While it’s a rather small piece of news, the Gamefreak director’s blog (which used to be updated in English and Japanese but it seems they’ve given up on the English side) recently updated with an interesting tidbit, which you can read here.
In essence apparently Pokémon Black/White will feature absolutely no old Pokémon before getting the National Dex. This means it’s all new Pokémon in Isshu for the first part of your adventure. You could hear the Japanese Pokémon fans cheering across the globe as the news broke at the realisation that, until the National Dex at least, there would be no running into wild Geodude and Zubat in every cave ever. There has been some discontent over this as well as it also means you won’t be able to use any old favourites for a while and if no Pokémon from Generation V interest you then you’re stuck up until you get the National Dex. What do you think of the matter? Leave a comment or tell us on our forums!
While it’s disappointing that I won’t be able to use my favorites in the old versions, I totally understand why. I mean, Isshu’s supposed to be really far away from the other regions. So it makes sense that it should have its own unique ecosystem with its own unique Pokemon in it. So I’m not that bummed out. I’ll just have to be patient and try get the NatDex at once so I can get me my Pikachu… 😀