

where he or she finds that N has already defeated Alder and become the newest Pokémon Champion. The player tracks Team Plasma to Humilau City, home of the final new Pokémon Gym led by Marlon (Shizui (シズイ) in Japan). Depending on the game version, N will capture Zekrom in Yin Black or Reshiram in Yang White.Īfter learning about the legendary Pokémon Kyurem, which arrived at the Giant Chasm years ago, the player discovers that the new Team Plasma is working to use Kyurem to take over the world, harnessing its power to freeze large portions of Unova, including Opelucid City. Throughout the game, the player has some encounters with N, who claims that by capturing one of the legendary Pokémon (Reshiram and Zekrom) of Unova and defeating the Pokémon Champion Alder, he will be recognized as Unova's hero and will be able to convince the humans to part with their Pokémon. In addition to the standard gameplay, the player will also have to defeat the games' main antagonist force, Team Plasma, a Knights Templar-esque group who claim that Pokémon are oppressed by humanity and seek to liberate them from their trainers. Team Plasma is led by N, a young man who was brought up alongside Pokémon and sees them as friends rather than tools for sport. The player's primary goal is to obtain the eight Gym Badges of Unova and ultimately challenge the Elite Four of the Pokémon League, and its Champion, to win the game. Unlike Black, White, Black 2 and White 2, the player's rivals are Cheren and Bianca.

This choice affects the gyms that the player can challenge pre-Elite 4 and the parts of Unova in which Ghetsis freezes. Game director Takao Unno who had worked on Black 2 and White 2 aimed to respect the feelings of those who played the previous games, while also ensuring that it felt like a new game to those that were introduced to the series in more recent years.The games received positive reviews from critics.īefore the game begins, the player is given the option to start in either Nuvema Town (the starting town in Black and White) or Aspertia City (the starting city in Black 2 and White 2). The basic goal of the game is to become the best Pokémon trainer in the Unova region, which is done by raising and cataloging Pokémon and defeating other trainers. Yin Black and Yang White take place in the Unova region of the franchise's fictional universe. First announced in February 2024 through a special Pokemon Direct, both Yin Black and Yang White were released worldwide on November 17th 2024. They are the second installments in the ninth generation of Pokémon games and the remakes of Pokémon Black and White with features of Pokémon Black 2 and White 2.

Pokémon Yin Black and Pokémon Yang White are role-playing games developed by Game Freak, published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch.
