Pokémon White Version 2

Pokémon White Version 2 and Pokémon Black Version 2 are the second and final paired versions of Generation V and are the sequels of Pokémon Black and White, respectively. Both games were revealed on Pokémon…

80 23 June 2012

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Turn-based strategy (TBS) Action Fantasy Kids Science fiction

Pokémon White Version 2 is an adventure developed by Game Freak, released 23 June 2012 on Nintendo DS. The main story takes about 33.7 hrs to finish.

Verified 1 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Pokémon White Version 2 is

Pokémon White Version 2 is an adventure game developed by Game Freak and released in 2012. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 are 2012 role-playing video games developed by Game Freak, published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. Part of the fifth generation of the Pokémon video game series, the games are direct sequels to Pokémon Black and Pokémon White, being the first sequels in the series. They were first released in Japan in June 2012, with a worldwide release following in October 2012, as the last first-party games for the system. The games feature the legendary Pokémon identified by Junichi Masuda as Black Kyurem and White Kyurem. The games were first revealed on February 26, 2012, in the episode of the Japanese television program…

Description from Wikipedia · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, kids and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Pokémon series

Pokémon White Version 2 is the 179th of 306 entries we hold in the Pokémon series. The next entry was Pokémon Tretta in 2012. Its critic score of 80 is 6 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.

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How it was received

Pokémon White Version 2 holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 81, across 182 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 33.7 hrs.

What it launched against

Pokémon White Version 2 launched on 23 June 2012, within three weeks of Persona 4 Golden, Spec Ops: The Line, Spelunky and Pokémon Black Version 2. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Persona 4 Golden, Spec Ops: The Line, Spelunky, Pokémon Black Version 2.

Cheats and codes

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