The Escapist – 100
With slick and fast-paced battles, a more adult take on the traditional Pokémon concepts and an entirely new roster of characters, Pokémon Black & White is as close to a “reboot” as the franchise has ever seen, but it doesn’t reinvent what doesn’t need reinventing.
Destructoid – 95
Pokémon Black/White is my favorite Pokémon game. That’s my opinion. It’s also the most robust, fully featured, polished Pokémon game on a technical level. That’s an objective fact. Put those opinons and facts together, and you can only come up with one conclusion — if you like Pokémon, you should go buy Pokémon Black/White. Like, right now.
Official Nintendo Magazine UK – 95
A beautiful refinement of a great series. Game Freak has surpassed itself – the best Pokemon ever. [Mar 2011, p.87]
Digital Chumps – 90
Pokémon Black & White are again the strongest additions to the series to date. Game Freak has succeeded once again in creating an even better Pokémon title than all previous iterations and has created another true Pokémon reboot.
Cubed3 – 90
Game Freak has worked its socks off to ensure that Pokémon Black / White not only live up to the standards set by past entries in the mainline series, but have included a wealth of extra content to entice newcomers to the world of Pocket Monsters.
Nintendo Life – 90
Black and White are certainly up there with the best of the series: unlike HeartGold and SoulSilver they don’t have nostalgia as their main attraction, but they come closest to recreating the sense of discovery felt when embarking on that first journey with Pokémon.
Games Radar (in-house) – 90
It may not break the Pokemon mold, but Black/White offers enough new content coupled with the series’ classic, deep battle mechanics to make it endlessly playable. If you could only play one game for the rest of your life, this would be a wise choice.
IGN – 90
If you have never played Pokemon, get off your ass and get Pokemon Black/White. Aside from a weaker lineup of monsters (largely an aesthetic complaint), this is the best Pokemon has to offer on every level, renewing my waning interest in monster battling. It proves that the Pokemon series is still rock solid after a decade and a half.
Eurogamer – 90
Of course there’s a lot that’s the same. Of course there is. But with a great many small and well-placed innovations, a vivacious, inventive new cast and the biggest cosmetic makeover the series has ever seen, Pokémon Black and White makes it all feel new again. It reminds you what there was to love about Pokémon in the first place – and perhaps we all needed reminding.
Nintendo Power – 90
The Pokemon series’s latest pair of adventures is as addictive as ever. [March 2011, p.82]
Game Informer – 88
Pokemon Black and White do a great job building upon already solid features and taking them to the next level. [March 2011, p.95]
All this publication’s reviews
Game Revolution – 83
It’s highly likely that if you spent any energy at all anticipating Pokémon Black and White, you’re going to be ridiculously pleased with whichever version you choose. For Pokévirgins who are curious as to what it’s all about, this is a fine place to start.
GamePro – 80
It’s a smaller world than HeartGold and SoulSilver’s Kanto and Johto, but it’s a new world that should be explored by any Pokemon fan, young or old.
Wired – 80
Pokémon is a series that never reinvents the wheel, but instead continues to polish the basic design until it sparkles.
Joystiq – 80
Ultimately, though, these are the new trappings of an old, old game — one you may have already played three or four times before.
games(TM) – 80
While die-hards might still prefer the more expert-friendly features of HeartGold and SoulSilver, the fresh approach and fiercely impressive visuals, draped over a tried and true frame of addictive, highly nuanced battle and customization, make Pokémon Black/White the defacto catch-all solution to monster collecting on the venerable DS.
GameSpot – 75
What it lacks in originality, Pokemon Black more than makes up for with a vast world to explore and an absorbing battle system that’s heaps of fun.
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