Pokémon Black and White/Nuvema Town

Nuvema Town

The game begins with a short cutscene. It shows Professor Juniper leaving her lab and traveling to the player's house. She will leave the house after a few seconds. The main game will then begin. You and your friend, Cheren are waiting in your room for your other friend, Bianca to show up. When she finally arrives, the three of you will open the box on your desk. Inside the box are three Poké Balls. These Poké Balls contain the Grass-Type Snivy, the Fire-Type Tepig and the Water-Type Oshawott. Tap the Poké Ball that contains the Starter you want. You will then be asked to confirm your selection. Tap yes to receive your Starter. It doesn't really matter which Starter you choose, as none of the Starters have an advantage over the types of the first two Gyms. Once you have made your decision, Bianca will choose the Starter with a weakness to yours, leaving Cheren with the Starter that has an advantage over yours. Bianca will then challenge you to a battle.

Rival: Bianca

Pokémon	Type	Level
If you selected Snivy Oshawott	Water	5
Reward	$500

Pokémon	Type	Level
If you selected Tepig Snivy	Grass	5
Reward	$500

Pokémon	Type	Level
If you selected Oshawott Tepig	Fire	5
Reward	$500

After the battle, your room will be a complete mess. Cheren then heals Bianca's Pokémon and then your own. After he has healed your Pokémon, Bianca suggests you and Cheren have a battle. You both accept to battle and you have your first battle with Cheren.

Rival: Cheren

Pokémon	Type	Level
If you selected Snivy Tepig	Fire	5
Reward	$500

Pokémon	Type	Level
If you selected Tepig Oshawott	Water	5
Reward	$500

Pokémon	Type	Level
If you selected Oshawott Snivy	Grass	5
Reward	$500

If you lose to Cheren, he will gloat about his victory before leaving the room. If you win, however, he will leave the room, upset that he lost. Either way, follow him and Bianca downstairs.

You will find Cheren and Bianca apologizing to your mom for the mess your room is now in. After a bit more dialogue, they will leave. Your mom will then speak to you and give you an Xtransceiver (this is actually called the "cross-transceiver", don't let the "X" confuse you). Leave your house and you'll find yourself in Nuvema Town. You'll see Bianca walk south, scaring away a flock of Pidove in the process (Woobat if you're playing during the night). Follow her down the road and enter the house on the left. Inside, you'll find Bianca's dad shouting at her because he doesn't want his daughter to go on a journey. Bianca will then leave the house and head over to Prof. Juniper's Lab. Leave Bianca's house and head to the northwest corner of the town, where you'll meet up with Bianca and Cheren. The three of you will enter Prof. Juniper's lab. After a chunk of dialogue, Prof. Juniper will ask if you want to nickname your Pokémon. Nickname your Starter if you want. Juniper will then ask you to complete the Pokédex for her. Select 'yes' and you will obtain a Pokédex. Now, leave the lab and you will come face-to-face with your mom. Bianca and Cheren exit the lab also and stand with you. Your mom gives each of you a Town Map, which brings up a detailed map of the Unova region when activated.

Now that all that's done, head northeast onto Route 1!

Starter Pokémon

#495 Snivy	#498 Tepig	#501 Oshawott
Snivy is one of the three starter Pokémon, and is a pure Grass type from start to finish. It focuses on Speed, Defense, and Special Defense, and uses a variety of Grass type attacks. It should mainly be used to stall your opponents rather than an all out attacker, and can learn some useful defensive moves such as Reflect and Light Screen as well as whittle down HP with Toxic and Leech Seed. Both Physical attacks such as Vine Whip and Leaf Blade and Special attacks such as Leaf Tornado and Giga Drain are learned at a fairly regular pace, and are accompanied by other useful moves such as Growth and Coil, which help compensate for its lack of offensive power. However, it's pure Grass typing gives it a myriad of weaknesses, and the lack of non-Grass type attacks, even using TMs, means that you'll frequently have to use other Pokémon. Out of the three Unova starters, Snivy is probably the least useful.	Tepig starts as a pure Fire type, but becomes part-fighting once it evolves into Pignite, much like its counterparts in Generations 3 and 4. It emphasizes HP and raw power at the expense of Speed and defensive strength, making it Snivy's rough opposite. Overall, Tepig is a solid Pokémon in a region that has no surplus of solid Fire Pokémon. Although it has trouble fully taking advantage of its typing and stats without TMs, it has enough things going for it to make it a worthy team member. Once it's an Emboar is gains a neutrality to Rock type moves, at the expense of a weakness to Flying and Psychic types. Tepig starts a bit slowly, not learning its first truly powerful moves until levels 15 to 17. At this point, it learns the useful physical Fire move Flame Charge, which also boosts speed, evolves into Pignite, and gains the useful Arm Thrust, which is particularly excellent for the second gym. Afterwards, it learns a variety of attacks, covering multiple types, until it eventually learns staples such as Flamethrower. Additionally, it can learn a wide variety of TMs, including more Fire and Fighting moves.	Oshawott is a Water type Pokémon that, like Snivy, remains monotyped throughout its evolution.It is the most balanced of the starting Pokémon, despite an emphasis on Special Attack. Oshawott, as a whole, is a recommended choice for beginners. Its balanced stats, lack of weaknesses, and useful moves make it an easy pick. Oshawott quickly learns Water Gun, which works well with its stats. When it evolves into Dewott at level 17, it gains the mighty Razor Shell, a powerful physical Water move that remains useful the entire game. Over the long run, it learns better Special Water moves to replace Water Gun, such as Water Pulse and Surf by TM, as well as a few other useful moves such as Revenge. Its TM options are less than Tepig's but there are still valuable options, such as some powerful Ice attacks.