Pokmon Black Version 2 and White Version 2 (????????? ????2&????2 Poketto Monsuta Burakku Tsu & Howaito Tsu?

, "Pocket Monsters: Black 2 & White 2") are sequels t o Pokmon Black and White, released in Japan for the Nintendo DS on June 23, 2012, with early October releases in North America, Europe, and Australia.[104][105] They are the first direct sequels in the franchise and the final games in the ma in series to be released for Nintendo DS. The games were first revealed on the F ebruary 26, 2012 episode of the Japanese television program Pokmon Smash!,[106][1 07] followed by an international confirmation on the Pokmon official website.[108 ] The games feature the new Legendary Pokmon identified by Junichi Masuda as Blac k Kyurem (???????? Burakku Kyuremu?) and White Kyurem (???????? Howaito Kyuremu? ).[109][110] Changes Black 2 and White 2 are set two years after the events of Black and White, and m uch of the beginning events take place in new locations on the western side of t he Unova region. These new locations also feature several Pokmon that were previo usly unavailable in Black and White, featuring a total of 300 unique creatures a vailable from the start of the game, including Psyduck, Mareep, Growlithe, and R iolu.[111] A new game mechanic introduced in Black 2 and White 2 is the Pokwood (????? Pokeu ddo?, "PokStar Studios" in the English release) side game, where the player chara cter participates in the filming of a movie involving Pokmon and other actors. A character named Brycenman ("Hachikuman" (??????) in Japan) also appears, as Bryc en (Hachiku) from the original games has returned to his movie career.[112] Anot her new mechanic is the Pokmon World Tournament (?????????????? Pokemon Warudo To namento?), where the player battles powerful trainers from the previous games in the series, ranging from Gym Leaders Brock, Misty, Volkner, and Giovanni to Cha mpions Cynthia, Steven, and Lance.[113] Black 2 and White 2 are also compatible with two new downloadable games for the Nintendo 3DS, Pokmon Dream Radar (Pokmon AR Searcher (????AR????? Pokemon E Aru Sa cha?)) and Pokdex 3D Pro (Pokmon National Index Pro (????????Pro Pokemon Zenkoku Z ukan Puro?)).[114] Pokmon AR Searcher introduces the character Professor Barnett (??????? Banetto Hakase?) as well as alternate forms for the Pokmon Tornadus, Thu ndurus, and Landorus, which can be transferred to Black 2 and White 2 after bein g captured in AR Searcher.[115] The July 2012 issue of CoroCoro Comic revealed K eldeo's new form, called the Resolution form.[116] Plot The player and their rival begin their Pokmon journey on the western side of Unov a in the new Aspertia City, receiving their starter Pokmon from Bianca, an NPC th at served as one of the player's rivals in Black and White. The player also meet s Cheren, the other rival character, who is now a Gym Leader in Aspertia City. M uch like other Pokmon games, the player travels around the region, battling Gym L eaders to acquire eight Gym Badges, and then goes on to challenge the Elite Four of the Pokmon League and its champion to win the game. The plot of Black 2 and White 2 once again features the antagonistic Team Plasma , whom the player first encounters while running an errand, and later when trave ling to the first other major city where the team announces its plans to take ov er the world and steal others' Pokmon in front of the player, the rival, and new Gym Leader Roxie (Homika (????) in Japan).[117] At the behest of Iris, the playe r helps Burgh track down more Team Plasma members in the sewers of Castelia City , where the player meets Colress (Achroma (???? Akuroma?) in Japan) for the firs t time, who claims to be a researcher of the strengths of Pokmon.[118] Later, it is revealed that the new Team Plasma has stolen a Purrloin the player's rival wa s planning on giving to his sister, which makes the rival angry towards the orga nization, including its reformed former members. After learning about the legend ary Pokmon Kyurem, which arrived at the Giant Chasm years ago, the player discove

rs that the new Team Plasma is working to use Kyurem to take over the world, har nessing its power to freeze large portions of Unova, including Opelucid City. Th e player tracks Team Plasma to Humilau City, home of the final new Pokmon Gym led by Marlon (Shizui (????) in Japan),[119] where he helps the player battle Team Plasma to remove Kyurem from their grasps, and to help the rival retrieve his Pu rrloin, which has since evolved into a Liepard that is used in battle against th e player and rival. The battle reaches its climax in the Giant Chasm, where the player discovers Colress has sided with Team Plasma to learn more about the capa bilities of Pokmon, and that Ghetsis is planning to use Kyurem, the "empty" Pokmon that is left over from when Zekrom and Reshiram split apart hundreds of years a go, by filling it with his ambition to rule the world. After battling the Shadow Triad, and the player's rival receiving the Liepard back, the player enters the inner sanctum of the Giant Chasm where he or she finds Kyurem and Ghetsis. N ap pears with his Zekrom (Black 2)/Reshiram (White 2) to try to talk sense into his father Ghetsis, but N's legendary Pokmon is defeated by and fused with Kyurem, t ransforming it into Black Kyurem (Black 2)/White Kyurem (White 2), and forcing t he player to battle it. After defeating Kyurem, it separates from N's Pokmon and the player faces Ghetsis, who upon defeat is stunned that he has been defeated a gain. N tries to talk sense into him, but Ghetsis leaves, and N thanks the playe r for his assistance in defeating Team Plasma once and for all. After defeating Team Plasma, the player is finally able to battle the Elite Four and the New Cha mpion of the Unova League, Iris, and win the game. After the game, the player is able to challenge N who has taken up residence in his former castle, where upon the defeat of his legendary Pokmon, it turns into t he object that once held its essence and N gives it to the player. The player ca n then bring the item to another part of Unova where it transforms back into the Pokmon and the player can then capture it, and then later capture Kyurem, which can be transformed into Black Kyurem or White Kyurem with a unique item dependin g on which of the other Pokmon the player has. Also, after completion of the game , the player can battle former Unova Champion Alder, who has retired to his home town, Sinnoh Champion Cynthia (as in Black and White) at her vacation house, the former Striaton City Gym Leaders, and take on the Black Tower or White Treeholl ow challenges in Black City or White Forest. Through use of a unique game featur e called "Memory Link", the player can access new content and side quests depend ent on the original Black and White games, such as references to the player's na me in the previous game, flashback sequences, the ability to capture Pokmon that once belonged to N, battling Cheren and Bianca who reminisce about the player ch aracter of the previous game, and participating in the Pokmon World Tournament. Audio Pokmon Black 2 and White 2 background music contains the music of Pokmon Black and White and added a lot of brand new track and made arrangement from most track f rom Pokmon Black and White. Official credit: Music - Go Ichinose - Hitomi Sato Pokmon Black and White Version Music - Junichi Masuda - Shota Kageyama - Minako Adachi An official soundtrack of the game titled Nintendo DS Pocket Monsters Black 2 an d White 2 Super Music Complete Network (??????DS ????????2????2 ????????????????? ) was released in Japan on July 25, 2012. It also includes music from Pokmon Blac k and White, Pokmon Emerald and Pokmon Platinum[120] which did not released in ori ginal soundtrack CD before (DISC 4).

The below soundtracks only have Japanese titles. English titles listed below are unofficial translations. Reception Famitsu magazine awarded Black 2 and White 2 a point total of 36/40, lower than their perfectly scoring predecessors.[121] The game also received a 9.6/10 on IG N, praising the overall changes from the game's predecessor.[122] As of January 2013, Pokmon Black 2 and White 2 have combined sales of 7.81 million copies world wide.[123]