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June 29th, 2010, 22:51 GMT · By

Pokemon Black and White Confirmed for September 18

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Nintendo has announced that the new Pokemon Black and White videogames will be launched in Japan on September 18, exclusively on the DS line up of handhelds. They are developed by Game Freak, a studio, which specializes in Pokemon titles for the Japanese giant, and are the first to bring entirely new content to the series in quite some time.

The company has not talked about launch dates for North America and for Europe but gamers can expect to see them launch late in 2010 or early next year. The publisher is continuing its tradition of releasing two slightly different versions of the same game at the same time in order to encourage players to work together and share Pokemon between their games.

Pokemon Black and White will be the first videogames in the long running franchise that offer new characters and areas since Pokemon Diamond and Pearl. Considering that remakes like Platinum, Heart Gold and Soul Silver sold more than 1 million units, the two fresh titles will likely be even bigger successes.

Nintendo has not offered a lot of information on Pokemon Black and White, beyond the promise that all aspects of the experience will be reworked and that some groundbreaking new features will be included.

The White Yang Pokemon, named Reshiram, and the Black Yin Pokemon, Zekrom, have been confirmed as being the mascots of the two titles and Nintendo has revealed that a further 22 fresh characters will appear in the games. Another feature has been unveiled, called C Gear, allowing the player to upload data from the game to the Internet and to their home computer. Pokemon Black and White will also introduce the first female Pokemon handler, Professor Araragi.

Here's the latest trailer that Nintendo has released for the new Pokemon games, showing off some new areas:


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Comment #1 by: John Germain on 14 Jul 2010, 12:07 UTC reply to this comment

I truly believe that there should be One pokemon game, with all of the areas, pokemon, people, and fun, for the ultimate experience. Start from the beginning tale in one game and continue through to the last realm or land that has been made. Hopefully after Black and White versions, much like Pearl and Diamond where Platinum was made, the will have a OverAll game to cap it off, rather than just a game that combines both Black and White. I truly believe this would be a huge favored idea, many like myself have expected it, it is feasible with maybe 2 or 3 DS cartridges for one game, when you come to a certain point you hit a master save area which loads all of your data from one chip to the next chip. The idea has been long batted but truly after this next Black White, Yin Yang ordeal, which i am approving and excited for, end the series, at least for some time, with a major game. I am 19 years old already and have been with Pokemon right from the beginning, I truly want to see this and feel like most individuals in my generation and the generations above me that have been involved with the series, are all looking expecting and hoping for the same thing. Not to mention that as Ive grown and as many have grown, you stop playing all of the pokemon games, just some you still may play once in awhile. This Game Will Sell Out Quick, Everyone Would Want To See How It Ends In One Game. Based on my own views, and questions, make the overall game after Black and White, name it just "Pokemon" and let it carry away. Instant nationwide sell out.


Comment #2 by: Kyle on 28 Jul 2010, 05:08 UTC reply to this comment

I totally agree with you on all the stuff you just said, i too have always wanted a game to start with the first generation and ending in the last all in one game. The game would be much longer and a lot more fun to play. If they did do that they should put in the orange islands as well because they should just follow the show and start at the beginning. I have a couple of ideas they should add, Charactor customization, it gets boring when your charactor looks the same as someone elses, and letting us have more than one save file because if you have a game you dont wanna restart because you have played it for 300 hours or son you might want to start new for a little while, and if your friends want to start a new game they can without losing all your data.

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