Pokemon Black and Pokemon White

Okay, so with the first two Pokemon of the 5th generation already out there, it's time for the games themselves to be revealed. And that's exactly what happened late last night.

Introducing, Pokemon Black and Pokemon White.



Yep. After playing with gemstones and precious metals for three generations, Game Freak is going back to the most basic of colors.

I read that it was said that every feature would be reborn innovatively. I wonder what they mean by that? I hope that they don't change the way battles are done; like make them real-time. That would ruin the series; the turn-based system works really well.

I can also foresee a name change here in the US; I'm sure many people will complain about the titles being racist or whatever (hence this entry's former title, still seen in its URL), so it may be changed into something like "Pokemon Light and Dark." I don't care what these games are called; so long as I get to play them.

We just have the titles; more details are supposed to be released on Pokemon Sunday and in CoroCoro.

Hopefully we'll see some new Pokemon.


UPDATE 4/10: Well, indeed, we did get some new info in CoroCoro. Well, actually, we mainly got screenshots, as seen on Serebii.net.

Looks like the 3D models and graphics have really improved; the Pokemon Center front desk is much more rounder. It also seems that the Pokemon Center and the Mart are both going to be in the same building. What also got my attention is the battle screen change; it seems that the backsprites are going to be full-body now. The message box is also absent, which could mean that it could be on the bottom screen now, or at least function as a pop-up.

Unfortunately, there weren't any new Pokemon revealed, so there might not be on Pokemon Sunday, so we may have to wait a little bit longer to see some new critters.