Pokémon's 16th anniversary

Today it's exactly 16 years ago the first Pokémon games ever were released. On February 27th 1996 Pocket Monsters Red and Pocket Monsters Green (in Japan it's originally called Pocket Monsters) were released. The project took six years to make and nearly drove Game Freak into bankruptcy. It's early concept was called Capsule Monsters. The Pokémon series nowadays counts 649 Pokémon, 5 generations, dozens of games, hundreds of volumes of manga, 15 seasons of anime and thousands of trading cards. There are a total of 21 main series games. See below for the main series games sorted by generation.

Gen I

Pokémon Red
Pokémon Green (Japan only)
Pokémon Blue
Pokémon Yellow


Gen II

Pokémon Gold
Pokémon Silver
Pokémon Crystal

Gen III

Pokémon Ruby
Pokémon Sapphire
Pokémon Fire Red
Pokémon Leaf Green
Pokémon Emerald

Gen IV
Pokémon Diamond
Pokémon Pearl
Pokémon Platinum
Pokémon Heart Gold
Pokémon Soul Silver

Gen V
Pokémon Black
Pokémon White
Pokémon Black 2
Pokémon White 2

Black 2 & White 2 European release confirmed EDIT: North American release also confirmed + teaser trailer

A recent Twitter post of Nintendo of Europe states that Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2 will be released in Europe in the Autumn of 2012, while the games will be available in Japan in June. This is a shorter localisation period than the previous games.

Press Release

POKÉMON BLACK VERSION 2 & POKÉMON WHITE VERSION 2 ANNOUNCED FOR EUROPE
Two New Highly Anticipated Pokémon Video Games Coming To Europe This Autumn
27th February 2012 – Pokémon™ Black Version and Pokémon™ White Version video games hit European stores in March 2011 and within 10 days on sale had exceeded one million units*. Coming off the record-breaking popularity of these games Nintendo of Europe announces today that two new Pokémon titles, Pokémon™ Black Version 2 and Pokémon™ White Version 2, are coming to Europe in Autumn 2012. Fans can anticipate plenty of new surprises when the games launch this year.
Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 will be available for the Nintendo DS™ family of systems. The games can also be played on Nintendo 3DS™ in 2D. More game details will be announced throughout the year. For more information and a first look at new character art of Black Kyurem and White Kyurem from Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2, visit www.pokemon.co.uk.
Nintendo fans can also keep up to date with exclusive new game information and official Nintendo announcements by following the newly launched official Nintendo of Europe Twitter feed @NintendoEurope

EDIT:
A North American release for Autumn 2012 has also been confirmed.

Press Release
POKÉMON BLACK VERSION 2 AND POKÉMON WHITE VERSION 2 ANNOUNCED
Two New Highly Anticipated Pokémon Video Games Coming This Fall
REDMOND, Wash. -Feb. 27th, 2012-Coming off the record-breaking popularity of the Pokémon Black Version and Pokémon White Version video games, Nintendo of America Inc. announced today that two new Pokémon titles, Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2, are coming to North America in 2012. Fans can anticipate plenty of new surprises when the games launch this fall.
Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 will be available for the Nintendo DS family of systems. The games can also be played in 2D on Nintendo 3DS systems. More game details will be announced throughout the year. For more information and a first look at new character art of Black Kyurem and White Kyurem from Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2, visit www.pokemon.com.

See video below for the official teaser trailer.
 

Pokémon Black and White 2 announced
Official US site
Official Japanese site
Official UK site

Pokémon Black and White 2 announced!

I really freaked out when I read this a few minutes ago (this is because I'm a really big Pokémon freak xD). The sequels to Pokémon Black and Pokémon White have been revealed on Pokémon Smash!, a weekly Japanese Pokémon TV show. The sequels will be Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2. The games will be released in Japan in June for the Nintendo DS. Together with the announcement of the new games, two new formes of the Legendary Pokémon Kyurem were revealed. Black Kyurem is a merging of Kyurem and Zekrom while White Kyurem is a merging of Kyurem and Reshiram. Black Kyurem will be the version mascot of Pokémon Black 2 and White Kyurem will be the version mascot of Pokémon White 2 in contrast to the original Black and White, where Reshiram was the version mascot of Pokémon Black and Zekrom the version mascot of Pokémon White.

Black Kyurem

White Kyurem
 

Black 2 logo

White 2 logo