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>bolt black and smolder white
>nov 2024, switch 1 only, developed by ILCA
>pseudo-remakes of vanilla BW, closer to new games entirely
>not open-world, wide linear like DQ11
>most of unova has been recreated in 3D, some old areas have been replaced by entirely new ones
>entralink and all dream world functionality has been replaced with a new terarium financed by blueberry academy
>4-player co-op returns but is restricted to the new terarium
>"dream dens" appear throughout the terarium, serve as entrances to multi-floor randomly-generated dungeons the player can explore with their friends, they contain rare items and pokemon that aren't in the regional dex, "boss pokemon" at the end of the dungeons have their HA and must be fought together in a raid battle
>no natdex
>regional dex includes all gen 5 pokemon, 300-ish pokemon from other gens including gen 9
>no tera, megas, etc
>poke ride returns from alola
>plot is different but touches on a lot of the same story beats as the original, player starts in a completely new town in northwestern unova
>many characters, including most of the gym leaders, return
>lacey/drayton are now adults who have succeeded their (grand)dads as gym leaders
>protagonists and their rivals are new characters altogether, hilbert/hilda and cheren/bianca appear as powerful postgame trainers like LGPE
>n does not reappear, team plasma still serves as the evil team
>no new forms for reshiram/zekrom but the DNA splicers are a reward for completing a postgame epilogue featuring kyurem
