More news from last night's Nintendo Direct announcement event: While Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 are DS games, playable via the 3DS' backwards compatibility, there will be some apps released (in Japan, as of now) to enhance the 3DS experience.
In late April, blurry Japanese magazine scans showed a new Pokémon title. It's late May, and that new Pokémon title is...
Last month, 3000 German Pokémon fans partied in an ice hockey arena in Hamburg. They did this thanks to the efforts of the G-Pro Consult company, who did their part in promoting the new Pokémon Black & White by turning that hockey rink into a party center — and filmed the whole thing so we could see how one transforms a…
Pokémon games are always released in Japan months before they make their way to Western markets. It's not conspiracy; instead, it's because developers GameFreak like to make sure Pokémon names truly mean something, regardless of the language used.
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I found the Pokémon booth at Toy Fair 2011, and in the booth I found Pokémon DS cases, Pokémon card tins, a Pokémon movie, Pokémon toys... Pokémon, Pokémon, Pokémon. I also found some lovely Pokésymmetry.
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On September 1 at approximately 8:00pm, 27-year-old Makoto Sekiguchi from Yokohama uploaded images of unrevealed characters in the new Pokémon game Pocket Monsters: Black & White via his mobile phone. He is now in police custody.
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The next entry in the Pocket Monster series, Pokemon: Black and White, isn't out, but people in Japan are keen to buy it.
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The next generation of Pokemon, Pokemon: Black and White, is wall-to-wall with new Pocket Monsters. That isn't it, though.
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Upcoming Nintendo DS game Pokemon: Black and White is the fifth generation of Pocket Monster games. A new game means new Pokemon.
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As seen by Game Watch Impress at a Pocket Monsters Black & White event in Tokyo.
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Kids! Pokemon! Dancing! Bad 3D! There's all that and so much more in this lengthy new trailer for Pokemon Black & White, for the Nintendo DS.
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You can keep your quasi-3D, Nintendo. This is the only black & white Pokemon we'll ever need. By questionthemajority.
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The current Pocket Monster animated series is called "Pokemon: Diamond and Pearl". That makes sense as that's what the games based on it are called. The name of the new series?
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The female trainer for the totally new forthcoming Pokémon: Black & White is wearing, as website Tiny Cartridge points out, Daisy Dukes. But what are Daisy Dukes?
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Those guesses at what these new Pokémon look like? Wrong!
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On Sunday, Japanese kids' show Pokémon Sunday showed silhouettes of new characters in the all-new forthcoming game Pocket Monsters: Black and White. Time to imagine what these characters will look like!
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There's the Nike Swoosh. The Target Bullseye. And now, the Pokémon Center.
Pokémon Black & White is the completely new Pocket Monster series that will be out later this year. We have already seen the first screenshots. But screenshots don't move. Gameplay does.
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An entirely new Pokémon series doesn't just mean new Pokémon games, it also means something else.
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Nintendo's latest Pocket Monster series, Black & White, will be out later this year in Japan. Here are the first official screenshots from the game.
