Pokemon Black/White 2 In Depth Review

After Pokemon Black and White released to great acclaim and some understandable backlash, many fans assumed it wouldn't be long until Game Freak released some sort of Pokemon Grey version that compiled both games onto one cartridge.
But to the surprise of almost the entire Pokemon community the studio doubled their efforts and released direct sequels called Pokemon Black and White 2 in 2012.
These games take place two years after Black and White and feature a brand new villain, more enigmatic storytelling and of course finally bring many Pokemon from previous generations back into the main campaign.
So do these sequels live up to the mighty expectations set by their predecessors, or did they just multiply generation 5's biggest flaws? Let's find out together in the in-depth review of Pokemon Black and White 2 for the Nintendo DS!
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[@RandomTens]

Long time no see!!! Sorry to everyone who’s been patiently waiting on this video and for me to upload again. Life sort of got away from me, and even though I’ve been streaming Pokémon Colosseum on my second channel for over a year now, I didn’t want to stream or upload on this channel until I fulfilled my promise and got this review out. My biggest issue was that I couldn’t just force this review out and cut corners. It had to live up to the expectations set by the Black and White review and I hope that it has! Anyways please enjoy this video and know that there will be Gen 6 and ORAS reviews eventually, it’s just obviously going to be a while! Oh and thank you for watching!!!

[@robertoveloso2691]

Do not feel sorry... it's a moment to celebrate!

[@Asher1347]

Take your time man! Quality over quantity. Glad to see you doing alright!

[@HollowPhntm]

I appreciate the effort put into it, but damn im really surprised you compiled it into about an hour, still awesome job and happy to see you return!

[@liamsmith8518]

I am so excited to see that you have plans for sword and Shield, unfortunately I am a bit busier than when sun and moon released, but I will deffinetly be playing shield along with you on your streams as you play through eight, I miss your hype streams for the release and I bet there will be some great new people to see your professional take in the game as you walk through it on the first time. I also must commend you for the incredible writing in all of your in depth reviews, it seems like every word has a purpose, and that just makes the review even better

[@fayezfawzi3255]

any intentions to return to your "the rarest" series soon?

[@TheMarioManiac]

Honestly gen 5 was peak Pokemon. Especially Black 2 and White 2. So much was packed into them games!

[@theoneandonly6204]

my first pokemon game, I never spent so much time in a region again as in white 2

[@pepperedmoth726]

I had 200 hours on white 2!

[@jessecouch]

@@pepperedmoth726 I have around 150 hours and I havent picked it up in over 4 years

[@incandescence5547]

Gen 5: is great Game freak: *nowhere to go from here but down bois*

[@diegoestrada8485]

Why do is see you everywhere

[@echobreeze3368]

Generation 5: "Most controversial Pokemon generation in history" Generation 8: Hold my Pokedex

[@noboundariesburnhws]

Half* of my Pokedex 😂

[@jeffrenjr]

@@noboundariesburnhws 🤣👌🏽

[@oldchannel6038]

Held gen 8's national dex and didn't give it back

[@strwbrryguts]

sorry to say this, but it is "kinda" back

[@pumpkinpuncher5524]

Lol gen 8 is more controversial than brexit rn

[@wyatt4109]

Gen 5 is easily my favorite generation I love it so much

[@jjc4924]

Me too.

[@3.2187_Kilometres]

Me as well

[@lunar7882]

Yes

[@Pikastation28]

Same

[@inky2412]

Idk if I like gen 2 more or not, but I still give major props to unova

[@EscaVODS]

"These games deserve more." YES. ABSOLUTELY. I'll always forever defend Gen V as Gamefreak's magnum opus; that point in time where they actually *cared* .

[@jjc4924]

I agree.

[@Yinyanyeow]

I will agree. Gen 5 was Game freak's biggest push of trying anything really big. Though I'll say that Gen 6 was the last game that Game Freak put in serious effort. Hate me all ya want but you know I'm right since gen 7 proves it.

[@amuzarill423]

@@Yinyanyeow gen 7 is miles better than gen 6.

[@Yinyanyeow]

@@amuzarill423 Right... That is as true as a Light type in Pokemon existing in that generation. Oh wait... They don't exist. Generation Six is better than seven since it is the last time REAL effort was in the games.

[@wapson2176]

Yinyanyeow no. Gen 6 was lazy, you could see it in the gym battles, exp system, and dialogue. Lysandre was an over glorified Cyrus who basically had the same goal, destroy the world. Gen 7 had actual character growth, actual challenge, and actual story that made sense with its biggest flaw being its cut scenes taking up too much time. And I don’t know what you mean by light type? You mean fairy type Pokémon? They exist in gen 7 too. Gen 6 had no effort, they didn’t even get a direct follow up like everyone hoped. The game felt empty and derived and had zero to offer in terms of post game. It was literally main game, looker missions, and that’s it. ORAS were mostly copy n paste RSE with a few new features but they took the battle frontier away.

[@MineNAdventurer]

It's so upsetting that we can't get as much love and care with the newer Pokémon games as we did with all of Gen V. Though it makes me happy being reminded of these games once again

[@MiyaoMeow588]

subjective quality has nothing to do with "love and care" lol. if there's anything that's remained consistent over the years, it's the fact that this franchise is just as beloved by it's devs as it's ever been, if not more so

[@machina5]

@@MiyaoMeow588 Sadly we can't really claim that with all the cut content, excuses, and lies from Gamefreak recently. Fingers crossed they pull through on the next games.

[@MiyaoMeow588]

@@machina5 we absolutely can still claim that, but keep harping on about all that nonsense and pretend that there's actually anything of substance behind it instead of admitting it's all empty, meaningless babble that indicates no understanding of the actual situation at hand

[@shawnjavery]

I think it's a bit unfair to blame it on a lack of effort on GF part. From what I understand the development time for modern day games are a lot higher than they were when the games were 2-D and they still have the same schedule, so the post game content is cut down. It's also kinda dubious how many people will actually enjoy the post game, as most people don't even finish the games they buy. I can think of a lot of other game franchises that had run into similar problems so I don't think it just has to do with Nintendo. If the anime is anything to go off of, it doesn't look like the people making the games are less passionate than before.

[@joshbuck1586]

@@MiyaoMeow588 You are possibly the most rude and condescending person I've ever seen in the comments of a KZbin video - which is seriously saying something.

[@jayfarias8440]

When Swo&Shi gets a higher rating than B2/W2 on IGN: “However, I DISAGREE!!!”

[@this_username_is_taken7004]

IGN rating Sword & Shield be like: *7.8/10 too much curry*

[@c3ntravaswani427]

Ign gave it a 93 lmao

[@MustacheDLuffy]

Ign gave BW2 a 9.6/10, it’s the highest rated Pokémon game besides the first 2 gens who have perfect 10s

[@M3rtyville]

the "reviewer" of SwSh played victim on a video on the channel Nintendo Voice Chat. The video got the comments disabled because so many people called her out on her bullshit said in that video.

[@SageSea1]

However, EVERYONE disagrees

[@MrChabry]

I'm glad Gen 5 is now getting the love it always deserved.

[@reshi606]

Even in 2019 BW2 are still the best pokemon games. The ammount of pure high quality content in here is insane.

[@lordofhostsappreciator3075]

Amen

[@miniuzi10]

I really wish i got it when i was 12. I jumped off the pokemon train after i got white 1. I really wish i played this game when it came out.

[@Roanan.]

I've still got my copy of the game.

[@juliannotbreezy5321]

@@miniuzi10 play blaze black and volt white 2

[@ancient7421]

I will agree that BW2 are definitely the best main series Pokemon games. I gotta say, I still think EoS takes the cake as best Pokemon game overall, but that's just my opinion

[@joshf2218]

To all the people who unfairly bitched about Gen 5: Be careful what you wish for.

[@Figey_2022]

Yup

[@rishabhanand4973]

granted, I never really played many of the mainstream pokemon games apart from gen 3, so I wasn't that into pokemon at the time, I admit I was one of those people who wrote off gen 5 at the time. But man I was wrong. Not only does unova have some of the coolest pokemon, like haxorus, hydreigon, bisharp, excadril, volcarona, accelgor, excavalier, golurk, chandelure, scrafty but a storyline that only the best rom hacks can even compete with (though I didn't like how dirty it did alder)

[@R.Sinnia]

Sword and Shield has to be Game Freak's biggest fuck you for not liking Gen V

[@generallegath974]

I was one of those people. When I was younger, starting out high school and whatnot, I thought Black and White were some of the worst games. Didn't like anything about them. Not the music, not the pokemon, not the region, not the animated sprites; the only thing I'd give them was probably the story. I did always think B2W2 were pretty good, but they were stained with that painful smear of being linked to the originals, and being in a region and system I hated. I've had a strong change of heart on that. I regret all of the undeserved criticism I levied at these games, because I appreciate them so much these days. I replayed Black and White (technically the first time I played them legitimately) in 2019 and beat them in a weak. I found the experience more than enjoyable. Best games? No. Unfairly criticized by me several years prior? Definitely. I (fully) replayed Black 2 and White 2 for the first time since my very first playthrough of those games and it, along with a reassessment of the originals, has propelled Gen 5 to second place in my mind, only below Gen 4 -- a huge contributing factor being that Gen 5 only visits Unova whereas Gen 4 allows you to visit three different regions, with comparable amounts of content baked into it. I never would've thought that I'd think so highly of these games just a few years before. Maybe my nostalgia is just setting in. Maybe I've become more appreciative of things I couldn't recognize as a ten-year-old (which is what I was when Gen 5 came out). I nonetheless firmly believe that these games are some of the most solid in the series.

[@letoast6093]

Honestly, moving pixels satisfy me enough.

[@AriaEnoshima]

Great video. Just to add, you can go into Hugh's house at the end of the game and the sister will mention that the Leipard is still cold towards her but through time (or defeating the elite 4 multiple times) it will open its heart again and they will be best buds again. It's a small touch so I don't blame you for missing it but i think it wraps up the arc quite neatly.

[@Gerenic]

Thank you, this made my day

[@contraryshinysnivy]

@@Gerenicamazing info

[@jonk734]

In humilau city there is a boy and a girl running around and when you complete the game the girl is gone and the boy talks about living in the moment because there might not be another it's enough to male a grown man cry

[@aran.m977]

Nooooooooo

[@burningpotato9447]

She dies? Nooooooo

[@Prometheus_UwU]

@@burningpotato9447 I assumed she dumped him. I highly doubt she died, although it is possible since you can find frillish in Humilau City, which paralyzes its prey before dragging it to the bottom of the ocean. However, I highly doubt this is the case.

[@ghengiroo4143]

I know there’s a guy in Humilau who sends you on a sidequest to ring the Celestial Tower bell to give him and his girlfriend eternal happiness, but then his 4 exes try to stop you. Probably one of the strangest events in Pokémon. The last of the four actually has 6 high level and powerful Steel types and is one of the strongest regular trainers in Pokémon history.

[@ghengiroo4143]

@Decipher Studios That too, forgot about that

[@Guest_-it3yw]

I never felt more emotional than with this review. You brought back some of my best memories. I was one of the few that saw the beauty of gen 5, and it's sad to see that others do now after realizing Gamefreak has stopped trying with the new games.

[@lpfan4491]

an textheavy rpg with a good story. complete blasphemy!(or at least that is what many casuals like to say about pokemon)

[@ModernMind18]

HE CAME BACK WHEN WE NEEDED HIM MOST So glad to see you're active man

[@RandomTens]

DUUUUUUDE! I hope everything is all good! It’s been too long haha!

[@ModernMind18]

@@RandomTens It has been! I'm a man in college now, playing Pokemon in my own dorm now. Very serious. Hope everything is well over there and I'm so glad to see you around again!

[@jjc4924]

Welcome back, old friend. We miss you. And what better way for your return to finally reviewing Black 2 and White 2. Gen. 5 is my absolute favorite gen. It did alot of things right to me & I'm so happy you gave it an chance. Great review & glad that you are back.

[@aaravos4371]

I, to this day, refuse to believe that the Main Characters of these games are only 11. they look 16.

[@xhale671]

If we're going by the manga age then Rosa and Nate are both 12 while Hilbert and Hilda are 16

[@tirza1752]

nate and rosa are not 11, they're 14-16

[@xhale671]

@@tirza1752 are you referring to their manga or game counterparts

[@user-ye9bc7nw2c]

@@tirza1752 pussy

[@kingbowser4542]

Honestly who cares about their age lol

[@jayace92]

The last great Pokemon games. Early 2010's were the series peak.

[@jjc4924]

Well I don't know if I call it the last great Pokemon game. That would be Sun and Moon. But I can say that it's still my absolute favorite Pokemon gen.

[@lordofhostsappreciator3075]

Indeed.

[@HardGuess]

The only reason ppl glossed over it was because of X and Y's launch. B2/W2 and their prequels are, for me, easily the best games in the franchise.

[@HowManySmall]

@@jjc4924 ew sun and moon sucked

[@jjc4924]

Pokemon5475. I disagree.

[@goronbro7887]

So glad you're back! And for my favorite Pokemon game of all time!

[@MAWKY_MAWK]

It kinda feels like these games were Gamefreaks magnum opus. They havent made a game this good since.

[@nick6019]

It’s been 3000 years..... Where you been?????

[@RandomTens]

Nick I Been crazy busy sort of uprooting my life for my job, so there’s been way too little time for gaming and fun. But I’m hopefully back for a little while until things pick up again!!!

[@nick6019]

RandomTens All good, life happens lol. Love your stuff, excited for what’s to come!

[@ancient7421]

I will say that I still think Generation 4 was the strongest generation overall. However, that's the emphasis on overall. In my opinion, Black and White 2 are bar none the best, most well crafted main series titles that the company has ever created. Every aspect is probably among the best the franchise has to offer, between the plot, the music, the nostalgic callbacks, and it managed to make Unova extremely fresh, quite the feat when you consider these were the second Unova titles in a row. From a setting, it's amazing, and the gameplay fits the bill as well. One of my absolute favorite things about Gen V were their special encounter mechanics, like rustling grass, dark grass, ripple spots, hidden grottos, and so on. You were able to hunt special Pokemon and it felt even more rewarding finding that rare Pokemon than it ever seems to nowadays. And of course, N's Pokemon were a rather unique inclusion that I wholeheartedly enjoyed as well. Standalone, the games are top notch, but when considered as a sequel, they become so much more. Black and White 2 are the best main series Pokemon has to offer, and I must say, if Explorers of Sky didn't exist, they'd likely be sitting on the throne as the peak of the franchise as a whole. They are that good.

[@jjc4924]

Amen.

[@incandescence5547]

I'd say they are sitting in that throne, as good as eos is. Of course, with completely different gameplay and only the presence of Pokemon tying them together, it's a bit of a silly comparison to make.

[@Metawire61]

The only thing that doesn't sit in b2w2's grasp is fluidness and speed, there is nothing that can beat gen 3 in those. Aside from that, b2w2 rules all

[@jaretco6423]

Ancient. That's exactly how I put it.

[@haydenlee3293]

Took a while, but worth the wait for sure. Best way the DS line could go out. There's a reason there's only one true sequel, you simply can't improve upon perfection. Glad to see you're back!

[@samanyuchhibber1306]

Ernie the Giant Chicken But those 4 Pokémon that the Elite 4 have the first time you fight them are still more of challenge than the 6 Pokémon that the Elite 4 have in newer games. The same thing can be said about the Gym Leaders. The Elite 4 also get 6 Pokémon in Gen 5 when you go to fight them the second time.

[@CrystalRubyMoon]

Man fighting Hilda/Hilbert in BW2 via Memory Link would have been amazing. Fighting yourself is always a great way to see how strong you actually are, both in the past and the present

[@clarkside4493]

I hope Colress gets a Kyuren of his own eventually. They both share similar designs (right down to a blue "cowlick"), they both seek optimization (be it through force or friendship), and they both like it cold.

[@TheNamelessOne888]

And if anyone can recomplete Kyurem, it's him.

[@S.I.L.]

@@TheNamelessOne888 I'll predict that in some future game Colress comes back with enhanced dna splicers to fuse Kyurem with Reshiram and Zekrom at the same time, recreating the original dragon called complete Kyurem or something similar.

[@TheNamelessOne888]

@@S.I.L. It probably controlled chi, both life energy and nature energy, and had the power to make reality into dreams and dreams into reality. That would explain the type gems and the Entralink. Kyurem does have a hidden power that can only emerge if combined with both Reshiram and Zekrom.

[@frozezone2947]

"They both like it cold"

[@alvaropg6352]

Dude I'm SCREAMING I found your channel like a month ago and LOVED your can 5 and 4 reviews but then I was crushed when I saw you weren't uploading any videos so I stalked for a while and saw you had a active community still so I thought well I will subscribe so at least I don't miss the channel Now seeing this is freaking awesome I love videos about Pokemon but I feel like people get to personal with them don't make exhaustive analysis of them or whatever but you, you really make Pokemon analysis and they are the greatest in KZbin I haven't seen the video, I'll watch it tomorrow but right now I'm really pumped up Keep it up, take your time Do whatever you want Love you

[@Lionlovesunity]

Álvaro PG You’re an incredible person. I hope my subscribers are like you. ❤️🦁🙏👍

[@HerrZhukov]

N and Ghetsis’ story reminds me a lot of the story of Prince Zuko and Firelord Ozai.

[@timothycarter1592]

Thank You, Finally a content creator who encapsulated my passion and love for Gen 5. This game truly made my Childhood. Thank you for taking the time to give Gen 5 the love it deserved.

[@lecherousfish]

When this game gets a remake Im going to be so happy. Just seeing my favorite gen being made in beautiful 3d will make me so happy. Also we gonna talk about how Kyurem is literally evil... at least to me.

[@jjc4924]

Honestly, I don't want GF to remake Gen. 5. Don't get me wrong. I absolutely love Gen. 5 to death. But I'm worried that they'll ruined alot of expectations & effort in the remake that the original BW/BW2 games did perfectly well & still holds up perfectly well. Especially since GF is now being obnoxious at these days.

[@Dragofrost7777]

Kyuren was never evil. It was first the original peaceful dragon of Unova before splitting and then it was mind controlled by Team Plasma to do bad shit. It's pokedex description tells you it wants to be captured and used by a "hero" so it can regain it's true form (like Necrozma). Even in the Keldeo movie it was just an obstacle for the Swords of Justice to test thier power

[@andresreynoso7254]

JJ C same. Also with Sinnoh

[@jaretco6423]

Gen. 5 is probably the only Gen that doesn't need an remake. Honestly, it's perfectly fine as it is.

[@asianman7945]

@@jaretco6423 it most definitely needs a port though, getting your hands on an authentic copy of pokemon bw/bw2 is so expensive

[@nekolu]

Dude I’ve missed you so much! I started watching your content after seeing your black and white review and seeing you finally post a review for the sequel has made my day. I wish you nothing but the best, my dude

[@maxidge4]

It's great to have you back with a bang and even greater knowing you've been having an awesome time during your absence based on your socials, welcome back Stan

[@Pownchao]

If you remember in Black and White version, there was that pokémon transfer facility in the post game. I forgot what it was called, but it let you transfer your mons from gen 4 titles like Heart Gold and Soul Silver. One of the people in this facility mention something about how some Pokémon broke out of their facility. This is why you can catch non gen 5 mons in East Unova in Black/White. I think this is also why Black 2/White 2 have more Pokémon. I thought it was a fun story detail to note and that you should know.

[@anthonykf99]

Back when it released, it got so much hate. Now everyone loves it. It was my favorite game by a mile!

[@andresreynoso7254]

Tony they are good, but because of that stupid overrated anime and Garbodor/Vanilluxe they hated it. It was so stupid

[@jryangutierrez]

Why did they get hate?

[@nuttynate6161]

You said it man, gen 4 and 5 are the peak of Pokemon, I'll always come back to them.

[@YTomi26]

the only thing that upset me is that Gamefreak are literally forgetting Unova after such a masterpiece they made. Sure they are getting more mention recently in Pokemon Masters and also brand new Pokemon Sword and Shield but hell Unova deserved better.

[@TheWitchofEndor-1]

Now we have Galar who’s story is sorely lacking.

[@42Caio]

Everything is lacking. I really don't understand why anyone is praising that garbage. Ever since X and Y Pokémon has been an exercise in frustration, they can't have the same quality and content of games released 10 years ago, every generation is more barebones and while Gen 7 at least offered a good story, Gen 8 offers nothing in exchange for the culled content, and people keep relentlessly defending it

[@Jdudec367]

42Caio x and y's story wasn't even bad though. honestly while not as good as gen 5 gen 6 was the more experimental gen since they were moving to 3d. also as for gen 7...I consider usum to be the some of the series's best

[@theholynut8598]

"the most controversial gen in history!" Sword and Shield: Hold my roster

[@funninoriginal6054]

What rouster?

[@theholynut8598]

@@funninoriginal6054 roster meaning the Pokemon available

[@funninoriginal6054]

Oof, idk if i missed the joke or you missed the joke now

[@ojutay8375]

@@funninoriginal6054 the answer is yes

[@M3rtyville]

*hold my curry dex

[@AF-qn9hc]

Aside from the massive amount of content that Gen 5 contained. They were the only Pokemon games that made me feel guilty once because of Team Plasma. There isn't any villain team as complex and sophisticated as them. Team Galactic came in second. Thus Gen 4 and Gen 5 was the peak of Game Freak.

[@EtamirTheDemiDeer]

I always loved the soundtrack, the new plasma theme and Colress’s theme were always favorites. But I also really loved the little pre-battle jingles. The roughneck being my favorite

[@YuseiTheSynchroHero]

Tbh, that quote at the VERY end from Junichi Masuda... Is truly a BLESSING as well as a CURSE if you think about it. After seeing this in-depth review, I think me and those watching... Can truly appreciate what that quote meant for these two games and why years later, they still are a cult classic.

[@MikeDaddy]

Easily best game they’ve made, there is just so much content.

[@danielcm4237]

I can't wait to see your review of X/Y, the games that, imo, started the trend of "let's make things easier and shortter due the new generation of kidz"

[@lpfan4491]

x and y are basicly the worst kind of reboot. they had nothing to offer aside from a misused mechanic(megaevolution was meant to make weak pokemon stronger,but was almost exclusively used for already op pokemon in those games). and after that,welp...they tried a little bit,but still went on the "who cares?"-train. I wonder how much the series would be diffrent if they went out of their way to fix their mistake in a pokemon z.

[@jjc4924]

If only we had Pokemon Z, than Gen. 6 could've been alot better. I mean, look at Gen. 4. Can you imagine if we didn't get Platinum & we're stuck on Diamond & Pearl?

[@themilkman5004]

It’s been ten thousand years glad that your back

[@landis9767]

you had the chance to say 3000 smh

[@Lupinemancer87]

"For every Hilbert, there is a Nate." What about Hilda and Rosa?

[@ZaffreRevolution]

My jaw actually dropped when I saw this. I was on my break at work and nearly flipped. You've inspired me so much in your time away from here! The in-depth looks at these games that mean so much to you made me want to start doing my own content like that, so it's great to see such a big inspiration finally back. I've rewatched your other analyses videos a ton and you still brought the heat all this time later. Thank you for putting in all this time and effort to create some truly amazing content, I can't wait for more whenever that may happen, and just know you've made an impact - you really have. Happy hunting to you as well!!

[@areallymeanperson]

I really like the idea of fighting hilbert and him having your team through the memory system, it wouldve been so cool

[@leargamma4912]

They actually wanted to impliment something like this, and even had hilda/Hilbert in the game. Buuut for some reason, the whole thing was cut. Probably due to time restraints. The reason I say this is because this was in the last winter month of the DSI's lifespan.

[@keeysOST]

Man this brings back good memories. My personal favorite generation of all.

[@Alexwgr]

Im holding off on watching this until tomorrow or else i wont get any sleep

[@hehecactusboy4312]

Did you know that in the PWT there are a couple trainers named X and Y? Also, dude, your eyes are just...beautiful.

[@ryanjstannard]

Gen 5 was so underrated back in the day. I'm glad it is finally getting the love it deserves. The music slaps, the story is amazing, and the pokemon are great considering they introduced nearly 160 new ones. I daresay it's one of the best gens, if not *the* best gen.

[@jjc4924]

Couldn't say it better myself.

[@lucaskim5139]

Omg What a great surprise! I was sad and alone , now I’m happy and alone, thank you

[@itsjustme6334]

Glad you addressed that BW2 didn't include a Memory Link battle against the player's BW team, it was the biggest missed opportunity in an otherwise cool game. I had been looking forward to it during my playthrough and was let down when that battle never came.

[@joserachi96]

KZbin: Random Tens has uploaded Me: He did it! He's back! and with my favorite pair of pokemon games!

[@FunLobsterFacts]

Not gonna lie. "I make this melody hoping that it send us to the future" hits harder than Hearthbreaker Charles's "Punchline.

[@OshawottLuke]

Pokéstar Studios, medals, join avenue, all the battle facilities and challenges, the rival, the characters as a whole (somehow, even NPCs feel right, more real than in other games), the PokéDex, all the areas, the music, the colors/colours, the sprites, the dialogues, the story, the cutscenes. Everything. They really put all the love into these games. It's just so great. The story is so well paced. That pixel art is everything. And- and- THE GYM THEMES. HIDDEN GROTTOES. THE LOST ITEM AND THOSE TRADES. *And I still cry every time I get to the part when Hugh tells the palyer about the Purrloin.* It's so real. It feels like a real world.

[@SageSea1]

B/W WAS controversial in its first year, but let’s be honest, no-one has ever had a real problem with BW2. Over time, as BW2 has aged incredibly well, more people began to to appreciate B/W. Likewise, sword and shield hasn’t really been controversial since release, it’s been universally hated, and unlike generation 5, which along with generation 4, was the peak of Pokémon, there is merit to disliking gen 8

[@StailsArte]

"for every white there is a black" Y E S

[@aldoushuxley5953]

So happy to see you are back :D

[@eyzakyary6720]

Hi RandomTens! (I'm a little late, but here I come anyway x) ) I'm an **absolute** fan of Pokemon Black 2 & White 2 (spent like 8500+ hours on this game playing and replaying since I was 12) and now that I'm discussing the quality of those games with friends I'm searching for cons in videos like yours, to spread my genuine love with neutrality, but never did find "valid" points, only the "Gen 4 is better, I don't like this music so this other thing with no link is bad too" and i'm happy to say your video is great ! 52 minutes of pleasure, you presented the whole story in bits *before* discussing it, I don't know what to say more :D It's some quality content here, and since you made your comeback with this video, be sure that you did an amazing job !

[@eh6194]

Imagine kyurem fusions on the switch would be so cool

[@leonard7416]

They are in the games, but you have to tranfer them over!

[@KazeAlmas]

Bro im not gonna lie you going through the story and explaining everythingg that Unova had to offer almost made me tear up. It was so well thought out and i was always driven by a good story and thats what Unova offered for me. Of course i was young when i played it but you going over things that i never really remembered or understood is bringing so much more light as to why I love these games and love the Pokemon as a series. So for that, thank you man. 💙💙

[@barx]

Alright, see you in two years for the Gen 6 review.

[@AngSco30]

Did not expect this but I'm really grateful! I always re-watch your reviews every now and again when I'm playing Pokemon; nice to have another one to watch!

[@alexiafox74]

So glad to see you back, Stan! Seeing a video on my birthday for the first time in such a long time made my day :D

[@RandomTens]

So happy to hear that and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!🥳

[@alexiafox74]

@@RandomTens Thank you! :D

[@machina5]

YEEES God I missed this channel so much. It's nice to hear some good news for once from Pokemon nowadays lol

[@EinsteinJR2]

Glad that there is someone else who cares a lot about that square with tall grass in Castelia City. I love that place, one of my favorite places in the series.

[@TeoReviews]

I literally just watched the last video for the second time and was wondering about when this was ever gonna come out and check up on youtube today to see this; pleasantly surprised.

[@HDGamerofficial]

Holy hell, this is a beautiful and wonderful video. The Gen 5 games are my favourites in the franchise, and finding all these new/newish videos giving Unova all the praise it DEFINITELY deserves UNOVA GOAT WOOOOOO

[@DREKflow]

Just caught this in my recommendations and immediately re-subbed. I didn't realize you were still active with streaming. Loved this and the rest of your work dude, so glad you're back.

[@joltx9909]

Black and white 2 had so much content - new story, new areas of unova, one hell of a post game. its kind of sad that they didnt sell as much as other pokemon games, when lets go in comparison sold way more and it was a game with almost no new content. black and white 2 deserve more love in my opinion, and it reminds me of the days when gamefreak actually put effort in the pokemon games instead of rushing things and focusing on shiny new features and gimmicks. gen 4 and 5 as a whole had so much effort put into them, and I still enjoy playing them even today. I wish future pokemon games will be made with as much effort and care

[@Ganobrator]

I knew subscribing to you after you've been absent for a while would eventually pay off. Great job as always!

[@bacondragon6925]

This video made me cry. Partially from sadness that something this perfect and beautiful may never be made again and also a thankful standpoint to GF that they put the time and effort to make something so amazing. I miss those days when I would laugh while playing these games with my brother as children, 1v1ing each other although i would almost always lose cuz i didn't understand typings as a 6-7 year old. To accidentally one shotting cobalion the first time i met him with a single razor shell from my over leveled lvl 80 samurott. This absolute masterpiece will always have a place in my heart and once I have kids of my own, I will show my children the absolute masterpiece I grew up with as a child. It doesn't have as clear or cutting edge graphics as possible today, but it was the best thing back then and dare i say, better than the games and graphics we have now.

[@DiscontinuedChannel-z1t]

This video took long to come out than Duke Nukem Forever. Except it was worth the wait Why can’t I write sentence?

[@SilentWhoLive]

Guess I found this channel at the right time. Just finished your b&w review last week. Welcome back.

[@Lionmarq649]

He’s back!!

[@callmezeldaonemoartime]

Black 2 was my first Pokémon game, what a start that was

[@imaginationlegitimator5510]

I found your channel 2 months ago, and I really liked your content on your youtube channel, I love every pokemon reviews that you've done and it's simply amazing! By far one of my favorite person to watch when it comes to reviewing games. When I saw that you didnt upload for so long, I was wondering "Where did this guy go?" but I realised you still have an active community and your actually still alive. So keep doing what your doing best, Alright? I'll be looking forward for your future videos!

[@RazorMiddle]

Black and White 2 truly are incredible games. I appreciate the in depth review and agree with your assessment!

[@linkuriboh471]

Pokemon Black and White 2 are my favorite overall Pokemon games in the series. They have the most content and replay value. Generation 5 has my favorite Pokemon like Excadrill, Haxorus, and Hydreigon. Plus, Ghetsis is one of my favorite fictional villains.

[@spiritofnex]

Wow! Welcome back! I found out about your channel about 6 months ago, and I've really enjoyed your videos! I've been looking forward to this video! I'm really glad this hit my notifications!

[@isaiah123456wp7]

I've been waiting for this one!!!

[@janithernest3929]

As a kid Iris being the champion really surprised me I thought I would fight Alder.

[@noahismango]

I recently completed this game for the first time and seeing this video in my feed was so cool. Great to see your back!

[@batguy39]

50:10 That's an absolute win though Zekrom is the best!

[@Leto85]

I just bought this game second-hand two days ago! Great to get more in-depth information now thanks to you.

[@cable_g0re]

I will fight anyone who thinks trubbish/garbodor is worse than grimer/muk. I will also fight anyone who thinks gen 5 has very lazily designed pokemon, especially since pokemon like voltorb exists. Like,,,, cmon at least look at foongus and amoongus, they feel so much neater design wise than "exploding orb with eyes that looks like a pokeball" im probably just going on an angry tangent tho XD, i just really like gen 5 and dont think it deserves the hate it got. Plus like,, everyone has their own nostalgia, mine is for gen 5, some others may be for gen 4, others gen 1, so on and so forth. Just don't try to devalue someone because you don't like what they like. You'd think that'd be obvious, but we live in a society sadly.

[@tijuanatacotoker]

Its a testament to how much i loved this game that i watched this all the way through. I rarely do that for any video on YT that lasts this long.

[@IsoTopicJeff]

I'm happy to see you upload again! I love how much work you put into all of these reviews, even if they do take a while! Can't wait to hear what you have to say about XY!

[@RandomTens]

Jeff Clayton It’s crazy but I honestly think X & Y will be like 2x easier and faster to review than these ones were. Just on story alone it’s a huge decrease and obviously there’s not a ton of post game to cover. Despite all this, X/Y are the two games in the series I’ve played the most and they have a certain charm that seems to make me return every few years!

[@Monica_bondevik]

Gen 5 is just easily my favourite games in the series.

[@olefredrikskjegstad5972]

Pokémon White 2 was only my second ever Pokémon Game, my first being Omega Ruby at its release. I can honestly say W2 is almost solely responsible for making Generation V my favorite overall Generation of Pokémon. Closely followed by Gen IV thanks to Platinum/SoulSilver.

[@Ludwis]

Black and White are open-ended and complete games by themselves, hence the surprise when the sequel was announced, whose ending is not much more closed, rather a reiteration of the first part but with a more determined Natural.

[@Ludwis]

Although the existence of BW2 could make the story feel incomplete playing only BN for some.

[@TheAwesomeDarkNinja]

I've been looking forward to this.

[@lolgod6932]

Gen 5 is the most nostalgic to me. It's the first core series game that made me actually tear up. It's one of the only generations that I replay over and over just to see certain scenes again, or hear certain tracks. Gen 5 also has my one of my most favorite legendary Pokemon (zekrom). Overall, I'd personally say that Gen 5 trumps all of the previous generations that I played

[@ZZ-ex8py]

Gen 4 is better than gen 5, dp/p/hgss is clearly better than bw/b2w2

[@lolgod6932]

@@ZZ-ex8py I absolutely disagree with you. For me, gen 5 is the best simply because of the heart and emotion put into it. It's the only pokemon game that has consistently made me tear up because of the music, or send shivers down my spine with a single line of dialogue. However, having since played Gen 4 on an emulator, I can see where you're coming from. I thoroughly enjoyed playing gen 4,and even enjoyed just listening to Cynthias theme before the fight. But, gen 5 will always be the besy generation to me.

[@ZZ-ex8py]

@@lolgod6932 firstly no Pokémon game should send shivers down your spine or make you tear up....ur weird And gen 4 isn’t just sinnoh it’s also hgss

[@lolgod6932]

@@ZZ-ex8py it's the nostalgia that is driving that. Those games were part of a better time for me, when I wasnt dealing with depression.

[@AkashiNano]

Little addendum: around 4:31 you say that there isn't a reason given as to why there's ~200 new Pokemon, but Bianca makes it clear that in the two years between BW and B2/W2, there was a mass migration. Okay, where do I start with this! First of all, this was an excellent, excellent review and I'm so grateful to people like you for giving Gen 5 the fair shot it so desperately needed and the appreciation that it more than deserves! They're, in my opinion, easily the best Generation we've had rivalled only by HG/SS in terms of content, features and love injected into every piece of the games. That said, there were a couple things I was looking forward to hearing about that you never covered and I just kinda want to bring up because they were part of what make B2W2 so fun to me and they're features that are sadly slept on. (Long comment incoming!) 1) This was the only one you mentioned but PokeStar Studios constantly gets clowned on and I have a hard time figuring out why. They were a battle based facility that gave the user rental Pokemon and specifications to follow in particular patterns which meant that you couldn't just brute force your way through anything. Furthermore, I feel like no one played past the first battle with Brycen Man. Pokestar studios offered a huge variety of movies and sequels to said movies that all had fascinating little storylines and gorgeous art attached to them. Off the top of my head, the few I remember are a Time Travel dystopia where your player is a scientist who gets transported to a future where bug Pokemon are the apex species and Humans are used in battle, A Gojira type film where robotic Tyranitars attack a city and your player is part of an Earth Defense team and a RomCom type scenario where your player and another actress are set up by your Pokemon. There's so much fun little gems slid into Pokestar Studios and I haven't even finished it all in my just about 2 years of playing the game. I will acquiesce that it is grindy and if you don't care for worldbuilding then it's probably a lost cause, but it's such a charming little feature that I can't help but think it sad that people don't really take the time to explore it. 2) Speaking of things in B2W2 that no one takes the time to dive into; JOIN AVENUE. It wasn't even mentioned in this video! Join Avenue is such a useful feature with so many amazing uses that it's kind of a shame that you didn't talk about it at all. Join Avenue helps to alleviate one of the other problems of the original BW by giving access to items from past games such as Berries and Fossils while also giving a plethora of items and services like shards, friendship raisers, stat raisers, egg hatcheries, hell even places to by things like Fresh Water and Moomoo Milk in huge, terrible quantites. I'm talking multiples of 36 and 48 and such! And for reduced prices! The Lottery makes a reappearance in Join Avenue and it's perfectly possible to get all of these features without using wi-fi connections because there's a daily amount of visitors to the Avenue that give you more than enough to have a full Avenue with unique products and services. Hell! Gym Leaders can even visit your Avenue! It was such a godsend and it eliminated the need to have both versions of the game for both Archen and Carracosta because it's entirely possible to get multiples of those fossils in the Box Collector's Shop. 3) While yes, they locked A Lot of Pokemon behind Post Game in B2W2, they also made available a lot of Pokemon that you couldn't originally get pre game in BW, most notable of these being Volcarona in Relic Castle which you can get as early as your first trip to Driftveil as well as finally, FINALLY being able to have a Zorua and eventually Zoroark on your team in a Gen 5 game without it being locked behind a wifi only event. There were also a lot more daily and timed events that weren't touched on such as improvements to the Big and Small Court battles and the items you can get, the weekly Hidden Ability Pokemon encounters on Route 4 and Undella Town--the former of which were ridiculous to obtain and evolve in the previous BW because of the late levels they were made available in those games. In the Post Game you can also battle Hugh every day while having access to many seasonal battles such as N's seasonal teams and encounters with the Shadow Triad in tournament style battle each month. 4) The last thing I think was sort of brushed over was the Medal Rally. One of the things that completing the Medal Rally requires is a Monotype and Solo run against the Elite Four with each of the 17 types of Pokemon. It's something that fully utilizes the sheer volume of Pokemon made available to you in this new crazy Neo-Unova and it forces players to move outside of their comfort zone and actually build teams capable of handling the Unova Elite Four and their varied tactics. The Unovan Elite 4 Post Game is terrifying and on Challenge Mode, even more so and taking on the Medal Rally ultimately ends in you coming upon this challenge and it leads to you really appreciating the variety given to you in the game. It's also, honestly, the only time I've played Pokemon and legitimately worried for my life when going up against the Elite 4 and Champion. These Medals won't come easy and the E4 has a lot of nasty things they can do if you're not prepared for them. In the end, I'm not saying that I didn't enjoy the review--I really did love it!-- I just think it's a bit disingenuous to say that it's an in-depth review and then flat out ignore, brush over or skip features that were implemented in the game. Little things like the Habitat Dex and areas like the revamped Abyssal Ruins are all part of what makes this game as robust and satisfying as they are and it really doesn't do any one any favours when a definitive review doesn't truly touch on everything the game has to offer. Once again, loved your review and will be keeping my ears open for Gen 6! You've got yourself a new subscriber!

[@lordcole5138]

So I’m glad I can watch this

[@Triforce9426]

There could have been another Red-tier battle in these games against Hilbert/Hilda with the memory link but sadly they didn't do that.

[@Odelayderado]

Always loved the memory link made the games feel so alive

[@EscaVODS]

It hurts to think that many people complained about Gen V back in the day (being younger that time, I almost always engaged in heated discussions with naysayers myself) when Gamefreak was at their *peak* effort and creativity. ...and now we get SwSh that actually deserve all the hate it's getting.

[@addsk8651]

22:23 You talked about how serene this area can be when first finding it, and you're absolutely right! It's all good and calm until the player discovers that this is the only area in the game where you can obtain Eevee in the wild!! 0_0

[@incandescence5547]

Actually trying to clear area 10 of the white treehollow rn lol. My only complaint is that they added non gen 5 mons when the unova dex was built to stand alone, but they're still objectively the best, which is obvious to anyone.

[@jaceb3106]

Originally I was adamant that Gen 4 was the best Gen we got. I liked 5 as well, but it just wasn’t the cream of the crop. During the past 4 months or so I’ve played Omega Ruby, Platinum, Soul Silver, and Black 2. And Black 2 to me was by far the funnest, and most content packed game. Gen 5 was the peak of Pokémon, and it unfortunately hasn’t recaptured that feeling since. X and Y were laughably easy. ORAS follow suit (which sucks because Gen 3 was my second favorite). Gen 7 was easy and boring to me. I hate the argument that games were always easy, and we only think the new games are easy because we are older and understand more. That’s just incorrect. I’ve understood for a long time and even replaying today the older Gens hold the same challenges as before.

[@Jdudec367]

you seem to only talk about the difficulty here.... oras was still great x and y wasn't bad sun and moo was awesome and did improve the difficulty a bit. usum? are some of the harder games in thr series