About Pokémon Black and White

About Pokémon Black and White

The Pokémon series is one that has long-since swept the globe, starting with two video games for the Nintendo Gameboy released in the United States in 1998 and spreading to encompass a media empire.  Various Pokémon products include five generations of games for Nintendo with 10 separate titles, a popular television show, numerous feature-length movies, comics, a trading card game, toys, clothing, accessories, and a wealth of other products that have sold billions. The latest installment – Pokémon Black and White – is due to be released in 2010.

This article will tell you all about Pokémon Black and White.

About Pokémon Black and White: Development Information

The latest installment in the series, Black and White forms the 5^th generation of Pokémon games for Nintendo, starting with Red and Blue (1998) and including Yellow (1998), Gold and Silver (1999), Crystal (2000), Ruby and Sapphire (2002), Emerald (2004), and Diamond and Pearl (2006). 

The game is being created and developed by Game Freak, and distributed across the world by video-game giant Nintendo. The release date for Pokémon Black and White is set for Fall 2010 inJapan and will be created for the Nintendo DS.

About Pokémon Black and White: Gameplay

There aren’t a lot of specific details that are available for the game at this point, but there is still general information out there about the game and what it will involve.  The game will take the traditional Pokémon format and revamp it to an extent, mostly in an effort to improve the graphics and take advantage of the capabilities of the Nintendo DS.  This means that the game is expected to look slightly different, with enhanced graphics and a sleeker, more up-to-date look. This includes the rumor that Black and White will incorporate 3D graphics to a greater extent than with the previous editions.

One example of this was revealed in a screenshot released by Nintendo. One of the new Pokémon, Zoroark, was seen battling another new Pokémon, Zorua.  One key difference is that the entire back of the player’s Pokémon was displayed, instead of just part of it as with the original version on the Gameboy.

About Pokémon Black and White: Release

As mentioned previously, Pokémon Black and White is slated for a Fall 2010 release date in Japan.  When will it come to the United States? That is not known at this time, but typically, American editions are released quite a bit after their Japanese counterparts. This is because the game has to be translated from Japanese into English, which is why previous titles have taken months to make it over the Pacific.

We also do not know yet how much it will cost, but one would imagine that it will cost the same as previous releases for the Nintendo DS.  Pokémon Diamond, for example, cost $39.99 when it was released in the United States in 2007.

As the release date for Japan nears, more and more information will become available on this exciting development for the Pokémon franchise.