Black 2 & White 2 Speculation Contest - Topic 4: Changes to the Region

[Archaic]

Welcome everyone to the forth week of our speculation competition redux. In the very 1st week of our original Black & White speculation contest, we asked you all to take a guess at what real world region(s) the Black & White region would be based on. In this contest, we're revisiting that general theme, and asking you to take your best guess about how the region might be altered between BW and B2W2.

Changes to the regions have been a staple of 3rd games since Yellow. While the changes in that game aesthetically were relatively minor, apart from the Surfing Pikachu minigame and the changes to Cerulean Cave, we've seen far broader changes in the games since then. Crystal for instance added the Battle Tower. Emerald went and added the Battle Frontier, changed many Contest Houses to Battle Tents, moved the Magma Hideout, and many more. Don't even get me started on Platinum or the remakes. ^^;;

I don't think it's much of a leap for us to take that there'll be some kind of changes made here. In fact, it's entirely possible we're not going far enough in suggesting there could be new areas opening up. After all, some people have already suggested that these games could be in an entirely new region. That'd be one hell of a change if it did happen.

So, here's what we're looking for you to have a shot at
1. What new areas will be added to the region
2. What aspects of existing areas will be modified

You're free to make your guesses as outlandish as you like. We've made a few assumptions with how we've written this post here, but you don't have to keep to them. If you think that the main region of the games will be totally different to Black & White....well, that's a brave suggestion, but there's nothing stopping you from making that guess as far as we're concerned.

At the same time though, keep in mind that it's in your interests to be as precise as possible. Being vague in your answer won't win you any special points. We don't mark you down for what you get wrong, we mark you up for what you get right. Being vague just means you kill your own chances to score points there. With this contest especially, detail is very important. Reading 50 posts saying "There will be a Battle Frontier" would be boring as hell. It's not enough to just tell us in general terms what a new area might be, you need to elaborate. Tell us why we're there, what we're doing there, what the challenges we need to face are. So using the example of a Battle Frontier, you would have a guess at the actual Battle Frontier content, including the types of challenges that you'll face in each part of it.

Remember also, while you can discuss things and make as many guesses as you like, only your final guess counts. So if you're the 10th person to suggest the same thing, but the first 9 people changed their minds, and you didn't, then if that ended up being the right answer, you'd win. If you want to make your guess count, you also need to ensure that you don't edit your post. Doing so will make us simply ignore that post when it comes to figuring out the winners at the end, since it becomes too much of a pain when we have situations where a winner depends on the posting time and who settled on the correct answer first.

This thread will be closed...well, when we feel like it really. Originally we were going to make it at the end of the week, but you know what, I think we may just keep this open right up until the we actually find out what will be in the games. So...no pressure to force yourself, but none of us know when that news will be released, so you probably shouldn't wait too long. When the information is leaked or announced, the thread will be closed immediately, and the closest guess before that happened will win.

It's our intention that this contest thread should not just be a place for everyone to post their guesses for the contest, but also a central place for you to discuss and speculate on this particular point. So don't be afraid to actually post your reasoning and logic here. There's no harm trying to convince everyone else that you're right after all, since it'd just mean that people aren't making different guesses to you, and you'd have the original guess on it anyway.

Good luck everyone!

 

[Soulmaster]

Re: Black 2 & White 2 Speculation Contest - Week 4: Changes to the Region

I'm getting this in.
Since I keep thinking it won't be very different I am going to say it will be the same as B/W

 

[Rainami]

Re: Black 2 & White 2 Speculation Contest - Week 4: Changes to the Region

I think most of it will be the same geographically. But certain events will be going on that somewhat changes the landscape, similar to Cinnibar Island in G/S/C. It doesn't have to be that an area is destroyed, it might just be heavily remodeled.

But some things I think will change are:

-More diving spots
-It might be possible to explore more of the desert
-There might be a small region near Unova that can be explored
-Access to more buildings

 

[Proxima Centauri B]

Re: Black 2 & White 2 Speculation Contest - Week 4: Changes to the Region

There may be a new area to explore, similar to a Sevii Islands type thing, not nessesarily islands though, outside Unova.

 

[βƹβƹ ɱɪɢηѻη]

Re: Black 2 & White 2 Speculation Contest - Week 4: Changes to the Region

Ah. This is easily my favorite thread!

Nuvema Town: Remains the same.
Accumula Town: It has grown quite a bit due to it's rapid expansion.
Striaton City: Nothing changed. More buildings accessible.
Nacrene City: The city renovates the train tracks.
Castelia City: More buildings are accessible, another street/area of the city is added for a Battle Tower.
Nimbasa City: More rides in the city. Different decorations.
Driftveil City: Nothing changes.
Mistralton City: Airport is expanded and "upgraded" to a Passenger airport. This allows the player character to go to a different region.
Icirrus City: A lake forms, flooding the lower parts of the city. This also blocks the exit of Twist Mountain to the city. The player character has to use dive to get out of the cave.
Opelucid City: Modern version in Black 2 and Older version in White 2. More accessible buildings.
Village Bridge: The area around Village Bridge is flooded.
Lacunosa Town: A dome is built around the city to protect from Kyurem.
Undella Town: More resort homes and a fancy hotel is built.
Black City/White Forest: The same.
Anville Town: Allows the player character to travel to the other region. It will be like how the SS Aqua brought players from the Johto region to Kanto. The airport in Mistralton will be later used, like the Goldenrod-Saffron monorail.

Route 4: Construction resumed and now a new city is built.

 

[Sweet Veil]

Re: Black 2 & White 2 Speculation Contest - Week 4: Changes to the Region

There will overall be a much larger emphasis on Nature and Technology.
HM use will pretty much stay the same.

Striation City
-Relatively unchanged.
-Gym will include more tables and will be much more flashy.
Nacrene City
-Pretty much unchanged.
-Lenora loses her Apron permanently in-game sprite and battle sprite in every location.
Castelia City
-More building, more chances to do more things, Victini's Liberty Garden expanded on, Royal Unova will be much more expanded on as well.
-Puzzler Gym.
Nimbasa City
-A few more different sports.
-Carnival will be expanded on adding more rides and battle attractions then the Ferris Wheel.
-Battle Subway will defiantly have more options and space.
Driftveil City
-Relatively unchanged.
-Cold Storage will be much larger.
-Chargestone Cave will be more of a maze.
Mistralton City
-Larger in population.
-Airplane can leave and go.
Icirrus City
-Snow Storms and more icy year round.
-Less puddles.
-Windmills.
Opelucid
-Larger in population.
-More TMs and items.
-More Tutors.
-More challengers in the rotation/triple battle homes.


-Battle Frontier or Battle Frontier type area.
-Will include characters linked to Team Plasma in a way.
-Natural Beauty, Amaryliss.
-Quick Minded, Matthew.
-Celebrity Princess, Rita.
-Power Player, Armin.
-Top Boss, Remmy. Or characters of this nature.
-Will take place somewhere near the Resort Desort or Castelia.

-The Resort Desort will be expanded on and more Pokemon will be added.
-White Forest and Black City's mechanics will be different and will have larger populations.

 

[Almonds]

A Battle Frontier at Anville Town.

 

[Tyrfing]

Re: Black 2 & White 2 Speculation Contest - Week 4: Changes to the Region

I think:

Anville Town will be removed " due to a lack of budget" and be replaced with a new Entralink.
The old Entralink somehow lost its powers, and is replaced with a forest of some sort, with Zoroark along with other Pokemon and will be Kyurem's location.
The airport in Mistralton was destroyed by Team Plasma terrorists, so the gym is removed to a small warehouse
The Relic Castle will be utterly destroyed, and there is only a small, post-game pit in the water where you can catch Volcorona.
Black City will be in ruins, and looks like District 12 from the Hunger Games (I am a fan...)
White Forest will be dying from cruel cutting down trees, just so they can bring it to Black City, but oddly due to that there are different Pokemon species then in White.

 

[Suicide by cop]

Re: Black 2 & White 2 Speculation Contest - Week 4: Changes to the Region

You will be able to fly somewhere new in a plane from Mistralton City, hopefully a new Battle Frontier. I suspect there will be some small changes to scenery design in certain cities such as Nimbasa. Some buildings will be different in Castelia.

 

[JohnLee_08]

Re: Black 2 & White 2 Speculation Contest - Week 4: Changes to the Region

The basic layout of Unova will still be the same, but there will be these changes:

-safari zone added
-battle frontier added
-Route 4 construction will be over with and have another new area to explore
-Mistralton City will be expanded due to the airport being upgraded and people from other regions moving to Unova
-Black City and White Forest will remain, but overhauled with new mechanics
-Challenger's Cave will be expanded and have a Keldeo event showing more backstory with the musketdeers
-More diving spots
-More move tutors added to later cities in the game
-Lastly, there will be a new region/sub-region in the game where the player will travel to that will have connections to Unova.

 

[UnovaCastaway]

Re: Black 2 & White 2 Speculation Contest - Week 4: Changes to the Region

- Castelia will have more buildings accessible and the Battle Company will be rematchable.
- The Battle Subway gets an expansion with Triple/Rotation Trains.
- Anville Town will have at least one walking route connecting to it with more trainers and grass patches. It will also have a Pokemon Center and a Battle Frontier.
- Undella will have more grandiose buildings, with the Riches being rematchable.
- There will be a Sevii like subregion, either islands south of Castelia or north or west of Anville.
- Nacrene Museum gets new exhibits.
- More variety of trainers on the Ferris Wheel.
- Lacunosa residents dare to go out at night.
- Black City/ White Forest tweak mechanics.
- Nuvema Town is a little bigger.
- The sports stadiums are improved aesthetically and more people will be in there (especially to talk to during games).

 

[jokool]

Re: Black 2 & White 2 Speculation Contest - Week 4: Changes to the Region

1. What new areas will be added to the region:

A Battle Frontier.

2. What aspects of existing areas will be modified:

There will probably be minor changes throughout the entire region (like changes to the design of buildings in most towns).

Major changes:

The Battle Subway is now where you go to access the different facilities of the Battle Frontier, with each subway line leading to a different facility.
The Battle Subway will also be one of the facilities with it's battles being on the subway. The bosses will still be Ingo and Emmet.
The different locations of the Battle Frontier facilities are shown on the Battle Subway map:
The dark green line is simply the route that the Battle Subway takes when you battle.
Depending on which one you want to go to, the brown line can lead to both Anville Town and a battle facility next to Anville Town.
The pink line leads to the Battle Tower (formally the Unity Tower).
The orange line leads to the Battle Facility, which is near the Dreamyard. It doubles as a research facility. Fennel is the boss.
The other lines lead to the other battle facilities located throughout Unova.
There is a total of 8 battle facilities.

There will be a new section of the Relic Castle that the God Stone can be found in.

Liberty Island is no longer an event exclusive location. Victini isn't there anymore, but there will be a move tutor there that can teach your Victini V-Create.

P2 Laboratory will be an event exclusive location. You can still surf to it, but it will be locked up. An event item (P2 Laboratory Key) will unlock it. Inside, you will find Genesect, along with some Team Plasma members.

The construction on Route 4 will be complete. There will be a new road and some new buildings (including a luxury resort).

Routes 17 and 18 (mainly 18) will receive changes. Route 18 will now (somehow) lead to the Desert Resort.

Black City/White Forest will receive big changes. Black City will now be Black Forest, and White Forest will now be White City. Also, their appearances are NOT affected by the number of people living within them.

 

[Composer]

Re: Black 2 & White 2 Speculation Contest - Week 4: Changes to the Region

All I can think of are new areas that open during winter,but during summer as well,due to droughts.

And one of the sport domes in Nimbasa will be replaced with a Contest Hall and the other with Pokeathlon Dome. This way we'll have all three options (Contests,Pokeathlon,Musicals) in one game.

 

[Purellian]

Re: Black 2 & White 2 Speculation Contest - Week 4: Changes to the Region

I think the Battle Subway will be expanded upon, but there will be no Battle Frontier. The construction on Route 4 will have been completed, expanding Castelia City. It will probably be a hotel that caters to visitors to the Desert Resort, and will be full of trainers to battle. Triple and Rotation Battles will be much more wide-spread now. Aesthetically, there will be more artwork/statues in Nacrene City. Nimbasa will have even more flashy lights and moving parts, like the Team Galactic buildings in Platinum. There will be more areas accessible due to seasonal changes.

 

[Bandit Keith]

Re: Black 2 & White 2 Speculation Contest - Week 4: Changes to the Region

1. What new areas will be added to the region:
I call for a replacement to the Battle Frontier with a system name such as the Battle Circuit, Battle Resort, Battle Boardwalk, Or Battle County, with Brain equivalents Ingo & Emmet(Subway), Catlin(Castle, but no Darach), Lucy(Pike), OriginalX3(I'd like to see these: 1.Battle Mansion featuring Cosplay Battles(You Dress up as a NPC, and you Rent their Pokémon w/new&idealized movesets, All female Trainers who use Cosplay Rentals, too)...Brain:Mansion Playboy Riker(Uses Lopunny, Steelix, Eelektross, Serperior, Arbok and Swoobat, 2.Battle Bar & Grill featuring Triple & Rotation Tag Battles, Brains: Bar&Grill Hostesses Alma, Cloris, and Marisol(Use Chandelure+Spiritomb, Seismitoad and Toxicroak, and Leavanny+Vespiquen, respectively(Striaton Bros. Cousins),3.Battle Motel featuring Dream Batttles(Pokémon all have or are altered to have Dream World Abilities. Brain:Motel Manager Trevor, Uses Imposter Ditto, Magic Bounce Espeon, Zen Mode Darmanitan, Rain Dish Pelipper, Ferrothorn, and Thick Fat Mamoswine) )

Isla Safari(Safari Zone-Type site, just with a Jurassic Park reference added)

2. What aspects of existing areas will be modified:
Nuvema Town:Bigger Pokémon lab, Player's house used to belong to Hilbert/Hilda.
Accumula Town: Nothing beyond 1 1 square yard size increase.
Striaton City:Better Gym Challenge, More to do, MOAR FENNEL.
Dreamyard:More active role in the storyline, DOES NOT NEED CUT TO GET INTO, MOAR FENNEL.
Day Care:Gives you a Tip about the Masuda Method, seeing as how it's no longer a secret.
Wellspring Cave:More battles in the light, key story element in the darker subfloor.
Nacrene City:Lenora loses the Apron for good, Team Plasma equipment in the Museum as a warning to the future, vandals strike it, Gym questions much harder, more purchasable art, More trades, More Items, Move tutor(Weak/Status moves like the Snowpoint City guy, but with expanded options)!
Pinwheel Forest:Challenge Rock has hardened, requiring Surf to weaken it first, encounter Virizon long before battling it, Elemental Monkeys no longer exclusive to shaking grass.
Skyarrow Bridge:Even longer, Item given along the way rather than before.
Castelia City:Casteliacones around all year, More buildings, Battle Company re-battling possible, more passerby surveys, TM95 Snarl is obtainable, Relocator no longer necessary, Zorua plays a in-game event role and no longer requires Celebi.
Resort Desert:Larger, w/a puzzle
Relic Castle:larger interior, capture Volcarona sooner, Wild Larvesta
Nimbasa City:More rides, Contest hall, Pokéathalon Dome replace Big Stadium and Small Court:Trainers move to Battle Company, Gym is open-air.
Lostlorn Forest:Zoroark available w/o Shiny Legendary Beasts, more role in the story, has Elemental Monkeys w/o Shaking grass, Replaced by their evolved forms.
Driftveil Drawbridge:Nothing.
Driftveil City:Move Tutor(Middle Power, Think Route Lower 212 with options altered/expanded), Clay loses the hat, That area that looks like a mine entrance near the Cold Storage is accessible.
Cold Storage:Cryogonal in Shaking Grass, Crates Open w/Strength
Mistralation Cave:Encounter Cobalion before catching it, old man plays a bigger role in the plot.
Chargestone Cave:More floors, Lower floors have Ferrothorn, Galvantula, Klang and Eelektrik.
Mistralton City:AIRPORT ALLOWS YOU TO TRAVEL TO HOENN, and Battle Frontier Replacement.
Celestial Tower:More Ghost Pokémon after National Dex.
Twist Mountain:More common Cryogonal, all the time. Unova Fossil Pokémon Duplicates available here.
Icirrus City:More to do, more ice.
Dragonspiral Tower:God Stone buried in the Tower's center Pillar, N appears.
Moor of Icirrus:Keldeo event happens.
Tubeline Bridge:More battles here.
Shopping Mall Nine:Repeatable battles, Wild Rotom appears Post-Game in the storage room.
Challenger's Cave:Catch a Foreign Legendary(ies) here after Wi-Fi distribution of a Regigigas.
Opelucid City:Reversed Tech/Nature Cities...
Victory Road:End locked until Kyurem is captured, Terrakion is encountered prior to Kyurem, though...
Village Bridge:Unchanged, but lower side of the bridge has residents in accessible houses.
Lacunosa Town:Residents prevent you from entering the lower half of Route 13 until you Capture Kyurem.
Giant Chasm:TNP(Team Neo Plasma members)fill the rooms, Climax in Kyurem's cave, Ghetsis summons it here via the God Stone, but is eaten by it in Overdrive Mode, captured/defeated
Route 13:Move Tutor(Deluxe moves, Like Route 226), Dive Spots
Undella Town:More luxury, Riches re-battles possible, Cynthia is available year-round.
Abundant Shrine:Same, except TNP admins show up to attempt a capture, not kids just loitering around, man residing plays bigger role.
Black City/White Forest:Replaced by Battle Frontier replacement(Battle Subway still connected, acts as shortcut), Battles and Pokémon moved to Safari Zone(on an island preserve)
Marvelous Bridge:Ghost Girl plays a bigger role.
Liberty Garden island:V-Create tutor(Must bring event Victini to unlock, will teach multiple Pokémon the move)
Royal Unova:Higher Levels, More trainers, no passengers with long stories anymore(it is the MOST annoying thing in the ship)
Unity Tower:A reward for acquiring more trainers would be nice...

How did I do....

 

[Beck]

Re: Black 2 & White 2 Speculation Contest - Week 4: Changes to the Region

I'm going to take a leap of faith (or rather lack thereof) and speculate that we'll have an entirely new region, with new towns and new gym leaders. I won't even attempt to guess the names of any of the towns or characters, or anything more specific for that matter.

 

[Derier44]

Re: Black 2 & White 2 Speculation Contest - Week 4: Changes to the Region

Im going to say that you will be able to go into the amusement park in Nimbasa city and maybe have something like a Game Corner part to it with some battle parts as well. Maybe even some fun cinematic rides. Also, I think that Team Plasma is going to get a new base as well as you will be able to take a plane from Mistralton City to some other islands or small region. And a bigger Black City and White Forest.

 

[Frugrow]

Re: Black 2 & White 2 Speculation Contest - Week 4: Changes to the Region

As much as I would like Pokemon BW 2 to take place in a completely new region, I don't think that will happen..

When I first saw the full map of the Unova region, I always thought that there should be some more areas to the north, past Victory Road and the Pokemon League.

There are a couple vacant docks in Castelia City so perhaps in Pokemon BW 2, some of them will actually be opened and can take you to some new islands south of the city.

 

[Durbe]

Re: Black 2 & White 2 Speculation Contest - Week 4: Changes to the Region

I shall state that the region will have different seasons depending on which section you are as well as a special area at the Giant Chasm where Arceus triggers a secondary event otherwise it is the same.

 

[Garland]

Re: Black 2 & White 2 Speculation Contest - Week 4: Changes to the Region

We still don't have confirmation on which region it will take place but I think it's safe to assume Unova / Sub-Region.

-Eight new gyms on the eastern part of the region
-Sub-Region with N, Safari Zone, Battle Frontier