Official Black & White Help thread (Ask your questions here)

[Missingno. Master]

Couple of questions. Now, since I'm not getting the game until their U.S. release, I'm obviously in no hurry to get the answers, but I'd still like them as soon as I can, so I can know what to expect.

1: After catching Reshiram, we all know that even if your team's full, the game allows you to switch it with one of your teammates and send that Pokemon to the PC instead. My question is, is this mandatory? I'm getting conflicting answers on this one. On Bulbagarden forums, they're saying you have to put it on your team. On Bulbapedia, on the talk page for the N's Castle article, they say it's your choice. And I know I read somewhere else that the game basically forces you to add it to your team after picking "no" several times. I want the truth, because I just don't want to use legendaries in battle. No matter HOW awesome a Reshiram vs. Zekrom showdown would be.

2: Serebii says you can use any kind of Poké Ball to catch Pokemon from the Dream World, and not just the Dream Ball you're provided with. Is this true? What happens if the ball fails? And are you allowed to keep the unused Dream Ball when you leave the High Link?

[GameMaster0000]

2: Serebii says you can use any kind of Poké Ball to catch Pokemon from the Dream World, and not just the Dream Ball you're provided with. Is this true? What happens if the ball fails? And are you allowed to keep the unused Dream Ball when you leave the High Link?

True, I just tested. Also it is always 100% catch with any ball. I catch Arceus in HL forest with 1 normal pokeball.

[Monochrome Twist]

Does anyone know the best way to accumulate a lot of points in the Dream World?
I'm asking this because it seems like it will take forever to reach 15,000+ points to unlock new area's and Pokemon, or I'm just not doing something right.

[Rakurai]

Does anyone know the best way to accumulate a lot of points in the Dream World?
I'm asking this because it seems like it will take forever to reach 15,000+ points to unlock new area's and Pokemon, or I'm just not doing something right.

Add as many friends to your list as possible. You're guaranteed to get nine points from each of them via trading, plus more for however many of their plants you're able to water.

Aside from that, it's pretty much up to luck, as the number of Pokemon you run into and the number of times you get to visit the forest is completely random.

[Missingno. Master]

True, I just tested. Also it is always 100% catch with any ball. I catch Arceus in HL forest with 1 normal pokeball.

Wow. That just leaves one thing unanswered: The Dream Ball. When you leave the High Link, do any unused Dream Balls remain in your bag, or no? If so, do they really have the 100% catch rate of a Master Ball?

[payne]

dude this game is gonna be so gnarly! ill come back here when the game comes out hhaaha cause i know ill need help

[payne]

dude this game is gonna be so gnarly! ill come back here when the game comes out hhaaha cause i know ill need help

[SapphireSwampert]

Wow. That just leaves one thing unanswered: The Dream Ball. When you leave the High Link, do any unused Dream Balls remain in your bag, or no? If so, do they really have the 100% catch rate of a Master Ball?

Nope. Only thing Dream Balls can catch is Dream World Pokemon. They dissapear right after you leave High Link.

[Monochrome Twist]

How do you add people to your friends list? When you get to the tree in the Dream World?
I see three people on my profile page but I have no Idea how they got there, or how to add people. D: And how do you trade on the website?

[SapphireSwampert]

Those three should be from your Pal Pad. Depending on whether or not you've interacted with them over Wi-Fi, you can visit their Dream Islands.
So when you synch your game to the Global Link, you update your Friend Listing in your Profile.

[Kikaider]

Is it normal that you wouldn't see any shaking grass after 6 hours of gameplay yet you found Tabunne in normal grass?

[Missingno. Master]

Is it normal that you wouldn't see any shaking grass after 6 hours of gameplay yet you found Tabunne in normal grass?

You're saying you found a Tabunne in grass that wasn't shaking? That's not supposed to be possible. You may just have stumbled upon a glitch of some sort. Are you sure the grass wasn't shaking?

[Charmed]

Is it normal that you wouldn't see any shaking grass after 6 hours of gameplay yet you found Tabunne in normal grass?

I believe Tabunne only appear in Shaky Grass. Maybe the one you found was in Shaky Grass but you walked into the patch while it was shaking, so you didn't notice.

EDIT: This page on Tabunne's locations in Black/White helps support the fact. It lists Tabunne as appearing under special circumstances while walking (AKA Shaky Grass) :]

[Kikaider]

Yeah, I was just walking in regular grass in the forest to the west of Shippou town. I had been lingering in that particular for a while defeating pokemon so maybe the game rewarded me. ha More importantly, I haven't seen any shaking grass after playing for 6-7 hours... Why?

[Kikaider]

I'm not going to boast that it isn't possible that I did not see the grass shaking but it would have had to start shaking the moment I stepped onto it. Shaking grass aside, I've also noticed that pokemon level almost excessively fast in the new daycare because my Munna went up 10 levels after only 45 minutes of walking.

[Draknir]

1: After catching Reshiram, we all know that even if your team's full, the game allows you to switch it with one of your teammates and send that Pokemon to the PC instead. My question is, is this mandatory? I'm getting conflicting answers on this one. On Bulbagarden forums, they're saying you have to put it on your team. On Bulbapedia, on the talk page for the N's Castle article, they say it's your choice. And I know I read somewhere else that the game basically forces you to add it to your team after picking "no" several times. I want the truth, because I just don't want to use legendaries in battle. No matter HOW awesome a Reshiram vs. Zekrom showdown would be.

Unfortunately, it is mandatory that you use Reshiram/Zekrom.

Yeah, I was just walking in regular grass in the forest to the west of Shippou town. I had been lingering in that particular for a while defeating pokemon so maybe the game rewarded me. ha More importantly, I haven't seen any shaking grass after playing for 6-7 hours... Why?

In my experience, walking around outside the grass seems to make them appear more often. While this is most likely not the case and it is just random, perhaps you may want to try this.

[Charmed]

More importantly, I haven't seen any shaking grass after playing for 6-7 hours... Why?

I didn't see a shaking patch of grass until two days into White version. The time it takes to encounter them is pretty much random.

Anyway, is it possible to have Pokemon outside of the Isshu Pokedex at the beginning of the game? For example, if I were to use a friend's game to trade over an egg to my game that would hatch into a non-Isshu Pokémon, would that work as it does in Generation 4 games?

[The Phoenix Lodge]

I'm pretty sure it would have to be possible. Seeing how the Dream World can be accessed as soon as you get the C-gear.

[Kikaider]

If you can obtain pokemon from the previous generations in Dream World then trading them to Black/White must be the same.

[Kikaider]

Does the resolution of the DSi XL reduce the pixelation of pokemon in battles?

[The Phoenix Lodge]

Does the resolution of the DSi XL reduce the pixelation of pokemon in battles?

I think I heard somewhere that Black and White actually don't work on the XL, although I don't have one myself so I don't know how legitimate this is.

[Nutter t.KK]

I think I heard somewhere that Black and White actually don't work on the XL, although I don't have one myself so I don't know how legitimate this is.

It should work on a DSi-XL . At least, the Offical game cartridges should do.

I also heard that the DSi and DSi-XL are DSi game region locked.

[Kikaider]

I don't see why it wouldn't work on an XL but the region lock might be real. However, I don't know because I am not using a genuine copy.

[Kikaider]

At what level does the Pokémon that you are gifted from the guy at the Dream Ruins evolve?

[The Phoenix Lodge]

Do you mean the monkey? They evolve through stones. Yanappu with leaf stone, Boappu with fire stone and Hiyappu with water stone.
The easiest way to get the stone you need would be the guy on one of the wharfs in Hiun City. He will ask you which Pokémon of those 3 do you like best (I think that's what it is from memory...) and will give you the stone for the one you select. I think it was the same order with Yanappu being at the top, followed by Boappu then Hiyappu.