Pokemon Black and White to feature new Pokemon only (until you beat it)
by Griffin McElroy 
on Aug 4th 2010 9:00PM
At long last, Game Freak has discovered exactly why you've been so hesitant to jump on the last few generations of
Pokémon titles: It's all those old Pokémon, of course. It's hard to feel like you're on a level playing field when you don't recognize a few of the 'mons introduced in
Pearl or
Ruby or
Silver -- but, according to a blog post from Game Freak's Junichi Masuda, that won't be a problem in
Pokémon Black and White.
Going by
Andriasang's translation of the blog, players of the upcoming generation of
Pokémon titles will only encounter all-new monsters until they clear the game. The developer hopes this will make the game a fresh experience for veterans and newcomers alike -- though Masuda admits that coming up with new monsters has been completely challenging. Well, yeah, we'd assume anything after number 300 would be tough to come up with. Here, we'll try: Stonedog! He's a dog!
But he's made of stone.
