"Oh man, I had this INSANE Dream!" - The Dream World

"...and you were there... and you... and you as well!"
Okay, I'll stop...

Anyway, this entry is all about the Dream World-- a new feature that will be used in Generation V's Pokemon Black & White. Something we knew early on was that it would allow us to see Pokemon and obtain them in our games. I do believe the first announced were Eevee's evolutions, though more recently, it seems they are password-oriented, and that the Generation I Starters are also going to come to us in dreams.

Then we heard Musharna had something to do with the Dream World, be it invoking it or otherwise. I'd venture to guess it would be invoked, though.

As for the rest of the features:

Much like Kanto and Johto, there's no berry-planting as we once knew it in the Isshu Region. It'll all be done in the Dream World, which is kind of okay, I guess. But really, it just seems like they've taken a feature that was a ton of busy work in the games and planted it into something else-- its still busy work, regardless of where it is. Could end up being frustrating, or maybe I'm just griping about it because the whole Berries thing has been annoying for me since Generation III...

Here's where the Dream World starts to sound like the PokeWalker-- not in function, but in content. You can find Pokemon in both and find items in both, which I suppose makes sense; after all, haven't you ever had a dream about something and you've had it the moment you woke up? No?
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Moving on, then...

To finish this off, there seems to be house decorating now, too. In the Dream World. Sheesh, its starting to sound like you'll be living in a whole different world in your dreams in this game... which seems to meld in with the real world. I've never really used the decorative features of the games, and I don't think I will here.

In conclusion, despite some sugar-coated features in berry-planting and house decorating, I'd say the Dream World is sizing up to, not be a key feature for Pokemon gamers, but certainly a nice little distraction-- it gives you some cool alternate Ability Pokemon, and that's a plus. But it does come with the horrible side-effect of me wanting a Hydration Vaporeon, now... *sigh*

-RenegadeFox