"Go buy all the games" Okay mystery youtube man, you don't have to tell me twice

Imagine just booping around on KZread and you see someone playing your 10 year old save file and making fun of your starter 😂

@Jironic

Ай бұрын

There is no way that could happen tho right 😂😳

"I want you to put yourself back in 2012, trying to convince your mom to let you go see The Avengers..." Well, I was 24, so I'm pretty sure she'd have wondered why I was asking her. :V

@mctankies

Ай бұрын

Love your videos!

black 2 and white 2 are still some of the best pokemon games to this day and it's so unfair how badly they sold compared to the other games.

im forever glad that i was given both black 2 and white 2 by my grandma while they were still in stores bc man. thats pricey

Part of the reason why they didnt release B2W2 for 3DS was because it was in the middle of the Gen 5's lifecycle. I don't think they've ever released a sequel/3rd version of the current gen games at all. An example would be to take Ruby & Sapphire. They wouldn't release Emerald on the DS if the DS was out already by the time Emerald released. GameFreak doesn't do that, whether or not it would've been a financial gain. Its the same reason why Sun & Moon released on 3DS but Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon didn't release on the Nintendo Switch but Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee did.

I paid $130 for my copy of black 2 at my local game store 4 days ago. It had an a lot of legendary Pokemon and it had Genesect and Keldeo on file 😁 $130 well spent I have obtained Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, X and Y, Sun and Moon, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, Platinum, Soul Silver, and Black 1 and Black 2. Spent one whole year on that journey all because my cousin didn’t want his 3 DS anymore and I wanted to get back into Pokémon again after the these years

Seeing that price makes me reconsider how i just leave the cart out on the desk/table instead of putting it back in the case when I’m done with it…

And this is why emulation is a thing. Like damn

@decarabiaumbra560

Ай бұрын

Harder to get the Unova link and other cool features on emulator though. The price is almost justified based on how much is locked to physical cartridge.

@stewartcrislip7274

Ай бұрын

@@decarabiaumbra560nothing justifies the outrageous price.

@decarabiaumbra560

Ай бұрын

@@stewartcrislip7274 Eh, It's at least more reasonable than any of the third version games or remade games on the after market

@mightza3781

Ай бұрын

@@decarabiaumbra560 always better to play rom hacks on on emulators since it isn't worth playing vanilla since the community is supposed to be half the content. Pokemon in some ways is the precurosor to today's live service games.

@thatanonwholurksmoar7386

Ай бұрын

@@decarabiaumbra560 lmao no

You didn't check the metals. One of the reasons it can go for so much is with the shut down of some servers it is impossible to 100% the metal rally without a couple of those metals on there before 2020.

@Jironic

Ай бұрын

I did not know that! That makes sense.

@robinmartin2818

Ай бұрын

@@Jironic In fact Since I know WAY too much about the series, the reason they had azuril on the team is that one of the metals is rewarded for using splash.

I got my copies of B & B2 with box and all for $50 each at the start of the covid pandemic lockdown right before prices hit triple digits. I already had W & W2 with box and all from my childhood

2012 was a busy time for me, but when I emulated it in 2014 I was surprised how good the games were after my last authentic game being Platinum. The music is amazing, good story, good villains, good gym leaders that actually help you thwart the evil org, and the free shinies at the post game. At that time I can't ask for anything else, Gen 5 was very solid

i bought a copy on launch never getting rid of it

I got mine for 25 bucks from like, ebay or sum last year. I thought I lost mine, but turns out I didn't. So now I've 2 black 2 cartridges

@MintleafCakes

Ай бұрын

25 bucks?? you lucked out haha

@TBG1

Ай бұрын

@@MintleafCakes ikr! But I don't have a case for the game, so it's always on the brink of slipping into the void of my closet

@MintleafCakes

Ай бұрын

@@TBG1 oh i feel that. currently on the hunt for my copy of soulsilver...

@TBG1

Ай бұрын

@MintleafCakes ooooh, I gotta look for mine as well... it's been years

@MintleafCakes

Ай бұрын

@@TBG1 fr. i moved recently and tbh im not even sure if i have it on me 😭😭 might have left it back home, which would suck but at least it wouldnt be lost i suppose

damn now you've made me consider selling my boxed one I got back on release :P

i really love all the aesthetic and pacing of pokemon DS games, but i never got one in my childhood, nowdays i have almost one of each generation and going to complete the collection!

What really gets me is the boxes. I have the games but how can I look at these colorful boxes like "I'll throw these away"

In 2018 I didn’t have a switch yet and I had a long flight from America to Europe. I went to my local GameStop and picked up the cheapest Pokémon DS game they had… which was Pokémon Black 2. there wasn’t any demand for the game back then so I got it for $35, probably the luckiest I’ve ever been with market timing hahaha

I believe it was probably more in line with md marketing for the games that they didn't sell well, rather than not being on 3DS. That commercial being the main one fails to draw hype for the game and distinguish it from the preceding Black and White, making it so many even to this day still think that BW2 are just rehashes of BW1. Their price is a mixture of scarcity and the hindsight of knowing how much great content is held in one cartridge, with it being the conclusion and explanation for what happened to Unova after BW1, multiple great battle modes and mini games, as well as having to guaranteed shinies. This was actually a fairly good save file for the price, seeing as most of them come with the person not having gone past gym 1.

Great video dude! I also missed this game.

dude, turns out i got this game back in 2012, the year it came out, on just some random day. i still remember going to my tiny local toy shop and checking the ds section right by the window, at a weird angle, i found this game and inazuma eleven 2: firestorm, somehow managing to have my mom buy me both, dont remember how i pulled that off at all, but i've had a blast in multiple runs of both games. still have the cases (and all the booklets they came with) of both of those games. i was fuckin 7.

my first pokemon game was yellow at age 15 in 1998 i missed a gb and gba pokemon game here and there and grew up to regret it looking at ebay prices.thankfully i learned by ds era to always buy both pokemon games versions and i still live by this rule at age 40 😂

I’m really happy to still have black, white 2, soul silver, and those other prized Pokémon games, along with a pokewalker!! Those prices would drive me nuts

I don't even know how or why but I have both. I'm really on the fence whether I want to keep or sell. Even have the box for white 2.

I feel so big brained having kept my copies from when I was a kid, and in pristine condition too

I remember that I kept telling my mom that a 3Ds is different because of the game card shapes Cause of that she knew that the ds would eventually not be supported and got me the 3Ds

Purchased the original Pokemon Black back in 2020 for around 21 dollars. Begun to see them going up for 115 dollars now in the place I live, so I feel really lucky. Never picked up the sequel in the time however, so I’ve gotta face these maniacal prices D:

great video :]

A lot of the DS pokemon games are super expensive now. Luckily, after selling my DS around 2012, and getting another one years later I picked up a lot of DS games at GameStop, including Pokemon Diamond, SoulSilver, White, and Black 2 in 2017. Now, most of the DS pokemon games, besides Diamond and Pearl, are super expensive. I saw a boxed copy of HeartGold at a retro game store for $140 a few years ago

It's the only way to transfer your Pokémon up to X & Y+, but you also need Pokémon Bank. Not sure how it is with servers being down, haven't ever done it myself yet. But that's why I believe it has the nigh mark up

@ChicagoMel23

13 күн бұрын

No it isn't the only way. Mod and get pksm, do it that way

@sge2000lbp

13 күн бұрын

@@ChicagoMel23 Is that only using modded DS?

"where is my threedimensional Pokemon game Nintendo?" proceeds to show threedimensional Pokemon game on Nintendo DS.

@Jironic

6 күн бұрын

If you are talking about the Gen 5 games they are technically considered pseudo-3D but if you mean Pokedex 3D I would say that's a stretch to call a game. More like an app.

I WISH this were the case for both the games AND the anime. Sure, it returned in the anime at gen 7 but the games NEVER did this at all! I won't be so surpriced when Palworld adds Evolution (Pal-Formation) and adds animation to the evolving pals.

I lost my black one inside of my modded new 3dsxl, it was a sad month

I remember randomly buying black 2 for $30 back in early 2020

Great game, gen, story and mons. Completely underrated for whatever reason.

I still have my cib copy i got for free from a friend when he quit gaming lol thanks a lot jerome 🤣

Why is it so expensive though? Is it just that it’s Pokémon and is the orice gonna go up any more? I have a copy and I’m just curious if u should hold onto it or if it’s gonna go up in price soon.

@Jironic

Ай бұрын

There is honestly no way to know. Some of it is nostalgia fueled and when that dies off, as it always does, the price will come down as demand does. But that could still be another 5-10 years (totally guessing that time frame)

@Mowgli567

Ай бұрын

@@Jironic thanks so would you recommend holding on to it for a little longer or just selling it now?

@Jironic

Ай бұрын

@@Mowgli567 i don't feeel comfortable giving finantial advice in a KZread comment section tbh. but if it were me, i don't like to to gamble so if i wanted to sell i probably would look into that yes.

@Mowgli567

Ай бұрын

@@Jironic okay thanks for the advice just wanted to get someone opinion who knows more than I about this stuff. I am going to keep looking into more I just wanted to know how long it’s been up for and if it’s common for the price to go up again fast and soon

@vlc-cosplayer

Ай бұрын

Corner the market, and you'll know the price for sure ;3

B2W2 are the last good, and in my opinion best, pokemon games... and I have both of them.

I still own pokemon white and white 2 but had to buy soulsilver which cost me $120 plus another DS lite $80

I don't need that I can be a Pirate

I got my copy for 5 bucks from a yard sale

@Jironic

Ай бұрын

Lucky

Black & White and v2 are masterpieces

So fuckin happy I got Pokemon Black 2 just before 2020. Got that shit for $34 in 2019

I paid 247 for both complete in box

I will never forgive the fans that dragged or never played Pokemoned BW and BW 2, yall missed an amazing Gen, music and story

@djjjjjd

Ай бұрын

Black and White deserved to be dragged, they are some of the worst games in the franchise. The bad impression they made on so many players is why BW2 didn't sell well, despite being definite improvements over BW1.

eBay is a better place to purchase a used game than Amazon. As long as there are clear pictures of the whole cartridge (and in some cases even shined through a light) you can find out if its authentic. Also its cheaper. Great video btw.

@Jironic

Ай бұрын

I think I got mine of Macari but I didn't think ahead enough to grab screenshots for the video when I bought it last year. So I grabbed prices close to what I was talking about in google. Lol.

Black and White are actually the worst selling pokemon game that introduced a new generation. So it make sense the sequal didn't sell super well.

$82 for my copy of Black 2…

Way cheaper to buy the Japanese versions, just bought a copy of Japanese Pokemon yellow for cheap

One of the best selling pokemon games Shit has been rare to get in box since year one. I hate Nintendo fans

@Jironic

6 күн бұрын

It's one of the worst selling games tho. Only beating Platinum, Emerald, and Crystal.

Usa: amiibos or games are sold out scalpers go for outrageous prices!!! Mexico: heres your amiboo for retail price we still have plenty and a used old game dirt cheap. Americans have a a serious case of fomo

Problem is you bought it off Amazon still expensive on eBay but definitely cheaper brother

@Jironic

Ай бұрын

I actually bought it on Mercari but I bought it a few years back before I had the idea for this video so I didn't take screenshots at the time.

Dude i got mine 3 months ago for 170 you got scalped so bad

@Jironic

Ай бұрын

I bought a few years back before prices started coming down

@arturodominguez2

Ай бұрын

@Jironic wild but it is what is. The love Pokemon man

I could of bought it the day i bought pokemon x

I think one of the main reasons BW2 didn't sell well is because of how bad BW1 were. I know it's an unpopular opinion since gen 5 went on to be the most glazed generation of all, but the first entries in gen 5 were so bad that it makes BW2 hard to enjoy because my impression of gen 5 is tainted by the bad taste BW1 left. Even though BW2 are clear improvements, the damage was already done by BW1, which are some of the worst games in the franchise imo. PS don't @me if the gen 5 games were the first or second Pokemon games you ever played.

Dude! I wish you asked! Could have sold mine for $200

@Jironic

Ай бұрын

Still in the market for white 2 tbh. 👀

Homebrewing is easy guys

@Jironic

Ай бұрын

Or emulators

@MintleafCakes

Ай бұрын

sometimes you just want the physical thing (not against homebrew or emulation for the record, i utilize them all the time)

@MusicJunkie37

Ай бұрын

​@@MintleafCakes R4

@MintleafCakes

Ай бұрын

@@MusicJunkie37 fair enough i suppose

@Jironic

Ай бұрын

I collect video games, what's why I bought it physically. I agree, sometimes you just want a physical official copy.

Lmfao, I find it very funny that you think GameFreak needed to move onto 3d so quickly. After all, Black and White plus their sequels were Pokemon at it's best and now Nintendo/GameFreak don't even know how to make a proper game.

@Jironic

29 күн бұрын

The point was that there was little attempts to differentiate B/W 2 from it's predecessors. Moving the games to the 3DS, a brand new console begging for a system seller game at the time, could have been the change needed to make B/W 2 stand out to consumers and not just feel like a rehash of Unova. Not that they needed to hurry into 3D. Clearly they are still not ready for 3D. In fact I still prefer the 2D games to replay.

I got that game for free, don't even need a ds to play it. Yarharhar.

Delta+rom=$0

@Jironic

Ай бұрын

I prefer Desmume but yes