Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

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I didn't plan on buying Black 2 or White 2, but after a small trade-in, I had enough store credit to pick it up, and boy am I happy I picked it up. I am having so much more fun playing it than I did playing Black and White.

I think the big thing for me is the abundance of pre-BW pokemon found easily and early in the world. Before I even got to the first gym, I was encountering Riolus, Mareeps, and many others from Gold Silver, Ruby Sapphire and Diamond and Pearl. It was very refreshing to not have to rely only on the Black and White Pokemon.

Also, I really like two new features in the games: pokedex upgrade area tool, and the medal system.

I think it's really cool to be able to keep track of if I've caught all the Pokemon in a certain area. I used to always go to serebii to see if I missed any Pokemon, but now I don't have to do that, and honestly, it's more fun this way for it all to not be spoiled for me.

I think the medal system is ingenious. I'm always on the lookout to see if I earned a new medal from the guy at the Pokemon Center. I have stickied the medal case as my left button quickslot so I can quickly pull it up and see which medals I am missing. It keeps my attention and pushes me to do stuff I normally wouldn't do. It's a great addition to the game.

So far, I've beaten two gyms and am loving it. I wish you could breed pokemon earlier in the game, but that isn't a huge loss compared to the huge gains the game has brought along with it.

I'm not sure if I can play Black and White again after playing Black 2.
 
I enjoy the option for different difficulty settings and don't wish to play the game until I can play in the "hard mode".
 
I haven't seen Pidgey. I've seen lots and lotsa Pidove, tho.
 
Yup, only way to get Pidgey in B2W2 is through Dream World, which requires the C-Gear.

I have to say I'm really liking Black 2 myself. These games really show off what a late-console-life game can do. I wouldn't be impressed with this game if it had come out on the 3DS, but as a DS game it's top notch. I splurged a little and bought the Dream Radar, too, and it's super fun. The only bad thing is I have to be careful where I play that, because I'm constantly getting people coming up and asking "Did you just take a picture of me?!". No, Ma'am, just shooting clouds. :p
 
Anyway to control what nature and IV's we get from the pokemon we can catch on the dream radar?
 
I absolutely agree. BW2 has been a massive improvement in pretty much every way. I'm in love with the world, I adore the medal system, I feel attached to and excited about my team... Everything about this is glorious. I'm about to take on Roxie myself. :D
 
I love White 2. I've recently beaten Skyla. The jumps between each gyms Pokemon levels provides some challenge and demands a little more training. I'm surprised that you can find Riolu so early in the game (it was my first catch in the game :biggrin:) The PWT is a nice addition. And the story has a lot of depth and continuity from the previous game(s).

This is my team so far:

Samurott
Growlithe
Leavanny
Electabuzz
Lucario
Vibrava

All in the lv40's

I'm sadface that you can't catch Vulpix or Ninetales until way late in the game. But oh well. Growlithe/Arcanine will have to do for now. And i can always put in Zoroark for some foxiness:rolleyes:

All in all its a great game. It's less grindable but i guess that's a good thing.
 
I LOVE this game also!!! and the Dream Radar (I already caught the therian forme tornadus)

I bet that if this came out on te 3ds it would have been better because think of all the possibilities they can do on their instead of on the other ds, like the gyroscope, 3d visuals, circle pad, 2 cameras...
 
Nope. But, even if you had max difficulty, almost all RPGs can be beaten with the same strategy. GRINDGRINDGRIND.

It would be nice if opponent levels scaled to yours. But that's a pipe dream with this franchise...
 
You can unlock Easy Mode, and Hard Mode, some way, but I'm unsure of it. May be called Challenge Mode or something. One unlock in each version, which can be transferred to the other version. I think Black has easy mode, or whatever it is called.

When in doubt, serebii it.
 
You get a 'key' for beating the E4. White 2 is Easy key, Black 2 is Challenge key. You can then transfer them by IR to any other game, where they will be active from that point forward.
 
Yep, I gotta agree. Black 2 is really hitting a home run in my books. More challenging, more inviting, more un-put-downable - even with some walkthroughs that are available. I'm finding out more new stuff about the games that I never knew before, and having a great time with it. I'm even porting over some favorite pokemon from earlier games - got a great Charizard that I raised in Black 2 from a Charmander from an earlier game. I'd rather play this game over all the other ones I've played so far (and I've played them all since R/S).
 
I'm just enjoying how awesomely bad the Pokestar Studios is. I mean, it's absolutely incredible in how terrible these television episodes are. But I can't walk away from them. They're just too engrossing. It's like, how bad can this possibly get? Then let's make it even worse!

I'm stuck with 2 badges b/c of Pokestar Studios. And I'm enjoying every second of it ^_^
 
It's because you like battle puzzles. It's like those "Win the last prize this turn" puzzles that we had back a few christmases ago. ^_^
 
RB Golbat said:
It's because you like battle puzzles. It's like those "Win the last prize this turn" puzzles that we had back a few christmases ago. ^_^
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The problem is that they give away the solutions. The hardest part is choosing the correct line, and most of the time that isn't even that difficult. The only reason I failed one of them was b/c my Vanillite kept hurting itself instead of Swoobats.
 
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