Pokémaniacs will be happy to know that the next generation of Nintendo's unstoppable monster-battle juggernaut is on the way.
Pokémon Black and Pokémon White will be released in Japan this fall for the Nintendo DS. If these games follow Nintendo's usual schedule, they'll arrive in the U.S. the following spring.
Nintendo says it will reveal more about the games on April 15.
Even though these games will surely be launching right around the time the next-generation Nintendo 3DS hits, they are for the current DS platform. Black and White are the swan song for Nintendo's cash cow on DS, and the games will likely outsell all the others based on the fact that the DS' userbase will be that much bigger.
That said, given the timing and the importance of the series, I would not be shocked to see some sort of Nintendo 3DS bonus features in these games. Whether or not that happens, Nintendo will likely give the 3DS a couple of years to build its installed base before unleashing Pokemon Taupe and Mauve.
