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New Pokemon Games Announced
London—February 26, in the year of our Lord 2016—
For 20 years, Pokémon has been releasing video games and taking
your money for generally the same experience. During today’s
Pokémon Direct presentation, Tsunekazu Ishihara, president and
CEO of The Pokémon Company, announced Pokémon Sun and Pokémon
Moon, the newest additions to a legendary series that has sold
more than 275 million video games since the debut of Pokémon Red
and Pokémon Green in 1996 for the Game Boy system in Japan.
Developed by GAME FREAK inc., Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon will
be launching late 2016 exclusively on the Nintendo 3DS family of
systems and, for the first time, will offer Traditional and
Simplified Chinese as language options.
“The Pokémon core series games are the centre of the Pokémon
universe and provide some of the most memorable Pokémon moments
for our fans,” said J.C. Smith, senior director of Consumer
Marketing at The Pokémon Company International. “I can’t wait to
see what fans think of the new adventures they’ll find in
Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon.”
Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon will also have Pokémon Bank
functionality. This online storage application will make it
possible for fans to move Pokémon wirelessly from Pokémon Red,
Pokémon Blue, and Pokémon Yellow, which come to the Virtual
Console on Nintendo 3DS on February 27, to Pokémon Sun and
Pokémon Moon. Pokémon from Pokémon Omega Ruby, Pokémon Alpha
Sapphire, Pokémon X, and Pokémon Y can also be transferred to
Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon through Pokémon Bank.