History Headscratchers / PokemonBlackAndWhite

* If yocan n only buy castelia cones on Tuesday, then why do people continue to hang around the ice cream stand the rest of the week? I'm having a hard time believing that they've sold out for the day when I can show up in the early morning on any day besides Tuesday and still hear the same thing.

* You guys all know Icirrus City, right? well, the nearest patch of grass is in a measly '''six''' spaces away from the fence, now, are you ok with the fact that there are wild druddigon roaming 6 ft. away from your town?

* You guys all know Icirrus City, right? well, the nearest patch of grass is in a measly '''six''' spaces away from the fence, now, are you ok with the fact that there are wild druddigon roaming 6 six away from your town?

* Why is the pier Team Plasma's boat docked at named Prime Pier? The one at Liberty Pier takes you to Liberty Garden, Unity Pier's boat takes you to Unity Tower, Cruise Dock has the Royal Unova, and the irrelevant one on the far right was left unnamed. Going by this pattern there should be a Prime _____ somewhere that the Plasma Boat was supposed to take the player to, yet there is none.

** Why does Watchog's pokedex entry say it spits seeds when it doesn't learn bullet seed? Why can't Purrloin and Liepard naturally learn thief? It will forever be a mystery...

* Eelektross is mentioned as coming out of the ocean in its pokedex entries and is an eel/lamprey, so why isn't it a Water type and why is Tynamo found in a ''cave''?

* With the introduction of the Spooky Manor and Rugged Mountain in the Dream World, how come none of the other locations had pokemon become available that required you to beat those two locations' respective games to beat them? They could at least {{Retcon}} pokemon who were already available. I mean, it's kind of jarring that you play as a sableye in the gem collecting game, but that's not the game you play to get one from the Spooky Manor.

*** Yeah, take one look at Alder's necklace of six pokeballs - maybe he keeps them ''there''.

*** "Unless she just throws her stuff in there." You just answered your own question. Bianca's character is described as clumsy, unorganized, and unreliable. Therefore, it would only make sense that she just tosses stuff in her bag without making a distinction of "this pocket is for Pokeballs, this pocket is for Technical Machines." And as pointed out, not all trainers keep the Pokeballs containing their Pokemon in their actual pockets. (Especially considering certain classes, like the Lass and Idol, don't even ''have'' pockets.)

* Cynthia. I beat her in Diamond, then transfer that pokemon to Black. The info on that pokemon says that it went through a long journey through time. So why does she look exactly the same as when I beat her?

** Sp.Atc is usually considered to be skill[[hottip:*:Its IV boost wing is the ''genius'' wing, pokemon with high Sp.Atk often have high skill in the pokeathalon, etc.]] (Attack is strength, Defense is bulk, etc), and you need skill to wield a weapon. So...

** The Champion wields the most clout, and other Trainers, even the Gym Leaders, have to do what he says (fortunately, all of them have been cool people or you prevented them from being Champions for long *cough* Gary *cough*). N tells everyone to let their Pokemon go, and they'd have to comply. [[spoiler:All according to plan for Ghetsis, who would have then murdered his son and taken over the country.]]

** It's possible that N wasn't really the official Champion. He just beat the official Champion, without going through all the proper channels,getting 8 gym badges.He just pulled up with a Legendary Dragon and challenged the Champion straight-up. You'll notice in the older games that you have to fight Gary to become the Champion.

** Because that requirement was anime-only. And there have been [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Youngster_(Trainer_class) younger]] [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Bug_Catcher_(Trainer_class) Pokemon]] [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/School_Kid_(Trainer_class) trainers]] since the first generation.
** Did I perhaps miss something where they said you had to be at least ten to be a pokémon trainer in the games? I don't recall the games ever saying you had to be at least ten years old to be a trainer; I know some have stated that the trainers were ten, but the others don't actually say you're only ten years old, until Gen V where they say they're teenagers. As if that actually makes a difference beyond how they look - I actually thought the trainers in Gen III were 13-15 because they didn't ''look'' like they were ten years old!
*** Of course the anime isn't canon to the games, unless they're specifically stated to continue the game's story (WoW's ExpandedUniverse) movies, cartoons, comics, etc. are in alternate universes. Garbage, though? Definite YMMV.
** I always thought that most of them were people ''with'' pokemon, it's never been said even in the anime that you need to be 10 to ''have'' a Pokemon, just 10 to leave home on your quest, and the kindergartners clearly show that, kids who have pokemon but are still in school, just like the people you fight ''in'' their schools in several games.
* After [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire three]] [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl gener]][[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver ations]] of averting it, why the sudden change back to SchrodingersPlayerCharacter (minus the cameo in the Battle Subway)? Especially since this Gen is so much more plot heavy than the rest and the protagonists seem to be getting a better reception than the previous instalments...
** It's only been two generations, man; Diamond/Pearl/Platinum and [=HeartGold/SoulSilver=] are both generation 4. Each two-game set isn't a generation on its own. Anyway, they wanted a return to Pokemon's roots. And they probably weren't going to significantly change a game that far along just because people liked the protagonists' character designs. Adding another main character would mean additional story drafting and all that other stuff. Two rivals is already plenty.

* What happens to your Global Link account if you were to start a new game on the Black or White cartridge you have connected to it? Would you still be able to use it with your new game? Will the account be dissolved if you can't? What would happen to any pokemon that you may have currently uploaded into the Global Link if you start over depending on one of the above solutions?

* In route 11 there are some waterfalls, one going up and another going down to a ranger battle and some dark grass. I've explored the lower section a bit and I cannot seem find a way out of there without using either Waterfall or Fly. Since you don't need either to get there, surly that's a bit dangerous as you could get stuck down there... unless I'm just missing the exit.

** It's a big city. They probably just turn off while you're actually making your way to central plaza.

* This might be due to a bad translation I read, so please correct me if I'm wrong about this, but N's goal is to become the Pokemon League Champion in order to let Team Plasma take over Unova. Why exactly was that neccesary? Do you become ruler of Unova if you beat the Champion? If so, that's a really stupid way to form a government. (It also makes me want to punch Red for shirking his political responsibility by hanging out on a mountain.)

** It's a retraux gen. Gen 1 and Gen 2, which these games alude from heavily, didn't have the other protagonist.

* Shouldn't Haxorus be a steel type?

* N always uses pokemon from the area you're battling him in except for the last battle. His version legendary makes sense(he swept the E4 with it). The Zoroark is likely the one we see him with in the opening sequence as a Zorua. He probably didn't want to release the fossil pokemon(Carracosta and Archeops) because they weren't native for this time and would wreck havoc on the ecosystem. What are Klinklang's and Vanilluxe's excuses? (Don't say that the Klinklang was the evolved Klink he had in Chargestone Cave because if so, why didn't he release it along with the others?)

* N always uses pokemon from the area you're battling him in except for the last battle. His version legendary makes sense(he swept the E4 with it). The Zoroark is likely the one we see him with in the opening sequence as a Zorua. He probably didn't want to release the fossil pokemon(Carracosta and Archeops) because they weren't native for this time and would wreck havoc on the ecosystem. What are Klinklang's and Vanilluxe's excuses? (Don't say that the Klinklang was the evolved Klink he had in Chargestone Cave because if so, why didn't he release it along with the other two?)

* After [[PokemonRubyAndSapphire three]] [[PokemonDiamondAndPearl gener]][[PokemonGoldAndSilver ations]] of averting it, why the sudden change back to SchrodingersPlayerCharacter (minus the cameo in the Battle Subway)? Especially since this Gen is so much more plot heavy than the rest and the protagonists seem to be getting a better reception than the previous instalments...

*** Not to mention that N may not be called so but fill the qualifications of a rival (you battle him a 5 times and he even becomes Champion, something not seen since Blue). So you got Cheren, Bianca (and) N. Though I myself thought they should had replaced Cheren or Bianca for the opposite gender rival and just give it their story, in fact and even more interesting thing would had been to change Cherem for the male counterpart if you chose the girl and to change Bianca for the female counterpart if you chose the boy.

*** No, because they DONT levitate; [[FridgeBrilliance they fly.]] If there was some "Flapping Wing" ability that was functionally the same, they probably would have got it. But there isnt.

*** For that matter, Eelektross has Levitate. Sure, its pre-evolutions appear to be floating, but Eelektross... isn't. Its battle animation clearly indicates that it is standing on its... [[BuffySpeak leg-fin things.]] So what does ''it'' have Levitate? To give an Electric type an immunity to its only weakness, thus causing it to have no weaknesses? ...I think I just answered my own question.

** To make matters worse, Larvesta, Volcarona, Ferrothorn and Ferroseed CAN'T. And they HAVE genders!
** It's mustache is just that sexy?

** Not everyone is going to put them in their pockets. A lot seem to put them in belts, so where they place them seems to vary from person to person. And do you see any pockets on her?

*** "Unless she just throws her stuff in there." You just answered your own question. Bianca's character is described as clumsy, unorganized, and unreliable. Therefore, it would only make sense that she just tosses stuff in her bag without making a distinction of "this pocket is for Pokeballs, this pocket is for Technical Machines." And as pointed out, not all trainers keep the Pokeballs containing their Pokemon in their actual pockets. (Especially considering certain classes, like the Lass and Idol don't even ''have'' pockets.)
*** Though if she does just throw her stuff in there, I must wonder if she often opens her bag to find one of her Pokemon outside of it's [=PokeBall=] due to her clumsily tossing her Balls in there.

* Why does Cheren always seem to know exactly when I've gotten a gym badge? Does he follow me around with binocolars? Does he have xray vision? Is he psychic? All of the above?

** Sp.Atc is usually considered to be skill[[hottip:*:It's IV boost wing is the ''genius'' wing, pokemon with high Sp.Atc often have high skill in the pokeathalon, etc]] (Attack is strength, Defense is bulk, etc), and you need skill to wield a weapon. So...

* This might be due to a bad translation I read, so please correct me if I'm wrong about this, but N's goal is to become the Pokemon League Champion in order to let Team Plasma take over Unova. Why exactly was that nessacary? Do you become ruler of Unova if you beat the Champion? If so, that's a really stupid way to form a government. (It also makes me want to punch Red for shirking his political responsibility by haning out on a mountain.)
** This definitely sounds more like WildMassGuessing there, let's wait for the true English games to come out to find out how the government works in Unova...as well as the other regions.
** Where'd you read this? Maybe Ghetsis misled N? I mean...he [[spoiler:DID admit he was using Team Plasma so he could dominate the region.]]

** The Champion wields the most clout, and other Trainers, even the Gym Leaders, have to do what he says (fortunately all of them have been cool people or you prevented them from being Champions for long *cough*Gary*cough*). N tells everyone to let their Pokemon go, and they'd have to comply. [[spoiler: All according to plan for Ghetsis, who would have then murdered his son and taken over the country.]]

* Wait a sec, how did N challenge the Elite Four? I don't remember him winning badges, so any prestige he gets in beating the Champion shouldn't count. (Unless it does, they were fighting seriously...gah, my brain hurts).

* The only question I have is, why is it that Team Plasma mistook a Dragonite skeleton for the version legendary? Dragonite is smaller than either of them, not at all extinct, and only sort of legendary. Sure, there are no Dragonite in Unova (at first) but this is sort of like saying somebody from California wouldn't know an elephant when they see one because they aren't native to that region.

* If a trainer has to be at least 10 to become a Pokemon trainer...why did they throw in the "Kindergartner" trainer class in this game?

** Did I perhaps miss something where they said you had to be at least ten to be a pokémon trainer in the games? I don't recall the games ever saying you had to be at least ten years old to be a trainer; I know some have stated that the trainers were ten but the others don't actually say you're only ten years old, until Gen V where they say they're teenagers. As if that actually makes a difference beyond how they look - I actually thought the trainers in Gen III were 13-15 because they didn't ''look'' like they were ten years old!
*** Of course the anime isn't canon to the games, unless they're specifically stated to continue the game's story (WoW's ExpandedUniverse) movies, cartoons, comics, etc are in alternate universes. Garbage, though? Definite YMMV.

*** Not to mention that N may not be called so but fill the qualifications of a rival (you battle him a 5 times and he even becomes Champion something not seen since Blue). So you got Cheren, Bianca (and) N. Though I myself thought they should had replaced Cheren or Bianca for the opposite gender rival and just give it their story, in fact and even more interesting thing would had been to change Cherem for the male counterpart if you chose the girl and to change Bianca for the female counterpart if you chose the boy.

* The new move "After You".It bugs me.What is the strategic purpose of such a move?Well,I know that "splash" already existed (and it's far from being the most useful move) and Me First too (and this one,I can actually see a point to this move) but letting the foe attack before you?

* In route 11 there are some waterfalls, one going up and another going down to a ranger battle and some dark grass. I've explored the lower section a bit and I cannot seem find a way out of the without using either Waterfall or Fly. Since you don't need either to get there, surly that's a bit dangerous as you could get stuck down there... unless I'm just missing the exit.

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