Unless you guys can understand and read Japanese, how do you guys figure out whats going on in-game? Do you guys just try and figure out whats going on? Or do you use some kind of hacked translator. I know they follow the same formula for all the games, but are they really THAT predictable?


My country started shipping in Japanese copies of Black and White the second day they came out (we're really crazy on imported goods) , and I've been thinking about getting it. Although im worried I might not understand everything, and that it might spoil the English version for me when it comes out.

I'm semi-fluent in Chinese, which Japanese is based off, and i can read like 10 Japanese characters, but that dosent really give me much of an egde does it? ://

edit: Hurray, my questions were answered and I ended up getting Black. Mods please close this thread if you want.

Just because it's pretty predictable, and even if you get lost, most of the time if you just look around you'll find something to progress the game, unless it's like one part where

you have to return to a desert to fight Team Plasma, which if you didn't have a friend/guide to tell you to do so you'll be highly confused on what to do next

Well, as long as you know that Yes is the top option and No is the bottom option, you won't have a hard time.

But like JAD said, there's one or two times where figuring out where to go next is a real pain, but for that there's the internet. It doesn't happen often, though. The game's pretty linear, so you won't have to stray too far off-course to get through. Of course, knowing Japanese helps but it's certainly not a necessity.

Thanks for the yes-no-top-bottom thing. And of course for all the other help

I was just about to make one of my sudden decisions to buy a game until I found that thread about the Black & White region lock.

Unfortunately, I have a DSi.. Now before I magically jump out of bed one morning and yell to myself: "LETS GET POKEMON BLACK!", I gotta work on finding a DS Lite to borrow...

Thanks once again guys

I know what to do because all the Pokemon games follow the same format. When you go to the PC there is "Someone's PC", "<Your name here>'s PC" and so on in all the games. It doesn't change from Japanese to English. If you're a veteran to the games then it's not hard to figure everything out after a bit. I was scared I would be stuck before I even got to the first gym, but I caught on fast and I had a lot of fun playing.

I didn't have too much trouble because I understood enough. I got the Resort Desert plot because I saw Belle say レゾート　デザート (Resort Desert). So I figured I oughta go there.　

I basically guessed where I was going, there was a certain spot, not where JAD mentioned though, but another area, so you just got to try the stupid things out as well to try to get to your destination.

I pretty much got through the game fine with the exception of what JAD said, but the games have a certain way they go and for a real true pokemon fan it does make it easier to navigate through the story.

For me, the games selections and questions are all quite similar if you played DPPT and HGSS, Like Ningamer said, YES is up and NO is down, for other situations you look for help by watching LP's and Text walkthroughs or get translation help from marrilands site or Pokesplash and for special events and occasions you go to Serebii for facts. Oh...and did you set it to Kanji? If you did....it's gonna be difficult..I recommend Kana...(you can change it by going to the the girl next to the new route when heading off from your hometown.)

Hurray more comments. Well, I've decided to get B & W, but first, I gotta find a DS Lite to borrow..

Stupid DSi region lock!

Lol, what I do when I get stuck is I just look on YouTube for a walkthrough and see what to do if it's REALLY hard to figure out. Like what Jad said.

Gelocked per request.