Pokémon Black 2 - #04. Backtrack, Back Again

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Choro Notes: Hey let's look at the Xtransceiver!

They made changes to the Xtransceiver itself, most notable of which is it is now a usable item instead of just being a plot-y thing.

Over the course of the game you'll get additional plot-relevant characters added. The big thing though is you can actually use it to call people. OUTGOING CALLS? YOU KNOW IT!

Cheren continues his role as "the smart one"

Also apparently he is bad at taking photos because I keep getting him when he blinks. Cheren gives generic advice about gameplay as well as will tell you type matchups. His more useful skill, though, is asking him about abilities:

when it's sent out."
He tells you about it with more detail than the in-game menu. BUT, he does something the In-game menu DOESN'T:

of encountering wild Pokémon."
He'll tell you the secret additional FIELD effects of the abilities like Intimidate's encounter rate reduction, Static's attraction of electric-types, CompoundEyes increasing the chance of wild Hold-items, etc. It's GREAT. Good job, Cheren.

Bianca also continues her role as "the cute one."

You can ask her for advice, which tends to just be little things she thinks of in her little C= way.

She's also a mobile friendship checker, instead of having to fly somewhere to find out.

"You know, 'cause she is biting your arm. C="

Surprisingly, this means that Jawnie has a fairly good happiness rating. Like, 150-194 out of 255.

Prof. Juniper does the things Bianca said: She rates your Pokédex completion like she would at a PC. But she also has another ability Bianca mentioned: Show her a Pokémon and she'll tell you a hint on how it evolves:

Riolu evolves from having maximum happiness during the day time so there we go.

As for Jawnie:

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You can also call your mother and she'll give you information about your current location.

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Choro Notes: Alright, check THIS out!

Bianca added an additional mode down at the bottom left:

Basically, what it does is tells you when you've seen everything there is to see on a route. This is really handy because if you remember, there were some raaare encounters in Black and White. You'll get a Poké Ball stamp once you've seen everything there.

Fishing, Surfing and Grass are all sorted and on different pages so not fishing up a Basculin won't give you a false "You need more from the grass". If you look, We can see that we have not seen all that can be found in Floccesy Ranch's grass yet because there's no stamp. (Both of these monsters are found in rustling grass.)

Seeing an opposing trainer use a monster will also fill in the appropriate spots in the habitat listing. It's SUPER helpful and also just a really cool mechanic in general!

So of course they didn't bring it back in X/Y.