Pokémon Black 2 Pokémon White 2 |
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Cover of Pokémon White 2 with Legendary Pokémon Kyurem's White Kyurem form on the cover
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Developer(s) | Game Freak |
Publisher(s) | The Pokémon Company |
Distributor(s) | Nintendo |
Director(s) | Takao Unno |
Producer(s) |
Junichi Masuda Hitoshi Yamagami Shusaku Egami |
Artist(s) | Takao Unno |
Writer(s) | Toshinobu Matsumiya Suguru Nakatsui Hiroto Ito Hikaru Yoshikawa |
Composer(s) | Go Ichinose Hitomi Sato Teruo Taniguchi |
Series | Pokémon |
Platform(s) | Nintendo DS |
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Genre(s) | Role-playing |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
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Aggregator | Score |
Metacritic | 80/100 |
Review scores | |
Publication | Score |
Famitsu | 36/40 |
IGN | 9.6/10 |
Pokémon Black Version 2 and White Version 2 (ポケットモンスターブラック2・ホワイト2 Poketto Monsutā Burakku Tsū & Howaito Tsū, "Pocket Monsters: Black 2 & White 2") are role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. The games are direct sequels to Pokémon Black and White, and were released in Japan in June 2012, with a worldwide release in October later that year. The games were first revealed on the February 26, 2012, episode of the Japanese television program Pokémon Smash!, followed by an international confirmation on the Pokémon official website. The games feature the new Legendary Pokémon identified by Junichi Masuda as Black Kyurem and White Kyurem.
Black 2 and White 2 are set two years after the events of Black and White, and much of the beginning events take place in new locations on the western side of the Unova region. These new locations also feature several Pokémon that were previously unavailable in Black and White, featuring a total of 300 unique creatures available from the start of the game, including Psyduck, Mareep, Growlithe, and Riolu.
A new game mechanic introduced in Black 2 and White 2 is the "PokéStar Studios" side game, where the player character participates in the filming of a movie involving Pokémon and other actors. A character named Brycenman also appears, as Brycen from the original games returned to his movie career. Another new mechanic is the Pokémon World Tournament, where the player battles powerful trainers from the previous games in the series, ranging from Gym Leaders Brock, Misty, Volkner, and Giovanni to Champions Cynthia, Steven, and Lance.