Pokemon White Version 2

So yesterday my youngest son's first video game arrived in the mail, Pokemon White Version 2. He's been all about Pokemon lately, which got me back into Pokemon. I had purchased Pokemons Diamond and Pearl a couple of years ago for me and my oldest son, but had lost momentum playing it after a while (we were dealing with a lot of issues with the kid so Pokemon took a back seat). Last week I took him to GameStop where he purchased Pokemon Black Version 2, and my wife had mentioned that she considered ordering a Pokemon game for the little guy (but she was scared off by the high prices meaning her brief search turned up the older games). So I made a quick check and found White 2 for a good price, so we went ahead and ordered it. The little guy is a bit young to play it himself so he mostly watches while I play it. He gets to pick the Pokemon and gets to name them though. The trainer he chose to name after himself.

As an aside, my oldest son will be hooking me up with Pokemon HeartGold (he has SoulSilver), which he traded for Platinum (the special edition companion of Diamond and Pearl for those not in the know). I'm still not totally up to speed on Generation 3 and beyond Pokemon as I played Generation 1 and 2 before going on hiatus, so HeartGold should be nice and familiar. I just need to send over my Torterra from Pearl (I like turtles).

So White 2 comes in, my boy names his trainer after himself, so now it's time to choose a Pokemon. The options (same as Black and White) are Oshawott (his big brother's favorite), Tepig (which would be my choice; I like Fire-types and the irony of a pig that can roast YOU is not lost on me), and Snivy (his brother doesn't like him due to an apparent lack of cuteness; I don't like him due to an apparent dislike for Grass-types). Naturally, the little guy picks Snivy. He couldn't come up with a nickname sadly.

We set out, promptly losing the first battle to his rival's Tepig (first time I've ever managed that; Tepig got a critical hit on a Tackle that dropped Snivy immediately).  We set out on our Pokemon journey and started catching wild Pokemon. First was a Purrloin which he named Cookie. We followed that with a Patrat named T. rex (who was only level 2 and so I dumped him in storage as soon as I could). We then travelled further and found this ranch whose owners had lost their Herdier, so in the process of finding it we managed to get a Mareep which he named Pizza, an Azurill that he named Puppy, and a Riolu that for some reason he named Dialga, perhaps to strike fear into the hearts of enemy Pokemon who think they're suddenly facing a Legendary Pokemon. Did I mention the kid is 5?

Anyway, I took my DS to work to try to level up his Pokemon a bit and snagged a Sewaddle in the process. That's as far as we got so far. I need to help him level his Pokemon some more before challenging the first gym

Until next time!