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That’s right folks.  Nintendo has today announced the season of the year that the next installment of the franchise will hit North America.  You can look for both Pokemon Black and Pokemon White, along with their respective legendary Pokemon covers to hit store shelves sometime next spring.  When they launch Pokemon Black will feature Reshiram and Pokemon White will feature Zekrom on their covers.

“Pokémon is a true worldwide franchise with legions of fans in every corner of the globe,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “We know these fans will be thrilled to discover this new generation of Pokémon next year.”

Alongside this announcement of the release window Nintendo also announced that Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver have sold over 8.4 million units collectively worldwide since they launched.  No other details were announced.

Source: Nintendo Press Release