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1WildMassGuessing for ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2''. All guesses pertaining to the first games should be placed [[WMG/PokemonBlackandWhite here]].
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5[[folder: Plot-related guesses]]
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7[[WMG: N releasing his dragon and giving it to you is non-canon.]]
8If we get a third game, he'll still have his dragon, and it'll work its way into the plot somehow.
9
10[[WMG: Near the release of ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'', we'll get a final PWT DLC tournament with Hilbert/Hilda as the final opponent.]]
11[[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Black_2_and_White_2_beta There are unused lines of dialogue in the game for Hilbert and Hilda as PWT opponents]], and their battle sprites are in the game data (and possibly their overworld sprites too).
12* Without Memory Link, your opponent will be the opposite gender of your character. If ubers are allowed in the tournament, they'll use Reshiram in ''Black 2'' and Zekrom in ''White 2''.
13* With Memory Link, your opponent will have the same gender as your character from the linked game. Linking to ''Black'' will give them Reshiram, and linking to ''White'' will give them Zekrom. It's also remotely possible that their name might also be overwritten with your [=BW=] character's name.
14** Will they have the starter you picked in the first game?
15* {{Jossed}}, sadly.
16
17[[WMG: Black/White ''will'' be a trilogy, with the third story taking place in Hoenn.]]
18But only for the first ten minutes of the game.
19The protagonist will be a Hoenn native that's about to get their first Pokemon, along with their childhood friend and sibling. As they're on their way to Prof. (Brendan/May) Birch, they come see the original B/W protagonist fall to the ground from out of nowhere, unconscious. A case falls next to him/her, with the Unova starters inside.
20A mook comes and tries to take Hilbert/Hilda, forcing the protagonist and co. to choose their starters and do a three-on-one battle. They win, but then a whole bunch of other mooks come out of nowhere, knocking the kids out. When they come to, they're on a ship, locked in a cell with Hilbert/Hilda. Once they escape the cell, they battle their way topside, only to run into one of the admins.
21Hilbert/Hilda decides to take him on, allowing the kids to escape on a lifeboat. As they get away from the ship, an explosion erupts and sinks the ship, with no sign of Hilbert/Hilda.
22The three contemplate "the mysterious trainer's" fate and what all happened as they drift. In the morning, they're rescued and brought to shore on Unova.
23And so the story begins.
24* For the people who want to actually re-adventure through Hoenn in new games, that is a complete slap in the face.
25* To make it a bit less so, the case could have the Hoenn starters instead, or the region could be Johto (which ''was'' remade) instead of Hoenn.
26** Although, it's perfect for an Orre continuation.
27** OP: Either a Black/White ''or'' a Colosseum/Gale of Darkness continuation would serve the above-mentioned purpose just fine. And let's face it, Game Freak DOES have a bit of an inner troll.
28
29[[WMG: If the story begins after the events of ''Black'' and ''White'' and your character has defeated N and Ghetsis, you'll fight the Seven Sages instead of the eight Gym Leaders.]]
30If the games are a direct sequel with the same player character (not just Hilbert and Hilda, but the same Hilbert/Hilda who went through the events of ''Black''/''White''), it'd be rather tedious for both the character and the player in real life to have to fight all 8 Gym Leaders again. Instead, the main bosses will be the Seven Sages, while the Gym Leaders will be optional bosses after clearing the main storyline.
31* Just about jossed; we have gym leaders revealed now, but it IS confirmed to take place after B&W. Two years, in fact.
32
33[[WMG: At least one of the Sages will have done a HeelFaceTurn.]]
34And they may appear as Gym Leaders/a Gym Leader (or even Elite 4), as suggested above. My guess is that Rood will be the one to have a HeelFaceTurn, given that after-game he tells the protagonist [[CallingTheOldManOut that he wants to see N confront Ghetsis.]] My guess is that Rood will be a Fire type user, as his name [[ViewersAreGeniuses translates]] [[MeaningfulName to red.]] To add to this, he may use a Flareon as his main Pokemon.
35* Yep. At least one of the Sages had a HeelFaceTurn, and it was Rood.
36* Gorm seems to have done a HeelFaceTurn as well, though he has no impact on the main plot, unfortunately.
37
38[[WMG: Hilbert and Hilda will still be the protagonists, but the story will take place after the events of ''Black'' and ''White''.]]
39The protagonist that you don't choose will have gone through the events of ''Black'' and ''White'' (defeating Ghetsis, capturing Reshiram in ''Black 2'' or Zekrom in ''White 2'', etc.) and will be fightable as a TrueFinalBoss with their dragon, similar to Red in ''Gold'' and ''Silver''.
40* Jossed, the protagonists are all new.
41** It is confirmed, however, that ''Black 2'' and ''White 2'' will take place after ''[=Black/White=] 1''; two years after.
42
43[[WMG: If the version mascots are actually the same color as the box art as well as different forms of Kyurem, then that means that...]]
44* A: Catching Kyurem in the Giant Chasm isn't canon
45* and B: Something must have happened to N after [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackandWhite Black and White]]. [[FridgeHorror But what?]]
46** [[spoiler:He's fine, but Kyurem forcibly assimilated his dragon]].
47
48[[WMG: The reason why Kyurem is the main Pokemon is because Team Plasma managed to get ''both'' legendary dragons.]]
49It just so happens that Ghetsis is even more savvy, so he ordered Team Plasma to get both of the dragons. Ghetsis has the dragon you expect to get in the Black and White games(Reshiram/Zekrom), in case N fails/[[spoiler:[[OffingTheOffspring so he doesn't have to rely on just Hydreigon to get rid of him]].]] Instead of getting an orb, you need to search for an object to summon Kyurem, who'll be able to counter N's Pokemon.
50* Except aren't these games sequels?
51** Are they? The games are actually called ''Version'' 2, which implies that it is just Black and White, but enhanced in some way.
52*** Except all of the main series games have Version as part of the title, it's just that no one really ever uses them. It's more likely that these are sequels.
53** Confirmed by [=CoroCoro=] to be sequels.
54*** Not really. All they've actually said is that it's a "whole new adventure", which... well, Platinum was also sold as a "whole new adventure" when it was first announced. Basically, it means nothing until we get some more info. Even if these two games are more than just the usual third version divided into two, and even if they really are a "whole new adventure" and not just being sold as one, we've gotten nothing to tell us that these are even going to be sequels and not something else entirely (whatever that might be).
55*** No, it was confirmed. “You thought it was just a different colour? This time it is ’2′, an utterly different story full of impact and new features are waiting for you!” That's what the announce says.
56*** I do not see the word "sequel" in there anywhere. And again, Platinum had a similar announcement. Until we get some actual information on the games besides two sentences of hype, we know nothing.
57** And finally confirmed to take place 2 years after the events of BW, with two entirely new main characters, new gym leaders, and a new villianous team.
58
59[[WMG: Hoenn will be involved]]
60(not op) Some have pointed out the red and blue marks in the logo appear to be a ruby and sapphire...
61* It's possible, but it could be unrelated -- bear in mind that Reshiram and Zekrom both have similarly shaped tails which at times glow/burn red and blue respectively. Also, the red one is more orangeish as opposed to being rubyish.
62* People see what they want to see... the logo is simply frozen, to represent Kyurem. Blue ice for Black 2, reddish ice for White 2, in order to evoke the typing and color scheme of Zekrom and Reshiram (and Kyurem's new forms).
63* {{Jossed}} with the end of Gen 5, plus ''[=ORAS=]''.
64
65[[WMG: Hilda/Hilbert or N will be the protagonist]]
66
67* It's a direct sequel, so giving us new protagonist would piss off a lot of fans/undermine all the work and effort Hilda/Hilbert went through in the first two games. Best to just keep it as either of them or use N with either Anthea or Concordia being female player characters since they probably left to go after him.
68** Nothing about these games are confirmed. Don't jump to conclusions quite yet.
69** {{Jossed}}. There are whole new protagonists.
70*** Which is completely understandable, as the alternative would be an egregious BagOfSpilling.
71
72[[WMG: Keldeo, Meloetta, and Genesect will get new and improved events in Black 2 and White 2.]]
73Black 2 and White 2 will be released in June, while Keldeo's movie will come in July... The release dates have been timed just right so ''all'' of the unreleased Mythical Pokemon will be distributed after the new games come out. This is the reason their events in the original Black and White are somewhat lackluster; they're essentially "consolation events" for whoever hasn't gotten the new games or trades K/M/G over to the original pair.
74* Confirmed, at least for Keldeo.
75
76[[WMG: The new region is a New Jersey equivalent.]]
77Topics.
78* Part of Unova is already New Jersey based.
79* Not a new ''region''; however, new content (e.g. gyms) is likely in Jersey, considering [[spoiler:the fact that practically everything East of the East River or North of Westchester is covered in a glacier.]]
80** Small correction to the spoiler: [[spoiler:the only part of Unova that got frozen is Opelucid City]]. The initial guess is basically confirmed, though.
81
82[[WMG: Ghetsis takes over Unova.]]
83Ghetsis manages to find and kidnap/knock out N, then puts his hands on N's dragon (Zekrom in Black, Reshiram in White), and somehow fuses it with Kyurem, successfully corrupting the Pokemon since Kyurem is arguably evil. Then he uses its power to wreak havoc over the whole region of Unova, which either freezes over (thanks to Kyurem's power) or just turns into some kind of wasteland (mirroring the climate-changing attempts of Gen 3 Team Magma/Aqua), and thus taking whole control. The player will have to rescue N and save the whole region with his help, teaming up with the remaining legendary. They will fight Ghetsis once again, and capture the fused Kyurem, probably leading to another transformation. Either Kyurem reverts to its original form or the remaining legendary fuses with it, bringing back to life the original dragon of the myths.
84
85[[WMG: Kyurem's two new forms are the original Zekrom and Reshiram]]
86When the original dragon split into two, B-Kyurem and W-Kyurem were born, but were called Zekrom and Reshiram by the humans (maybe the brothers) who witnessed it. As they continued to fight, they kept receiving more and more damage until what was left of each dragon became the black and white stones, with the icy and grey bits that were broken off fusing together and falling back to the earth.
87
88The truth recreated W-Kyurem, but it lacked something, while ideals created B-Kyurem, though it also lacked something; thus, when the twin dragons were reborn from the stones, they were more complete, because the trainer summoning them had much stronger belief in what they represented, and since the icy grey bits represented a void, they were drawn to each other after being cast off during the original fight. The real reason for the Giant Chasm was the result of the remains trying to fix itself by making up for what it lack just as it impacted where the chasm is now (though this is more of a side guess).
89
90The reason Kyurem regains these forms is because whoever is using it has a stronger belief in truth or ideals. On the note, the original dragon may only be brought back when someone has all three of the tao trio in their party.
91
92[[WMG: Ghetsis will fuse Kyurem with N's dragon, [[UnwittingPawn with YOUR help]].]]
93After Ghetsis is defeated, you'll run into the Shadow Triad on the Marvellous Bridge, just like last time. But instead of giving you the Sinnoh dragons' orbs, they'll hand over some mysterious McGuffin (possibly related to the Light and Dark Stones) while vaguely implying that it would be best if it were kept out of Ghetsis' hands. And who better to protect the McGuffin than you yourself, since you're the great hero of Unova who bonded with one of the Tao dragons and saved civilization as we know it? (Gameplay-wise, it'll go into your Key Items pocket [[ButThouMust to prevent you from just giving it to a Pokemon]] [[YouCantThwartStageOne and sticking it in the PC or something]]).
94
95Later, there will be some big disturbance at the Giant Chasm. Being the dutiful Pokemon protagonist that you are, you go investigate. Surprise! N and his dragon will also be there, trying to help the local Pokemon in distress. But before you get a chance to catch up, guess who appears and starts ranting about how the two of you ruined his plans, but now he'll finally have his revenge?
96
97Ghetsis then reveals that when Reshiram and Zekrom split off from each other long ago, Kyurem was left behind as a frozen husk. But under the right circumstances, it could be made whole once again. All it would take is for Kyurem and one of the Tao dragons to be together in the presence of a certain item. And of course, you were [[MacGuffinDeliveryService thoughtful enough to bring that very item along with you]]. Ghetsis draws Kyurem to him and the McGuffin activates, pulling Kyurem and N's dragon to it and merging them into one entity. ([[FridgeLogic Why didn't Ghetsis just hold onto the McGuffin himself?]] He was on the run and needed to make sure it wouldn't be lost if he ever got caught. And this way, not only does N lose his beloved Pokemon partner, but you'll also both be haunted by the fact that you, the first human N could ever begin to open up to, had a hand in it. [[FridgeLogic And why doesn't the McGuffin affect your dragon if you have it in your party at the time?]] [[{{Handwave}} It was safe in its Pokeball, while N's was out in the open.]])
98
99Ghetsis moves in to capture Kyurem, but N, instead of slipping into a HeroicBSOD as expected, calls on the local Pokemon to help him stop his father. While they're thus preoccupied, N shouts for you to save not just his own dragon, but Kyurem as well, from being doomed to an unhappy life as a pawn in Ghetsis' evil plan.
100
101Naturally, the story has a happy ending; either you capture Kyurem, and since you cannot capture another Trainer's Pokemon, N's dragon will be separated from it along with the McGuffin, or you defeat Kyurem before it's too late, and it no longer has the energy to maintain the fusion. In either case, N's dragon will be freed and Ghetsis will be stopped. Upon closer inspection of the McGuffin, you'll see that it now contains an imprint of N's dragon's aura. The altered McGuffin will then be a regular, equippable item, allowing you to bestow Kyurem with its alternate forme whenever you like without having to sacrifice N's dragon.
102* tl;dr = The stuff in the title is Confirmed, as if not for your arrival, [[spoiler:N wouldn't arrive to save you from Ghetsis' Kyurem... but Ghetsis knew that N would do that. He then fuses Kyurem and N's dragon into White/Black Kyurem]].
103
104[[WMG: You'll fight the Shadow Triad]]
105ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin
106* Confirmed.
107
108[[WMG: Unova's ancient enemy has had his revenge]]
109High above in the hall of Judgment, mighty king Kyurem rained down pain and destruction on the people below for fun. Kyurem dared not move on the lower Pokemon's territory while the Musketeer trio kept watch, but because People and Pokemon did not associate with one another at this time, people were fair game. Living miserably, people lashed out at one another in an attempt to grab some illusion of control and power. Occasionally, their fights got out of hand and the Musketeers would step in, but they never bothered to strike at the root of the problem. There was a Pokemon who did care, though, as a rash hero attempting to assault the Hall of Origin learned first-hand.
110
111The hero befriended [[AlmightyJanitor another dragon]] who dwelt above and together they toppled King Kyurem, sending his prone form crashing down to the land below. With their oppressor gone, the people were united under their hero and he founded the Unova region. Lost to history, Kyurem awoke in the depths of a giant chasm. The spread of people had sent the Musketeers into hiding and though less severe, continued conflict between people had split the hero's dragon into two dormant halves. Kyurem was technically free to reign again, but was too weak to return to his throne; he could barely make it out of the chasm. So he decided to live there for awhile, setting out every night to feast on whatever he could catch to regain strength.
112
113Once again, conflict awoke the halves of the hero's dragon just when Kyurem had recovered enough to cross the Unova region, and he set out after them. One was defeated and flew to a faraway land, but one stayed behind and Kyurem defeated him. He's not quite the same, but the king is back to full strength; he used the remains of his defeated foe to get there. Now he plans to destroy the region his foe created. Unova is as much for Pokemon as it is for people, though, and there are still three Pokemon who can take down Kyurem and cut out the dragon pieces he has assimilated...
114* This means that Kyurem's cover forms will be UnusableEnemyEquipment with [[PurposelyOverpowered illegally strong attacks]] and three types at once instead of the usual maximum of two. After defeating Kyurem, players will probably get to unlock its much more reasonable, dual typed, "original true form" that will be able to learn Freeze Shock in Black 2 and Ice Burn in White 2.
115** Well, I don't know about illegal attacks and typing, but the respective forms DO in fact learn Freeze Shock and Ice Burn. Their base stats are suspiciously high as well.
116
117[[WMG:The protagonists of B/W2 will be related to Hilbert and Hilda.]]
118They look unsettingly similar. Perhaps cousins or younger siblings?
119
120[[WMG: Hilbert and Hilda will have been eliminated by Ghetsis off-screen as of B/W 2.]]
121C'mon. You KNOW Game Freak hates us and won't even give them a cameo.
122* Well, it's true that they don't even get cameos, but their mother confirms that they're just fine.
123
124[[WMG: Black 2 and White 2 will use [[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Lock-on Technology]]]]
125You connect them to their predecessor to expand the game or play them alone.
126* Impossible, due to the way DS game cards work.
127** Action Replay made it work.
128* Jossed in that it's not traditional lock-on; however, there's a "Memory Link" function that allows you to unlock/change aspects of [=B2W2=] from your BW game, including battles against Bianca and Cheren based upon their BW teams.
129
130[[WMG: Reason For No Pokemon In Unova]]
131Pokemon from past regions escaped from the transfer system and are all over Unova now. Hey, summon referred to it in the original Black and White.
132* What does this WMG even mean?
133** Let me try to explain this as best as I understand. The reason that there are Pokemon from previous generations from the start is since they escaped from the PC system, which Team Plasma hijacked in Black and White.
134
135[[WMG: N will meet his real family.]]
136Any guesses as to who it is?
137* [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike I actually had this in mind]]: maybe a sibling (older or younger doesn't matter, but I'm leaning towards older) would travel to Unova, after having traveled throughout all of the other regions just to find N (with his team members all from the different regions). If it was me doing the writing, then maybe the two wouldn't meet or realize that they're related, but all the implications would be there. (Bonus points if the sibling's team makes hints towards a remake for Ruby and Sapphire.)
138
139[[WMG: N will be the main character.]]
140It takes place in the region N left to after Black and White as he journeys through the region. He starts hearing about people convincing others to release their Pokemon, but when they try to do the same to him he fights them off with his dragon (Reshiram in Black 2, Zekrom in White 2). He learns about the rise of the new Team Plasma and how they plan to take the dragon from the other hero. He returns to Unova, pulling off a BigDamnHeroes moment on either Hilbert or Hilda (changing depending on the version), and after defeating Neo-Plasma, he journeys through Unova doing things right. As a bonus, if this turns out correct, overworld sprite Pokemon will have human language speech boxes.
141* Who'll be the starters then? Will he only have Reshiram or Zekrom, reduced to level 5 somehow?
142** [[ATasteOfPower Maybe he has it at level 50]], but ends up losing it somehow or it gets reduced in levels, or perhaps you get to keep it and its levels while the genral level of the Pokemon and trainers are much higher than normal.
143* Seemingly {{Jossed}}, partly due to the reveal of new characters ([[SupportingProtagonist Supporting Protagoni?]]), and partly due to [[spoiler:the Dragon that gets fused with Kyurem being the same as N's, implying just about anything...]]
144
145[[WMG: N will solve his puzzle cube.]]
146It has been mentioned on the concept sheet for the puzzle cube that it has a keyhole in its middle. The player will recieve the key in the course of the story and N manages to solve the puzzle, perhaps offscreen. Then, the two items are combined and awake a Pokémon, possibly the "original" dragon or Black/White Kyurem.
147* It contains the spirit of an ancient pharaoh, a master of Pokémon Battling, who possesses him to help him win battles and look cool. Bonus points if he's voiced by Dan Green in the anime.
148
149[[WMG: Extremely unlikely, but Mewtwo (or maybe Arceus) will turn out to be the Tao Trio's master.]]
150RuleOfCool, people. Since it seems (so far) that Kyurem doesn't have any sort of "leader" relationship over Reshiram and Zekrom, they might pull a reverse Lugia/Regigigas and make an older Pokémon the master of the new trio. In Mewtwo's case, he's been shown (albeit very little) to be a "rival" of sorts to Kyurem in the TCG, so maybe they could make up some backstory about the recently created Mewtwo discovering the ancient Pokémon Kyurem and deciding to reunite the Tao Trio to master its power. In Arceus' case, it's already the master of two trios (the lake and creation trios), so why not a third? It could be revealed as the being that gave birth to the original dragon (that split into Reshiram/Zekrom/Kyurem) or something.
151* Seems to have been {{Jossed}} since there's still no word on it.
152
153[[WMG: The Tao Trio and the Weather Trio are connected]]
154* This base theory seems to have Support, given [[spoiler:practically everything East of the East River or North of Westchester is covered in a glacier.]]
155** Sadly seems to be {{Jossed}}, especially considering that [[spoiler:the only part of Unova that got literally frozen was Opelucid City]].
156
157[[WMG: Expanding on the above statement, [[spoiler:Rayquaza is the original dragon that Reshiram, Zekrom, and Kyurem split from]]]]
158Not much evidence, but this could be a possibility if the two trios are indeed connected. Consider how Reshiram, Zekrom, and Kyurem all have weather-changing properties, and how [[spoiler:Rayquaza]] can learn most of the moves that all three dragons can learn and more. This is highly unlikely unless they decide to retcon [[spoiler:''RSE'' and ''HGSS'']] to make any encounters with [[spoiler:Rayquaza]] there non-canon.
159* Unlikely, but not for retcon reasons. They could easily just say he cast off the other three elements but continues to fly around in the sky. Unlikely because there isn't too much evidence that there was any ''third'' part left over when the original dragon split. We know Kyurem is related to the others, being Wuji, but Wuji isn't exactly part of the Yin Yang ''[[DragonsUpTheYinYang symbol]]'', we really don't know what that relation is yet.
160* Given the new data above, it's more likely that [[spoiler:Kyurem is an equal counterpart to Groundon and Kyogre]] and the other dragons were split from Kyurem as was previously thought.
161* Almost definitively jossed with the new plot in ''[=ORAS=]'', plus the game itself pretty much all but states that the above point is canon.
162
163[[WMG: The Sinnoh Dragon Trio will be involved.]]
164In Black/White, after defeating N and Ghetsis, the Shadow Triad gives the player character the Adamant/Lustrous/Griseous Orbs on Ghetsis' orders, and it is suggested that this could be another part of Ghetsis' plan (Is he testing you? Or using you?). Perhaps [=B2W2=] will elaborate on this, and will reveal what Ghetsis intended to accomplish by giving the Orbs to Hilbert/Hilda.
165* [[NightmareFuel ...Or what he did with Lucas/Dawn.]]
166* Maybe Ghetsis managed to steal the Dragon Trio from Lucas/Dawn, but was unable to access the Pokeballs/get the Dragon Trio under control (deities tend to reward people who save the world and not people who abuse their children for power.) [[ThePlan The orbs needed to be handed to "heroes" so that Ghetsis can finally control them]], [[AGodAmI or more than that.]]
167* No mention is given to the Sinnoh dragons ''or'' protags. Either the orbs are non-canon or there's just multiples of them, which would make sense since Arceus can make multiple dragons.
168
169[[WMG: Black Kyurem/White Kyurem are artificially-enhanced versions of Kyurem intended to emulate Reshiram/Zekrom.]]
170We know that Team Plasma CAN augment Pokémon from Genesect. With both dragons denied them, even outright enemies of Team Plasma now (since Ghetsis kinda blew the thing with N), they'll capture Kyurem, the original dragon's broken husk, and use tissue samples taken in secret from N's dragon to convert it into a rough approximation of Zekrom or Reshiram.
171
172[[WMG: This game will take place several years in the future]]
173The characters have aged, the [=BW=] protagonist is an adult, things have changed, etc.
174* Confirmed, it takes place two years after the originals.
175
176[[WMG: Concordia and Anthea will play a role in the plot]]
177Either that or they'll be given back stories.
178* Backstory part confirmed, they're revealed to be [[spoiler: N's adoptive sisters]].
179
180[[WMG: We will learn how long after Platinum [=BW=] took place]]
181We know [=HGSS=] and Platinum take place roughly 3 years after [=FRLG=] and Emerald but the fifth gen is ambiguous so far.
182* Sadly, nope. We ''still'' don't know.
183
184[[WMG: There's a split timeline and this game will either reference it or be about it]]
185[[http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/4425/originaldragon21.png Someone graphed it out]] already. In Opelucid City a character mentioned alternate dimensions - referring to White if you're playing Black or Black if you're playing White. While it could be breaking the fourth wall, maybe it's not.. I'm betting this is a ChekhovsGun which either won't be looked into until another generation, if at all.
186
187[[WMG: We will get to fight the Seven Sages.]]
188And their Pokemon shall be based off the colors they are named by.
189* Zinzolin means purple, so he could use the Liepard, Gothita and Meinshao lines
190* Gorm means bule, so he could use the Roggenrola, Ducklett and Woobat lines
191* Bromius means brown, so he could use the Vullaby, Sandile and Stunfisk lines
192* Giallo means yellow, so he could use the Joltik, Scraggy and Sewaddle lines
193* Ryoku means green, so he could use the Solosis, Golett and Maractus lines
194* Rood means red, so he could use the Heatmor, Venipede and Darumaka lines
195* Confirmed in that you get to fight sages. [[spoiler:However, only two of them are present in the game. Rood is no longer affiliated with Neo Team Plasma, and has Herdier and Swoobat, whilst Zinzolin who works for Neo Team Plasma uses Cryogonal and Sneasel/Weavile.]]
196
197[[WMG: You'll get to pick a partner for your journey, not too unlike the missions in Pokemon Ranger.]]
198After giving your name and gender and picking your starter, you'll be able to choose between Bianca, Cheren... and ''N''. You'll travel Unova with them and get to have "conversations" like you did in [=DPPt=] with the Stat Trainers. Pretty much all battles will be double. How this affects team-building has yet to be seen, but most likely their team will complement your own (if you have a GlassCannon or FragileSpeedster, they'll pick a StoneWall or MightyGlacier to cover your weaknesses and vice versa).
199* I'd pick [[EnsembleDarkhorse N]] anytime.
200** You can keep N, [[{{Moe}} Bianca]]'s [[TheWoobie where it's at]].
201*** Screw them, I want [[PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo Hilbert or Hilda]]. Imagine having one of them as an ally.
202
203[[WMG: You'll go to Hoenn after the main game]]
204This may be a bit far-fetched, but the colors of the boxes (along with the popular hope of fans of a remake of the Gen 3 titles) certainly could mean more than for Zekrom/Reshiram. Game Freak may pull a "Gold and Silver" with this by allowing us to go back to a previous region post-game. This can also explain the lack of many endgame options in the original Black and White, along with the spiked levels of trainer's Pokemon.
205* {{Jossed}}.
206
207[[WMG: Expanding on the above WMG, You'll get to go to ''all four'' of the previous regions after the main game]]
208(This is a long one, so bear with me)
209
210Once you beat the main game, the red boat in Castelia City (the one in the port closest to the city entrance) will become available for travel to the other regions. At first, you'll only be able to travel to Sinnoh, but the other regions will become available as you beat each region's Pokemon League (8 Gyms plus Elite 4), the specifics and changes of each are explained below.
211
212* '''Sinnoh League''':
213** Canalave City; Leader ''[[HeelFaceTurn Sat]][[HonestCorporateExecutive urn]]'' (He takes over because Byron retired between the events of Platinum and Black/White. His Gym will be unavailable when you first arrive)
214*** The rest of the gyms are unchanged until...
215** Sunnyshore City; Leader ''Barry'' (he became Leader after Volkner joined the Elite Four)
216** Then there's the Elite Four:
217*** Aaron and Lucian are in the same rank as before (1 and 4), and Flint is in Bertha's rank (2). The new 3rd member? None other than Volkner.
218*** Cynthia is no longer Champion (we'll find out why later). The new Champion is... ''Lucas!'' (Like Cynthia, Lucas doesn't stick to a particular type)
219
220* '''Hoenn League''':
221** New Mauvile City; Leader ''May'' (Like Byron and Bertha, Wattson retired between the events of Emerald and Black/White)
222*** The rest of the gym leaders are the same from Emerald.
223** The Hoenn Elite Four has two changes:
224*** Drake has stepped down as the fourth member. His replacement? ''Wally.'' (As a nod to Webcomic/PokemonX, Wally will use green Pokemon. Mostly Grass-types, with his Gardevoir thrown in for comic-accuracy)
225*** Wallace is no longer Champion. The new Champion is... ''Brendan!'' (Another multitype user)
226
227* '''Johto League''':
228Like the Kanto League in [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver (Heart)Gold/(Soul)Silver/Crystal]], you do not go through the League in the original order. Instead, you start in Olivine City, and work backwards till you get the badges from Olivine City, Cianwood City, Ecruteak City, Goldenrod City, Azalea Town, and Violet City. Only then will you gain access to...
229** Mahogany Town; Leader ''Kris'' (Bryce stepped down)
230** Clair is still Blackthorn City's Leader, but has matured greatly since her debut games.
231** The Elite Four is the exact same lineup from [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver (Heart)Gold/(Soul)Silver/Crystal]], except, of course, for the Champion.
232*** Lance is no longer the Champion. The new Champion is...''Ethan!'' (Multitype, but as a nod to Anime/TheLegendOfThunder, he will use Typhlosion)
233
234* '''Kanto League''':
235** You take on the Kanto League in the exact same order from the second generation.
236*** Before facing you at his Gym, Lt. Surge will greet you when you get off the boat (and at other places in the Kanto region), and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QgrXqD8cRA this]] will be his {{Leitmotif}}, as a nod to the fan theory that Surge is [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Guile]].
237*** Seafoam Island; Leader ''Lyra'' ([[RunningGag guess who retired?]])
238*** Viridian City; Leader ''Silver'' (Blue didnt retire, but instead gave Silver control of the Gym at his request. Gotta keep it in the family, after all).
239** Once you beat the 8 Kanto Gyms, you dont go directly to Mt. Silver. Instead, you get access to...
240
241* '''The Sevii Islands''':
242This is where all the retired League members (Excluding Blue and the former Champions) now reside, with a few extra characters.
243** At One Island, Blaine battles you on Mt. Ember.
244** At Two Island, Wattson is waiting to battle you, with Professor Rowan[[note]]Dawn replaced him as the Sinnoh region's professor[[/note]] also taking up a house there.
245** At Three Island, ''Agatha'' and Bertha await, and you face them in a Double Battle.
246** At Four Island, ''Loreli'' and Bryce await, and you face them in a Double Battle.
247** At Five Island (Specifically at the Memorial Pillar), you run into Byron, but instead of fighting him there, he asks you to battle him at his house on Iron Island (back in the Sinnoh region)
248** At Six Island, Lance is waiting for you on Outcast Island, while Drake is waiting at Ruin Valley.
249** At Seven Island, none other than ''Professor freakin Oak'' challenges you to a battle[[note]]Leaf (yes, '''Leaf''') replaced him as the Kanto region's professor[[/note]].
250** Once you complete the Sevii Island Challenge, you gain access to...
251
252* '''Mt. Silver''':
253** Mt. Silver now houses the strongest Trainers in the entire world: The Ultimate 4.
254*** The first member of the Ultimate 4 you face is the former Sinnoh Champion, Cynthia. She uses the same team she had from the Undella Town villa.
255*** The second member of the Ultimate 4 you face is the (most recent) former Hoenn Champion, Wallace. He uses a slightly stronger (higher lvl) version of his team from Emerald.
256*** The third member of the Ultimate 4 you face is the ''other'' former Hoenn Champion, Steven. He uses a slightly stronger (higher lvl) version of his team from Emerald.
257*** The final member of the Ultimate 4 you face is the original Rival and former Kanto Champion, Blue. His team is similar to his Viridian leader team, but with Gen IV and V Pokemon sprinkled in (Machamp and Pidgeot are replaced by Conkeldurr and Mandibuzz, for example).
258*** When you beat the Ultimate 4, you get access to the summit of Mt. Silver, where you face the grandaddy of 'em all: '''Pokemon Master Red''' (a red PaletteSwap of the Gen V Veteran sprite). Red's team will feature lvl 100 pokemon, and will have all of Ash's starters that evolved completely in the anime (Charizard, Sceptile, and Torterra), as well as a Female Unfezant (like Ash's from Best Wishes), a Seismitoad (All the Johto Starters are being used, and Ash already has a Palpitoad in the anime, so it's not too much of a stretch of the imagination) and, of course, Pikachu. (Similar to how Red in [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver (Heart)Gold/(Soul)Silver]] had Ash's Orange Island team.)
259*** Of course, the girls could easily be the new champions and the boys could take roles as Gym Leaders or whatnot.
260
261** Sadly {{Jossed}}, but confirmed at the same time. Confirmed in that [[spoiler:you will get to fight the previous members of the League]], but {{Jossed}} in that you dont leave Unova.
262*** Sadly, indeed. This troper, @/AlexSora89, humbly bows down in front of such a magnificently awesome theory, but, alas, regardless of the sheer impossibility of all five regions in the same game due to technical restrictions (maybe in a 3DS game card keeping the DS graphics, but sure as heck not in a DS card), having all five regions would mean players could get to catch ''a lot'' more Pokémon in the first place; that would, sadly, not only kill the purpose behind an expanded Unova Pokédex, but also that of Ruby and Sapphire remakes as well, and given Nintendo wants to make as much money as possible from the whole "OneGameForThePriceOfTwo" shtick, well, let's just say that [[CueTheFlyingPigs such generosity isn't to be expected by what, in the end, is a business company after all.]]
263*** Well, they could still keep the whole "OneGameForThePriceOfTwo" shtick by dividing the 'mons you can catch in each region. For example, you could only catch Pokemon from Diamond, Sapphire, (Soul)Silver, and Blue/[=LeafGreen=] in Black 2, and you could only catch pokemon from Pearl, Ruby, (Heart)Gold, and (Fire)Red in White 2.
264
265[[WMG: We wont be able to go to past regions but you can still get the experience]]
266Unova is based off New York, and New York has places like Little Ittaly and China Town. After you compleat the Main Game you'll gain access to places like Jotoh Town, Little Sinno, Hoenn Island and New Kanto. There you'll be able to chalenge Gym leader equivalents or the real deal if visiting and even face their respective leagues.
267* [[spoiler:Partially confirmed-you will be able to fight the real deal.]]
268** Regardless of [[spoiler: the confirmed ContinuityCavalcade]], this idea would be much easier - scratch that, it's actually possible - to implement than the "five-regions-in-one-game" theory above, in both the "people" aspect [[spoiler: (confirmed)]] and the "regions as towns" aspect.
269
270[[WMG: The antagonist will be]]
271[[Series/DoctorWho The Master.]] After crashing the TARDIS on this fascinating planet he/she learn that he plans to enslave the entire Pokémon world and all its inhabitants by using the power of Kyuurem. And it is up to the protagonist, aka [[Series/DoctorWho the Doctor,]] to stop him. The only way to do that is to beat him in a battle which means that you'll have to beat the Gym Leaders and Elite Four (who are unaware of his plans) because he happens to be the current league champion. He/She will not have an assistant because the Pokémon he/she amasses over the course of the game will be the assistants.
272* What? This is Wild Mass Guessing after all.
273** Guessing the Master is not that Wild
274
275[[WMG: Hiougi City is the Unova equivalent of NYC's Chinatown]]
276Admittedly, I'm basing this on the design for the new protagonists and their rival. They appear to have more Asian features than Hilbert and Hilda, especially the Rival's face and the girl's hair.
277
278[[WMG: Cipher has been involved the entire time.]]
279Think about it.
280[[spoiler: Ghetsis']] Hydreigon has perfect [=IVs=] and [=EVs=].
281[[ShmuckBait Want to know something interesting?]]
282[[OhCrap Shadow Pokemon often have perfect or near perfect [=IVs=] and [=EVs=].]]
283(These are lost when they are purified and then re-generated randomly.)
284The worst part?
285[[spoiler: [[NightmareFuel It wouldn't be hard nor out of character for Ghetsis to turn his Hydreigon into a shadow Pokemon.]]]]
286And considering that Cipher is located in Orre, which is the equivalent of Arizona, they would only be a few hours away.
287Cipher would certainly be interested in all of those "liberated" Pokemon, after all.
288[[spoiler: [[MoralEventHorizon And Ghetsis only cares about power, and lacks compassion, so he'd totally be on board with this.]]]]
289[[ParanoiaFuel And they could have potentially been seeing each other for ages.]]
290[[NightmareFuel Think about the implications of that.]]
291* Going back to a previous WMG, the chief accomplices of the aforementioned have names referring to colors. Specifically, Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Purple, and Brown. The ''same'' colors as [[VideoGame/PokemonColosseum Cipher's]] GoldfishPoopGang. Said cohorts[[note]]That is, Six of the Seven Sages[[/note]] are The Hexagon Brothers!
292
293[[WMG: There still won't be a Dark-type gym leader.]]
294It's practically a running gag in the games. Kind of like Flareon's lack of any good moves.
295* I see you preempted [[Tropers/DonaldThePotholer my]] suggestion that the new Poison Gym Leader might by lying about her type. She wears purple and blue, and purple and black are themed throughout her stage area, and her Guitar. Yeah, Purple is identified with Poison as well as Ghost, but, even going back to the SNES era, PurpleIsTheNewBlack. And as for how we can have a Dark Gym where an Elite member is Dark, all we have to do is go back to [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Johto]]...
296** She was shown to own a Koffing in the anime. So... Poison, still no Dark.
297* Confirmed.
298
299[[WMG: Kyurem was caught by Hilda/Hilbert, but escaped.]]
300Kyurem does have evidence in-game that it is a very aggressive pokémon, with legends saying that it eats both humans and other pokémon. So it probably didn't take being [[CapturedSuperEntity captured by some teenager]] and being forced into battle very well. What do you think a giant dragon is [[RoaringRampageofRevenge going to do]] when it's first sent out into battle? It would also explain why there's so many glaciers, Kyurem is taking revenge on [[KillAllHumans humanity]] and intends to cause another ice age for it to happen.
301* Who says the capture attempt had to be ''successful''? If Kyurem is as ferocious as you claim, wouldn't he just resist capture from everything outside of a Master Ball (which would already have been used on Hilly's Dragon at the end of the last game) and [[SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome just do the deed there]]? NiceJobBreakingItHero, Legendaries are not supposed to be ''[[EvilIsNotAToy pets]]''. Also would explain how the hero's Dragon is lost because the hero didn't bring it here (and retained ''some'' measure of wisdom...)\
302As for how the ''other'' Dragon got merged, N, as TheAtoner, and mourning for the loss of his redeemer, would not want to take revenge on Kyurem but rather help it. That may have worked in the past, and would have worked in the Anime, [[WrongGenreSavvy but it won't work this time]] and N's Dragon gets absorbed. Whether N dies or is able to escape can be left in the air.
303** I caught my dragons with a first-turn Quick Ball in both games. Master Balls are always TooAwesomeToUse
304
305[[WMG: We will find out what's up with the Abyssal Ruins]]
306Hopefully...
307* Pokelantis?
308* Still nothing, unfortunately.
309
310[[WMG: There will be an Ice-type Elite 4 member/Champion.]]
311Hey, Johto had different members, so who knows. Maybe Brycen would've become an Elite 4 member/Champion in order to deal with the ice age caused by Kyurem.
312* {{Jossed}}, the E4 retains its typing.
313* Also {{Jossed}} on the ice age thing.
314
315[[WMG: There will 8 new gyms, and you'll face the original Unova gyms in the post-game.]]
316They did it in Johto.
317* Semi-Jossed. There are new leaders, but some of the old gyms, like Nimbasa City's, are coming back.
318
319[[WMG: reasons for why Unova got frozen, and what could happen.]]
320When you go to the cave Kyurem is in, it was able to basically flash freeze the whole darn field, trees included, into a big winter wonderland. The town nearby said it was trapped there, I think.
321
322What if the events of Team Plasma somehow made it able to escape? Due to it escaping, It froze half of Unova in revenge. The game basically starts with you beginning your journey, while this disaster is happening. Some of the towns have relocated underground, and the desert resort has become a last resort for living. One of the main plots could be N's return, in order to calm Kyurem down, while Team Plasma tries to control it and freeze all of Unova.
323
324* There is also one other thing as well. Depending on the version, the past hero from B/W gets wiped out due to the disaster, and loses his Pokemon. Kyurem takes their Tao dragon, and becomes stronger, which is what leads to N trying to return. A focus could be N being played as a villian, while he isn't.
325
326** As for the crackpot theory, Unova got frozen for Being rude on {{Website/Neopets}}.
327
328[[WMG: Team Rocket is the new Villainous Team]]
329I was watching the new [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo7hUxQ0F04 trailer]], and, at 1:26, there are people in black uniforms, who look alot like Team Rocket, so, it's just what I figured.
330
331* Maybe the Cerulean guy changed his mind about changing his mind? This troper thinks the villainous team is either a new Team Plasma (led by Akuroma!) or Team Rocket.
332* Somewhat fitting, considering that Team Rocket will be playing an important part in the anime.
333* Well Giovanni IS showing up, so there could be something to this.
334** Sadly, it seems likely that this has been Jossed. According to the animated trailer, the new guys have the Team Plasma crest stitched on the breast of their uniforms. Seems they've gone underground.
335
336[[WMG: Akuroma is the scientist who [[spoiler:created Genosect]]]]
337Come on. Doesn't he look like the kind of guy who'd [[spoiler:revive an ancient fossilized superpredator and amp it up with cybernetics and a WaveMotionGun]]?
338* Actually, [[spoiler:Genesect]] was created by a team of Team Plasma researchers, who aborted the project because N forbade it. There was a single researcher who didn't want to eschew the research and completed [[spoiler:Genesect]] by himself, and you can battle him by bringing [[spoiler:Genesect]] to P2 Laboratory in Black/White. So... probably not.
339** He could still be connected. Maybe Akuroma worked with the scientist?
340
341[[WMG: The suggested movie/Mecha Tyranitar will be this gen's equivalent of Pokemon contests.]]
342Giving the tradition, the next main game would be the ''Ruby''/''Sapphire'' remakes. Perhaps the movie theatre could serve as a version of the contests? Instead of said contests, you could compete to make an in-universe movie demo with your Pokemon. It would be a rather unique minigame...
343* And it's way better than that crappy Musical no one liked.
344
345[[WMG: Something '''really bad''' is going to happen during the course of the game.]]
346
347The Kyurem forms are the cover legendary's for the games of the same name (Black Kyurem for Black 2 and White Kyurem for White 2), unlike Black and White which had the opposite colored ones as the mascot (Zekrom for White and Reshiram for Black). Half the region freezing over is just the warning sign for the fact that cosmic balance has been disturbed.
348
349[[WMG: The games will bear strong resemblance to Generation II, and will have two Regions]]
350Black and White were designed to strongly mirror Generation I in many, many ways. With Black 2 and White 2, some inspiration will come from Generation II. The primary effect will be that the games will have a second region. It is likely that this region will be a region that has been seen before. The most likely are Hoenn, the Sevii Islands, or Orre. Each of the three likely options have reasons justifying them.
351* ''Hoenn'' is likely because it is the one region from the main series that cannot be accessed in a game made for the DS. Furthermore, the new forms of the Legendary Genies, who are weather based, suggest a weather-related relevance to the games, as does the fact that half of Unova is iced over. Finally, as each game is "remade" two generations later, Ruby and Sapphire should be expected to effectively be remade... except that they can't be, as Black and White take place at least 10 years ''after'' Ruby and Sapphire. To accomodate this, there will be a plotline in Hoenn relating to Teams Magma and Aqua.
352* ''The Sevii Islands'' are likely because of their relative isolation from other parts of the Japan-based regions, the fact that Brock and Giovanni appear in Unova suggests a connection to Kanto, and the potential to explore more Islands in the vicinity. This is the least likely of the three, however.
353* ''Orre'' is likely because it shares the same greater region with Unova (being based on an American location), because after 10 years Orre is likely to be thriving with Pokemon, and because there is a clear connection between Ghetsis/Plasma and Greevil/Cipher.
354
355[[WMG: Team Plasma has been split in two.]]
356We've seen two factions of them; the old grunts, one of the sages, and Anthea and Concordia, vs New grunts in soldier-like uniforms who have the Shadow Triad on their side.
357
358Group #1 is the original now reformed to be a legit organization dedicated to N's ideals and Pokemon rights.
359Group #2 is a new faction probably under the direct control of Ghetsis(Seeing as the Shadow Triad were loyal to him and him alone). They may or may not have cut the bullshit about trying to liberate Pokemon, and are basically Team Rocket's [[{{Expy}} spiritual successors]]
360* I really like this idea. It seems to fit with the theme of the Black and White games.
361* Confirmed, Team Plasma has split in two.
362
363[[WMG: Akuroma is running one of the two factions, Ghetsis the other.]]
364One official trailer video shows Akuroma in a room with a Team Plasma symbol on the floor. Plus his name isn't a tree, but means "colorless". Since all the other professors have been named after trees...he's obviously not a good guy. So if he's running one of the factions and Ghetsis the other, likely Ghetsis is running the original faction and Akuroma the breakoff. The reasoning is a line in the anime style trailer.
365
366"Team Plasma once said 'We realize the potential of Pokemon and it is best to free them from humans.' I, however, disagree with them."
367
368Thus Akuroma can't be running the original base faction. Since we know Ghetsis is back and a lot of the Team Plasma members aren't that bright, he's probably the one running the original faction (the "knights") and Akuroma is running the new faction (the "ninjas").
369* {{Jossed}}. [[spoiler: Ghetsis and Akuroma are on the same side. Altough Akuroma later regrets his mistakes.]]
370
371[[WMG: Black 2/White 2 will end up just being Part II of a ''Three-Part'' story]]
372So the main story of Black 2/White 2 will end with even ''more'' [[SequelHook Sequel Hooks]] than Black/White did . . . and setting up for Black 3/White 3 (or, alternately, [[UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS Black 3D/White 3D]]). . .
373* This idea had been swimming around in my head for a while, and while I think it's a good idea, it seems like most other fans might start to get weary of the "Pokemon Black and White Saga" by then; instead desiring RS remakes or Gen 6 games.
374** OP here. While I do agree that some fans may get weary of a "Black and White Saga," I think Game Freak and Nintendo would do it anyway, if for no other reason but the Franchise Branding aspect it would give them. And it gives a way to transition Pokemon over to the 3DS in a directly marketable way in preparation for Gen 6, and if they finally do remake R/S/E. Game Freak seems to really be on this "shake up the franchise" thing this Gen, and doing a full Black and White Trilogy is a easy - and marketable - way of doing that IMO.
375*** First Responder here, I'm really liking this idea now; Anyway, Black 3D/White 3D could be the perfect opportunity to showcase the Original Dragon, thereby making it a sort of "progression" leading up to completion. In BW, Reshiram/Zekrom are completely separated; in [=B2W2=], one of them reunites with Kyurem and becomes 2/3 completed; and in Black/White 3D, they could finally combine with the last member of the trio and become one again. Plus, it could a perfect opportunity for Genesect to get some screentime, since [=B2W2=] seems to be all about Keldeo and Meloetta. As far as the structure of the releases go, it might be possible that after [=B2W2=] Game Freak would temporarily turn their attention to RS remakes to wrap up Gen 5 before moving on to [=BW3D=], which would be considered the start of Gen 6 (and would allow for the introduction of new Pokemon such as the Original Dragon should it not be another Kyurem forme). However, should this prove to be the case, then I'm at loss as to what Gen 6's third game would be. Perhaps it would give rise to another change in formula; that being the start of a new story mid-Gen as a single game? It could still use Gen 6 Pokemon introduced in [=BW3D=], but it would take place in a new region.
376*** OP again. I think Gen 6 incorporating any story elements from Gen 5 will all depend on if the new region for Gen 6 is anywhere close to Unova, or part of Unova. And I tend to think - outside of general Unova Pokemon appearing in the new region - all story elements related to Gen 5 will mostly stay in Gen 5. So if there is a Black 3D/White 3D I think it will for sure be part of Gen 5, and Gen 6 will be a totally new thing. That said, another alternative is - Pokemon Grey. Instead of doing Black 3D/White 3D, Pokemon Grey could be the final game of the "trilogy." Meaning instead of being just a Director's Cut of Black/White/Black 2/White 2 (because let's face it, if they did a standard [[UpdatedRerelease Updated Rerelease]] they couldn't do it of just Part 1 - .i.e. Black/White - now that we're getting a Part 2), Pokemon Grey ''alone'' could be the "Part 3" of the story. Either way, I don't think we're getting a standard "third game" this Gen (meaning if they do Black 3D/White 3D I don't think they'll be a Pokemon Grey . . . unless Game Freak are ready to make one game that contains the entire three-part story) . . . but whatever the third game is will be the game that closes out the Black/White story/saga.
377*** Alternatively, they could have both their RSE remake and their [=B3W3=] as one game... by setting [=B3W3=] in Hoenn as a sequel to both [=B2W2=] and RSE, with a new story set in Hoenn that shows the effects of both Black/White and Black 2/White 2 on other parts of the world, or perhaps Team Plasma spreading to Hoenn (and possibly splitting off into revivals of Team Aqua and Team Magma) as well as what's happened to Hoenn in the years following RSE. Considering how long Black and White take place after RSE (At least 8, most likely 11, years later), plus the two year timeskip between B/W and B2/W2, it would make more sense than a straight-up remake.
378
379[[WMG: Ghetis will have/use Genesect]]
380Think about it. Genesect was recreated by a Team Plasma scientist to be obcenely strong, and Ghetis would be the kind of person to abuse its power. He''ll use it in a plan to terrorize Unova to take control of the region. He'd either have it as one of his Pokemon if you battle him again, or you might have to actually encounter it like any other legendary. Calling it now!
381* {{Jossed}}.
382
383[[WMG: [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Arceus]] caused the two brothers to split up, hence splitting apart the original dragon into the Tao Trio.]]
384Think about it: White/Black Kyurem has a BST of 700. That's ''stronger than Mewtwo.'' And this is just when it fuses with one of the two legendary dragons. The original dragon would have, going by this logic, a BST of 740. Or even more: that's better than [[{{God}} Arceus itself.]] Naturally, such a being would frighten even the Creator, so it sowed the seeds of discontent that caused the brothers, and thus dragons, to split. For the same reason, this may be why you can't get all three legendary dragons in one game-Arceus is doing everything it can to prevent them ever recombining.
385
386[[WMG: Speculation-Potential plot points/game mechanics for the possible third installment.]]
387* It will be called Pokemon Gray, and feature the original dragon as the 650th Pokemon. It'll be a Dragon/Water Pokemon(the Ice of Kyurem will be melted thank to Reshiram and Zekrom), with two extra formes(that change Water into either Fire or Electric).
388* Similar to Pokemon Yellow, you'll have another starter and get to find the Unova starters across the region. Your starter? [[EnsembleDarkhorse Zorua!]]
389* The main antagonist will not be Ghetsis or even the Shadow Triad, but another member of the Harmonia family. He'll be the father of Ghetsis; an AntiVillain who wants to restore the grandness of Unova before the split. We'll also find out a bit more about said Harmonia family: they're descended from the third, forgotten brother who refused to play a part in his siblings' squabbles. [[MeaningfulName Hence the name "Harmonia".]] I wonder what he may be called.
390* Ghetsis will appear, but after [[spoiler:losing in BW2]], will be a raving, barely coherent lunatic who the Shadow Triad are keeping safe. His past will be revealed: instead of being given a FreudianExcuse, his "justification" for being evil is because of how well he was treated by his parents, leading his natural narcissim into full blown ItsAllAboutMe. If he doesn't regain his sanity, he'll be dropped off to the authorities by the Shadow Triad-realising that Ghetsis is [[MoralEventHorizon beyond saving]], and it's just safer for him and everyone else to be locked up. The fact that even [[PsychoSupporter the Shadow Triad]] has had enough of him [[DespairEventHorizon will kill him inside.]] If he regains his sanity, KarmicDeath, or better yet, Karmic FateWorseThanDeath will follow.
391* We'll finally see N's real family.
392
393[[WMG: Ghetsis didn't actually pull a DespairEventHorizon we though he had]]
394After being transferred out of the cave, he eventually calmed down and instructed the Shadow Triad to spread the fake news that he got too disfunctional. While the Shadow Triad keep the player busy, Ghetsis cooks up a new plan......
395
396[[WMG: It is, in fact, possible to catch Kyurem early in the game]]
397When you first battle it, Ghetsis's staff prevents poke-balls from capturing it. To nullify its effect, have your Pokemon use Embargo or Magic Room.
398* This troper tried Embargo. It did not work.
399
400[[WMG: In expansion of the Unova being a triology]]
401B/W3 will be made in Gen VII.
402* How? We're still in Gen V. I do think that there will be a trilogy, but why wait 2 Gens?
403** Actually, Gen VII sounds too ''early''. We got Gen I remakes in Gen III and Gen II remakes in Gen IV, but we didn't get our return to the Hoenn region until Gen VI. While the wait there may have been in part caused by Gen IV and Gen V being on the same system (Original GB games like RB were allegedly incompatible with the GBA, though that's not actually true, and anything GBC or earlier can't be played on a DS), it's highly unlikely that they'll return to Unova that quickly. ''If'' Gen VII turns out to be on whatever comes next, we might get new Sinnoh games for it, but the 3DS still seems to be far from being retired and Game Freak has been producing games more frequently so there's a very real possibility that Gen VII will be on the 3DS as well--and either way we won't be getting new Unova games until at least a generation after we get new Sinnoh games.
404
405[[WMG: The Striation Trio Memory Link was a case of UnreliableNarrator]]
406People can lie and fake memories.
407
408[[WMG: The protagonists from Black and White 2 ARE the protagonists from Black and White]]
409The protagonist traveled back in time. Therefore, he was the hero that saved Unova. [[spoiler:The reason he left the region is so that he wouldn't cause a Time Paradox.]] When his [=B2W2=] self goes back in time [[spoiler:he will return to Unova.]]
410
411[[WMG: The final completion of Kyurem will not involve Reshiram or Zekrom]]
412The black and white dragons were born in response to the wishes of two people, degenerated into stone when the people no longer needed them and only reawakened when confronted with a worthy individual. Maybe this isn't so much picky choosing by the two so much as they ''need'' a worthy trainer to make these things happen. Kyurem is similar, it only truly awakens in the presence of a worthy partner. The kidnapping, the eating, the assimilating, these are all just futile efforts to regain that high it once had after its mortal companion inevitably left or died. The other two are content to wait things out but why wouldn't they be. They used to only be one legendary capable of unifying a region, now they are two. If Reshiram and Zekrom never awoke again they can still say they've gone beyond what they once were. Kyurem can't.
413
414[[WMG: Ghetsis' cane is the "completed" Colress MCHN technology.]]
415After you've defeated Ghetsis, he will leave his cane behind, planted in the ground. If you inspect it, the game will read "It's the cane that Ghetsis was holding. Was he controlling Kyurem with it?" Now, one wonders what special properties it would have to possess in order to control a Legendary Dragon like Kyurem. But now think about the Colress MCHN - it's only a prototype, but already it's capable of filling a nearby Pokemon with energy. However, Colress later gives it to the player and it eventually breaks after they use it on a Crustle. But what if Colress gave you his old prototype because he had already perfected the technology and had no more use for the Colress MCHN? And what if the perfected technology not only fills a Pokemon with energy, but allows the user to ''control'' that energy? Perhaps Colress managed to complete the energizing technology and then integrated it into Ghetsis' cane (in addition to the Pokeball jamming technology), and ''that's'' how Ghetsis was able to manipulate Kyurem. Just to support this WMG, consider how Colress' chamber of the Frigate is located right next to Kyurem's container. Being so close to Kyurem would have given Colress ample opportunity to experiment on it and collect data for his project.
416
417[[WMG: Kyurem is the legendary dragon equivalent of cerebral palsy]]
418Yin is feminine, Yang is masculine, the dragons represent both and were originally one. They were always separate entities actually and had only come together because that is how they reproduce. When the twins bickering forced the two apart, the two had not been together long enough to form an embryo but who says they are the only ones? Some other dragons successfully conceived but carelessly [[ColonyDrop dropped the child, which created the giant chasm.]] One cannot expect a baby to develop too strong after such an impact without immediate medical treatment so Kyurem was abandoned by his parents, who felt they could not afford to raise a kid with disabilities. Kyurem managed to survive of course and now wants to make himself stronger at Zekrom or Reshiram's expense [[WellDoneSonGuy in order to win his parent's love.]] The combined form of Kyurem's parents will likely be the trio's currently absent master.
419
420[[WMG: Complete Kyurem...]]
421Will wreck havoc once it completes it's assimilation mission.
422
423[[/folder]]
424
425[[folder: Gameplay-related guesses]]
426[[WMG: If the game has a Battle Frontier, it will be on an in-game equivalent of Staten Island.]]
427It's the only borough that hasn't been used yet, and there's a real-life park of significant size there: [[http://www.nycgovparks.org/park-features/freshkills-park the somewhat unfortunately-named Freshkills Park]]. Take the Grand Unova there and it'll fit in nicely.
428* Alternatively it'll be Coney Island.
429
430[[WMG: Kyurem's different form changes its Dragon type to the secondary typing of the "color dragon."]]
431If you chose Black, it becomes an Ice/Electric. If you choose White, it becomes an Ice/Fire.
432* Wouldn't the typings need to be balanced a bit better? Ice/Electric is much better defensively than Ice/Fire.
433** They'll probably be Ice/Dragon, but will probably have an ability that gives them pseudo-STAB on Fire/Electric attacks.
434** Alternatively, the stats change depending on the form. White Kyurem could have a boosted defense.
435* Jossed. Kyurem's forms keep its Ice/Dragon typing.
436
437[[WMG: Kyurem's ability also changes when it colorize]]
438To pressure to Turboblaze for White kyurem or Terravolt for Black kyurem. It gets to learn fusion flare and bolt respectively, too.
439* Or, as a tie in to the above WMG that W-Kyurem and B-Kyurem were the orginal forms of Reshiram and Zekrom, the two colored versions of Kyurem have unique abilities that give them the properties of Fire/Electric types respectively. Thus, technically making the first triple-typed Pokemon.
440* Confirmed for Abilities.
441* Also confirmed regarding Fusion Bolt and Fusion Flare.
442
443[[WMG: Kyurem was originally a 3-head dragon]]
444That splits into Black Kyurem, the 'Neutral' kyurem and White Kyurem, where the 'neutral' kyurem is the one we have in the original Black and White versions.
445
446[[WMG: There will also be a fusion of Reshiram and Zekrom]]
447Possibly even a Gray version, and even a Gray 2.
448
449[[WMG: Pokemon exclusive to Black 2 and White 2 include:]]
450Black 2:
451* Throh
452* Gothita evo line
453* Tornadus
454* The Elekid line
455
456White 2:
457* Sawk
458* Solosis evo line
459* Thunderus
460* The Magby line
461
462Neither:
463* Vullaby and Rufflet evo line
464** or maybe switch from the originals
465
466* So how to go... Jossed; Confirmed; Jossed - they don't appear at all (presumably the old protagonists caught them); confirmed, yet jossed - Elekid and Magby are exclusive, but the versions are wrong; jossed and the subpoint also jossed - birds are exclusive to the same versions as before (Vullaby line to Black 2, Rufflet line to White 2)
467[[WMG: We will be able to face all three of the 1st Gym Triplets]]
468But instead of six pokemon they will only use their signature ones giving the player some trouble with a strategy.
469* So, it would be a Triple Battle in White 2 and a Rotation Battle in Black 2?
470** Confirmed and Jossed at the same time. Confirmed you can fight them. Confirmed they use the apes, but jossed in the battle types described above. You instead have a Multi battle, teaming with one of them, and fighting the other two.
471
472[[WMG: The Unova starters are unobtainable, and Black 2 and White 2 will each have a different set of starters from past gens.]]
473For example, Black 2 could have Treecko, Charmander and Piplup while White 2 could have Bulbasaur, Torchic and Totodile.
474* {{Jossed}}. The starters are still Snivy, Tepig and Oshawott.
475
476[[WMG: We will face both Drayden and Iris at the 8th gym]]
477ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin
478* Jossed, you only fight Drayden.
479** And it's at the seventh gym.
480
481[[WMG: We will face neither Drayden and Iris at the 8th gym]]
482TakeAThirdOption we will have two completely new gym leaders a young man in White2 and an older woman in Black2.
483* Jossed.
484** Yet also confirmed. Drayden has been moved to the Seventh gym, and Marlon is now the Eighth gym leader.
485
486[[WMG: The bag of spilling should this be a direct sequel.]]
487Remember one of the Plasma members in N's Castle, who mentions that they hacked the PC storage and would release every single Pokémon stored? Yeah...they do it to you, forcing you to start over with a starter.
488* What about the party you have at the time the release was done?
489* {{Jossed}}. ''[=B&W2=]'' will use new Protagonists, just like ''[[VideoGame/PokemonXDGaleOfDarkness XD]]'' did.
490* Alternate guess, Kyurem ate the last game's protagonist and their legendary dragon.
491* Alternate alternate guess, Amanita's PC has been locked from the public by Team Plasma, and you have to catch new Pokémon using one of the other storage systems (Bill's, Lanette's or Bebe's).
492
493[[WMG: A legendary Pokemon will be found in Challenger's Cave]]
494Either a new one or one of the three unreleased ones.
495* Or an old one (like the bird trio in ''Platinum''). Mewtwo seems like a good guess, considering its recent marketing push and the fact that it got a signature move this gen without being obtainable normally (yet). In this case, since the Birds in ''Platinum'' got the legendary theme as BGM, Mewtwo would probably use a legendary battle theme as well (either Kyurem's old theme from ''Black 1'' and ''White 1'', which would be a bit of a ShoutOut to Mewtwo and Kyurem's "rivalry" in the TCG, or the standard legendary theme).
496** Or maybe he'll get the [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Kanto legendary theme]].
497*** Which doesn't exist. (It's the same as the regular wild battle theme, sped up slightly in ''FRLG''; this is probably why Articuno/Zapdos/Moltres used the Sinnoh legendary theme.)
498*** By this logic, when the Legendary Beasts show up in VideoGame/PokemonFireRedAndLeafGreen, [[FridgeLogic they should have had their battle music...]]
499** If it is an old one, it will probably still be in a section where new ultra rares (or event ultra rares like Zorua and Phione) can be caught.
500** Mewtwo should have a remix of it's theme from Pokemon Stadium. And if they decide to introduce a trio, let it be the beasts.
501* Alternately, if the Dragon Orbs are part of the plot, we might get Dialga in ''Black 2'' and Palkia in ''White 2''. Trading both over to the same game lets you go to the Distortion World and capture Giratina. Cynthia will probably have some connection to the event as part of an expanded role. Since they have well-established battle themes already, they'll just use remixes of those.
502* If it is a new one, Genesect could appear.
503* Keldeo is a strong candidate, since Virizion and Terrakion were found in places that were blocked off (by humans) until Cobalion was caught. Since Challenger's Cave was blocked off until the post-game, it's a similarity worth considering. It's also got a lot of water in it, compared to Terrakion in a mountain (rock/fighting type) and Virizion in a forest (grass/fighting type) which would make sense since Keldeo is a water/fighting type.
504* Jossed, the cave entrance is no more.
505
506[[WMG: This game will have two different play slots]]
507Because, why not? This theory is farfetch'd, but the guess is that Black 2 and White 2 will have two "play" slots in each game, Black 2/Remake of Sapphire, White 2/Remake of Ruby. You'll be able to start off with either one of the games you choose first, to play either the Hoenn remake or the Black/White Sequel. Junichi Masuda ''did'' say he wanted to do something special with Hoenn.
508* Much more likely is that we'll be able to go to Hoenn after the main games (or even during, for some plot related reason) like we did in the gen II games, but there is that "something special" thing you mentioned, making it unlikely he'll have it EXACTLY the same..
509** What's with all the Hoenn theories going around? That would have been advertised already.
510
511[[WMG: We will get a whole new set of Pokemon]]
512Gold and Silver where originally called Pokemon 2 and they introduced a whole new set of Pokemon designed at the same time as the gen 1 mons
513* MetaphoricallyTrue time: They ''are'' new.... to Unova. The new additions to the Dex are from previous generations.
514** And even then, most of them were catchable in B/W postgame.
515
516[[WMG: Regardless of the WMG above this game will try to invoke a gen 2 feel]]
517Gold and Silver where originally called Pokemon 2
518
519[[WMG: There wont be a legendary Pokemon in Challengers Cave]]
520But when you bring a specific legendary (possibly event version) into it it will unlock the relevant legendaries
521* Regigigas- It happened in gen 4
522* Landorus- If the right side of Unova is completely revamped
523** Jossed, as mentioned above the cave entrance is no more.
524
525[[WMG: The upper right part of Unova will be completely revamped]]
526With stuff added
527* Confirmed, but in this case not a good thing. The entire northern and eastern sections of Unova have turned into a glacier that stops at Opelcuid City. Probably Kyurem's fault.
528** But who knows what's beneath the ice once it's gone. It's probably what the main storyline is about, defeating Kyurem and taking the ice away.
529*** The ice is just there to cover up what's actually there.
530*** Nope, it's really there according to the animated trailer.
531** Nope, it's ''only'' Opelucid City that gets frozen.
532
533[[WMG: When you trade Kyurem between Black 2 and White 2...]]
534Just like Deoxys in the [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyandSapphire Gen]] [[VideoGame/PokemonFireRedandLeafGreen III]] games, White Kyurem will change to Black Kyurem when traded to Black 2 and vice versa when traded to White 2.
535* Jossed, as you can get both formes in both games... as long as you can get the other Tao dragon to your version, you can.
536
537[[WMG: List of possible legendaries you could get via event items.]]
538* Mew. It could be like the Zoroark event. In order to get it, you need three event-exclusive versions of the original starter Pokemon (and like Zoroark, they could be shiny). Show these to Miyomoto (the in-game one, of course), and he will give you a special "finder" which will allow you to find Mew [[AscendedMeme hiding in one of the trucks at Castelia City.]]
539
540[[WMG: If Genesect can be fought, its battle theme will be Ghetsis' battle theme]]
541* Would be a nice nod to how everyone thought it was Genesect's battle theme.
542
543[[WMG: The starters won't be Snivy, Tepig, and Oshawott]]
544* My guess is they will either be a different set of Unova Pokemon or Pokemon from past regions, or three new Pokemon entirely.
545** Or mix and match starters, like you can choose between Snivy, Tododile and Charmander
546*** Jossed by Pokemon Smash's gameplay footage. The Unova starters are the same.
547
548[[WMG: There will be a handful of new Pokemon]]
549Mainly to connect some older Pokemon with their gen 5 counterparts
550* This is a Black 2 and White 2 WMG page, not a Gen VI WMG page.
551
552[[WMG: Regis will be catchable in wild]]
553I mean... Why ''not''? In Gen IV they were the '''only''' non-Event Pokémon unavailable without either Pal Park or events , you either had to get event Regigigas or import them from Hoenn-based games.
554* Wouldn't it make more sense to save them for the Hoenn remakes?
555* Confirmed. Regirock normally in-wild, and then depending on game you get stuff to unlock Regice or Registeel. However, you can trade with pal to get the feature that's not in your game, so ''all'' three golems are in ''both'' games.
556
557[[WMG: Alternatively, the Lake Trio will be obtainable.]]
558If Dialga and Palkia are part of the plot, it wouldn't be surprising that the lake trio will appear to deal with it. They tried to play the BigDamnHeroes [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl against the last guy who tried to toy with the Creation Trio.]] Wouldn't be surprised if they do this when Ghetsis tries to toy with the Creation Orbs(which, given the possible SequelHook in the last after-game, he probably will).
559* Confirmed!
560
561[[WMG: You will be capable of obtaining Dream World abilities ''without'' the Nintendo USB connection.]]
562Probably from [[MadScientist Akuroma.]] To keep the "hidden" aura, it'll be a mini-challenge to obtain this.
563* Semi-Jossed; you can get DW abilities in-game, but in other way. The best thing that the places with them ''replenish'' their contents. Well, it's only 5% per 256 steps, but better than nothing.
564[[WMG: A Drifblim that has its hidden Flare Boost ability and knows Explosion will appear on Thursdays in Mistralton City.]]
565
566Oh yes, [[CrossesTheLineTwice I went there.]] Anyone who figures out this reference gets a cookie. EDIT: And guess who's just been seen in the [=CoroCoro=] scans? '''Drifblim'''. My WMG is now one step closer to happening. ''Oh the humanity!''
567* The Hindenburg? That would be pretty funny in a really dark way.
568** One free cookie for you, good sir. Have you figured out the deeper meaning behind this concept?
569* Jossed, but minorly confirmed; you won't be able to get Drifblim with Flare Boost and Explosion in Mistralton City, but you ''can'' get a Drifloon with Flare Boost in one of the Hidden Hollows.
570
571[[WMG: In the post-game, you'll be able to capture Mewtwo.]]
572It would be pretty neat. Plus, it could showcase the Psytrike move.
573* Jossed, there's no Mewtwo encounter in the game.
574
575[[WMG: The new Player Characters will both be able to swim without the aid of Pokemon]]
576Heard this WMG from another site, but it makes total sense. Look close enough at their designs, and you'll see that they're really wearing wet suits under their clothes. They're already dressed as beach goers in the first place with the visors, but I foresee new artwork of them in just their wet suits showing them in or underwater.
577* Jossed. You still have to use the Surf HM.
578[[/folder]]
579
580[[folder: Character-related guesses]]
581[[WMG: There will be a new character that gets the other dragon]]
582ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin
583* Sub-guess: depending on version, it'll be either Cheren or Bianca.
584** Sub-sub-guess: Changing important plot details based on version won't happen. It will either be one or the other.
585*** The WMG explicitely states 'a new character will get the other dragon'. Though Cheren would represent Reshiram while Bianca would respresent Zekrom. Ie. Cheren has to find out a good reason to be Champion and be honest about it while Bianca is the more idealistic about it cause she just wants to journey with her Pokemon.
586* Jossed, N has one dragon, Ghestis has the combined form of the other and Kyureum.
587
588[[WMG: The Shadow Triad shall be revealed to be Cilan, Cress, and Chili.]]
589No Gen 5 WMG page is complete without this theory being mentioned at least once.
590* [[SincerityMode Absolutely!]]
591** ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' has them using masks with the same shading as the elemental monkeys, as well as the masks bottom outline matching the same monkey and them using the same typing as the Striaton trio.
592*** Watch it turn out to be a RedHerring or that they're trying to frame the Striaton trio.
593* If their not then they'll use Pokemon of the remaining three types. If they are then we'll have three new gym leaders.
594* And now we know Striaton City has been frozen over, and the trio seems to have been replaced as gym leaders by Shizui or Homika. Things have been set up just right so if they were revealed to be the Shadow Triad, no complications would arise in the post-game with stuff such as gym leader rematches...
595** Specifically, Shizui replaces Corn (Cress) with the Water-Type. Replacements for his brothers have not yet been divulged.
596** Cheren has also been revealed to be taking their place as the first gym leader.
597* The trailer may have stomped this theory but it's still partially in the air until the release of the game
598** The Triad as they appear in that trailer don't have designs that match up with their sprites from BW, however.
599* The trio and the Shadow Triad meet in-game. Jossed with gusto.
600** ... In a flashback as told by Cilan. So either it's Jossed ''or'' Cilan is an UnreliableNarrator.
601*** Agreed, it could easily be a coverup story that Cilan made up on the spot.
602* Well, since the flashback can only be activated via Memory Link, which requires the previous game(s), it proves that the flashback is legitimate. Plus, if they had never battled the Shadow Triad and lost, the Striation Trio wouldn't have the motivation to become stronger as individuals instead of a set.
603** The problem is [[spoiler: if Cilan went through the {{Break the Cutie}} phase, it's easy to assume that he's lying either accidentally due to the trauma and not remembering the details clearly or just lying out of his ass.]] If [[HotBlooded Chili]] or [[TheComicallySerious Cress]] were the ones that tell you, it wouldn't be an issue, but the anime implies that Cilan lies a lot and is [[CuteandPsycho unstable]], so his credibility memory scene not is very low.
604*** Gameverse =/= Animeverse. Using something from the anime try to prove something in the games is just grasping at straws, really.
605*** Cilan is stil untrustworthy given that [[spoiler: people who go through trauma will not remember the scene in their head clearly and since Cilan was the most tramatized by the event, his memory is not reliable as say Chili or Cress]] with or without using the anime as evidence. That's logic really.
606*** Only problem here is that Chili and Cress will also activate the Memory Link if you talk to them instead.
607*** Also, why would Cilan [[FridgeLogic be traumatized by something he]] ''[[FridgeLogic made up]]''?
608
609[[WMG: Alternatively, the Shadow Triad will be revealed to be O, P, and Q.]]
610As an extension to the "A through M" theory. To clarify, O will be a new character, not the guy from the anime.
611* Ore[n](Steel Type), Pestilan(t)(Poison Type), and Q(got nothing but rock type)
612** Quart[z]?
613*** [[SincerityMode Perfect]].
614** Since they're ninjas, their main Pokemon will be the fastest of the type(excluding legendaries). Meaning Ore would have a Lucario/Metagross/Klinklang, Pestilant would have a Crobat/Scolipede(the former may or may not be part of the new dex) and Quratz would have an Aerodactyl(probably not going to be included)/Archeops
615* Or it'll be that the Shadow Triad are both O/P/Q and the Stration Trio! They use those types in their ninja identity, aka "their true selves."
616** ...[[VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} True Selves, you say?]]
617** O,P, and Q mean the children after N, since Ghestis went through half the alphabet. Anthea and Cor- whatever are A and C/ O, P and Q are the children after N.
618[[WMG: Bianca will be the champion]]
619Well.. Many people wanted that in the original and it'd show how much she's progressed.
620* Certainly seems likely... One can achieve much in two years...
621* Given her characterization and how she had HelicopterParents, combined with what happened to Unova, could lead to either HarsherInHindsight or UnfortunateImplications. EDIT (from same poster): Unless it was the direct result of someone else's actions...
622** Jossed. She's Professor Juniper's assistant, who hands out the starters.
623
624[[WMG: Alternatively, Cheren will be the champion.]]
625As an extension to his CharacterDevelopment.
626* Semi-Jossed, he's the [[NonElemental Normal-Type]] Gym leader.
627
628[[WMG: We'll get a PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo]]
629If it's a new protagonist expect the canon ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' protagonist, if you're still playing as the Tou. character's then expect a protagonist from a previous game all grown up (maybe the Pokemon Platinum protagonist considering [[spoiler:Cynthia]] mentioned them in the previous title?}
630* Blue will appear, and his theme will have a purpose. Red and/or Leaf may also appear with him as a Double/Triple/Rotation Battle option.
631
632[[WMG: You will get to fight Dawn/Lucas from the previous generation.]]
633It would be pretty cool, and it could be related to [[spoiler:Ghetsis having the Orbs]]: he stole them, and Dawn/Lucas wants them back! The battle could go in one of two ways:
634* Much like how Red's team was based off Ash during the Orange Islands, Dawn/Lucas' team could be based on the Pokemon Ash caught. This would include the three starters, Gliscor, Staraptor and Garchomp
635* If possible, you can transfer data so that Dawn/Lucas' team is the same as yours. Except more balanced, of course.
636
637[[WMG: Cynthia and Red will be available for a Double Battle]]
638What's better/worse than fighting one of the few Bonus Boss trainers the series has had? Fighting both at the same time!
639
640[[WMG: If there's a new player then they'll have a sibling or a father]]
641ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
642
643[[WMG: The player characters will be the same.]]
644If you choose to play as Hilbert, then Hilda will appear as the hero who befriended Reshiram/Zekrom and defeated N some time prior to the new games' events. And vice-versa. That would explain why the opposite gender character was SchroedingersPlayerCharacter in ''Black and White'', breaking the tradition set up back in ''Ruby and Sapphire'': they couldn't play an important role yet, they will be the hero of the sequel.
645* The not chosen does show up in the battle subway with a versatile team. Their Pokemon could have been stolen by Team Plasma or eaten by Kyurem, traumatizing them into forgetting the basics and forcing them to start over. They could be brought into Juniper's and coached by the last game's hero at first but later need to save them from vengeful plasmas or Kyurem. The old rivals would be helpful while the new rival would be a delinquent who tried to take advantage of the subway kid in their weakened state or one of the plasma members responsible for their grief, returning to the well for "another drink".
646** Your choice of starter will decide, not chosen's, Cheren's, Bianca's and your rival's, with not chosen's type matching yours and the rest falling into place. The rival will come after you while Kyurem or the rest of plasma is distracting not chosen, trying to steal the starters not chosen was offering you and you have to use your choice to fight them off.
647** Jossed. There are scans of completely new protagonist.
648
649[[WMG: Kris is going to appear as an NPC]]
650She hasn't appeared since Crystal, so it will be nice to see her again in the later generations.
651* Pretty sure she was retconned into Lyra with the release of HGSS. However, a cameo from Lyra wouldn't be all that bad...
652** Though, several people consider Lyra and Kris completely different.
653*** They are different characters playing the same role if chosen as the player character.
654
655[[WMG: The new researcher will turn out to be a villain.]]
656Come on, just look at him. He screams villain. And with all the "Pokémon isn't about strength" we've been getting for years, it's at least strange to have a researcher who focuses his research solely on that.
657* Well "[[MeaningfulName Akuroma]]" seems to be a blend of words that mean "evil", "demon", "devil", etc. Considering Ghetsis also had a MeaningfulName referencing the term "The Devil in the music"...
658* Also achroma(tic) as in colorless.
659** Nice connection. Seems like valid reasoning. O.o
660* His hair color sans the blue seems to be quite close to that of Ghetsis too. And weird appendage(s) sticking from the hair as well. Most likely coincidence, but who knows.
661** [[HijackedByGanon Entirely]] [[VideoGame/MegaMan Coincidence]].
662** '''''Thank God I'm not alone.'''''
663* Confirmed.
664* What do you mean by researcher? Like Prof. Juniper researcher? No, Colress is not really a researcher. He just wants to bring out Pokemon's full potential.
665
666[[WMG: [[PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo Hilbert/Hilda]] will be a bonus boss[=/=]TrueFinalBoss, like [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Red]].]]
667Who you fight will be the opposite gender yours. Alternatively, you could somehow sync your Black/White cartridge in order to import that protagonist's name and gender. They will also use the opposite dragon, since they caught it in Black and White.
668* How about you fight Hilda in White 2 and Hilbert in Black 2?
669* Why not let us choose the previous protagonist's gender, perhaps through an in-game quiz that asks us the gender of the hero?
670** Also, you'll be able to synch the six Pokemon in your Black/White Cartridge's active party to BW2. Imagine having a fight against ''six level 100s''.
671* How about this: the trainer you fight is your opposite gender. Their Pokemon include:
672** Serperior. Why that starter? Because Snivy [[EnsembleDarkhorse is the most popular!]]
673** Simipour, referencing the fact you likely got one of the elemental monkeys to fight the Stration Trio
674** Zen Mode Darmanitan.
675** Ok, it's probably unlikely, put Zekrom/Reshiram(depends on which version)
676** Golurk, furthering its connection with Zekrom/Reshiram
677* I doubt Darmanitan-Z will be on that team, considering it's post-game, and too easy for the player to abuse.
678* Why not Unfezant and Seismitoad as an anime tie-in?
679
680[[WMG: [[PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo Hilbert/Hilda]] will appear as an NPC several times to help the player]]
681Since they are probably be the champion by now, they will probably aid you several times, just like Cynthia did in VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl.
682
683[[WMG: Akuroma made Kyurem-B/Kyurem-W, Genesect, or maybe both.]]
684
685This is expanding on the higher up WMG that he's a villain. In one of the [=CoroCoro=] screenshots, he's talking about an item which ''activates a Pokemon he created.'' Given that he researches Pokemon strength and his outfit has all of the Plasma logo's colors, it's not too hard to figure out the obvious suspects. If he is responsible for the Kyurem forms, then that [[FridgeBrilliance would explain]] why they look so... unnatural.
686* He might also be responsible for the Kami trio's form changes as well.
687
688[[WMG: N will appear, and he TookALevelInBadass as well as in CharacterDevelopment.]]
689In the last two years, he has gradually become less naive and more sociable, due to traveling the world and meeting new people. He still loves Pokemon, but is more accepting towards people. When he found out someone took his legendary dragon, he went on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge in order to find it, since he personally knows how powerful it is and how someone can use it for evil purposes. Bonus points if he's toting a [[Webcomic/BlackAdventures Menger Gun]].
690* Confirm so much that he's appearing. He may have taken a level, but we can't tell yet.
691
692[[WMG:The new additions to the Pokedex came from [[VideoGame/PokemonColosseum Orre]].]]
693It's a region that had Trainers carrying Pokemon from earlier Generations. Perhaps their feral offspring finally made the long transcontinetal journey.
694* Considering Unova and Orre are both based off the United States, this may be possible. Note that Eevee (considered by the fandom to be Orre's unofficial starter) is apparently catchable.
695
696[[WMG: Akuroma will be a parody, critique, or deconstruction of SeriousBusiness Pokemon meta-gamers]]
697
698It's stated that Akuroma is researching Pokemon strength specifically, which is something of interest to most competitive Pokemon players. I wouldn't be surprised if, when you face him, Akuroma wielded exclusively [[CharacterTiers OU Tier Pokemon]] with perfect IV's and [[MinMaxing Min-Maxed]] EV's.
699* The second part is busted, the trailer shoes him with a Magneton, which is really only useful in VERY specific builds. He could evolve it and screw any steel type you use over with HP fire.
700** Not necessarily. Both Magneton and Magnezone are completely viable. Magneton still has it's higher speed, and on top of that, the Eviolite item to boost its defenses.
701* Indeed, Jossed. His actual dialog shows he's very much interested in the way trainers believe in and care for their pokemon as a means of bringing out strength, rather than the eugenics/effort value training Meta-gaming involves. He's basically a mad scientist looking to research emotional bonds and motivations.
702
703[[WMG: The Poison type Gym Leader will be named [[Music/AliceCooper Alice]] in the English localization]]
704
705Come on, she plays the guitar, she uses the POISON type, that kind of reference would be too good to pass up.
706* Nope.
707** Sadly.
708
709[[WMG: Cheren will be the new Champion]]
710
711Makes sense. It's been two years, no reason why he wouldn't be able to become strong enough to beat Alder in that time.
712* Assuming the player character didn't beat Alder first, as the B/W rematch Elite Four may or may not be canon to [=B2/W2=]. Then again, Cheren has the type advantage over the PC's starter.
713* Semi-Jossed. Cheren has taken over for Leonora as the Gym Leader of Nacrene City, but there's no saying that maybe he beat Alder but decided to be a Leader instead.
714** Actually, Cheren is the Leader in the new starting city south of Driftveil City, not Nacrene.
715*** Yeah, but when I said that, all we knew was that he was giving out the Basic Badge, which Leonora gave out.
716
717[[WMG: Bianca will be a gym leader]]
718* Jossed, she's Prof. Juniper's assistant.
719
720[[WMG: Volkner will show up.]]
721He was mentioned by Shauntal in BW and she seemed quite impressed by his battle abilities. It's never specified under which circumstances did they battle, maybe he challenged the Unova League? Maybe he'll show up in BW2, as an Elite trainer or Champion even?
722* ...Wow, you're good. Confirmed, Volkner has shown up as part of the World Tournament.
723
724[[WMG: N will be the TrueFinalBoss]]
725It'd make sense for Game Freak to save N for the very end of the game. The player character from the last game being the TrueFinalBoss has [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver already been done]], and N was arguably the most important character in the last game. He'll probably also have [[TookALevelInBadAss taken a level in badass]] over the years.
726** Alternatively? N and Hilbert/Hilda (depending on the gender of the player) are fought as a double battle. Fight level 80+ Reshiram and Zekrom at the same time. Remember, at the ending of the first pair of games these two got on just fine; if they really want to see what the new kid on the block can do...
727** Appears to be jossed. It looks like it's Red again.
728*** Nope. Red is an OptionalBoss, appearing in the Pokemon World Tournament. Achroma is the TrueFinalBoss, wrapping up the Team Plasma storyline.
729*** [[spoiler: And then confirmed as N is the TrueFinalBoss overall, due to having the highest leveled Pokémon in the game if certain conditions are met.]]
730*** [[spoiler: Close. Iris is the TrueFinalBoss! Her Haxorus is Lv. 83 in Challenge Mode. Compare it to N's Politoed/Ninetales/Abomasnow/Hippowdon at Lv. 82 in Challenge Mode.]]
731
732[[WMG: All the same-gendered protagonists of the previous games will return as part of an underground Pokemon championship for people who have advanced beyond the Elite Four.]]
733They will all have Pokemon at levels no less than 80, and going all the way up to 100. If you choose the male protagonist, you'll fight Red, Ethan, Brendan, Lucas, and Hilbert. If you choose the female protagonist, you'll fight with Leaf, Lyra, May, Dawn, and Hilda. You'll fight them in reverse order, going back to the gen 1 protagonist. Red/Leaf will have a full team of level 100s.
734* The problem is, Red is the canon protagonist of his games no matter who you pick in C/HG/SS.
735* This theory would also mean GF is screwing over canon. Canon protagonists do exist.
736
737[[WMG: You'll play as Hilbert/Hilda...]]
738But only in the beginning. You'll choose to play as either Hilbert or Hilda and then play as them for a little while, until Kyurem comes in and freezes you. ''Then'' you'll get to play as the new protagonist. Kinda like ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'', except it's a surprise that you'll play as the previous protagonist. Part of the story will involve defrosting them (along with some other major characters) so that they'll help you.
739* Jossed.
740
741[[WMG: Bianca stole Cheren's glasses for some reason.]]
742* Maybe they're going out and Cheren gave her those as a present? He's probably wearing contacts, now that I think about it.
743
744[[WMG: Cheren will be ThatOneBoss.]]
745He's the normal-type gym leader, it's almost a given.
746* Except according to the [=CoroCoro=] scans, he's the '''first''' Leader. I don't think Nintendo is THAT [[NintendoHard sadistic.]]
747** Yes, but [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Whitney]] was the third Gym Leader for the Johto League, and she was considered ThatOneBoss thanks to Miltank. Who's to say Nintendo wouldn't pull that as the first leader, thus giving you less time to level-grind?
748* I doubt it, considering his only known Pokémon so far is a Patrat...
749** ...And the other is a Lillipup.
750** Actually, this guess turned out pretty accurate. His Pokémon's levels are both in double-digits even in Easy Mode, at a time when yours probably won't be, and they have a status move that raises their attack power. Its basically CharacterSelectForcing you towards catching a Riolu and training it until it learns a Fighting-type move.
751
752[[WMG: The past Champions and Gym Leader's sprites won't be anything new]]
753Because Game Freak/Nintendo will get lazy.
754* Seemingly confirmed, but the Hoenn gym leaders at least will require new sprites.
755** Totally confirmed: [[http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/4/42/CoroCoro_June_2012_3.jpg Steven has a new sprite, whereas Cynthia, Blue and Lance are shown with their old ones.]]
756*** Actually, somewhat jossed now. Cynthia has a new animation. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSlaZ8GZJNg See about 1:30 in.]]
757** [[http://pokebeach.com/news/0612/pokemon-black-2-white-2-pre-coverage/pokebeach-trainer-montage.png Generally confirmed otherwise, considering Generation IV Gym Leaders kept their sprites whereas Generation III Gym Leaders got updated (and more detailed) ones.]]
758*** Jossed again. As every single trainers ranged from Champions to Youngsters have a new animation.
759*** Taking it even further, as Gym Leaders of at least Sinnoh and Kanto (and of course Hoenn) got refreshed sprites for overworld. Plus Giovanni, Lance and Red.
760*** Jossed like there was no tomorrow. Some of the old Gym Leaders have new animation, some have the old animation, but it's smoother (like Blue's), therefore Game Freak is not lazy.
761[[WMG: You aren't actually facing off against any of the past Champions and Gym Leaders.]]
762Instead, you're actually facing off against holographic simulations of them. The AI is programmed to behave like them.
763* Well that means that Red's sim will be [[SilentProtagonist the easiest to program.]]
764
765[[WMG: Possible bonus bosses (and {{Previous Player Character Cameo}}s) for the upcoming ContinuityCavalcade]]
766If the returning Pokémon in the new regional Pokédex are any indication, chances are something similar will happen for the human cast as well. Just like Cheren, rival character in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', has become a Gym Leader in the sequel as a parallel to Blue between ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' and ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver''.
767* [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Red]], as he did in ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'', to indicate that this time a post-Johto generation will '''''not''''' cut its ties with previous games as it happened in ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire''. Alternatively, Red's in-game(-remake) DistaffCounterpart Leaf.
768** [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Ethan, Lyra]] or, better yet, [[TheBusCameBack Kris]], will play the same role as further proof of the aforementioned not-cutting-ties aspect.
769** As the same "realised-our-mistake" kind of FandomNod, Brandon and May from ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'' will appear, [[TakeThatScrappy but as]] ''{{joke boss}}es''.
770*** Joke bosses? Only if they're the Hoenn rival and not in the protagonist role.
771* Any [[TheRival rival]] will appear as the champion, with the exception of Blue because [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue it already happened.]] Still, [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Silver]], [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Wally]] and [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Pearl]] are fair game enough.
772* Well... it turns out that EVERYONE'S COMING BACK! Except the protagonists that aren't Red.
773
774[[WMG: The "female" player character will be a crossdressing boy...at least for the Japanese]]
775Quoting directly from Trap-Heaven's "Trapdex":
776-->''" Nintendo mistyped the gender of this player character on the official homepage for Black & White 2. They gave the reading (furigana) for the female protagonist as OTOKO-NO-KO (instead of ONNA-NO-KO). So she is officially (by mistake) a cross dressing boy! Hentai trap fan artists rejoice!"''
777
778If it ''wasn't'' an error, this "female" player character will be the first trap to appear in the games... at least in Japan, since America wouldn't allow that.
779* I'd rather her be Transgender..
780* There are some things that shouldn't be in a Pokemon game, let's just leave it at that.
781* They've already had a transsexual character in an adaptation, and they've gotten away with more, so..
782
783[[WMG: Elesa is a natural raven]]
784She dyed her hair blonde but decided to go back to natural.
785* Or she's naturally blond but decided to die her hair black, and then completely for these games.
786* There's a Memory Link event that explains this.
787
788[[WMG: Homika is a dude in drag]]
789Gamefreak said it wanted to shake things up.
790* Jossed, Homika is a girl.
791
792[[WMG: The (partial?) reason for Bianca's clumsiness in previous games was that she had vision problems]]
793It makes sense.
794
795[[WMG: Adding to the above, the glasses she's wearing are Cheren's and Cheren never actually needed them]]
796I know I'm not the first one to bring it up, but still--Cheren gave them to her partially [[{{Shipping}} for the obvious reason]], and partially because he never needed them to begin with (he only wore them because he thought they made him look smarter).
797
798[[WMG: Chili will have his own Fire type Gym]]
799This is assuming he isn't part of the Shadow Triad. In one of the episodes of the anime he states that he wants to get stronger because he loses to so many trainers so he's considering branching off from the Striaton Gym and starting his own. The episode aired in Japan months ago but this kind of foreshadowing is not unheard of from the anime: There is also a kid named Luke who was introduced early on and is really into making movies. In retrospect it was a big hint we would get Pokewood.
800* Appears to be jossed.
801
802[[WMG: The new protagonists are clones of the old ones]]
803The names Black 2 and White 2 made me think of Mewtwo and Ambertwo. Plus, they look similar enough that some people thought they were Hilbert and Hilda in new clothes. As for why anyone would clone them? To steal their legendary dragon. And how? Well, Pokemon might be able to use some kind of time or growth-related attack to age them up to adolescence in less than ten years, and perhaps there's some kind of psychic Pokemon that can implant memories or knowledge in their mind.
804
805[[WMG: Akuroma will be part of Ghetsis's team.]]
806Akuroma could be TheStarscream (his quote in the animated promo states that he disagrees with Team Plasma's beliefs, yet he was seen in a Team Plasma base of some sort), as well as TheEvilGenius, because he's an ObviouslyEvil researcher.
807* Confirmed.
808
809[[WMG: Alternatively, Akuroma will be a standalone villain, OR he will oppose both the protagonist and Ghetsis.]]
810He did say he disagreed with Team Plasma's beliefs, after all. One could see him as TheChessmaster, he looks like the sort of villain to [[ManipulativeBastard manipulate things behind the scenes]]. He could very well go up against Ghetsis, with EvilVersusEvil and the protagonist is caught in the middle trying to stop them both.
811
812[[WMG: The new Team Plasma, or Neo Team Plasma, could have been influenced by Akuroma.]]
813Perhaps Akuroma noticed the fall of Team Plasma after the first games, confronted Ghetsis and helped him gather up a new Team Plasma, one that follows Ghetsis and HIS ideals. Akuroma's quote in the video could have been referring to the old Team Plasma.
814
815[[WMG: Akuroma will, at some point, say the phrase...]]
816'''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 "Complete... global... SATURATION..."]]'''
817
818[[WMG: Akuroma will be subject to DracoInLeatherPants.]]
819Because Wynaut.
820** It seems you may be right with the recent revelation that he [[spoiler: gives up being evil and tries to redeem himself after you beat the game]]. And he seems to be considered sexy, so even if he was a complete monster that surpased Ghetsis, he would receive this.
821
822[[WMG: Colress isn't entirely working for Team Plasma of his own free will. At least, not anymore.]]
823He may be aligned with Team Plasma to see how to best bring out the power of pokemon, but he repeatedly states that he disagrees with Team Plasma's ideas, and he helps out your character a lot. He even gives the player a way to get to the Plasma Frigate, and never really gets in his/her way, and in the postgame battle he says he despised Ghetsis from the start. Not to mention that his last battle theme has an intense yet sad feel to it, as though he doesn't want to fight you so much as he has to fight you. Even if Colress willingly worked with Team Plasma in the past, at some point he tried to leave but couldn't. Ghetsis is hanging something over Colress' head and forcing him to stay with Team Plasma and finish his work. His subtle aiding of the the player is like a cry for help.
824
825[[WMG: [[VideoGame/PokemonColosseum Wes or Michael]] will appear as an OptionalBoss depending on which version you play.]]
826I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I feel that Colosseum/XD should be represented more often.
827Wes will appear as an opponent in Black 2's World Tournament mode while Michael will appear in White 2.
828* Jossed.
829
830[[WMG: What happened to the former Gym Leaders]]
831Here, you can add in your own speculations:
832* Cilan, Chilli and Cress
833** Chilli accidentally set the gym-restaurant hybrid on fire
834** They ARE the shadow triad
835*** Jossed, although basic sense and not relying totally on fanon really would have shown you this wasn't right from the beginning. They shut down the gym to train themselves and their teams, and are definitely not he Shadow Triad as shown by Memory Link.
836*** Not necessarily jossed, no. The scene in Memory Link was, after all, a flashback narrated by Cilan, who could easily just be covering up the fact that they are in fact the Shadow Triad.
837* Lenora
838** She is now a full-time archeologist
839* Brycen on how he ended up in Pokewood
840** He got busted.
841*** It seems he just wanted to return to the movie business.
842* Iris
843** She is still a gym leader exclusive to White2 when Drayden is exclusive to Black2
844*** Jossed, Drayden is the sole Opelucid Gym Leader, and Iris is now Champion.
845
846[[WMG: Akuroma (Achroma?) is N's Brother.]]
847Pretty self-explanatory. Similar looks, Ties to Plasma, etc.
848
849
850Or, alternatively:
851
852[[WMG: Akuroma (Achroma?) is Ghetsis's actual son.]]
853And is seeking his father's goals in his own way, relying on strength and science to control the world, as opposed to cowing everyone through reliance on legends and mysticism.
854
855[[WMG: Akuroma/Achroma/Colress is Ghetsis' brother.]]
856Ghetsis and Achroma don't look like they have enough of an age difference to be father and son. Plus they have some similarities in apperance, namely the IdiotHair.
857
858[[WMG: Sometime between Black and Black2, Iris took over Drayden's role as a Gym Leader]]
859Then, in both versions, she eventually took on and won the league and became champion. Drayden, previously retired, retook his role as a Gym Leader once more.
860
861[[WMG: Ghetsis killed Hilbert/Hilda]]
862They don't seem to be appearing in this game, despite the fact that everything they tried to prevent last game (two years ago) is happening [[HistoryRepeatsItself all over again]]. So, my guess is, Ghetsis killed them so he wouldn't have any opposition, not that he counted on younger children rising up to beat his ass later.
863** Jossed, Hilbert/Hilda left Unova to search for N.
864
865[[WMG: You can battle Hilbert/Hilda via memory link]]
866And their teams will be based on their latest Hall Of Fame members.
867* Jossed. Hilbert/Hilda are stated to have left Unova in search of N. In addition, they have neither teams nor overworld sprites within the in-game coding, making it essentially impossible to battle them.
868
869[[WMG: FerrisWheelShipping is canon]]
870After you [[spoiler:defeat N in battle]], N says he is going to look for the trainer from two years ago. If the player is female, it stands to believe they chose female in their last game, so, by choice of character, FerrishWheelShipping is canon.
871* By that logic, IsshuShipping is canon too. N had just as much subtext with the male player character as he did the female.
872* I don't see how it'll be canon. It was never said they had a romantic interest in each other.
873** It ''could'' happen; N did say that he wants to tell the previous player character "how he feels", a phrase that typically has romantic undertones. As an Isshushipper, I approve this guess.
874
875[[WMG: Volkner is the true Unova Champion.]]
876There is dialogue that strongly suggests Alder is a glorified stand-in asked to take the Unova Championship because the position was otherwise vacant. We also have Shauntal's comments about meeting Volkner before a match. It's not a stretch to assume Volkner is the missing Champion, having cleared the Unova League and moving on after he found it disappointing. Consider what we know about him from Diamond/Pearl/Platinum: He's the strongest Gym Leader in Sinnoh by quite a wide margin, so strong that he has resorted to blackout-causing shenanigans to chase away the boredom of his long-running winning streak, which is why he started handing out Badges in the first place. Someone (Flint, I think) even says he was about to make a run at the Sinnoh Elite Four to kill his boredom. He's so strong no one can challenge him until Dawn/Lucas comes along. The competition in Sinnoh presumably dried up again after D/P/P, and he quit his job as Gym Leader to travel the world and challenge other Leagues. Unfortunately for him, no one in Unova was tough enough to hold his interest, so he continued wandering the world in search of strong trainers until he caught wind of the World Tournament happening in Unova during Black 2 and White 2.
877
878[[WMG: It is mandatory for Unova champions to wear sandals]]
879Though it doesn't look clear what footwear Champion Iris is wearing.
880* But...if Iris' are indiscernible, then Alder is still the only Champion who wears them.
881* Hers is indiscernible because her champion clothing is only in sprite form. We need to wait for the Sugiromi Art to show us the details before deciding whether it's fully Jossed.
882* [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:Black_2_White_2_Iris.png Now with the Official Artwork available, this WMG is now possible.]]
883
884[[WMG: Ghetsis is N's biological uncle/distant relative]]
885Maternal uncle or second cousin, perhaps? It could make up for their {{Uncanny Family Resemblance}}, even though Junichi Masuda claimed N's birthparents to be unknown. Moreover, they do share part of the same surname...Ghetsis could've been estranged from the rest of their family, attempted cradlerobbing and later decided to take in N, raising him as his own son and effectively turning him into a {{tykebomb}} for his plans to take over the Unova Region in the previous installment.
886* Ghetsis could've [[ManipulativeBastard co-erced]] his brother/sister into giving up their baby N, and made sure that N would be lost from the orphanage. Or worse, Ghetsis killed his own brother/sister so he could take N.
887
888[[WMG: Alternatively, Ghetsis really IS N's biological father]]
889N's mother died during childbirth. Ghetsis being an unfit parent, was forced to raise him alone. Having been injured in his youth in a wild Pokemon attack (hinted in an interview to be the cause behind his disfigured right arm and misplaced eye) and torn over the recent death of his wife, the sage grew cold, and became extremely aggitated when N started showing signs that he could actually talk to Pokemon. This infuriated Ghetsis so much to the point where he decided to abandon N in the wilderness. As Ghetsis' ambitions grew in his travels, it was only by chance that he was reunited with his lost son, years later. Finally realizing N's gift, Ghetsis took the boy back and sought to transform him into an important tool for his Pokemon "liberation" campaign. He adopted Anthea and Concordia to help him look after N, as he oversaw the construction of Team Plasma's castle while conspiring with the other Sages.
890
891This could also fit in with Ghetsis' overall bitterness toward N's talent, as detailed in his {{Villainous Breakdown}} at the Giant Chasm.
892* Definitley seconded. However, finding N again might not have been by chance at all. Apparantly, the boy has lived in unknown woods for serveral years without any human detecting him. In the Pokémon world usually no mountains are too high and no caves or forests too deep to have at least a handful of specialized trainers (Hikers, Rangers, etc.) running around. If N has been so sheltered from humans, then Ghetsis must have known where to look for the boy when he realized he could actually be useful for him, after forming a (probably still rough) plan to take over the region. Another thing to look at is how the story around N's past is delivered to the player: the two goddesses tell it, and as they are very officially and obviously adopted by Ghetsis, they cannot have eye-witness knowledge of the whole story. The one who told it to them (and also maybe N) is presumably Ghetsis himself and - ignoring the possibility that he could have just as well had lied (which in turn would not have made much sense since the rest of the story is confirmed by N later on) - he in turn only can have knowledge of all this if he's been present, and being the child's actual father is the most logical conclusion to that. After all, he nowhere in the game ''explicitely'' said he did not father N.
893
894[[WMG: Kyohei and Mei's English names will be...]]]
895Nate and Nancy respectively. From "resonance/resonate"
896* Confirmed for the biy, jossed for the girl. Her English will be Rosa instead.
897
898[[WMG: There are actually two groups of Shadow Triad members.]]
899The first group, which was introduced in BW1, actually consists of Cilan, Chili, and Cress. The reason why they didn't fight you in the first game was because they were afraid their battling styles/Pokemon might give them away, so they only served to bring you to N, Ghetsis, etc. After the events at N's Castle, Ghetsis told them never to find him again, because he was disappointed at their inability to help him conquer Unova. Between the TimeSkip from BW1 to BW2, Ghetsis found himself a new, more aggressive shadow triad, which then showed up before the old shadow triad (Cilan, Chili, and so on)and defeated them soundly. Cilan doesn't tell you the whole truth because he doesn't want to be exposed as a shadow triad member, but also because he may have been traumatised that their Lord Ghetsis had abandoned them for another group of triplets.
900* [[Tropers/DonaldthePotholer My]] question in response: Would that trauma have prevented them from allying with Rood [[spoiler:and N]] upon hearing about his rebellion/reformation? I mean, it sounds like a great opportunity for such {{NobleDemon}}s to take a HeelFaceTurn along with a fellow ND. On the other hand, if so, we may have further reason [[MirandaRights for them not to have outed themselves]], that is there would be no gain and the reopening of legal issues. After all, unlike other places, Unova actually is America.
901** Are they really [[NobleDemon good guys willing to reform]]? There isn't really a reason for them to ally themselves with Rood [[spoiler:or N]]. If this WMG says anything, they don't seem eager to want to get any revenge on Ghetsis make a {{FaceHeelTurn}}; they only want to continue working in their restaurant quietly where no one would ever suspect their true identities. That makes more sense to me.
902** Maye they want to put everything behind them and are trying to dissociate themselves from Plasma. Them disbanding as a trio could be another sign; they were a Triad after all.
903*** From the new Black 2 and White 2 gameplay, it seems that the shadow triad have gotten themselves quite a change in personality; From the original emotionless people to punk ninjas. This makes this WMG even more possible, since it indicates a 180-degree character change from the prequel.
904
905[[WMG:The new protagonists are the old protagonists reborn.]]
906Throughout the game, especially if the Memory Link feature has been enabled, comparisons are drawn between the protagonist and the protagonist from the original versions. Some also seem to allude to a sudden disappearance of the original protagonist.
907
908It's unclear how, but maybe the protagonist of the new games are the old protagonists in new (younger) bodies. The Memory Link shows flashbacks to the events of their previous life, vaguely hinting towards how they disappeared and the impacts of doing so. In this way, Black 2 and White 2 become a reconnection quest of sorts, with the protagonist reclaiming relics and reliving the memories of the past.
909
910[[WMG: There are two Shadow Triad's]]
911There are two Shadow Triads. Cilan and his brothers were the Triad, as implied in the original games. Ghetsis told them not to search for them and that's what they did. They stopped being the Shadow Triad. "Never shall we meet again" referred to you never seeing them as the Triad. Ghetsis found a new trio, which explains their personality shift and their design shift. The new Triad [[spoiler:decided to beat the old Triad for whatever reason.]] That event, along with the brothers wanting to forget their past, caused them to focus on training themselves individually.
912* Already mentioned in the earlier WMG.
913
914[[WMG: N is descended from the Abyssal King]]
915The carvings in the Abyssal Ruins speak of an ancient king who was kind, brave, fair, and universally loved by people and Pokémon alike. To be loved so deeply by both people and Pokémon suggests that he could approach both groups equally... thus, speak with Pokémon. Of course, this is spelled out more plainly in Black/White 2, where [[spoiler: Zinzolin mentions that the King's gift may have been passed down to descendants]]. Throw in the parallels with N being the former "king" of Team Plasma, and... I'd say this one's a given.
916
917[[WMG: N is really a Pokemon]]
918In the game it was revealed that [[spoiler: N was found by Ghetsis as a child raised by Pokemon, the fact he can talk to Pokemon is amazing on it's own but... right after you become the champion you find a Zoroark in victory road whom you follow, it leads you to N's castle. N is waiting for you but the Zoroark is nowhere to be found, nor does N have it's Pokeball on him. So an interesting conclusion is that he IS a Zoroark which had been taking on human form, that explains why he can understand the Pokemon language]]
919* Fairly plausible, since we do see [[spoiler: several Zorua/Zoroark throughout B/W and B2/W2 that take on human forms. Plus, N's hair does somewhat resemble Zoroark's.]]
920* Also, one of the Memory Link flashbacks is [[spoiler: "narrated" by a Zoroark, and the scene happens to involve N. However, there is no Zoroark present in the actual flashback itself, nor do you ever see N in that building. Coincidence? It sounds a lot like the castle Zoroark to me...]] It's the one you can get in Old Plasma's Driftveil City building, by the way.
921
922[[WMG: The Volcarona on Alder's team IS his starter Pokemon]]
923Sometime after the events of Black and White, Alder practiced necromancy and revived his starter Pokemon from the dead.
924
925[[WMG: Hilbert/Hilda is dead and Nate/Rosa is their [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Nobody.]]]]
926Because why can't Nate/Rosa be Roxas? Maybe Kyurem [[HumanPopsicle froze Hilbert/Hilda]] along with the rest of Giant Chasm when they went near the pit/crater in the center, and everything else is CanonDiscontinuity! Sure explains what happened to them and Reshiram/Zekrom. As for how it happened, it probably had something to do with Reshiram/Zekrom being with Hilbert/Hilda when they were frozen.
927
928[[WMG: Cheren became Alder's student between BW and BW2]]
929They seemed to have a connection, considering Alder reminded him of [[spoiler:him when he was younger]]. Also, you meet Alder in Flocessy Town in this game, and we assume that's where he lives. And Cheren became a new gym leader in Aspertia City, just across the road. Since Cheren was probably living in Flocessy Town before, it makes sense that his new job is close to where he was before.
930
931[[WMG: Colress is asexual.]]
932He's so interested in science, that's pretty much his main interest in life. He never really had time for romance or whatever, because after all, why romance when you can study a science behind Pokémon? His Pokémon are mostly genderless because he associates with machines and genderless Pokémon more easily than with humans.
933
934[[WMG: Between [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite the first game]] and now, Ghetsis [[EvilCripple lost his right arm.]] ]]
935While his artwork and sprites never showed his right arm, N's crowning ceremony did show Ghetsis using both his arms to crown N. Notice how Ghetsis seems to be using his cane for physical support along with his sprite animation showing some difficulty with physical exertion(though that could be heart difficulty from his SanitySlippage). There are two distinct possibilities on how he lost it: the first is frostbite from dealing with [[AnIcePerson dealing with Kyurem.]] The second, and probably more likely, was Hydreigon tearing it off-Hydreigon [[BadBoss knows Frustration, which is more powerful depending on how much the user hates the trainer.]] Hydreigon being significantly weaker could also have been an attempt to control him.
936
937[[WMG: Curtis[=/=]Christoph and N are related.]]
938Oh come on now, Both have green hair, (Although the former's is a much lighter variant) and the female [=PC=] (Hilda[=/=]Rosa) rides the Ferris wheel with them at one point!
939
940[[WMG: To go with the above theory, Yancy[=/=]Nancy and Anthea are relatives too.]]
941Both have pink hair.
942
943[[WMG: Iris takes over Ghetsis' Hydreigon after he goes to jail]]
944Premature evolution is stated in Gen II to be a rather painful process, and champions are generally decent people in the games. While there's little doubt that Ghetsis would use what's quite possibly the same process as Team Rocket did in G/S/C/HG/SS, having the Pokémon passed to someone who knows to take care of it, and deal with it, would be a perfectly logical choice (especially with the way Ghetsis treated it, it might consider every living thing a foe). Comparing the movesets, the differences are that Ghetsis' Hydreigon has Focus Blast and Fire Blast, while Iris' Hydreigon (initially) has Flamethrower and Charge Beam, both can be taught by TM.
945* And in challenge mode, the Hydreigon has the exact same moveset..
946
947[[WMG: Colress probably has a lot of people on Website/{{Tumblr}} assuming he's agender.]]
948With the exception of his Beeheeyem, the only Pokémon he uses are genderless.
949
950[[WMG: The Shadow Triad are Ghetsis' biological children.]]
951They're about the only truly loyal allies of his even after he completely loses his mind. They state that they're loyal due to him saving his life, but given [[TheSociopath what Ghetsis is like]] the only realistic reasons why he would do this was either to make them indebted to him, or they're actual family and thus the only people he'd have any sliver of attachment to. Ghetsis appears old enough to have adult children. Their hair is either dyed to fit the ninja theme, or Ghetsis is naturally white-haired and dyed his hair so he looks like N(explaining the resemblance if N doesn't share any blood). Being his children also makes them his caretakers, which is why they take him away when reduced to a non-functioning state.
952
953[[WMG: Ghetsis was interested in Kyurem since before the first game.]]
954Given N's age Ghetsis has been scheming to take over Unova for at least a decade, and he's shown to have interest in a variety of things that could be useful like the Abyssal Ruins and the Creation Trio's signature items, which the Shadow Triad give you in the first Black and White game. It'd make sense for someone [[AmbitionIsEvil as ambitious as Ghetsis]] to have something to aid his "use N and Reshiram/Zekrom as a pawn" plan or serve as back-up in case of a SpannerInTheWorks. Unlike Reshiram and Zekrom Kyurem isn't sealed away and doesn't require some character trait Ghetsis lacks to take control of, so why not try? Simple; [[BullyingADragon he did but Kyurem was too much to handle]]. Ghetsis is almost never seen with his left arm visible, and about the only time we do it's discolored. Concept art shows the eye under the eyepiece is surrounded by a scar without a brow. Perhaps these injuries were caused by him trying and failing to control Kyurem, and it's only with Colress' help that he succeeds a second time.
955
956[[WMG: Charles is Nate/Rosa's father.]]
957Nate/Rosa's mother has as a backstory that she used to work the counter at various Pokémon Centers before she settled down in Aspertia. You can call her throughout the game, and as you call her from different cities she will tell you about stuff she learned while working at said cities... Except for Driftveil, where she says "Boy, I sure don't know much about it!". Driftveil is also stated to be home to Charles, said to be a famous heartbreaker. She could have gotten seduced and dumped by Charles, gotten pregnant in the process, and wouldn't want to relive those memories/tell her kid about such a seedy story.
958
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960
961[[folder:Meta-Related Guesses]]
962[[WMG: The special trailer is a "testing ground" to gauge audience reaction, similar to the April Fool's Day revival of Creator/{{Toonami}}.]]
963Because fans have been clamoring for a PeripheryDemographic-friendly anime based more closely on the games for years, The Pokemon Company decided to release exactly that, albeit as a 7-minute trailer. Based on audience reaction, they may expand the project.
964
965[[WMG: The game will not make it to US shores]]
966I know it has been set for a release date, but [[spoiler: Ghetsis tries to murder you here]]. Either a rating bump is necessary or the game may not make it.
967** It's a Pokemon game. They'll probably have to edit some dialogue but it's coming over here. [[http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-video-games/pokemon-black-version-2-and-pokemon-white-version-2/ It even has an official US website]].
968*** That was before [[spoiler: attempted murder was revealed]]. Wouldn't they be fearing the MoralGuardians ? Of course, worse things have happened in Pokemon, for example, Marowak being killed. However, I think values were a little less strong 13+ years ago.
969** They got away with [[NightmareFuel worse]] in VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon. As long as they NeverSayDie, they'll get away with an E rating.
970** Jossed. October 7, 2012.
971*** And it'll be rated E for Everyone.
972** Instead of stabbing the character with icicles, Ghetsis threatens to freeze the player.
973** Busted! He never threatened to stab the character in the first place; that was a fan translation error of some sort. The ''animation'' suggests stabbing, however.
974
975[[WMG: N will die in a Heroic Sacrifice]]
976He and the player will go in Ghetsis's base to stop the evil plan, but some will go wrong. realizing it is the only way to save the day N will die to stop Ghetsis, resulting in his Villainous Breakdown, allowing the player to finish the stoping the plan. I don't think they would really do this but it would be in character and a surprising plot twist
977** [[http://therandominmyhead.tumblr.com/post/25970036150/script-of-this-because-its-just-great Jossed]]. This wouldn't even be an option if N died in-story.
978
979[[WMG: The brothers were originally the Shadow Triad but it was changed somewhere in BW2's development]]
980The Memory Link felt like a HandWave and concept art for the Triad shows them with hair that was vaguely similar to the brothers, along with similar builds.
981* Links to the Concept Art, or it did not happen!\
982Same Troper: Personally, I favor this by reason of the return to pre-teen protagonists; the return to the "classic" formula mimics what happened between ''Pokemon Colosseum'' and ''Pokemon XD'': they changed too many things in [=B1W1=][[note]]''Only'' new Pokemon, older protagonists, and, if this theory is right, 4 {{Noble Demon}}s/Heroes on the Bad side[[/note]] and [[ResetButton Snapped Back]] in [=B2W2=]. But still, [[Franchise/PerryMason accusations of this sort]] [[Franchise/AceAttorney must be backed by evidence]]!
983* Furthermore, the HandWave feeling of the memory link (YMMV) could also stem from them simply needing to find an excuse to explain why they didn't show up at the end of BW (in terms other than "it would have looked really weird for there to be 11 gym leaders facing up to only 6 sages"). The trio probably got lost in development, and so this is a way to integrate them back into the plot.
984** As opposed to 11 Leaders versus 6 Sages ''plus'' 3 EliteMooks?
985
986[[WMG: The Timespace Orbs was Ghetsis' backup plan.]]
987If he couldn't just freeze everything over to take over Unova, he could have just recreated the world as he saw fit. For someone like Ghetsis, he'd probably plan very carefully. On the plus side for him, recreating the entire universe like Cyrus intended to would make almost every single Pokemon under his control. Too bad he didn't think ahead in the first game, and just had the Shadow Triad give it back to the player.
988
989[[WMG: Ghetsis never intended to surrender the orbs.]]
990This theory presumes the "Two different Shadow Triads" theory in the Character section, but does not require the first one to be the Straiton Triplets. Seeing [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal what happened at the Castle]] perhaps gave the (first) Triad [[HeelRealization a notion]] of what Ghetsis would do if he still possessed the orbs. What they reported to the ([=B1W1=]) Player about Ghetsis dismissing them was probably MetaphoricallyTrue, said Triad having an idea just ''what'' Ghetsis's reaction [[VillainousBreakdown would be]].
991
992[[WMG: These two games were created instead of Pokemon Gray because GameFreak didn't want to merge the old-timey and futuristic Opelucid cities into a balanced modern version]]

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