Pokemon Black And White

Pokemon Black and White brings a new level of excitement to the classic Pokemon game and introduces characters only seen on games available for the Nintendo.

With all the hype building up Pokemon Go, a virtual game that lets you catch Pokemon through real world activity, you might find yourself thinking back to all the fun you had with some of the older games in the franchise. Nintendo released multiple versions of the classic game for consoles like the DS, 3DS and Wii, including a Black version and a White version. These games came loaded with Pokemon characters and required that you act as a trainer to catch and train those characters before doing battles in the arenas found within the games. Both Pokemon Black and Pokemon White are now available in one game that you can download and play today.

Pokemon Black and White follows the same story found in previous installments. You play as a trainer on the hunt for the fictional characters living in the wild. The game lets you play as either a male or female trainer. As you wander through this fantasy world, you will come across Pokemon. It's your duty to track down and capture those characters through the use of pokeballs that you pick up along the way.

Once you capture one of those characters, you will work with it to help the character improve its skills and become a better fighter. You then take your creatures into arenas, battle against computer generated trainers and win points for the moves your character does. The game awards you points for winning matches too.

Though previous games focused only on training, Pokemon Black and White offers mini games too. Those games place you in scenarios that feature more characters and let you capture those characters even faster. Some mini games also let you level up faster and score more points, which is helpful to those who never played these games in the past. It's actually a good game for beginners because it introduces them to the world of Pokemon and gives them a basic understanding of how the games work.

Pokemon Black and White may lack some of the features that long-term players crave, however. It doesn't include some of the more popular characters and brings in some lesser known characters. The gameplay itself is a little easier than you might expect and feels repetitive at times. While some players love Pokemon Black and White, others will prefer earlier games in the franchise.

Pros:

• Features dozens of catchable characters
• Includes both versions of the Black and White games
• Includes easier mini games
• Helps players level up faster than ever before
• Players can capture and train Pokemon before battle

Cons:

• Repetitive gameplay
• Lacks popular characters
• Better suited for beginners and those unfamiliar with the Pokemon franchise