You’ll get your first Pokémon before heading out, with the ability to select from three, and your rival/best friend will end up picking the Pokémon that yours is weak against. You’ll still take on the role of a mute, young boy or girl protagonist, who grew up in a small town and sets off on an adventure to, indeed, be the very best. But it’s worth saying that Pokémon Black/White 2 is about the biggest step forward that the franchise has taken since its humble black and white beginnings on Nintendo’s original portable platform.Īnd that progression doesn’t really come from the gameplay mechanics, which are more or less the same as any other game in the series. And while the series hasn’t seen a great deal of evolvement it’s certainly seen a number of incremental benefits over the course of its nearly 15 years of existence. There are not a lot of long-running video game franchises out there that have managed to keep the same level of quality as Nintendo and Game Freaks Pokémon franchise, which started way back on the original Game Boy with Pokémon Red and Blue in 1998.