Concept Corner Monochrome: The Unovian landscape

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A whole new wooooooorrrllllld...Well, my fellow Black/White obsessors, here we are again, to talk about an aspect of the positively fergalicious new games we have been given by the gods of gaming at Nintendo. Black and White, like all new generational installments of the series, gives us a new region to nerd over(yes, nerd is now a verb). Let us do so now. If you haven't finished the game yet and don't want the entire world of the games ruined for you, turn back; here there be spoiler monsters. But don't worry, those who have only just finished defeating N for the final time, the only specific areas I'll be discussing are those found before completing the game.
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Concept Corner Monochrome: The starters of Black & White

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Well, guys, here we are at last. Black and White are out, and all(or at least most) of us are enjoying them, and you're probably playing your game as you read this.(Don't worry, it's okay, I'm level-grinding as I write) Now, these games are obviously huge, but we're going to start small. We're going to be looking at the starters of Unova, and some of the Pokemon encountered early on in the game. So, let's jump into Unova!
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Pokemon Concept Corner: A retrospective

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Well, guys, Black and White are nearly upon us. Since this will be my final article before I start feverishly typing about how awesome everything in the new games is sure to be, however, I thought a retrospective was in order. So, this week in Concept Corner, we're looking back, not at Pokemon, but at their world, and how its developed.
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Pokemon Concept Corner: Three's a crowd

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Leaves of three, let it be...or else you're screwed.Legendaries are awesome. Some are considered full-on gods, such as Arceus, Dialga and Palkia. However, today we're looking at legendary trios, sometimes thought to be less important, but really just as interesting as any other legendaries. Legendary trios are the topic this week, so jump into the world of legends as we take a look at the trios through the years.
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Pokemon Concept Corner: Fossil Fuel

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Fossils. That's right, fossils. Introduced in the very first game, fossils have always been an interesting sub-category of Pokemon, mainly because of how diverse they are. Rather than just being dinosaur after dinosaur, fossil Pokemon over the years have been based on all sorts of fossilized species, both extinct and still living. And today, that's our topic, so jump into the time machine, because we're going back to prehistoric times in this week's Concept Corner!
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Pokemon Concept Corner: Region-locked

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Geography is an interesting thing. ...okay, that's a lie, but in this case it can actually be pretty cool. Today, we're going to take a bit of a different route(see what I did there?), and look at the regions throughout generations I-IV, from real-world basis to atmosphere and location. So jump on in, let's do this thing!
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Pokemon Concept Corner: Mythological influences

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This picture is more related than you might think.Back again? Awesome! Today in P.C.C, we’re talking Pokemon and mythology, a favorite topic of mine, which seems to get often overlooked. Of course, there’s plenty of mythology in Pokemon, centered on the various legendaries. But that’s not exactly what we’ll be looking at today. Of course, that’s not to say we won’t go there in the future, but there's no reason not to start now!
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Pokemon Concept Corner: Leveling the Gen 5 Conflict, Part 2

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Why no dolphin love?Welcome once again, dear readers, to Pokemon Concept Corner! To explain to any new readers, last time, we looked at a few of the more bizarre Pokemon from earlier generations, to put the new Pokemon on a more equal playing field in the eyes of us fans. 


Today, however, we’re taking a look at the opposite side of this coin. While there are many awesome new Pokemon, we can all agree that some of them are pretty flat-out stupid. And let’s be honest here, there are over 600 Pokemon now, so we’re gonna get some repetition and ridiculousness, but when you think about it there are actually some very good opportunities for Pokemon based of real animals that still haven’t been used, and a few of these are what we'll be talking about today.
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Concept Editor: iatoshaunted

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Jay, aka iatoshaunted, is our newest member on the Team. Probably our youngest editor by far. With that being said, Jay was very polite and awesome about approaching me with his concept of the Concept Corner. While I prefer having "adults" work on the site because of writing, layout, format, responsibility, I feel like that guy that should give people like Jay, a shot. You gotta start somewhere, right? 

Welcome Jay with open hands as the Concept Corner is his baby. The articles can only get better every time. 

Again, congrads Jay for becoming an editor. 

-SBJ
Founder, Creator, Bad Typist
"It's Super Effective" 

Pokemon Concept Corner: Leveling the Gen 5 Conflict, Part 1

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Not so different, when you think about it.Welcome, dear readers, to the first in a brand-new series of articles. Here, we’ll be looking at concepts for Pokemon, asking questions about their designs, and learning about some of the surprising ideas behind some Pokemon. I’m IatosHaunted, and this is Concept Corner.
  
   Now, since Black and White came out in Japan, there’s been a lot of controversy and adversity towards a few of the new Pokemon. No, that’s not what this first article will be discussing. And this is not because I love all the new Pokemon(I just can’t get behind that stupid trash bag thing), but I want to save that for when Black and White come out in other areas of the world, so we all get to see more of the new creatures. Despite that, today’s article does involve bizarre, obscure, and bluntly stupid Pokemon designs. But the Pokemon we’ll be looking at are from the first three generations of Pokemon, because really, strange concepts in Pokemon are nothing new. There are just more of them this time around.
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