Got a comment you want to make about BW2 without making a new thread for it? This thread is for you.

From what I've heard, Victory Road is going to be a long journey this time around. I hope I won't need to use those Ethers I've had stocked up. There really needs to be a way to buy them or get them renewably.

Victory Road was long in BW2 if you decided to explore the whole thing. This place had the most kinds of terrain of any kind of Victory Road compared to past generations including: lakes, caves, forests, and mountains. Otherwise, if you just kept straight on the path, it might take you half an hour at most to get through it.

Actually, this Victory Road was the easiest in all the Pokemon games actually.

But that's probably because I went the right way first time completely by fluke.

Here's a quick way to make money. You know how you can buy Casteliacones in Castelia City for 100 Pokedollars each? If you happen to sell them to the lady in the RV on Route 5, you will get 2000 Pokedollars, which is a 1900 Pokedollar profit.

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Victory Road isn't that long. There's a Doctor half way and you can always Fly back to the Pokemon Center if you're outside.

Really you thought it was long? I personally thought that Victory Road in BW2 was the easiest Road there has been. It was simple, and there weren't really any paths that were false (Or ones that I saw). But it is possible that I just took an easier path than you... But only ones did I go the wrong way, but that was because I had walked away from the game and forgot which way I came from.

I found that mess of teleporters on the Plasma ship to be a bit of an annoyance, mostly because I didn't systematically go through them and kept running into the same three buttons...and running into the electric fence.

Have you guys been making use of the Dream World much? I am! I just love it! And I've noticed that even interacting with the Dream World brings more people to Join Avenue. It's actually really cool!

I used it once. Thanks for reminding me to wake up my Azurill I put to sleep on day one.

Yeah, I have been using it about daily. I have a few really cool pokemon from it and I love the abilities. I is also fun just o be on it :3

I think my Crustle is in it right now.

Let this be advice to anyone who plays very infrequently: you lose your items if you don't play for a while. They are instead converted to dream points.

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I think I might try the Dream World again this time around. There's no use restricting myself from it, even though it annoys me a lot. And hey, more Dream World means more medals! Things that I care about more!
While Victory Road does appear to be a very large area, there's a pretty simple straightforward path that can take only 20 minutes or less with Repels and eye-avoiding skills. If you're looking for everything, prepare to LOOK.

Oooh, and character redesigns. I love them so much. Plasma looks less goofy and more dangerous, Bianca looks cuter, Cheren looks more serious, Ghetsis looks evil AND insane, and Elesa... umm... she changed her hair color. I think I like Ghetsis' change the most, I think he just looks way cooler than before.

I hate Sturdy. It's one of the most annoying abilities when training, as you constantly have to endure a reply hit and deal with healing very often. I blame the Roggenrola line, Skarmory, and Sawk/Throh.

The other abilities I hate are anything that inflicts a status ailment on contact, particularly Static, Flame Body, and Poison Point. So many wasted Parlyz Heals, Burn Heals, and Antidotes...

I don't usually have a problem with abilities, but I'm usually prone to bad luck when my Pokemon faint from a critical hit. I've been prone to crits for a while now in this game, I find it weird that I'm receiving more crits than dealing them (And my Lucario is holding a Scope Lense >_<)
My Pokemon are also prone to infatuation and confusion hax...especially confusion. It's a good thing I've stocked up a ton of Casteliacones so hax doesn't hinder me too much...but it's still quite annoying.

The dream world is cool, Leppa berries are better than the super rare Ether, because their renewable in the Dream World. Plus it helps complete the Pokedex.

I remember back in Platinum, I would always plant and grow large amounts of Leppa Berries for whenever I wanted to take on Champion Cynthia or just for when I didn't want to travel to the Pokécenter. Makes me sad that berries can no longer be grown in the Unova soil. But hey, at least you can buy some berries from people scattered around, there are fun Funfest missions about berries, and even the Dream World lets you get and plant some. ...Eeew, I just gave myself a reason to use the Dream World.

So I heard about being able to get a shiny Gible (in Black 2) or a shiny Dratini (in White 2) and I was curious so I did some research. Turns out it's actually very easy (post-game)! And here's how:

Turns out you have to go to this place similar to the Battle Mountain in XD (though I don't know where it is to tell you), and beat Alder's (very strong) Grandson.




  

    
  

  

  





After you do that, go to the little training gym north of Floccesy Town, have an extra space in your party, then talk to him!




  

    
  

  

  

Critical hits and confusion are too abundant in these games! I am always on the bad side of luck.

Technically you can trade keys with someone who has Black 2 so that you can get Black City and claim a Gible. That's what I'm doing, except I have Black 2 myself and am trading with a White Forest key holder. But first I have to get in, and I... don't know how.

The Yancy sidequest is really interesting. I can't really do this without internet help after you meet Yancy on the Ferris Wheel, but I'm liking where this is going. Plus, the sound of these trades makes my head spin with delight~

Her trades are epic, but I've only been to like, 3 of her places after you find the item because I'm so useless. I want a Spiritomb ;-;

Oh well, Dream World it is.

The Unova Link is a really amazing feature if you've got some good friends with you. Especially the ability to choose between Black City and White Forest (Although Black City has kinda changed, so I don't know the significance beyond the gift-mon.). Although, I think the thing with the difficulty could've been handled better. Unlocking the ability to change it for the postgame only? Most of the things you'd want it for, like gym leaders, would have already been gone by the time you have challenge mode. And easy mode isn't all that necessary after the story's over. And you can't just restart the game afterwards like there's only 1 save file. But oh well. I'll make sure that when I get White 2 I give myself the Challenge Mode key before I start the game.

I think the most annoying thing about raising Arcanine is the fact it's one of the slowest Pokémon to gain levels by amount of experience. It's like maximum Audino farming.

Wait wait wait. Okay. So I switch Black City out for White Forest so that I can finally experience what it's like. So I'm there ready to catch something and then... WHERE TEH HELL IS ALL THE TALL GRASS? Did they just replace the trainers in Black and the grass in White for the Tower and Treehollow? But I wanted to catch something... Oh well, Dratini time.

I just recently used the Memory Link to communicate with my Black Version. Besides unlock special cutscenes, does the Memory Link do anything else?

I like the Memory Link, it makes me feel so proud and nostalgic with the constant "similar trainer 2 years prior" thing!

I don't have Wi-Fi anymore (because I went back to my mom's house) so I'm having major Dream World withdrawal symptoms. Major. I honestly walked down my neighbourhood to find a suitable Wi-Fi signals, but this is Canada, and open, DSi compatible signals are far and few in between. This makes me a sad person. Anybody wanna put a Pokémon to sleep and give me their username and password for the Dream World?

Twist Mountain is VERY long. Do not go in expecting to leave soon. I've been exploring for over two hours and still need to go back to a few forks. I did hear some familiar music from Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald, but I'll probably post about that in the other thread later. Anyone else run through it yet?

Mmm, woodchucks.

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I'm really liking Challenge Mode. Now whenever I battle I actually feel threatened. And since I don't really grind, it's harder to win due to how I'm slightly underleveled. Like when I battled Hugh in Undella Town. I think combining the amount of Revives I used, 7 or 8 Pokémon fainted. Most of his team was ~5 levels above me. Beating him was tough, but it got me nice EXP and cash, so I'm keeping this thing on.

Am I the only one who is really annoyed by how nearly every pokemon used in PWT uses ice type moves and have some basis around it?

I haven't messed with PWT much. Is it fun?

Wow, it looks like after you become Unova Champion that Casteliacone popularity shoots right up again, as the line from Black and White reappears. Thankfully nothing about the day or bulk-buying changed, it's just that now you have to wait 30 seconds to actually purchase one.

I find the Pokémon World Tournament to be really fun, even more than the Battle Subway, which I've barely touched. The left hand side battles aren't all that interesting, but the right hand side is FILLED with awesomeness. Great music, nostalgia for those who want it, and it's a fun challenge that slowly gets you some sweet BP. Plus, even if you lose, you get shards which you can save for Move Tutors.

I never was too much of a fan of triple battles, especially the adjacency aspect, but otherwise, I think I'll try it out.

Ooh. I personally still like classic single battles, but maybe I'll try rotation more often. I did see something about banned Pokémon but didn't really look into it.

PWT is one of the best additions to the games. It is much more interesting than the Subway.

Well I finally beat the champion tournament and ta-dah!

An Orange Trainer is the second to last rank before the final one, now all I need to do is collect all the medals.

Also the PokeCenter Nurse just asks me if I want the usual now.

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I am in the need of a lot of shards, mainly red and blue. I can't link to any other DS, so Entralink is out of question. Is there a specific area that has a lot of those?

I didn't like Sturdy in previous generations.

I really hated Sturdy in this game.

I hate Sturdy with every atom in my body in White Treehollow.

Seriously, Aggron and Golem, while easy to dispatch normally, Stone Edging your last guy when it should have been an instant knock out? Nooooo.

Am I the only one who hasn't gotten pokerus or something? It seems like it's fairly easy to get in BW2 for some reason, and I haven't gotten it yet. It's not like I NEED it, I'm just wondering how so many people have gotten it.

I haven't gotten Pokérus yet, but I do have a few traded 'mons in Pearl I can bring forward who have it.

Hm, another quick question: what are the best places to train at high levels in post-game? Don't count trainers you can only battle once. I know PWT and the Battle Subway are great for endless battles, but they don't provide experience. Is the Elite Four really the only choice? I've never liked grinding there.

Also, who you gonna call? Ghost Eraser! (First person to understand it without looking it up gets a cookie and has played a good deal of the game.)

With Audino hunting? Or what? Is that really the highest levels in the BW2 world? Too bad the challenge key can't help with this.

Not quite. Be more specific.

I must be the only one managing to hear audio drop-outs while playing the game. In battles, sometimes, when sound effects overlap, instruments in the music get dropped. It sounds weird until the next key hits.

16 channels ain't a lot.

On another topic, I must not be the only one longing for other starters.

Hey guys, im new to this but here goes: recently fought the Elite Four again for the second time, was not prepared for their increase in strength. I barely won, I have my Zoroark to thank. Went traveling on route 18, got the magma stone and talked to crasher wake. Said he was going to driftveil city, couldn't find him. No idea where he is. Battled my rival again and mopped the floor with him. Still searching for crasher wake. Anyone know where he is?

A quick heads up: the Love and Battles film series at PokéStar Studios is quite...strange.

Am I the only won who thinks it's disgusting hows the Straiton Trio cooks for there restaurant are a bunch of Watchogs wearing nothing?

I have a quick question that might be obvious to some. I just finished beating Area 6 in Black Tower and I received a key that allows me to move to Areas 7 and up. The problem is, I don't know how to access the key...or how to move onto Area 7, to put it more simply.

Hm, I can find out myself once I get there. I only have access to Areas 1-3, but it's extremely easy for now for how low the levels are.

I finally figured out why I couldn't get to Areas 7 and up. But now I'm curious about something else. Does anyone have the key for White Forest? I can give my Black City key away if anyone needs it.

Question: I know to get to the Nature Preserve, you only have to see every Pokemon in the Unova Dex. In order to get the Shining Charm, do you only have to see every non-event Pokemon in the National Dex?

I've been going through the tedious process of trading over all my Pokémon from White to White 2 for my living Pokédex... I must have 200 Patrats on White now, and I've still got all the Kanto Pokémon to trade over. D:

Also I got to Area 10(?) of White Hollow and can now go pick up my Shiny Dratini. Awwww yeah.

I have a huge load of Pokemon to send over from SS, Diamond and White. This make take a very long time.

Right now, I'm evolving all the Pokemon I find in the dream world.

Ooh, sweet, I've heard of those, but the annoying thing is getting all evolutions. Good luck with breeding, the Lucky Egg and Audino hunting.

To be honest, I think Nintendo is just running out of ideas.

I recently became aware of a way to greatly increase the chance of shinies. Breed two Pokemon from completely different regions. The chances of getting a shiny is nearly quadrupled

I've always wondered why the title screen music is the only piece of fully streamed audio in the game.

On another topic, is it just me, or are old places looking much better here?

I don't like the new C-Gear much, though.

I had like NO idea that Join Avenue is completely disabled if you change the time even ONCE. Thy should give that a fix for things like Daylight Savings Time. Come on, Nintendo, step it up. Add, like, a button for that. Or do it automatically like every other electronic device. (Granted, I changed to Friday so that I could fight someone, but still.)

Another thing I've noticed is the uselessness of White Forest, minus the Shiny Dratini. They got rid of all the grass, and White Treehollow is just like Black Tower, but I like Black Tower's look and music a lot more. Those places don't even fill up the Pokédex (Because I've checked, and mine didn't get filled.) I guess people might like the looks and music of the Treehollow more, but I can't see anything in it.

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Originally Posted by RotomGuy I recently became aware of a way to greatly increase the chance of shinies. Breed two Pokemon from completely different regions. The chances of getting a shiny is nearly quadrupled

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Originally Posted by Twiggy I've always wondered why the title screen music is the only piece of fully streamed audio in the game. On another topic, is it just me, or are old places looking much better here? I don't like the new C-Gear much, though.

I think Cult Classics make more people show up in the theater room to see your movies. I mean, I just made one and both an Old Team Plasma dude AND an ex-Neo Team Plasma dude showed up and gave me Big Pearls~ Some other new people showed up, too. Not only that, but they give you more useful items than if you just shot a regular good movie. (I got Moomoo Milks and Old Gateaux.)

When I was doing the movies before, I just got a bunch of Escape Ropes and Lemonades.

Well that's because you did a movie the way you were supposed to. There's probably a chart floating around on one of those sites, but I'm just going off of what I've noticed.

Another thing I've noticed is that if you use your own Pokémon and blonde-afro dude says "Your Pokémon are beginning to look like stars themselves!" then you'll get a special pre-battle animation that's like a shiny Pokémon one, except with a spinning star. (It surprised me, I thought the Nuzleaf that I encountered was special :I)
EDIT: And now thanks to my good buddy Plaz, I now know that the shining stars can be seen by anyone. Except Black/White, most likely. I mean, Pokéstar Studios didn't exist back then.

I just got a standard ending when I used a couple of my own Pokémon, so no special "star" shininess.

I can remember my 2 strange endings with my Pokémon. One was with my Crobat in Full Metal Cop and the Destroyer Security System killed both me and the cop with lasers. The other was with my Lucario in The Giant Woman 3 where I killed Monica and she destroyed the Unova region. Why is it that strange endings always seem to make a whole lot more than the regular endings?

I've been running around Unova attempting to catch a few rare Pokemon and I've come to notice how brilliant Quick Balls actually are.

I was scrolling through my Habitat List and found that you could catch Klinklang and Magnezone in rustling grass down at the P2 Laboratory. And can I just say that the rustling grass/whirlpool theme really doesn't fit Audino. >.<

I feel like a complete idiot.

Doing that Yancy sidequest was hard. But I was determined to do it, because I felt like I needed one of the trades to complete the National Pokedex. So after 2 hours of running back and forth between all 15 areas trying to call her and learn more about her life (And she is really cute the way she slowly falls in love with you), I finally unlocked the ability to do the trades. I'm FINALLY gonna get that Spiritomb I needed, since the one that was traded to my Platinum disappeared. (I'm a lonely person, how am I supposed to see 32 people in Sinnoh's Underground?) But that's when I realized... it only disappeared because I caught it in the PokeTransfer Lab. So I didn't even need to do that sidequest at all. Oh well, those Pokemon hold Rare Candies.

Ah, that just reminded me of the movie titles. I wonder what all the references are?

Full Metal Cop - Full Metal Alchemist Full Metal Jacket + RoboCop
Big Monster - Godzilla
Ghost Eraser - Ghostbusters

Most of the others seem to be references to genres, but not any specific movies. Any other clear ones you might see?

Whoops, that's what I meant: Full Metal Jacket, not Fullmetal Alchemist.

I haven't started this movie series, but from the title and description, I'm guessing Mystery Doors of the Magical Land could be Alice in Wonderland.

Some of the strange endings are awesome.

What about the strange ending to the first "Love and Battles"? One thing you can say, it was very unexpected.

The only strange ending I've ever had is in Ghost Erasers 4 with the rental Pokemon. I'm trying to re-create with my Rotom so it gets sparkles.