Pokemon Black and Pokemon White Announced as 5th Gen Games

The 5th generation Pokemon games names have been announced on the official Pokemon website. After being translated the names of the games will be  Pokemon Black and Pokemon White. There is no more information currently about the two games other than the names of the games. Nintendo is expected to release more information about the game for the Nintendo DS on April 15th on the official website. The date on official website points to the reveal on this weeks upcoming Pokemon Sunday episode.

The names can be clues as to what the next generation has in store for us. There has been rumors of “light” Pokemon to be added to the game, but there has been debate in the Pokemon community over the fact that it will change the core mechanics of what types are more powerful over what types. Until Nintendo releases more information about the games in the following weeks, this is all speculation.

Pokemon Black and Pokemon White are supposed to release later in 2010 for the Nintendo DS in Japan.