More New Pokemon Revealed and Confirmed for “Black and White.”

Gochiruzeru – Psychic type

This seems to be the new generation “Jynx” –esque Pokemon for us to look forward to. So far, the only real humanoid monsters we’ve been introduced to are Mr. Mime, Jynx, and their baby counterparts, but aside from looking pretty human-ish, it’s even a Psychic type. I’m not sure why all the human-looking Pokemon have to be Psychic types… but regardless, she looks cool enough and is apparently based off of a crazy Gothic trend sweeping Japanese teenagers, according to Pokecharms.com.

Kibago – Dragon type

Kibago seems to be the new Dratini or Gible of this next generation. Being a Dragon type, you can already bet that its evolutions are going to be monstrous and pretty badass, especially from the tusks and shark fin it retains on its head. You can also bet it’ll be a complete pain to raise, if experience with other 3-stage Dragon type Pokemon serves as any evidence.

Koromori – Psychic/Flying type

Some think that this peculiar creature, Koromori, will be the new Zubat. I think this can’t possibly be true because Zubat was a Flying/Poison type, and it was extremely lame. I’m not going to say Koromori looks like an awesome end-all laser-firing tank Pokemon or anything, but the simple fact that it’s a Psychic type serves as good debate against the “Zubat” idea. However, it very well could be the next lame cave-Pidgey… but I wouldn’t think it just because it has a bat demeanor.

Minezumi – Normal type

Might this be our new Rattata or Poochyena or Sentret? It’s a possibility, but I’ve gotta say that Minezumi looks a heck of a lot cooler than those 3 Pokemon combined. It’s beady and furious looking red eyes combined with its militant stance demonstrate that this might be more than your average 2-stage field prowler… albeit just might be your average 2-stage field prowler, but it draws me in way more than say lame Rattata ever did.

Musharna – Psychic type

Out of all the new Pokemon on this list to be revealed, Musharna seems to be the most innovative in terms of new features. Being based on the tapir, Musharna has an ability known as “Dream Smoke” which somehow connects with the global Pokemon community and will allegedly allow players to upload their saved games to the network, allowing for multiple, simultaneous games to be played and saved. If this is true, then all hail Nintendo for FINALLY letting you save more than one Pokemon game. I know the games are pretty massive and all, but it sucks that you get so invested in one sit-through, just to start the thing over and lost everything you’ve acquire unless you buy another Pokemon game or, gasp, have friends.

Ranculus – Psychic type

There’s not too much to speculate here; Ranculus seems to be a tiny Psychic type Pokemon who will, no doubt, evolve into something much bigger and badder. Its design is surely creative, though, being based on our single-celled organism companions that lurk pretty much everywhere.

Wargle – Flying type

Now Wargle is who I’m really excited for (and conveniently is last in this alphabetical list I made). There’s speculation that Wargle might be in Spearow’s family tree; in other words, this might be an alternate evolution of Spearow (I don’t know why anyone would prefer Fearow over this awesome and patriotic Pokemon, though), or a 3rd stage evolution past Fearow. Nothing is really known yet, though. My bet is that it’s most likely like Skarmory, just a cool Flying-type that stands on its own with no evolutionary track. I’m okay with either way, though. It’s rare to see a Pokemon that looks like it could’ve come from 1st Generation in terms of design, but Wargle looks like it certainly could’ve and it looks like a Pokemon I probably would’ve had in my favorites.

New Pokemon Starters Not So “Black & White”

Nintendo and the Official Pokemon Black & White website have recently announced the 3 new starter Pokemon that will begin the next generation. Just like in every good handheld Pokemon game ever made, you're given the option of 1 of 3 special, exotic Pokemon to start your epic adventure around color-coded towns in a faux Japanese continent.

Have you seen them yet? Here they are:

Now, who’s ready for some speculation? Smiling Emoticon.

Here’s what you can pretty much tell (especially from the thousands of fan sites who already foretold every possibly detail of the new games). The one on the far left is the Grass-type, the middle one is the Fire-type, and the right one is the Water-type. Their Japanese names have been released, as well: (from left to right) Tsutaja,the “grass snake Pokemon,” Pokabu the “fire pig Pokemon,” and Mijumaru, the “sea otter Pokemon.”

Let me start off by saying that Mijumaru looks like an apathetic, lonely terribly diseased fetus. While the evolved forms for each of these haven’t been released yet, I sure hope the water otter gets a little hotter. Personally, I think Tsutaja looks the coolest so far, and is bound to have interesting evolutions; it’s also the more sly-looking one out of the bunch, sacrificing its cuteness for to-come badassness. Then Pokabu is… well, it’s cute I guess. I’m sure its final evolution will be some Mamoswine-sized behemoth with tusks and a volcano spewing out of its nose or something. As of right now, I’m not terribly impressed with the new designs, save for Zorua and Zoroark from a while back who look pretty cool (despite Dark-types being the black sheep of the Pokemon types).

I believed Generation III to be the weakest entry in the Pokemon foray so far, mostly due to poor new design (and a terrible plot). Generation IV, more or less, made up for it, but nostalgia aside, I yearn for the days of Red and Blue or even Gold and Silver. They were simpler times yet infinitely more enjoyable times, and though it may be obvious that Generation V is only going to add and complicate things further, hopefully it begins to get rid of some of the more ridiculous aspects (like Pokemon moods/natures) in favor for some supremely awesome features (like interspecies FUSION… or something).

So let me know what your thoughts are: are the new starters cool? Are they lame? Is one more dopey looking than the others (cough Mijumaru cough)?