Pokemon Black and White Version 2 announced for DS, coming soon to North America

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Forget Pokemon Gray, there's a whole new Poke-sequel out this June in Japan

Pokemon fans have been waiting months for Nintendo and Pokemon Company to finally reveal the follow-up to last year's Pokemon Black and White. That at last happened in Japan today, but in a strange twist, the developer broke from it's third game/third color tradition. Instead, take your first look at Pokemon Black Version 2 and Pokemon White Version 2 coming soon to the DS. Yes, the Nintendo DS, not the 3DS (though obviously it'll be playable on that system too, which is pointed out in Japanese below).

Other than the two new legendaries pictured above that were unnamed but look a lot like B/W's Reshiram and Zekrom, no new pocket monsters were hinted at. [Update: Poke mastermind Junich Masuda revealed on Twitter that those two are different forms of B/W's third legendary dragon type Kyurem. They are named Black Kyurem and White Kyurem.] Will there be a new story too? Will it build on the dense plot of the last one? Will it have any features exclusive to the 3DS, similar to Silver/Gold's use of the Game Boy Color? So many questions.

Above: The first US image of the mysterious new legendaries

We'll keep you posted just as soon as we know of any answers or international release date. We do know it's out in Japan this June. Cross your fingers that they can turn it around before the end of 2012 for the rest of the world.

Henry Gilbert
Henry Gilbert

Henry Gilbert is a former GamesRadar+ Editor, having spent seven years at the site helping to navigate our readers through the PS3 and Xbox 360 generation. Henry is now following another passion of his besides video games, working as the producer and podcast cohost of the popular Talking Simpsons and What a Cartoon podcasts.