There is a reason why that kid bothered to hunt for a shiny Ponyta for so long. Like I once said about Animal Crossing, playing Pokémon triggers the same chemicals in our brains that fire when someone is just about to win or lose something in real life. On a strictly biochemical level, random battles are effective game design, but only when used properly. People today often complain about random battles in RPGs, but the fact is, developers still utilize them because they still work on our brains. The underlying draw of all the main-series Pokémon games is their slot-machine-like appeal. If that’s the case, I’d be happy to explain to you why Pokémon is so popular, and why Pokémon Black/White is the best example to date of what makes the series so great. Maybe you’ve never played a Pokémon game, or maybe you just don’t get what’s so great about the series. OK, in that case, maybe you don’t like Pokémon all that much. Put those opinons and facts together, and you can only come up with one conclusion - if you like Pokémon, you should go buy Pokémon Black/White. It’s also the most robust, fully featured, polished Pokémon game on a technical level. Pokémon Black/White is my favorite Pokémon game. Pokémon Black/White is the most impressive main-series Pokémon game to date, and is more than worth the purchase, old hardware or not. Thankfully, Nintendo and Game Freak rose to that challenge. For that reason, Pokémon Black/White needs to be good enough to compensate for the fact that it’s on “old” hardware, which is a particularly tall order considering that the shadow of the 3DS is looming over all of gaming right now, not just Nintendo portables. This is the first Pokémon game that can’t rely on the power of a new console as a selling point. This is the first time a Nintendo handheld has seen a second new iteration of the Pokémon series within its life cycle. That has been true until Pokémon Black/White. The OG Game Boy got Pokémon Red/Blue, the Game Boy Color got Pokémon Silver/Gold, and so forth. That’s the way it’s been for the past 15 years. Every new Nintendo handheld gets a new Pokémon game.
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