Long time no see!!! Sorry to everyone who’s been patiently waiting on this video and for me to upload again. Life sort of got away from me, and even though I’ve been streaming Pokémon Colosseum on my second channel for over a year now, I didn’t want to stream or upload on this channel until I fulfilled my promise and got this review out. My biggest issue was that I couldn’t just force this review out and cut corners. It had to live up to the expectations set by the Black and White review and I hope that it has! Anyways please enjoy this video and know that there will be Gen 6 and ORAS reviews eventually, it’s just obviously going to be a while! Oh and thank you for watching!!!

Generation 5: "Most controversial Pokemon generation in history" Generation 8: Hold my Pokedex

Honestly gen 5 was peak Pokemon. Especially Black 2 and White 2. So much was packed into them games!

Gen 5 is easily my favorite generation I love it so much

To all the people who unfairly bitched about Gen 5: Be careful what you wish for.

The community complained about these games so much at the time, oh how good we used to have it

It's so upsetting that we can't get as much love and care with the newer Pokémon games as we did with all of Gen V. Though it makes me happy being reminded of these games once again

37:30 I remember getting a medal for checking every trash can in b2, I felt so validated

It's really telling how the main-game portion ends just a little over a 3rd into the video. If this was a gen 6/7/8 review, the video would end there. Even gen 8, the first 60 dollar, main series game on a home console (excluding lets go kinda) has absolutely nothing to offer after you beat the story. Not only is there no substantial content, but the dex is sliced in half. It really does feel like any ambition for the series ended in 2012.

When Swo&Shi gets a higher rating than B2/W2 on IGN: “However, I DISAGREE!!!”

"I won't say Gen V is objectively the best generation" I will. :P

Even in 2019 BW2 are still the best pokemon games. The ammount of pure high quality content in here is insane.

I'm glad Gen 5 is now getting the love it always deserved.

In humilau city there is a boy and a girl running around and when you complete the game the girl is gone and the boy talks about living in the moment because there might not be another it's enough to male a grown man cry

Great video. Just to add, you can go into Hugh's house at the end of the game and the sister will mention that the Leipard is still cold towards her but through time (or defeating the elite 4 multiple times) it will open its heart again and they will be best buds again. It's a small touch so I don't blame you for missing it but i think it wraps up the arc quite neatly.

HE CAME BACK WHEN WE NEEDED HIM MOST So glad to see you're active man

I never felt more emotional than with this review. You brought back some of my best memories. I was one of the few that saw the beauty of gen 5, and it's sad to see that others do now after realizing Gamefreak has stopped trying with the new games.

I will say that I still think Generation 4 was the strongest generation overall. However, that's the emphasis on overall. In my opinion, Black and White 2 are bar none the best, most well crafted main series titles that the company has ever created. Every aspect is probably among the best the franchise has to offer, between the plot, the music, the nostalgic callbacks, and it managed to make Unova extremely fresh, quite the feat when you consider these were the second Unova titles in a row. From a setting, it's amazing, and the gameplay fits the bill as well. One of my absolute favorite things about Gen V were their special encounter mechanics, like rustling grass, dark grass, ripple spots, hidden grottos, and so on. You were able to hunt special Pokemon and it felt even more rewarding finding that rare Pokemon than it ever seems to nowadays. And of course, N's Pokemon were a rather unique inclusion that I wholeheartedly enjoyed as well. Standalone, the games are top notch, but when considered as a sequel, they become so much more. Black and White 2 are the best main series Pokemon has to offer, and I must say, if Explorers of Sky didn't exist, they'd likely be sitting on the throne as the peak of the franchise as a whole. They are that good.

Welcome back, old friend. We miss you. And what better way for your return to finally reviewing Black 2 and White 2. Gen. 5 is my absolute favorite gen. It did alot of things right to me & I'm so happy you gave it an chance. Great review & glad that you are back.

Thumbs up if this is your fav Pokémon game.

So glad you're back! And for my favorite Pokemon game of all time!

Dude I'm SCREAMING I found your channel like a month ago and LOVED your can 5 and 4 reviews but then I was crushed when I saw you weren't uploading any videos so I stalked for a while and saw you had a active community still so I thought well I will subscribe so at least I don't miss the channel Now seeing this is freaking awesome I love videos about Pokemon but I feel like people get to personal with them don't make exhaustive analysis of them or whatever but you, you really make Pokemon analysis and they are the greatest in KZfaq I haven't seen the video, I'll watch it tomorrow but right now I'm really pumped up Keep it up, take your time Do whatever you want Love you

"I can't explain how over 200+ different species of pokemon arrived in Unova in such a short time." Since Unova is based off of New York in North America I'm going to say Migration XD But so glad you came back it's been forever!!!

Wow, just wow. I actually got a bit emotional at that last part. In all honesty I think this video couldn’t have come in the at the perfect time. Throughout the past few months I kept losing interest in Pokémon as everything around me felt like it was falling apart, and it was like almost all of the good will that the franchise built up disappeared overnight in an instant. As I was so excited when Sword and Shield was revealed, but as the coming months taught me my excitement dwindled and I got exhausted of all of the arguing and debating. However, this video reminded me of the beauty that is Pokémon. I loved being reminded of my personal favorite generation of games and to an even greater extent the reason why I started to get back into gaming and It was all thanks to Pokémon. Personally, while I won’t buy Sword and Shield right away I’m not going to feel bad anymore about this. As even though, I saw the entire PKMN fan base unravel right in front of my eyes, I am and always will be a fan of Pokémon. As once a fan, always a fan. Thank you for the great video Stan. Hope see more from this channel.

Took a while, but worth the wait for sure. Best way the DS line could go out. There's a reason there's only one true sequel, you simply can't improve upon perfection. Glad to see you're back!

Lol most controversial. Clearly you haven’t heard about Sword and Shield yet: pause oh wait there’s the reference. Lol

I, to this day, refuse to believe that the Main Characters of these games are only 11. they look 16.

I just like that you can call cheren to tell you how to evolve things and Bianca to see how much Pokémon like you. That’s a nice feature . To bad it will probably never return

The last great Pokemon games. Early 2010's were the series peak.

It kinda feels like these games were Gamefreaks magnum opus. They havent made a game this good since.

It’s been 3000 years..... Where you been?????

I hope Colress gets a Kyuren of his own eventually. They both share similar designs (right down to a blue "cowlick"), they both seek optimization (be it through force or friendship), and they both like it cold.

Dude I’ve missed you so much! I started watching your content after seeing your black and white review and seeing you finally post a review for the sequel has made my day. I wish you nothing but the best, my dude

Man fighting Hilda/Hilbert in BW2 via Memory Link would have been amazing. Fighting yourself is always a great way to see how strong you actually are, both in the past and the present

Thank You, Finally a content creator who encapsulated my passion and love for Gen 5. This game truly made my Childhood. Thank you for taking the time to give Gen 5 the love it deserved.

6:30 ... I heard you say "Raid" and despite the visual you put on screen, still immediately jumped to Raid: Shadow Legends... God I hate those ads...

oH my GOD I lost it after seeing this in my notifs. I had just rewatched the first bw one like 2 days ago! Thank you so much for all the hard work and effort you put into these videos! I'm so excited to see this one :^D

It's great to have you back with a bang and even greater knowing you've been having an awesome time during your absence based on your socials, welcome back Stan

Back when gamefreak used to care, I almost forgot.

When this game gets a remake Im going to be so happy. Just seeing my favorite gen being made in beautiful 3d will make me so happy. Also we gonna talk about how Kyurem is literally evil... at least to me.

N and Ghetsis’ story reminds me a lot of the story of Prince Zuko and Firelord Ozai.

the only thing that upset me is that Gamefreak are literally forgetting Unova after such a masterpiece they made. Sure they are getting more mention recently in Pokemon Masters and also brand new Pokemon Sword and Shield but hell Unova deserved better.

I beat white and white 2 on like a week almost explore eveything on the region 100% battle almost every npc and read almost every dialogue, and tbh is one of the most wonderful games, nice music, cool history, just like you said, is like gen 1 and 2 and be able to explore a old region and be able to see the changes and everyone growing, is a beautiful experience close to real life

If you remember in Black and White version, there was that pokémon transfer facility in the post game. I forgot what it was called, but it let you transfer your mons from gen 4 titles like Heart Gold and Soul Silver. One of the people in this facility mention something about how some Pokémon broke out of their facility. This is why you can catch non gen 5 mons in East Unova in Black/White. I think this is also why Black 2/White 2 have more Pokémon. I thought it was a fun story detail to note and that you should know.

Back when it released, it got so much hate. Now everyone loves it. It was my favorite game by a mile!

B/W WAS controversial in its first year, but let’s be honest, no-one has ever had a real problem with BW2. Over time, as BW2 has aged incredibly well, more people began to to appreciate B/W. Likewise, sword and shield hasn’t really been controversial since release, it’s been universally hated, and unlike generation 5, which along with generation 4, was the peak of Pokémon, there is merit to disliking gen 8

You said it man, gen 4 and 5 are the peak of Pokemon, I'll always come back to them.

This is my favorite Pokémon game of all time. I remember going to Walmart as a kid and going on the iPads in the apple section to go watch the animated trailers over and over again

Aside from the massive amount of content that Gen 5 contained. They were the only Pokemon games that made me feel guilty once because of Team Plasma. There isn't any villain team as complex and sophisticated as them. Team Galactic came in second. Thus Gen 4 and Gen 5 was the peak of Game Freak.

I’m a simple man. I see Stan upload, I lose my shit and jump on the couch and celebrate in my underwear.

The 2.5d artstyle is so good and i miss it very much

I can't wait to see your review of X/Y, the games that, imo, started the trend of "let's make things easier and shortter due the new generation of kidz"

"the most controversial gen in history!" Sword and Shield: Hold my roster

Now we have Galar who’s story is sorely lacking.

I always loved the soundtrack, the new plasma theme and Colress’s theme were always favorites. But I also really loved the little pre-battle jingles. The roughneck being my favorite

Easily best game they’ve made, there is just so much content.

Hands down the best Pokemon game. HGSS were great but lacked an interesting story and the level balancing was just unfun. The variety of Pokemon in those games were really limiting too. These games were the perfect send off to the DS Pokemon games, one of the best RPG series ever imo.

It’s been ten thousand years glad that your back

My jaw actually dropped when I saw this. I was on my break at work and nearly flipped. You've inspired me so much in your time away from here! The in-depth looks at these games that mean so much to you made me want to start doing my own content like that, so it's great to see such a big inspiration finally back. I've rewatched your other analyses videos a ton and you still brought the heat all this time later. Thank you for putting in all this time and effort to create some truly amazing content, I can't wait for more whenever that may happen, and just know you've made an impact - you really have. Happy hunting to you as well!!

YES, my favorite KZfaqr has returned. Welcome back Stan!

Omg What a great surprise! I was sad and alone , now I’m happy and alone, thank you

These were my entry in Gen. 5, both Black 2 & White 2 back in 2012 when Dad went home from abroad. He was an OFW/seaman. Last year of 2018 he died due to age. This Dec. 2019 and now I'm an adult, I'm still playing both from time to time. Many things happened, thanks for the memories Dad.

Tbh, that quote at the VERY end from Junichi Masuda... Is truly a BLESSING as well as a CURSE if you think about it. After seeing this in-depth review, I think me and those watching... Can truly appreciate what that quote meant for these two games and why years later, they still are a cult classic.

Gen 5 was so underrated back in the day. I'm glad it is finally getting the love it deserves. The music slaps, the story is amazing, and the pokemon are great considering they introduced nearly 160 new ones. I daresay it's one of the best gens, if not *the* best gen.

Man this brings back good memories. My personal favorite generation of all.

Glad you addressed that BW2 didn't include a Memory Link battle against the player's BW team, it was the biggest missed opportunity in an otherwise cool game. I had been looking forward to it during my playthrough and was let down when that battle never came.

Just replayed it for the first time in nearly ten years and I can safely say this is one of my favorite pokemon games. I intend to play it many more times. I get sort of sad thinking about how, at least to me, this was peak pokemon and we likely won't have something that has as much passion put into it. There are two things I desperately wish could be altered about these games however, for all their benefits. The first is Hydreigon's evolution level; 64 is completely unacceptable. Unova in general has too many pokemon that evolve unreasonably late. The second, I'm glad you mentioned in the video because I'd been thinking about it so much as an example of a squandered opportunity, is the fact that despite all of the emphasis on Memory Link they did not allow you to link your Black and White save to your Black 2 and White 2 save and battle your previous self. This one just hurts me because it would've made these games almost perfect with a beautiful resolution. It feels like the player character from the original games gets no resolution; they obviously don't become the champion, canonically, so what gives? Yet they're referenced a thousand times. And hell, it's a sequel! The setup was perfect. Allowing you to face your original team, given that we had the features there that would allow you to do so, would be a killer thing to add to a pokemon game and would've been better than any other lousy superboss. (Sorry, Cynthia, Red, etc., y'all wouldn't even compare.) Of course, you can technically match your old self through the union room, but it's really not the same. This would've been a feature that would've undoubtedly made this game stand out just that much more.

THE LEGEND RETURNS

Im holding off on watching this until tomorrow or else i wont get any sleep

Pokémon black and white 2 are the only games I waited outside a store to buy. I got the last copy being the display copy. It’s a memory that will never leave me

I really like the idea of fighting hilbert and him having your team through the memory system, it wouldve been so cool

With all this sword and shield stuff going on... it's nice to see a video that makes me smile because of pokemon

So happy to see you are back :D

Did you know that in the PWT there are a couple trainers named X and Y? Also, dude, your eyes are just...beautiful.

literally just checked back on your channel a few days ago to see if you updated anything, CANT BELIEVE THAT ITS REAL NOW🤯 love your gen5 series the most!!!

KZfaq: Random Tens has uploaded Me: He did it! He's back! and with my favorite pair of pokemon games!

"For every Hilbert, there is a Nate." What about Hilda and Rosa?

Bro im not gonna lie you going through the story and explaining everythingg that Unova had to offer almost made me tear up. It was so well thought out and i was always driven by a good story and thats what Unova offered for me. Of course i was young when i played it but you going over things that i never really remembered or understood is bringing so much more light as to why I love these games and love the Pokemon as a series. So for that, thank you man. 💙💙

Holy hell, this is a beautiful and wonderful video. The Gen 5 games are my favourites in the franchise, and finding all these new/newish videos giving Unova all the praise it DEFINITELY deserves UNOVA GOAT WOOOOOO

........They spoke of this legendary day only in myth.... None thought the day would ever come.... YEAH BABY LETS GO

I honestly love the story of BW1 most… I think BW2 are less exciting story-wise, since it lacks the conflict, tension and epic feeling of the predecessor. I don't really think unable to use old pokemons is such a big issue, since I think every entry is starting with a new protagonist in a new region, it is just natural to have things completely foreign from generations before. And I don't really think BW's new pokemons design was bad, at least far better than Gen 8 (New fossil monsters are really body horror level). And I really look forward to a future generation with storyline to rival BW1. I still don't understand, why does so many people hate the 'melancholy' story style so much? Can someone explain to me? Thank you.

Hi RandomTens! (I'm a little late, but here I come anyway x) ) I'm an **absolute** fan of Pokemon Black 2 & White 2 (spent like 8500+ hours on this game playing and replaying since I was 12) and now that I'm discussing the quality of those games with friends I'm searching for cons in videos like yours, to spread my genuine love with neutrality, but never did find "valid" points, only the "Gen 4 is better, I don't like this music so this other thing with no link is bad too" and i'm happy to say your video is great ! 52 minutes of pleasure, you presented the whole story in bits *before* discussing it, I don't know what to say more :D It's some quality content here, and since you made your comeback with this video, be sure that you did an amazing job !

Holy shit. I just got home from midnight shopping thanks to a closing shift at work. I thought I'd settle down and watch some streamers I enjoy react to the first 30 minutes or so of Sword and Shield before I jumped back in to my game for a few hours. I always start up KZfaq by browsing the recommended section to see what I can add to my watch later list. I saw Arlo's expected mixed impressions vid pop up and was ready to watch that when I saw the title of this video. I thought it was an old video, but when I saw the upload date and clicked, only to be greeted by your intro music, I bolted up from my seat. Like, I am expressive with friends, but if I'm alone most of my reactions are internal. This hasn't happened to me before and I haven't even properly started. I just had to let you know how thankful I am that you've stuck to this project, and have done so without any set deadline. I get why you apologized, but I'm so happy you're doing what's best for you. Your previous work was phenomenal, and I looked in vain for something similar for B2W2 in the interim. Nothing scratches that same itch and I hope you continue doing what works best for you. Okay. Whew. I think I've worked through my emotions lmao. Onwards to the real substance.

It’s alive! ITS ALIVE!

Rayquaza:I’m the strongest- Kyruem:think twice bruh.

Pokémon White 2 was only my second ever Pokémon Game, my first being Omega Ruby at its release. I can honestly say W2 is almost solely responsible for making Generation V my favorite overall Generation of Pokémon. Closely followed by Gen IV thanks to Platinum/SoulSilver.

So glad to see you back, Stan! Seeing a video on my birthday for the first time in such a long time made my day :D

Imagine kyurem fusions on the switch would be so cool

Not gonna lie. "I make this melody hoping that it send us to the future" hits harder than Hearthbreaker Charles's "Punchline.

Not having the returning MC from Black/White as a boss was such a missed opportunity.

Pokéstar Studios, medals, join avenue, all the battle facilities and challenges, the rival, the characters as a whole (somehow, even NPCs feel right, more real than in other games), the PokéDex, all the areas, the music, the colors/colours, the sprites, the dialogues, the story, the cutscenes. Everything. They really put all the love into these games. It's just so great. The story is so well paced. That pixel art is everything. And- and- THE GYM THEMES. HIDDEN GROTTOES. THE LOST ITEM AND THOSE TRADES. *And I still cry every time I get to the part when Hugh tells the palyer about the Purrloin.* It's so real. It feels like a real world.

YEEES God I missed this channel so much. It's nice to hear some good news for once from Pokemon nowadays lol

"for every white there is a black" Y E S

Just want you to know, your recaps made me go back and play generations four and five after missing them when I was a teen and generally got me back into the Pokemon games. I assumed I might be done with generation five after beating White, but like usual, your in-depth review convinced me otherwise, even with generation eight out now.

Gen 5 is the most nostalgic to me. It's the first core series game that made me actually tear up. It's one of the only generations that I replay over and over just to see certain scenes again, or hear certain tracks. Gen 5 also has my one of my most favorite legendary Pokemon (zekrom). Overall, I'd personally say that Gen 5 trumps all of the previous generations that I played

I literally just watched the last video for the second time and was wondering about when this was ever gonna come out and check up on youtube today to see this; pleasantly surprised.

He’s back!!

Just caught this in my recommendations and immediately re-subbed. I didn't realize you were still active with streaming. Loved this and the rest of your work dude, so glad you're back.

You're ALIVE WTF!?!? GOOD TO SEE YOU MAN!

Alright, see you in two years for the Gen 6 review.