Generation 5

Timespan: September 18th 2010 - October 11th 2013
Number of new Pokémon: 156
Number of new Moves: 91
Region: Unova

After Heart Gold & Soul Silver were released, the general consensus was the move to a new generation and February 2010 confirmed just that, with the reveal of Zorua and Zoroark to tie in with the movies and soon afterwards, Pokémon Black & White were revealed. Generation V was the first generation that was released on the same device as the previous generation, and this caused a fundamental shift in how the generation was dealt with. This generation acted, at first, as a soft reboot. In Black & White, you wouldn't see a single old Pokémon until after you have defeated the game. The game was also far more narrative focused than previous games. Mechanically, it didn't add too much, but the games implemented a more intricate 3D system, as well as Triple Battles and Rotation Battles. It also introduced interaction through the internet via a web portal known as the Pokémon Global Link.

Pokémon | Main Games | Side Games | Spin-off Games | Anime | Trading Card Game |

Main Series Games

Pokémon Black & White
Release Dates:
Japan: September 18th 2010
North America: March 6th 2011
Europe: March 4th 2011

Console: Nintendo DS

Pokémon Black & White were the first games of the generation and featured you play as a new trainer in the Unova region, going out and defeating the Gym Leaders and facing against Team Plasma, a team who are intent on liberating Pokémon from being under human control.

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Pokémon Black 2 & White 2
Release Dates:
Japan: June 23rd 2012
North America: October 7th 2012
Europe: October 12th 2012

Console: Nintendo DS

Pokémon Black 2 & White 2 were sequels to the Black & White games, rather than enhanced versions. In this game, set two years after the events of Pokémon Black & White, you went through the Unova region as another new trainer, going through slightly different gyms and facing up against the revival of Team Plasma, controlled again by Ghetsis, as they strive to freeze the Unova Region and control the world with Kyurem. It introduced new forms for Keldeo, Tornadus, Thundurus, Landorus and Kyurem.

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Side Series Games

Pokédex 3D
Release Dates:
Japan: June 17th 2011
North America: June 6th 2011
Europe: June 7th 2011

Console: Nintendo 3DS

Pokédex 3D is a small companion app that was released for free on the Nintendo 3DS. This app allowed for you to check full Pokédex data for the 153 Unova Pokédex Pokémon from Victini up to Kyurem. At first, you only had a handful of Pokémon but more were added each day. It also had a special AR marker mode where you could take photos using AR Markers representing each Pokémon.

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Pokédex 3D Pro
Release Dates:
Japan: July 14th 2012
North America: November 8th 2012
Europe: November 8th 2012

Console: Nintendo 3DS

Pokédex 3D Pro is a companion app that was released on the Nintendo 3DS. This app improved upon its predecessor by including all 649 Pokémon. It contained full details for each of the Pokémon and their forms for Pokémon Black 2 & White 2. In addition to the AR Camera viewer, it also had a special challenge mode which gave various quizzes of various difficulty to identify Pokémon based on details or images.

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Pokédex Dream Radar
Release Dates:
Japan: June 23rd 2012
North America: October 7th 2012
Europe: October 12th 2012

Console: Nintendo 3DS

Pokémon Dream Radar is a small game that was released in conjunction with Pokémon Black 2 & White 2. In this game, you're tasked with the job of exploring the Interdream Zone by Professor Burnett. Here, you have to shoot various energy balls and clouds to obtain various Pokémon with their Hidden Abilities. It was the only way to obtain the Therian Formes of Tornadus, Thundurus and Landorus in Generation 5.

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Spin-off Games

Learn with Pokémon: Typing Adventure
Release Dates:
Japan: April 21st 2011
Europe: September 21st 2012

Console: Nintendo DS

Learn with Pokémon: Typing Adventure was a game only released in Japan and Europe. This game came packaged with a special Bluetooth Keyboard and stand for the Nintendo DS console. In this game, Professor Q. Werty and his assistant Paige Down request your assistance to investigate various areas, all representing a specific key on your keyboard. In these areas, you will have to capture Pokémon by typing their name, with many stages ending with a boss battle.

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Pokémon Conquest
Release Dates:
Japan: March 17th 2012
North America: June 18th 2012
Europe: July 27th 2012

Console: Nintendo DS

okémon Conquest is a game which combined the series of Pokémon and Nobunaga's Ambition. In this game, you play as a Warlord who goes through the Ransei region recruiting other warlords in order to stop Nobunaga from taking over the region as a strategy RPG, controlling Pokémon through a small field. The game featured over 160 Pokémon and had separate post-game stories for each major warlord.

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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity
Release Dates:
Japan: November 23rd 2012
North America: March 24th 2013
Europe: May 17th 2013

Console: Nintendo 3DS

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity was the first 3DS Mystery Dungeon game. Stepping back from previous games, it only featured around 150 Pokémon, but featured a story where a mysterious freeze was causing issues in the land. As usual, you had to go through dungeons recruiting Pokémon. It implemented a unique feature of being able to scan circular objects with the 3DS camera and having the game turn them into randomised dungeons.

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Pokémon Rumble Blast / Super Pokémon Rumble
Release Dates:
Japan: August 11th 2011
North America: October 24th 2011
Europe: December 2nd 2011

Console: Nintendo 3DS

Pokémon Rumble Blast, known in Europe as Super Pokémon Rumble, was the sequel to the Wii title Pokémon Rumble. In this game, you control Toy Pokémon who are investigating after Pokémon start getting rusty. Recruiting all 646 Pokémon, you travelled through various stages, defeating various toy Pokémon. Unlike the predecessor, it lacked many multiplayer features, but did include a 2 player co-op mode.

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Pokémon Rumble U
Release Dates:
Japan: April 24th 2013
North America: August 29th 2013
Europe: August 15th 2013

Console: Nintendo Wii U

Pokémon Rumble U is the third in the Pokémon Rumble series. This game brought it back to the Battle Royale roots and featured you play as Toy Pokémon that got lost in shipping and have to make it back to the Toy Store. Each stage has specific accomplishments to complete and specific Pokémon to encounter and recruit. It could be played by 4 players. It also had the unique feature of having 26 special NFC figures created for it. These figures could be scanned and written to in order to save strength and attack data for that Pokémon.

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Pokémon Tretta Lab
Release Dates:
Japan: August 10th 2013

Console: Nintendo 3DS

Pokémon Tretta Lab for Nintendo 3DS was a small bit of software that was used in conjunction with the Pokémon Tretta arcade game. With the bundled peripheral, you could scan up to two Tretta pucks at once and receive data on what each one could do. You could also face the Pokémon against eachother based on type.

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PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond
Release Dates:
Japan: December 5th 2009
North America: November 1st 2010
Europe: July 9th 2010

Console: Nintendo Wii

PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond was the sequel to the game PokéPark Wii. This game dropped much of the mini-game focus of its predecessor and became a more rounded Action Adventure game. Playing as Pikachu, Snivy, Tepig and Oshawott, you can explore various parts of PokéPark in a mission to save the patrons of PokéPark and Wish Park through befriending Pokémon via races, battles and so forth. It also included four mini-games that could be played in multiplayer

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Pokémon Anime

Pokémon Black & White

Black & White (Best Wishes):
Heading to the Unova region on vacation, Ash soon learns that the region is filled with brand new Pokémon and has its own league, so he and Pikachu decide to travel. While travelling, he meets Iris, who wishes to become a Dragon master, and Cilan who is a Pokémon Sommelier. As they travel through the region, they make many friends and enemies, and even have to face off against Team Rocket, who have received a promotion and are more devious than ever...

Pokémon Trading Card Game

The Trading Card Game added more new mechanics in line with Black & White, but continued and reintroduced the Pokémon-EX. It also introduced a new type into the game, the special Dragon-type, which lacked any Standard Energy, but wasn't resisted or super effective against any other type

Set Name Number of Cards Logo
Black White 115
Emerging Powers 98
Noble Victories 102
Next Destinies 104
Dark Explorers 111
Dragons Exalted 128
Dragon Vault 21
Boundaries Crossed 153
Plasma Storm 138
Plasma Freeze 122
Plasma Blast 105
Legendary Treasures 138