1. Opening

As soon as you fire up the game, you'll notice a really cool intro scene. Very well done, but also very mysterious indeed!

Now, after you've gotten through the menu, you'll have four options presented to you by default. You're going to want to choose New Game to start your adventure.

After selecting that, you'll be greeted by Professor Juniper and her Minccino that she sends out. You know, the usual stuff.

She'll talk for awhile and give you the background on Pokemon, then will ask you if you're a boy or a girl Trainer. This should be really obvious to select, but just use your control pad to choose and press A.

You'll then get to choose your name. You can have up to 7 letters, numbers, and symbols in your name in the English version. You can't change your name after you've chosen it and started playing, so think carefully!

Afterwards, she'll introduce you to your two friends, who will also serve as your rivals throughout the game. One of them is Cheren and the other is Bianca.

It will then go into a little opening scene inside of your house in Nuvema Town!