Pokémon Black and White Versions 2: Difference between revisions

! White 2

* These games can recognize and connect to {{wp|Router (computing)|router}}s with {{wp|Wi-Fi Protected Access|WPA}} connections.

* The user-facing camera can be used during [[Xtransceiver]] communications with other players.

* The [[C-Gear]] shows the system power using three bars in a battery icon, rather than two on older Nintendo DS systems.

* The game icon is animated when viewed on the Nintendo DSi or 3DS home screen—the {{i|Poké Ball}} inside the icon wiggles.

* Various menus scroll more quickly (such as the [[Pokédex]] and [[Bag]]), and they take slightly less time to load.

* Japanese versions of Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 are region-locked, so can only be played on Japanese-region [[Nintendo DSi]] and [[Nintendo 3DS]] systems; however, because the [[Nintendo DS]] and [[Nintendo DS Lite|DS Lite]] do not support region-locking, they can be played on these systems regardless of region. The Korean and Western language releases are not region-locked, so can be played on any Nintendo DS or 3DS system regardless of region. Incompatible on iQue DSi and iQue 3DS XL systems.

* The lyrics for the [[Virbank Gym]] music differ between the Japanese and international releases. In Japanese versions, she spells out "''{{p|Koffing|Dogars}}"'' which is Koffing's Japanese name. In the international versions she spells out "''Pokémon"'' and does not start the song by saying "''1, 2, 3, 4!"''

* After entering the Hall of Fame, there is a post-game story section where the player follows N's Zoroark to N's Castle. In Japanese versions, if the player exits out of the cave that Zoroark just went into instead of following them, it causes the game to {{DL|Game freeze|Softlocking|softlock}}. This was fixed in international versions.

! style="background:#{{white 2 color light}}" | Week

! style="background:#{{white 2 color light}}" | Week ending

! style="background:#{{white 2 color light}}" | Ranking

! style="background:#{{white 2 color light}}" | Units sold

! style="background:#{{white 2 color light}}" | Total units sold

| 1

| June 24, 2012

| 1st

| 1,561,738

| {{tt|1,561,738|816,576 from Pokémon Black 2; 745,162 from Pokémon White 2}}

| July 1, 2012

| 1st

| 420,780

| 1,982,518

| 3

| July 8, 2012

| 1st

| 2,167,166

| 4

| July 15, 2012

| 1st

| 122,242

| 2,289,408

| 5

| July 22, 2012

| 2nd

| 92,178

| 2,381,586

| 6

| 4th

| 73,420

| 2,455,006

| 7

| August 5, 2012

| 3rd

| 66,758

| 2,521,764

| 8

| August 12, 2012

| 3rd

| 60,421

| 2,582,185

| August 19, 2012

| 2nd

| 2,644,459

| 10

| August 26, 2012

| 3rd

| 33,955

| 2,678,414

| 11

| September 2, 2012

| 8th

| 29,186

| 2,707,600

| 12

| September 9, 2012

| 4th

| 2,729,192

| 13

| September 16, 2012

| 6th

| 18,266

| September 23, 2012

| 8th

| 16,274

| 2,763,732

| 15

| September 30, 2012

| 12th

| 13,427

| 2,777,159

| 16

| October 7, 2012

| 10th

| 2,789,367

| 17

| 13th

| 10,100

| 18

| October 21, 2012

| 12th

| 8,382

| 2,807,849

| 19

| October 28, 2012

| 16th

| 7,402

| 2,815,250

| November 4, 2012

| 20th

| 7,166

| 2,822,416<!--

| 28

| 26th

| {{tt|2,919,977|1,544,274 from Pokémon Black 2; 1,375,703 from Pokémon White 2}}<!--

| December 29, 2013

| {{tt|3,076,701|1,629,125 from Pokémon Black 2; 1,447,576 from Pokémon White 2}}

* The localization period for these games was the shortest worldwide of the [[core series]], having lasted about three and a half months for the majority of the translated versions, with 106 days for North America, 110 for Australia, 111 for Europe and 138 for South Korea.

** This would be the last time a core series game would have a staggered release like this due to localization, as every game from {{g|X and Y}} onward would be released simultaneously worldwide.

* These Pokémon games have many differences from the other core series games:

** They are the only games to officially be a direct sequel to a pair of games from the same generation, as well as the only core series games with a number in their title. ({{game|Gold and Silver|s}} were initially advertised to be direct, numbered sequels to [[Generation I]], originally dubbed "Pocket Monsters 2", but this was later changed.)

** They are the only games in which the player's [[hometown]] is a city rather than a town.

** They are the only core series games in which the [[Pokémon Day Care]] is inaccessible before entering the [[Hall of Fame]].

** They are the first core series games in which the [[game mascot]] cannot be obtained without [[trade|trading]] before entering the Hall of Fame.

* These are the last core series Pokémon games with "Version" in their titles, including equivalent terms in other languages.

* [[Koga]] is the only current or former Gym Leader who is not presented in these games.

* The majority of moves with changed animations have a [[Power|base power]] of 100 or higher.

* These are the first Pokémon games with a specific point at which the player is forced to save their game in the main story before entering the Hall of Fame. In this case, the player must save after creating their first movie at [[Pokéstar Studios]].

* Black 2 and White 2 were the final core series games released for the [[Nintendo DS]] system and its redesigned models, the [[Nintendo DS Lite]], the [[Nintendo DSi]] and the [[Nintendo DSi XL]], as well as the final Pokémon games overall released for those systems.

** Black 2 and White 2 are also the final first-party games for the Nintendo DS family of systems.

* While the opening sequence is mostly the same in both games, there are a few differences. Black 2 has Black Kyurem's black silhouette on a dark screen with fog, while White 2 has White Kyurem's white silhouette on a bright screen with fog, after which the yellow crest on Kyurem's head glows and the game's respective logo appears. Later, during the part before {{p|Zekrom}}, there is blue light in the upper left corner in Black 2 and red light in the lower right corner in White 2.

* According to [[Tsunekazu Ishihara]] and [[Junichi Masuda]], Black 2 and White 2 were created as paired games instead of the usual single follow-up game because the development team needed two games in order to implement the [[Key System]].<ref>[http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/ds/pokemon-black2-white2/0/0 Iwata Asks]</ref>

* Of every game in the core series to support online play, Black 2 and White 2 officially supported it for the least amount of time, at only 1 year, 10 months, and 27 days, due to the shutdown of [[Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection|Nintendo WFC]] in May 2014.

* [http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/gameslist/manuals/DS_pokemon_black_2.pdf Official PDF-file manual] for ''Pokémon Black Version 2'' <small>(English)</small>

* [http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/gameslist/manuals/DS_pokemon_white_2.pdf Official PDF-file manual] for ''Pokémon White Version 2'' <small>(English)</small>