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Game entry

Pokémon Black Version

2010 · JRPG, Action RPG, Action-adventure, Strategy · Nintendo DS · Nintendo

Pokémon Black Version is ranked no. 227 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,794 and 70% of duels won. Fallout 3 is the rival it has faced most: 5 duels, 3 wins and 2 losses. Measured against its own family, it climbs to no. 11 out of 146 (2010).

World rank

no. 227

ELO score

1,794

Wins

70%

Duels played

299

Join the debate · 33

About Pokémon Black Version

Pokémon Black Version and Pokémon White Version are the primary paired versions of Generation V.
Black and White follow the trends set up by previous games in the series. Two player characters (one male and one female) travel a new region, Unova, on their Pokémon journeys. This region is inhabited by various Pokémon, and unlike before, none of those available prior to Generation V can be obtained before completing the main story by defeating Team Plasma.
The games' names were revealed on the official Japanese Pokémon website on April 9, 2010, and scans from the subsequent issue of the magazine leaked the following day, April 10.
Pokémon Black and White are followed in 2012 by two sequels, Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, which are set two years after the events of Black and White. Black 2 and White 2 are the second and final paired versions of Generation V.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,794 ELO points over the last 215 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games Pokémon Black Version sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 224 Pokémon Gold Version 1,794
  2. 225 Resident Evil 2 1,794
  3. 226 Halo 2 1,794
  4. 227 Pokémon Black Version 1,794
  5. 228 Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon 1,794
  6. 229 The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth 1,793
  7. 230 The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap 1,793

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The standing

Where Pokémon Black Version ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Pokémon Black Version stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 11 out of 146 (2010).

Where Pokémon Black Version ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 227 5,110
JRPG 20 232
2010s 81 2,044
2010 11 146

The community

The debate

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  1. NovaMaster2

    this ranking rewards nostalgia votes over actual duels won, and it shows

    SilentRunner

    ¿Nostalgia? Yo lo he votado después de comparar duelos reales, ¿eso también cuenta como voto sesgado?

    AnaïsKid

    the ranking punishes it for duels it was never designed to win, ce qui ne veut pas dire grand chose sur la qualité réelle du jeu en soi.

  2. TurboSniper

    Sixty eight percent win rate sounds good until you notice who it keeps facing on paper

    GhostByte2

    Contre des mondes ouverts pareils, il n'a aucune chance, structurellement.

  3. Donato_1990

    Compared to Skyrim or Fallout 3 in the same duel pool, the DS hardware limits what it can even attempt, and the ELO score reflects that gap honestly.

    GlitchSniper98

    Vous voyez le souci du classement, ça compare des trucs qui n'ont rien à voir franchement.

    SilentSniper

    A mí me aburrió en el coche, la verdad, después de la tercera hora ya solo quería llegar y jugar otra cosa.

    Coop_Ferrer

    Puesto al lado de Fallout 3 se nota la epoca en la que salió, aunque cada uno tiene su publico distinto la verdad.

    ArcadePhoenix2

    Encore un match contre un monde ouvert, on connaît déjà le score d'avance non ?

    NeonRider1987

    Esas noches con la pantalla bajo las sábanas son justo lo que Skyrim nunca me va a dar, por mucho mundo abierto que tenga.

    Puente51

    Replying to Coop_Ferrer

    con Fallout 3 no hay color en escala, cierto, pero mi prima y yo nos reímos más con este que con cualquier mundo abierto serio.

  4. Alfonso_1993

    Put it next to Skyrim and it looks tiny, put it next to nothing else in its genre pool and it still wins.

    ArcadeMaster

    Estoy de acuerdo, mi prima me lo prestó una semana y no se la devolví hasta terminarlo

    Álvaro_72

    Replying to ArcadeMaster

    a mí lo que se nota son los tiempos de carga entre combates, se hacían un poco largos comparado con lo que jugué después

  5. LootFox

    ¿Alguien más lo jugó pensando que sería el último de la saga que probaría en su vida... y aquí seguimos?

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