Of course, they're all ultimately drawn in a very anime-esque art style, so it's really hard to note if any of the fair-skinned characters are supposed to be Japanese or Caucasian in ethnicity. Surge, Fantina, arguably Phoebe and Dahlia) but with Pokemon itself being an international franchise, it's interesting to have that in the back of our minds. So far, in the past generations, most of the characters are honestly very easily assumed to be ethnically and culturally Japanese other than a few specific exceptions that the games point out (Lt. One thing to note about the fifth generation is that Unova is the first region in a mainline Pokemon series (Orre's cool, but it's considered quasi-canon by Nintendo, I feel) that is not set in a Japan-based region. I might have to fix that soon, I could do a little reset of my old White 2 cartridge. I also never actually played any of the Unova games beyond the story modes, so I don't really have much of an opinion on any of its post-game characters. which is why a lot of information about the fifth generation didn't actually stick because there's a fair bit of information overload. As I mentioned before, I played both Sinnoh and Unova games in one huge 'catch up' month before the release of Pokemon XY, and it was also a time where I consumed a lot of information in one go - the games, the manga, the new Pokemon, a bunch of online Nuzlocke comics. But fifth generation does have one of my favourite stories out there, even if it is admittedly a bit heavy-handed at times. My favourite is honestly probably the fourth. I don't think fifth generation is my favourite generation of games. I very rarely see any ratings that put Generation V in the middle of the pack, it's either considered a masterpiece or an abomination.Īnd. And I feel like the fifth generation is one of the most contentious ones, with so many people swearing up and down that they're the best games Pokemon has ever put out, while some people swear up and down that they are the worst. The two sets of games in this generation - Black & White, as well as Black 2 & White 2 - are interesting in that ever since Kanto and Johto, these are the only games that have ever technically been 'sequels' of each other instead of a remaster. The fifth generation is interesting in that it's one of the two generations to really try to have a more elaborate, longer story and actually explore a bit more themes than just 'evil team tries to take over the world and capture a legendary Pokemon'. And here we go with the fifth generation of Pokemon games and their human characters.

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