September 18, 2010 · Game Freak
Pokémon Black Version and Pokémon White Version are the primary paired versions of Generation V. Black and White follow the trends set up by previous games in the series. Two player characters (one male and one female) travel a new region, Unova, on their Pokémon journeys. This region is inhabited by various Pokémon, and unlike before, none of those available prior to Generation V can be obtained before completing the main story by defeating Team Plasma. The games' names were revealed on the official Japanese Pokémon website on April 9, 2010, and scans from the subsequent issue of the magazine leaked the following day, April 10. Pokémon Black and White are followed in 2012 by two sequels, Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, which are set two years after the events of Black and White. Black 2 and White 2 are the second and final paired versions of Generation V.
Phoenix515★ 5.0This game gives me so much nostalgia. I can never quite pin down if people love or hate this generation and its games. Call me nostalgia blind but I think this generation was perfect. It was a fresh new generation with all new pokemon while mimicking the original 151, so you still had a little bit of everything. Unova is such a fun region to explore and I loved the soundtrack. Also stylistically the best Pokemon games hands down.
