Pokémon Black & White is the 36th Let's Play done by Chuggaaconroy. It was announced on the December 8, 2017, and began the following day. The Let's Play has 83 videos and has a total length of 35 hours, 50 minutes, and 3 seconds.
Emile would directly follow up on this Let's Play over four years later with his Let's Play of Pokémon Black 2 & White 2.
Plot[]
Setting[]
Black and White are set in the Unova region, a continental mass located far away from the previous regions, Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh. Unlike the previous regions which were based on real locations in Japan, Unova is modeled after New York City, an idea developed by game director Junichi Masuda when he visited the city for the launch of Diamond and Pearl. One particular example of this is Castelia City, which serves as the region's central metropolis and had such inspirations as its "Brooklyn Bridge-style suspension bridge" and its "huge skyscrapers". Masuda also wanted to convey a "feeling of communities" in Castelia's streets. Unova is host to large urban areas, a harbor, an airport, an amusement park, several bridges, and several mountain ranges. In addition to a diversity of new landscapes, the Unova region is also home to a diversity of people who vary in skin tone and occupation. The region's Japanese name "Isshu" (イッシュ) is derived from the Japanese words tashu (多種, meaning "many kinds") and isshu (一種, meaning "one kind"); the many kinds of people and Pokémon seen up close look like only one kind of life from afar.
Story[]
Like previous Pokémon games, Black and White both follow a linear storyline; the main events occur in a fixed order. The protagonist of Pokémon Black and White is Hilbert and Hilda, who journeys through Unova to become the Pokémon master. At the beginning of the games, the player chooses either Snivy, Tepig or Oshawott as their starter Pokémon as a gift from Professor Juniper. The protagonist's friends, Cheren and Bianca, are also rival Pokémon Trainers who occasionally battle the player; Cheren will choose the Pokémon with a type advantage against the player's, while Bianca will choose the Pokémon with a type disadvantage. The player's primary goal is to obtain the eight Gym Badges of Unova and ultimately challenge the Elite Four of the Pokémon League, and its Champion, to complete the main story.
In addition to the standard gameplay, the player will also have to defeat the games' main antagonist force, Team Plasma, a Knights Templar-esque group who claim that Pokémon are oppressed by humanity and seek to liberate them from their trainers. Team Plasma is led by N, a young man who was brought up alongside Pokémon and sees them as friends rather than tools for sport. Throughout the game, the player has some encounters with N, who claims that by capturing one of the legendary Pokémon (Reshiram and Zekrom) of Unova and defeating the Pokémon Champion Alder, he will be recognized as Unova's hero and will be able to convince the humans to part with their Pokémon. Depending on the game version, N will capture Zekrom in Black or Reshiram in White.
After the player defeats the Elite Four and enters the Champion's chamber, he or she finds that N has defeated Alder and become the newest Pokémon Champion. Soon after, he summons a large castle surrounding the Pokémon League, challenging the player to find him to participate in one final battle. When the player finally reaches him, Reshiram in Black or Zekrom in White appears before the player, and the player must capture the legendary Pokémon before challenging N. After his defeat, N laments the possibility that his ideals are mistaken, Ghetsis intrudes and angrily reveals that his true intentions were to use N to ensure that he would be the only human left with control over Pokémon and use them to rule the world. In his rage, Ghetsis challenges the player to battle. After Ghetsis's defeat, he is arrested, allowing Alder to resume his position as the Pokémon Champion of the Unova region. N then thanks the player for helping realize his mistake about the nature of the relationship between people and their Pokémon before leaving the castle on his captured Pokémon to a far-off land.
After Team Plasma's defeat, Looker arrives in Unova and tasks the player with finding the remaining Sages of Team Plasma, so they can be brought to justice. The player can also challenge the Elite Four once again, and challenge Alder, ultimately becoming the Unova region's new Pokémon Champion. The player also gains access to the eastern portion of Unova, which contains Pokémon from the previous games in the series, as well as access to an area unique to each game version: the ultra-metropolitan Black City, home to powerful Pokémon trainers; and the White Forest, home to humans and Pokémon living in harmony. Cynthia, a former Champion of the Sinnoh region, is also found in this area of the game and can be challenged. A non-player character named after Shigeki Morimoto, a Game Freak programmer, creature designer, and the director of the Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver games, can also be found and battled in the game.
Episodes[]
Pokémon Obtained[]
Main Team[]
Temporary Team Members[]
Whitlea's Team[]
- Jaya (Serperior)
- Burk (Stoutland)
- GoldenPant (Scrafty)
- Honu (Carracosta)
- Statik (Galvantula)
- ∶) (Beartic)
HM Users[]
Pickup Users[]
Other Pokémon[]
- Lillipoop (Lillipup)
- Lillipop (Lillipup)
- Berk (Lillipup)
- 1st Blitzle
- 2nd Blitzle
- Mean Leaf (Petilil)
- Fluffee (Cottonee)
- Celebi
- Suicune
- Entei
- Raikou
- Darumaka
- Hilbert (Emile's other Trubbish)
- Klink
- Victini
- Cobalion
- Virizion
- Thundurus
- Tornadus
- Landorus
- Zekrom
Hints[]
At the end of Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo - Founder's Day [Finale], Emile ends with the following quote...
- "For now, I've got a train to catch. And I'll see you back here next time for a visit to a land which has many trains. See you guys then."
- ―Emile
Memorable Quotes and Moments[]
- Hilbert the Hero.
- Poor Haywire getting upstaged at every opportunity. Usually by Terrabite.
- Emile thinking Blair's mom is hot
- Petilil with a pitchfork
- The Hiker Dance, which later becomes a regular occurrence in TheRunawayGuys Colosseum.
- Roc, as an Archen, sweeping Elesa
- Emile losing to Cheren and Alder once in this playthrough
- Delicious Invisible Burger!
- HIS ASS IS BACON!
- Emile wailing because he forgot to bring a Flash user At Challenger's Cave.
- TOOLATETOBEHELPFUL TOOLATETOBEHELPFUL TOOLATETOBEHELPFUL TOOLATETOBEHELPFUL TOOLATETOBEHELPFUL TOOLATETOBEHELPFUL TOOLATETOBEHELPFUL TOOLATETOBEHELPFUL TOOLATETOBEHELPFUL.......
- Ottawa defeating Cynthia's entire team
Trivia[]
- This the first Pokémon LP in which Emile uses the Set battle-style.
- Chugga played both games, though primarily White version due to preference, as no definitive 'Pokémon Gray' version or something akin to Emerald or Platinum exists for Gen V.[1] Whenever progress is needed in regards to version differences, MasaeAnela played Black for Emile.
- This is the first time Emile's starter Pokémon was female.
- For this LP, Emile considered numerous potential Pokemon, including Whimsicott,[2] Zoroark,[3][4] Sawsbuck,[5][6] Cofagrigus,[7] Chandelure,[8][6] Accelgor,[9][6] Sawk[6], and Musharna.[6]
- In Emile's pre-LP notes, he says that Pokemon that just missed the cut for this LP will likely see use when he inevitably LPs White 2 and Black 2.[6]
- This is the first Pokémon LP where Emile's main team lacks a Normal Type, making Water the only type that he's used for a team member for every LP.
References[]
- ↑ Diverging a New Let's Play
- ↑ Pokémon Black & White - Episode 10: Running with Pinwheels
- ↑ https://twitter.com/chuggaaconroy/status/943585033536901120
- ↑ Pokémon Black & White - Episode 21: The Train Going Nowhere
- ↑ Pokémon Black & White - Episode 27: You Always Change
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Creating a Let's Play: What You've Taught Me
- ↑ Pokémon Black & White - Episode 45: Ancient Relics
- ↑ Pokémon Black & White - Episode 47: Stressed to the Nines
- ↑ Pokémon Black & White - Episode 51: The Perfect 10