Pokemon Black Version (Nintendo DS)

Developer | Game Freak |
Publisher | The Pokemon Company, Nintendo |
Genre | Role-Playing Game, Turn-based RPG |
Released | March 4, 2011 |


Achievements
Authors: retrogavsn (90)
There are 90 achievements worth 850 (9468) points.
Battle against Bianca and Cheren after receiving your first Pokemon. |
Defeat N after attending the Team Plasma speech. |
Defeat Bianca on the way to Striaton City. |
Defeat Cheren in a class session at Trainers' School. |
Trio Badge (5) (6) Earn the Trio Badge. |
Defeat Cheren after earning the Trio Badge on Route 3. |
Defeat N in front of Nacrene City Pokemon Gym. |
Basic Badge (5) (8) Earn the Basic Badge. |
Insect Badge (5) (9) Earn the Insect Badge. |
Defeat Bianca at the northern gate of Castelia City. |
Defeat Cheren after earning the Insect Badge on Route 4. |
Defeat N after discovering his secret in Nimbasa City. |
Bolt Badge (5) (11) Earn the Bolt Badge. |
Defeat Cheren after earning the Bolt Badge on Route 5. |
Quake Badge (5) (12) Earn the Quake Badge. |
Defeat Bianca in Driftveil City. |
Ideal Dreams (2) (5) Defeat N near the exit of Chargestone Cave. |
Jet Badge (5) (13) Earn the Jet Badge. |
Defeat Cheren after earning the Jet Badge in Twist Mountain. |
Freeze Badge (5) (13) Earn the Freeze Badge. |
Defeat Bianca on the way to Tubeline Bridge. |
Legend Badge (10) (29) Earn the Legend Badge. |
Defeat Cheren after earning the Legend Badge. |
Defeat N in his castle opposing his ideals. |
Defeat Ghetis in N Castle and counter his conquering ambition. |
Earn your place in the Hall of Fame in Pokemon League. |
Defeat Bianca in Nuvema Town. |
Deep Meditation (5) (28) Defeat Cheren in Victory Road. |
Sinnoh Champion (5) (27) Defeat Cynthia in Undella Town. |
Defeat Morimoto in Castelia City. |
Catch Reshiram. |
Catch Cobalion. |
Cavern Pokemon (5) (21) Catch Terrakion. |
Catch Virizion. |
Cyclone Pokemon (5) (23) Catch Tornadus. |
Boundary Pokemon (5) (23) Catch Kyurem. |
Drowsing Pokemon (5) (29) Catch Musharna having Telepathy ability. |
Blazing Pokemon (5) (23) Catch Darmanitan having Zen Mode ability. |
Sun Pokemon (5) (22) Catch Volcarona. |
Obtain one of the three elemental monkeys from a lady. |
Larva Egg (5) (21) Obtain an egg from a man suited in red. |
Rarest Fish (5) (22) Obtain a rare pokemon from a man. |
Revive a Pokemon from a Cover Fossil or Plume Fossil. |
Sea Lily Pokemon (5) (32) Revive a Pokemon from a Root Fossil. |
Shrimp Pokemon (5) (30) Revive a Pokemon from a Claw Fossil. |
Spiral Pokemon (5) (29) Revive a Pokemon from a Helix Fossil. |
Revive a Pokemon from a Dome Fossil. |
Fossil Pokemon (5) (29) Revive a Pokemon from an Old Amber. |
Shield Pokemon (5) (29) Revive a Pokemon from an Armor Fossil. |
Revive a Pokemon from a Skull Fossil. |
Trade Cottonee for Petilil. |
Trade Minccino for Basculin. |
Boldore & Emolga (5) (19) Trade Boldore for Emolga. |
Ditto & Rotom (5) (28) Trade Ditto for Rotom. |
Trade Cinccino for Munchlax. |
Aftertrade Aya (5) (26) Fight the trainer with whom you traded Cottonee. |
Aftertrade Naoki (5) (28) Fight the trainer with whom you traded Minccino. |
Defeat all trainers of the baseball event. |
Defeat all trainers of the soccer event. |
Defeat all trainers of the football event. |
Defeat all trainers of the tennis event. |
Defeat all trainers of the basketball event. |
Get Beginner Rank or more in Single Battle Institute. |
Get Novice Rank or more in Single Battle Institute. |
Get Normal Rank or more in Single Battle Institute. |
Get Super Rank or more in Single Battle Institute. |
Get Hyper Rank or more in Single Battle Institute. |
Get Elite Rank or more in Single Battle Institute. |
Get Master Rank or more in Single Battle Institute. |
Get Beginner Rank or more in Double Battle Institute. |
Get Novice Rank or more in Double Battle Institute. |
Get Normal Rank or more in Double Battle Institute. |
Get Super Rank or more in Double Battle Institute. |
Get Hyper Rank or more in Double Battle Institute. |
Get Elite Rank or more in Double Battle Institute. |
Get Master Rank or more in Double Battle Institute. |
Defeat Master Ingo in a Single Subway. |
Defeat Master Ingo in a Super Single Subway. |
Defeat Master Emmet in a Double Subway. |
Defeat Master Emmet in a Super Double Subway. |
Defeat Master Ingo and Master Emmet in a Multi Train. |
Defeat Master Ingo and Master Emmet in a Super Multi Train. |
Help Looker to find all of the sages of Team Plasma. |
Royal Unova (10) (77) Defeat all trainers aboard Royal Unova before the time runs out. |
Ghost...? (5) (29) Encounter a ghost on Marvelous Bridge. |
Black Empoleon (10) (70) Rename Bikers' Black Empoleon to something else. |
Riches Family (25) (173) Defeat all members of the Riches family. |
Abyssal Ruins (25) (188) Collect all treasures in Abyssal Ruins. |
Catch all 130 obtainable Unova Pokemons in the game without external trades. [Does not include National Pokedex] |
Catch all 201 obtainable National Pokemons in the game without external trades. [Does not include Unova Pokedex] |
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The rom runs perfectly smooth on the base DeSmuME emulator.
Can someone please give me some tips on how to improve performance? It’s barely playable like this. I’ve been messing with the setting trying to fix it but with no luck
This set was a breath of fresh air compared to the horrors of the Platinum version set. It is still quite difficult, probably surpassing every main series Gen 1,2,3 except possibly Emerald version.
The first major roadblock to mastering this set is catching them all. There are 130 regional dex and 202 national dex Pokemon to catch. For whatever reason, you only need 201 national dex Pokemon for this set. I recommend using your master ball on Tornadus or Kyurem based on whether you want to deal with catching a roaming legendary legit. The rest of the Pokedex isn't too bad. There are some really annoying 5% rustling grass / whirlpool / whirlpool fishing encounters (Lapras and Politoed have Perish Song) so it may be worth saving your master ball for those instead. However, if you have caught them all in Gen 3/4 you should be prepared for this generation.
The second major roadblock is the Battle Subway. For whatever reason I expected it to be way easier than the Battle Frontier of Emerald / Platinum but I was very mistaken. The normal Battle Subway is a cakewalk, just beat 21 battles with unevolved Pokemon in a row. However, then you unlock the Super Battle Subway where the real challenge starts. You need to beat 49 battles in a row without losing once to reach the Subway Masters. You will be going up against mostly fully evolved Pokemon. Even legendaries appear as you get to the end. In my opinion, the super Battle Subway may be even harder than the Battle Tower of Gen 3/4, although I think I had a worse team in this game. Btw: you have to get this 49-battle streak in Single, Double, and Multi mode. Adding the normal subways, you need to beat 210 total battles for these achievements.
The rest is fairly typical. Your subway team should be able to get master rank in the Battle Institute.
Overall, very fun set.