


Matching attacks to the right Pokémon, and breeding and training ever more useful creatures, becomes quickly obsessive.Īll of this is exactly how Pokémon games have always worked, including the (excellent) remakes Pokémon SoulSilver and HeartGold – which came out less than a year ago. These also have similar alignments and often various side effects. Black and White form what is essentially Pokémon 5 with, as usual, only very minor differences between the two – in order to encourage trading.Įach pokémon you capture and train has a type (anything from grass to ghost) and can learn four moves at a time. The mainline Pokémon titles are essentially open-ended role-playing games with deceptively complex turn-based combat.
