Pokémon Black and White
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North American box art for Pokémon Black and Pokémon White, depicting the legendary Pokémon Reshiram and Zekrom respectively | |
| Developer(s) | Game Freak |
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| Director(s) | Junichi Masuda |
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| Designer(s) | Shigeki Morimoto Shigeru Ohmori |
| Programmer(s) | Tetsuya Watanabe |
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| Series | Pokémon |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo DS |
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| Genre(s) | Role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Pokémon Black Version[a] and Pokémon White Version[b] are 2010 role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. They are the first installments in the fifth generation of the Pokémon video game series.[6] First released in Japan on 18 September 2010, they were later released in Europe, North America and Australia in 2011. Sequels to Black and White, Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2, were released for the Nintendo DS in 2012.
Similar to previous installments of the series, the two games follow the journey of a young trainer through the region of Unova, as they train Pokémon used to compete against other trainers while thwarting the schemes of the criminal organization Team Plasma. Black and White introduced 156 new Pokémon to the franchise, 5 more than the previous record holder Pokémon Red and Blue, as well as many new features, including a seasonal cycle, rotation battles, triple battles, hidden abilities, and fully animated Pokémon sprites. Both titles are independent of each other but feature largely the same plot, and while both can be played separately, trading Pokémon between both of the games is necessary in order to complete the games' Pokédex.
Upon their release, Black and White received positive reviews, with praise for the advancements in gameplay. Reviewers, however, were divided on some of the Pokémon designs, and some critics felt that the games did not innovate as much as expected. Nevertheless, the games were commercial successes; prior to the games' Japanese release, Black and White sold 1 million consumer pre-orders and became the fastest Nintendo DS titles to sell 5 million copies. As of September 2017, the games' combined sales have reached 15.64 million, putting them amongst the best-selling games for the Nintendo DS, just behind their predecessors, Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.[7]
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- ^ "Pokemon Black & Pokemon White launching in North America on March 6, 2011". Archived from the original on 30 December 2010. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
- ^ "Pokémon Black Version and Pokémon White Version | Official Video Game Site (Australia & New Zealand)". Archived from the original on 25 January 2012.
- ^ 『ポケットモンスターブラック・ホワイト』 (in Japanese). Nintendo. Archived from the original on 21 September 2010. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
- ^ "Top Selling Software Sales Units - Nintendo DS Software". Nintendo. 30 September 2017. Archived from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
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