Today Nintendo announced Pokémon X and Pokémon Y, the newest generation of games in the long-running Pokémon franchise, for Nintendo 3DS. The games are set for an October 2013 worldwide release.
The announcement came via a broadcast released on Nintendo's official website. In it, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata revisited the history of the series, which began in 1996 with the Japanese releases of Pokémon Red and Pokémon Green.
The new game will feature a fresh 3-D art style, a first for a "main series" Pokémon game entry.
Iwata also showed off three new starter Pokémon and a few other rare Pokémon that will make their debut in the upcoming game.
The previous editions, Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2, were released for the DS just last October.
The Pokémon series has sold over 200 million copies total, making it one of the best-selling videogame franchises ever.
