Pokémon White Version

Pokémon White Version and Pokémon Black Version are the primary paired versions of Generation V. Black and White follow the trends set up by previous games in the series. Two player characters (one male and…

80 18 September 2010

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

Pokémon White Version is an adventure developed by Game Freak, released 18 September 2010 on Nintendo DS. The main story takes about 43 hrs to finish.

Verified 15 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Pokémon White Version is

Pokémon White Version is an adventure game developed by Game Freak and released in 2010. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Pokémon Black Version and Pokémon White Version are 2010 role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. They are the first installments in the fifth generation of the Pokémon video game series. First released in Japan on 18 September 2010, they were later released in Europe, North America and Australia in March 2011. Sequels to Black and White, Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2, were released for the Nintendo DS in 2012.

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 is the 165th of 306 entries we hold in the Pokémon series. The next entry was Pokémon Dream World in 2010. 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 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 2010 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 81, across 285 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 43 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 65 hrs, roughly 1.5 times the length of the critical path.

What it launched against

Pokémon White Version launched on 18 September 2010, within three weeks of Sid Meier's Civilization V, Halo: Reach, Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Pokémon Black Version. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Sid Meier's Civilization V, Halo: Reach, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Pokémon Black Version.

Cheats and codes

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