Hilda (game)
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Hilda トウコ Touko | |
Art from Black and White | |
Age | 14BW[1][2] 16B2W2 |
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Gender | Female |
Eye color | Blue |
Hair color | Dark brown |
Hometown | Nuvema Town |
Region | Unova |
Relatives | Mom, mentioned father (as player) |
Trainer class | Pokémon Trainer, player character |
Generation | V |
Games | Black, White, Masters |
Manga counterpart(s) | White |
Hilda (Japanese: トウコ Touko) is the female player character in Pokémon Black and White. Her male counterpart is Hilbert.
In the games
Pokémon Black and White
As the protagonist
Hilda is a girl who lives in Nuvema Town, along with her childhood friends, Cheren and Bianca. If chosen as the player, she will receive a starter Pokémon and a Pokédex from Professor Juniper. After setting off on her Pokémon journey at the same time as Cheren and Bianca, Hilda will at some point be asked by Fennel to do some sort of quest; in return for its completion, Hilda will receive a C-Gear.
As well as encountering and battling her childhood friends at various points during her journey, Hilda will also meet a young man known as N, who wishes to create separate worlds for humans and Pokémon. In order to achieve his goals, he and Hilda will battle several times during the course of the game. Hilda will also battle Team Plasma at various stages of her journey. At the game's climax, Hilda is recognized as a hero by Reshiram or Zekrom, depending on the version.
As a non-playable character
If not chosen as the player, Hilda appears as the player's partner in the Battle Subway when choosing to ride the Multi-Train. Two of the following Pokémon are picked from the corresponding list, depending on what the player wants her to base her team on. If the player chooses "A balance between the two," Hilda's Pokémon are chosen from either list.
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
In Black 2 and White 2, the protagonist of Black and White was said to be searching for N in a faraway region and has not yet returned home. Her mom mistakes the player for her.
Pokémon
Battle Subway Pokémon
This is a list of all the Pokémon used in the Multi Train and Super Multi Train battles. Each Pokémon has a non-Hidden Ability that, along with gender, is randomly selected. These Pokémon will always have the maximum 31 individual values across every stat and the full 510 effort values evenly distributed (rounding down) among two or three stats.
Offensive-based Pokémon
Defensive-based Pokémon
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Quotes
- At the Multi Train and Super Multi Train platforms
- "Hi! I'm Hilda! You're challenging the Multi Train for the first time, right? You can't take this challenge alone. You need a partner!" / "Hi, <Player>! Nice to see you again!"
- Before boarding the Multi Train or Super Multi Train
- "Are you here by yourself today? Why don't you team up with me, then? It'll be fun! What sort of Pokémon should I use?"
- Focused on Attack: "OK. I'll focus on Attack! Then, let's begin!"
- Focused on Defense: "OK. I'll focus on Defense! Then, let's begin!"
- Focused on Balance: "OK. I'll focus on a balance between Attack and Defense! Let's begin!"
- After losing/retiring a challenge
- "That was really fun! Let's battle together again!"
Artwork
Liberty Garden Island artwork with Victini and Hilbert | Battle Subway artwork | Hilda and Tepig concept artwork for Kotobukiya ArtFx J figurines |
Artwork of Hilda and her Tepig in Pokémon Masters |
Sprites
Sprite from Black and White |
Wonder Launcher sprite from Black and White |
Sprite from Black 2 and White 2 |
Wonder Launcher sprite from Black 2 and White 2 |
Back sprite from Black and White |
Overworld sprite from Black and White |
VS sprite from Black and White |
Intro sprite from Black and White |
Xtransceiver sprite from Black and White |
Counterparts
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
- Main article: White (Adventures)
Hilda has a counterpart in Pokémon Adventures named White, who debuted in the Black & White arc. She owns a company called the BW Agency, and gets the idea to hire Black upon seeing the bond the latter's Tepig had with a female of its species.
Trivia
- Prior to the release of Black and White, pre-release media and most fans referred to Hilda as "White".
- English demos of Black and White referred to Hilda as "Whitlea".
- English pre-release screenshots referred to Hilda as "Shiro" (the Japanese word for "white").
- Unused text in Black 2 and White 2 indicates that Hilda and Hilbert were originally planned to be battled at the Pokémon World Tournament.
- Hilda and Hilbert are the first player characters in the main series not to have pre-programmed names either by choice or in case one isn't specified.
- They are also the only player characters who don't become Champions by the end of the main game.
- In the May 2010 volume of CoroCoro Comics, it was stated that Hilda and Hilbert are older than previous player characters, but it is not known how much older they actually are.
- According to game scenario author Toshinobu Matsumiya, Hilda and Hilbert were initially visualized to be at the age of 16.[3]
- One of Pokémon Trainer's palette swaps in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has a color scheme based on Hilda.
Names
Language | Name | Origin |
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Japanese | トウコ Touko | From 闘 tō (fight) |
English | Hilda | From Hilda, a female name derived from the Germanic element hild (battle) |
German | Lotta | From lotta (Italian for fight) |
Spanish | Liza | From liza (combat; arena) |
French | Ludvina | From lutte (fight) |
Italian | Anita | From Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom and warfare |
Korean | 투희 Tuhui | From 투희 (鬪姬) tuhui (battle maiden) |
Chinese (Mandarin) | 鬥子 Dòuzǐ | From 鬥 dòu / dau (fight) |
Chinese (Cantonese) | 鬥子 Daují |
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This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games. |