Game

Pokémon White Version

2010 · Nintendo DS · Role-playing (RPG) · Turn-based strategy (TBS) · Adventure

81IGDB player score
285 ratings

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An 81 average that undersells it — ask the 285 people who rated it. An RPG that understands the assignment: fantasy, science fiction, meaningful choices, and combat with actual teeth. Play it solo first. The multiplayer will still be there when you're done.

About this game

Pokémon White Version and Pokémon Black Version are the primary paired versions of Generation V. Black and White follow the trends set up by previous games in the series. Two player characters (one male and one female) travel a new region, Unova, on their Pokémon journeys. This region is inhabited by various Pokémon, and unlike before, none of those available prior to Generation V can be obtained before completing the main story by defeating Team Plasma. The games' names were revealed on the official Japanese Pokémon website on April 9, 2010, and scans from the subsequent issue of the magazine leaked the following day, April 10. Pokémon Black and White are followed in 2012 by two sequels, Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, which are set two years after the events of Black and White. Black 2 and White 2 are the second and final paired versions of Generation V.