Pokemon Black (DS)
THE Pokemon franchise seems to get bigger each year with a new look.
Last year, we reviewed the excellent Pokemon Silver game and now they have returned with Pokemon Black and Pokemon White.
They are two separate games but ones that can be linked up wirelessly via gamers to make a combined game.
As ever, the aim of the game is to explore your environment catching Pokemon and training them as you go. Then you need to launch them into battle, but this time around there are some new battle modes to enjoy and plenty of variations in both story and gameplay.
Graphically, this is as cute and cheerful as you would expect but it was the depth of the story and the plot twists that really make the game.
If you are a fan, then rest assured this is progress, and a game that has clearly been designed for you.
I'm not a Pokemon aficionado but I did find this to be good fun and a very high quality game.
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Steve Wollaston - Sunday Mercury games reviewer Steve has been writing about video games for donkey's years. In fact he is probably far too old for it now which is why you will see a lot of reviews been done by kids... He has been nominated three times for Regional Games Journalist Of The Year at the Games Media Awards, but never wins. His major love is sports games and rates Sensible World of Soccer circa 90's as the greatest game ever made - closely followed by Championship Manager 2. Skyrim has currently taken over his life.
