, I'm not feeling the designs, it seems they went back to kids as protagonists (please tell me I'm wrong on this, either that, or these guys are older than they look). the girl looks ok (interesting hair!, a Princess Leia reference? :P ) , but has (so far) nowhere near the wow factor Touko had. the boy's hair looks a mess.

the increased pokedex is better, I suppose, but I want to see how "johto-ized" they made Unova.

also, I wonder if you would fight the old BW protagonists a la Red in Mt Silver.

Zephele April 12th, 2012 4:13 AM

I think the characters look pretty neat. I'm with the majority here in that I also really like the female's design, but I actually don't mind the male's design either. Though it makes me wonder if Hilbert also has massive hair underneath his hat, haha.

The rival looks more rival-esque than the buddy-buddy vibe Cheren and Bianca gave me at first, so that's cool I guess. The professor looks too menacing to not be secretly evil, haha. Also, that hair.

As for the Gym Leaders... well, they look like Gym Leaders. Nothing too surprising design-wise.

Mew~ April 12th, 2012 4:44 AM

GAH! They all look fantastic. The protagonists do remind me a lot of Touya and Touko, but I'm guessing there isn't any real connection.

I love the boys hair, it's all whacky. The girls design is cute, and the hair. The Rival looks awesome and sneaky, gah - and THE HAIR!

The other characters look interesting too. The researcher especially - I think someone mentioned he was the main antagonist or something (idk if that's been confirmed), which would be cool. The darked skinned guy with the blue eyes looks really cute, plus that poison gym leader looks really fun.

Itcheeee April 12th, 2012 4:49 AM

I already quite like the female trainer, my opinion on the male trainer on the other hand is still kind of....ehh, in the first scan i saw of him, I actually thought he was Hilda in a cool tomboy outfit << The rival, when I initially saw him I knew he was the rival, nothing I dislike, but I don't have much of an opinion on him yet.

HyperXhydra April 12th, 2012 5:04 AM

I actually like Hilbert/ Hilda more than the new Playable characters, now there's still more to see in Pokemon smash.

User19sq April 12th, 2012 5:23 AM

My opinions:

-Male Scientist: Looks cliche and mysterious. Now only if he could take that blue strand off, then he'd look like Germany with glasses, and Hetalia fans can squee in peace.
-Water-type Gym Leader: A simple, yet briliant, design. Reminds me of a cross between Finnick from The Hunger Games and Sokka from Avatar: The Last Airbender.
-Guitarist Gym Leader: If they give ehr a cutsey personality, I hate her. If they give her a snooty personality, it's genius.
-Rival: Sex/bed-hair? He should comb it down to look more handsome, like Shinra drom Durarara!!. Aside from that, neat overall design. I could live without the pahnypack, though...
-Female PC: Cutsey design. Looks adorable, in contrast to Hilda's sensual design. But it still irks me how Sugimori's doing all he can to prevent panty-shots.
-Male PC: Get a haircut or GTFO.

That's what I think of them, but that's just me. Other people will surely have different ideas than mine. XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

As for the time-setting, it's wonderful to see that everything hasn't stayed the same, to be honest. This will make things far more easier to work with, as far as sequels go. And considering how half of the region's frozen, it's understandable that the oldies migrated down to the pre-E4 areas, making them available early. The development team thinks of everything! XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

RedJ April 12th, 2012 5:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Bluerang1 (Post 7127510)
Does the Water Gym leader remind anyone else of Finnick Odair?

....cannot unsee.

As for the player characters and rival...meh. I can't say I care too much for them- the only one that particularly sticks out to me is Sailor Mo'n CWUTIDIDTHAR the female character. I may end up playing as her, I dunno.

miltankRancher April 12th, 2012 5:35 AM

the story of the professor is killing me! and that one dude is so cool. One holding the pokeball.

Superjub April 12th, 2012 5:49 AM

I actually like the design of the male character too. :O I much prefer his design to Lucas' and Hilberts anyway. :P The female protagonist looks pretty cool too, and the rival looks pretty awesome- in my opinion, he looks like he could be a serious 'Gary/Silver' type of rival, unlike the recent trend of friendly rivals we've been having (May/Brendan, Wally, Barry, Cheren, Bianca etc.) So yeah, hopefully that'll be good. :D

And the gym leaders look pretty epic. :O Their designs seem pretty memorable, and they clearly look like they'd be that type of gym leader, so me gusta. :D Also, I don't really have an opinion on the professor yet. :s

LordSalamence April 12th, 2012 6:00 AM

Old gen pokemon,nice..The one that researches pokemon strength is like cheren before.
I want to see hoenn pokemon in the game,since hoenn and unova are similar.
And if the rival would steal like silver it would be cool.

User19sq April 12th, 2012 6:06 AM

Wait, what's that thing on the female's back? That pink thing? Is that connected to the straps from inside her shirt?

Do the straps of her bra make a pink bow on her back??????? ...Is that what they're into these days?

blue April 12th, 2012 6:07 AM

I can understand why people may dislike them but I love them! Especially the Poison type Gym Leader, there aren't many leaders that specialise in Poison and they did an excellent choice choosing that.

Ho-Oh April 12th, 2012 6:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taro Tanaka (Post 7127704)
Wait, what's that thing on the female's back? That pink thing? Is that connected to the straps from inside her shirt?

Do the straps of her bra make a pink bow on her back??????? ...Is that what they're into these days?

It's... a bow I think. XD I think it looks awesome actuall--OH. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE BATHERS ON UNDERNEATH. Now I get it! She looks much better knowing that. :)

lol I'm slow it was mentioned in news discussion but totally slipped my mind earlier!! :3

SolarAbusoru April 12th, 2012 6:22 AM

By the way, just made this height comparison between Hilbert and the male protag, in case, to me they look roughly the same size so the new protags are still teenagers.
http://i41.*.com/j923d1.jpg

wombateiro April 12th, 2012 7:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Forever (Post 7127324)
Omgomg I wonder what they'll be named. ;; Hopefully something better than Hilda/Hilbert or I will cry.

I thought they could be named Boltan and Flara in reference to Black Kyurem's electricity and White Kyurem's fire. However I'm not sure if they would use that names' theme because only Gym Leaders seem to be named after typings.

Sydian April 12th, 2012 8:59 AM

I think the guy looks worse, but the chick looks better. Her hair doesn't look like a clump of poop anymore, so that's always nice. But what the HECK did they do to the guy? lmao wow. The Poison Gym Leader looks freaking crazy. I don't know how I should feel about that...like. Seriously crazy. She will murder me. MURDER. ME. The lab guy looks pretty cool though. Kinda of like if Ein from Colosseum had a kid with Wallace from RSE, if that makes sense. Speaking of Wallace, the Water guy. Ummm...yeah, I have no comment haha. The rival has fuzzy hair and looks like a snoot. So I like him.

@Nica: If that's really a bathing suit then omg. That makes what she's wearing make more sense now haha. Loooooove it. Looks like the guy has a diving suit under him though haha.

ScottishNutcase April 12th, 2012 9:10 AM

I really don't like the boy... the girl however does look decent.
Well, I liked the original Black and White more -even though there names were stupid-.
To be honest I don't really care about the names, because all my characters are named after me.
Let's just hope I can famously name my rival 'I am'.

"I am: Gramps." - Leaf Green

Esper April 12th, 2012 9:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Nepse (Post 7127480)
The Poison-type leader appears to be the first gym leader. If my eyes don't fool me she has two Pokémon, and her gym looks like a "thrashed" version of the Striaton Gym.

It's a music hall like the kind you would go to to listen to a rock band. It's what the scans say and if you look closely that's the design of it in the picture.

wombateiro April 12th, 2012 10:03 AM

I think rocker girl being poison type leader is reference to Alice Cooper - Poison :)

blue April 12th, 2012 10:03 AM

I prefer Hilbert to this new guy as for the females it's pretty even, they both look great.

Squirrel April 12th, 2012 10:16 AM

fklgjdflgj Homika <333 The new Poison type gym leader sounds amazing! She seems like an exact clone of me (but female :3). She's a guitar playing Poison type enthusiast who's name is derived from a hamster and loves wearing black/purple - this is exactly what I would be in the Pokemon world. x] But yeah, much love for the new releases, I'm actually very excited about the games now!

RioluLux April 12th, 2012 10:36 AM

I really like the female protagonist :D
And if thats charen i like his look a lot more then in B/W
Btw were there any battle screenshots ?

Esper April 12th, 2012 10:53 AM

Oh, I looked up the names for the new gym leaders and Homika seems to be an alternate name of the Japanese name for the strychnine tree. Yeah, pretty poisonous there.

TCB April 12th, 2012 11:57 AM

I love all the character designs, and for once I especially like the rival's design over rivals past. The female one looks cool while the the male has a Emerald-Brandon thing going on with his attire (long shorts over pants) Kinda funny seeing how most of the region is frozen over and that's what they are wearing? XD Really now!?

Bluerang1 April 12th, 2012 1:54 PM

I think we finally have Blake and Willow.

Joshawott April 12th, 2012 3:22 PM

I like the way the male characters look, though it really wouldn't hurt them to do something with that wild hair. As for the female player... super sexy! :D

voicerocker April 12th, 2012 7:03 PM

Male PC - He actually looks pretty cool! The hair is wild, but I think that's a good thing. Makes him unique!

Female PC - Very cutesy girl. I'd say she has the cutest design of all the female PCs.

Rival - Very cool lookin' dude. His face seems to say "Bring it on." I like the idea of having a rival that has that kind of "Let's do this!" attitude!

Gym Leaders - The guy is okay, but I'm likin' the rocker chick! Maybe it's the metalhead in me, but girl + guitar + Pokemon battle = awesome!
Prof/Doc - He has a name, but I can't remember it. Anyway, looks good. Can't decide what I think about him though, his facial expression makes him difficult to figure out, because he doesn't look as friendly as most of the other Profs. do, but he doesn't seem definitely evil either...hmm....

Overall, the characters are great! I was expecting new PCs because of B2/W2 being sequels, but it's nice to see some other new characters too! The PCs look younger than the ones from B/W, but it doesn't bother me. I don't think they're too similar to Hilbert and Hilda. And their outfits are unique as well, though I doubt that actually mean anything about the games.

TCB April 12th, 2012 7:40 PM

Thinking about it after seeing the scans for a few hours....

I'm definitely digging the new rival. He looks calm and collected, but I feel as he has an explosive, yet cocky personality.

And this may be the first time I'm perferring the female player character to play as rather than the male....his design really doesn't scream to me....and like I mentioned before looks like a Emerald-Brendan expy...

Yoshikko April 13th, 2012 3:37 PM

I LOVE the new protags, even though the male's hair looks a little strange haha, I like the whole beach/swimming theme and the girl is just so much better than Hilda imo.

Ephemeral Euphoria April 13th, 2012 3:44 PM

The designs for the new mcs make me wanna cry and vomit at the same time in all honesty, I knew the protags for HG/SS looked young but after B&W I expected the mcs to be at least 13 or 14. They look like 8 year old drug mules ready to go to Seaworld more than anything else if you ask me and the new rival looks like the prom night dumpster bastard baby of Sasuke and Vanitas if anything lol. That and the new prof looks like a peedofile too but that's just me nitpicking there.

<Obviously not very pleased with the new designs very much.

Zelda April 13th, 2012 4:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Yoshikkko (Post 7130162)
I LOVE the new protags, even though the male's hair looks a little strange haha, I like the whole beach/swimming theme and the girl is just so much better than Hilda imo.

Is it weird that I actually love his hair? To be honest, I think he looks better than Hilbert.

But ugh, seeing all of these new characters makes me want the games. Right. Now. !!

Kano Shuuya April 13th, 2012 4:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Hiroshi Sotomura (Post 7130168)
Calling dibs on Akuroma being evil. And not because of his hair.

I would suggest it because of the "aku" (as in, dark) in his name.

Nice catch, I felt a bit the same, I'm suspicious of him.

Though, my reason was originally his hair. xD;

Professor aside, I love the new characters.

Nick April 13th, 2012 4:21 PM

You can clearly tell from my theme who's my favorite. :PP

These characters completely rejuvenate my desire to play Pokémon and have made me pick up my DS and finally get around through playing play through #6 or whatever it was of my White version.

mikey April 13th, 2012 4:25 PM

I love the new gym leaders.

I hate the male and female protagonists.

I like the professor guy and the rival.

Yoshikko April 13th, 2012 4:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Kaori (Post 7130191)

Is it weird that I actually love his hair? To be honest, I think he looks better than Hilbert.

But ugh, seeing all of these new characters makes me want the games. Right. Now. !!

No I agree with you on that it looks better than Hilbert's haha (how much does that say about his hair then lol). I can see myself liking it in some time though, just needs some getting used to and I know because I already liked them when I saw them, more than the BW protags.

And I DON'T like Homika, I don't get what the craze is over her.

Zelda April 13th, 2012 5:03 PM

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Originally Posted by EntwinedSilence (Post 7130192)


Nice catch, I felt a bit the same, I'm suspicious of him.

Though, my reason was originally his hair. xD;

Professor aside, I love the new characters.

For me it was the clothes behind his coat. It looks awfully similar to Team Plasma's clothing style.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toshiro. (Post 7130233)
I love the new gym leaders.

I hate the male and female protagonists.

I like the professor guy and the rival.

Aw, but the protagonists look so awesome! Why do you hate them?

Ho-Oh April 13th, 2012 5:29 PM

I thought he was evil mainly because of the peacock thing, no normal character would have a peacock growth coming out of his head. :x I also think the rival is slightly evil too but mainly because I don't like how he looks.

TCB April 13th, 2012 7:00 PM

The male player character is basically this: http://www.zerochan.net/1071643

I started laughing.

Bluerang1 April 13th, 2012 7:32 PM

I for one love the researcher. I like the mysterious aura he has, the wacky slick streak and the electric blue of his undershirt. My favorite character so far.

Hikamaru April 13th, 2012 8:31 PM

The female PC is my fave, I love her hair.

I'm using her in my avatar/signature right now.

BryGuy Shinigami April 13th, 2012 9:18 PM

The female: At first I didn't like her cause I wanted Hilda to be the girl for the sequel, but now the new girl grew on me. I didn't like Hilda at first cause I was on the Lyra band wagon, but I grew to like Hilda. Lyra is still my favorite Protagonist (male or female), but Hilda and new girl (who I call Serena cause of Sailor Moon) are also awesome.

The male: He looks cool, like someone said earlier, he looks like Hilbert's son, but I already assume the new protagonists are younger relatives to Hilda/Hilbert like younger siblings or younger cousins. He seems like his sprite would be nice.

The rival: His hair is definitely neat, kinda have a cool-fro going on. Plus his smirk look makes him look tough and cool. I approve of him.

The chick with the bass: She is rocking a bass so that's a plus. Plus she has the punk rock look going on. I am not sure if she is also a rival or whatever, but I like her style.

Jellicent♀ April 13th, 2012 9:24 PM

One thing I can say about all of the new characters:
...the hair...is so ridiculous.
But, I love the designs so far. The girl is cute, the guy is cute, the rival looks cool, the supposed evil team looks neat, and the professor is cool looking.

Zelda April 13th, 2012 9:37 PM

To be honest, I'm really loving the direction of the style new characters are being brought into. The hair isn't that crazy! It's like a trend set for Unova and I like it, haha. :J

They match what they represent. Or at least, their clothes/facial expressions give off impressions very well.

Mana April 14th, 2012 12:25 AM

I like the look of the new characters so far!

From the trailer it looks like the Protagonist as well as that researcher guy are sort of celebrities? Going by their appearance on stage in front of hundreds of people, which would be interesting.

wombateiro April 14th, 2012 1:49 AM

Gotta admit, boy character's hair doesn't look that bad after seeing gameplay in trailer. His hair in sprite reminds me of Brendan's cap in sprite because it looks kinda like white hair.

Archiebald April 14th, 2012 1:59 AM

Characters are pretty cool but I dislike how with every new generation the legendaries start to look so similar to the previous, and they all have this metallic look they don't even remind me of pokemon anymore.
Miss the old articuno/zapdos/moltres days :'(

blue April 14th, 2012 3:40 AM

They could have done a better job on a couple of them I'll admit but it won't put me off playing the games, I'll just play the female protagonist.

Elite Overlord LeSabre™ April 14th, 2012 10:32 AM

The female protagonist is awesome. Leggings + skirt = win. Looks like Pokemon's finally making a return to form with well-designed trainers. The guy looks kind of meh, but then again they've never looked all that appealing to me.

Really though, the new girl could give Leaf a run for her money for the title of "My Favorite Pokemon Character." And coming from me, that really means something.

Amazing how she alone suddenly has me a LOT more excited for B2/W2.

newmexico April 14th, 2012 3:33 PM

I like the new boy's design a bit better than ol' Hilbert's, but the girl... what is she wearing?? I mean, it's cute, but it's so impractical. Gamefreak adds more ice to Unova...and then decide that the girl needs a short skirt? (Slightly better than Dawn, I guess. At least she has tights.) I guess it doesn't matter because it's just a game and no one has to actually climb mountains, walk through tall grass, or worry about their rival seeing up their skirt... but still.

And the new gym leader has some intense pants going on...

All in all, I always feel like the updated games are just a new way to get money out of us...and sadly, they probably willl get money out of me. I'm sure the games will be as fun as any of the previous ones. :)

Railgun April 14th, 2012 3:44 PM

I'm sick of people calling the male gay and girl looking. I mean have people not watched anime or played games? lots of boys look girly and nobody jumps on them for it.

Bluerang1 April 14th, 2012 3:54 PM

The girl isn't wearing a skirt, it's like shorts that look like skirts. It's these.

They're really cute and ads to her creativity.

[Your Name Here] April 14th, 2012 4:17 PM

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Originally Posted by gunnerpow7 (Post 7127289)
The male looks like Hilbert's child for some sort... Weird...

But I absolutely love the female! I'm gonna use her when I get my hands on the English release... and a DS... =/

No. He looks more like his younger brother.

Twilight-kun April 14th, 2012 7:33 PM

I absolutely refuse to play as the male

All male protagonists are supposed to have their hair enclosed under a hat

he looks like an action anime character

I hope their names are better then *shudder* Hilda/Hilbert

Zelda April 14th, 2012 7:54 PM

The Water Gym Leader anyone? I find his tan line so unusual. Who tans their face/stomach and leave the rest down (including feet!) normal? Otherwise I think he's interesting somehow.

Ho-Oh April 14th, 2012 7:57 PM

Yeah...I have no clue what's going on there. Maybe they were trying to make him appear like he's literally always on the beach? o_O Or maybe Unova got hit by greenhouse gases, affecting the gym leaders!

Jellicent♀ April 14th, 2012 7:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Kaori (Post 7132634)
The Water Gym Leader anyone? I find his tan line so unusual. Who tans their face/stomach and leave the rest down (including feet!) normal? Otherwise I think he's interesting somehow.

You should see my grandpa
But yeah, that tan line is WEIRD. Like, dang. But he seems like hed be a sweetheart! <3

I can't help but notice that EVERY character revealed so far has RIDICULOUS hair. The shiny glitter in the Water dude's hair is pretty nifty, BUT MY GOSH.

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire April 14th, 2012 8:00 PM

I like the new girl much more than I liked Hilda...something about the new girl reminds me of Blue/Leaf, maybe it's the skirt and hair color...either way she looks awesome. I don't mind that the boy looks like an action anime character, actually it makes him better in my eyes ^_^.

Bluerang1 April 14th, 2012 8:01 PM

Yes his tan line is really weird but generic and that's cool. Also I wonder if he reminds anyone else of Finnick Odair?

I like the youthful look of Homika, she's like a rebellious teenager. Having a band in her garage, etc.

Ho-Oh April 14th, 2012 8:01 PM

...water leader has glitter? omg. But um, on the note of hair, didn't B/W have weird hair too? Or at least iirc it did. B2W2's isn't that weird other than the professor and the poison leader imo. :x

Jellicent♀ April 14th, 2012 8:16 PM

Oh yeah, they all had weird hair, but not AS weird as what they have shown us so far in the new games. But the professor takes the cake as far as the ODDEST hair of them all.

Zelda April 14th, 2012 8:30 PM

Two years later, Unova set a trend on the hair. Spiffy!

No but seriously, the hairstyles don't bother me that much. These new characters are lookin' fine!

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire April 14th, 2012 8:41 PM

The hair styles look fine to me too, well except for the prof's...it's even stranger than Iris' and N's...

The water gym leader isn't tan i the feet? I never noticed that before...

Railgun April 14th, 2012 8:44 PM

I love the boy the girl would look nice if she got rid of her meatballs

-ty- April 15th, 2012 9:55 AM

The highlight of the character designs are the gym-leaders!

She is my favorite of the two; presumed to be a poison-type gym leader?
http://www.serebii.net/black2white2/homika.png

I really like the fin-legging-swimsuit; presumed to be the water gym leader?
http://www.serebii.net/black2white2/shizui.png

The hero sprites have mixed reviews. MALE<FEMALE
The male sprite is AWFUL. He is a dweeb with a horrible haircut and leggings. The female sprite is probably one of the most interesting and appealing design for a heroine. I like the frilled mini-skirt, black leggings, and that crazy hair!
http://www.zeldainformer.com/2012/04/14/PBW2%20F-Trainer.jpghttp://bzzz.3dsbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Black-White-2-Male-Trainer.jpg

Volcoronawing649 April 15th, 2012 10:02 AM

(responding to -ty-) this is the first time I have seen the male character for the sequel games and I must say......Its going to take a while for me to get used to that god awful design! But the female character is to die for! The water gym leader is a little weird looking, but the poison type leader looks SOOOOOOOO cool. They did a good job with the female characters but not the male ones? Interesting

http://www.pokecommunity.com/www.pokemonelite2000.com/bw/637.png



Volcarona FTW! Oh, and Larvesta, he is cool too...

Katero April 15th, 2012 11:22 AM

I LOVE the new female protagonist, but the male ..... meh.
I like the new gym leaders too. Overall good for me, just not WHAZAM! You know what I mean?

The first time I saw the water type gym leader I was like:

Elite Overlord LeSabre™ April 16th, 2012 6:44 AM

Honestly, I wish the new water gym leader had a shirt. I've never liked the shrtless gym leaders/Elite Four members.

Zelda April 16th, 2012 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Elite Overlord LeSabre™ (Post 7134503)
Honestly, I wish the new water gym leader had a shirt. I've never liked the shrtless gym leaders/Elite Four members.

I agree, but it would make sense for a male water type Gym Leader to be shirtless. Guys don't really swim around in their shirts.

I think his character design is great, but if he was that white, (and the tan line is to show what he's about) they could have at least made him a little bit darker than from his previous skin tone. GF just had to go full on dark and leave very obvious tan lines. :[

Jellicent♀ April 16th, 2012 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Kaori (Post 7134868)

I agree, but it would make sense for a male water type Gym Leader to be shirtless. Guys don't really swim around in their shirts.

I think his character design is great, but if he was that white, (and the tan line is to show what he's about) they could have at least made him a little bit darker than from his previous skin tone. GF just had to go full on dark and leave very obvious tan lines. :[

I do. ;;

His tanlines (like the hair in the game), is ridiculous, but most certainly not unrealistic. xD
I kind of like that he's shirtless -le blush-, though. It does give that much more...idk, I just feelt hat if he's a swimmer who's also a water type leader, he should be in a swimsuit, which he is.

And dang, he's the first shirtless character who doesn't have a gut the size of the city they live in, you woulda thought people would have appreciated that much, at least. xD

Atomic Pirate April 16th, 2012 2:30 PM

I like the chick with the guitar. Other than that, meh. Oh, yes, the male protagonist. He looks like some kind of... SWEET TRANSVESTITE FROM TRANSSEXUAL TRANSYLVANIA!

Ahem, sorry about that, his clothes are just a bit...odd. I'd prefer if the guy with the black jewfro was the protagonist, but whatever. At least Pokemon from previous gens are catchable.

♠Dawn Rayne♠ April 16th, 2012 2:35 PM

I wonder if these new characters will be integrated into the Manga series as well.. I like the look of the other ones better actually, usually the female character is more appealing to me too but this time the male looks cooler. Nice hair bro! Will name him Jericho. ;)

Jellicent♀ April 16th, 2012 3:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ♠Dawn Rayne♠ (Post 7135143)
I wonder if these new characters will be integrated into the Manga series as well.. I like the look of the other ones better actually, usually the female character is more appealing to me too but this time the male looks cooler. Nice hair bro! Will name him Jericho. ;)

More like ridiculous hair
But that is an interesting theory, kind of like how they put Homika in the anime!

I'm pretty anxious to see how they incorporate older characters (if any are included in this game at all) into the games and if they have an updated wardrobe. That'd be neat to see, too.

So far though I'm excited to see what type of personality each new character has, especially the Gym Leaders'.


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