The starter Oshawott is probably the best Water you can get to play through Black/White. With a Heart Scale it can relearn Megahorn as a Samurott, which works nicely along with moves like Aqua Jet and Blizzard.

However if you didn't start with him then I'd recommend going for Tympole/Palpitoad/Seismitoad. Tympole is fairly terrible but when it evolves into Palpitoad it becomes a Water/Ground type and becomes much better, especially when it learns Muddy Water. It's got good coverage and it's fairly chunky defensive-wise - mine managed to tank the hits from the most dreaded of the 'final boss's' Pokemon since it didn't have any Grass moves - Seismitoad's only weakness, which really impressed me. It learns Drain Punch too. If you got a Swift Swim one it's speed will double in the rain. These are first found outside of Pinwheel Forest. Palpitoads are around the Moor of Icirrus, but that's around the 7th gym.

Panpour/Simipour is fairly nice especially since it learns Scald early, though it can be tricky to find since it's only in the shaking grass in Pinwheel Forest, assuming you didn't start with Snivy and get a free one in the Dreamyard. You can evolve it with a Water Stone early after getting Scald, though you'll miss out on Crunch, though the Shadow Claw TM gives it pretty much the same coverage. Up to you. It's quite fast and hits with good power.

Lastly Ducklett/Swanna aren't too bad. It's fairly quick and it hits fairly well too, and it's got a lot of good moves it can learn, including some self-healing moves like Aqua Ring and Roost; plus Featherdance halves an opponent's attack when used. It can also serve as both a Surfer and a Flyer. These are randomly found in the shadows on Driftveil Drawbridge.

Kelligirl? She just dropped out of the whole community years ago and never came back, nothing else to say really.

Also, from the Guide to FF:



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Well yeah, he's officially going to be 'creative consultant' for the series now.



Same old, same old really. Lucas didn't pay the (Extended Universe) comics and books much attention at all either. It's a shame that we won't be seeing anything from the EU but you never know, something nice might come from it all too. We'll see.

I'm quite positive about it. Disney did just fine and didn't interfere/etc when they acquired Marvel - look how good The Avengers was! Lucas having full creative control was the reason why the prequel trilogy ended up being... controversial, and he was also responsible for the "Greedo shot first" thing and other much-debated edits to the original trilogy. He'll still be on board as a consultant so it should retain some of the proper Star Wars flavour, but it might be interesting to see how someone else handles this franchise.

On that note, people might want to look up about the 'Magnemite Coil':



^^ As someone put it elsewhere. Why Magnemite? 3 reasons.

1- Japanese players started it when they first got the game. May as well follow through with what they've already got established.
2- Magnemite's are found really early, in Virbank Complex. They're easy to find in the inner area, with a 25% chance of popping up. They're easy to catch too. Heck, you could use your own Magnemite's Sonicboom to chop off 20HP at a time and not worry about criticaling them to death.
3- Magnemite's are genderless so you don't need to worry about specific genders to trade for/with.

The Magnemite Coil is pretty big right now so it's worth looking into for an easy way to level up your Join Avenue. For those who don't know what Join Avenue is, look here:
serebii.net/black2white2/joinavenue.shtml

There's a lot of useful shops available for you to put in there! These include a Raffle Shop, Beauty Salon, Dojo, Market, Flower Shop, Antique Shop, Cafe, and Nursery.

I do agree. I've heard such advice be described as "problem avoidance", particularly because it pushes depression/etc aside, when such problems really DO need to be tackled and dealt with.

It does work for some people though. Just never use it on someone suffering from depression/etc or else it may likely backfire horribly.

Also, Ghetsis's new outfit proper:

Wow, this really needs a bump since Pokemon Black 2 and White 2 have been released, haha. I think Genesect might still be available for download too, so you better get it if you haven't.

Mmm, there's some very lovely stuff in this topic.