Pokémon Black and White(JP) are two Nintendo DS video games initially released on September 18, 2010 in Japan. The two games are the first entries in the fifth generation Pokémon games. The games contain very few connections to the previous Pokémon titles, featuring 156 new Pokémon, brand new characters, and new gameplay mechanics. During the duration of the main game, none of the 493 Pokémon from the first four generations appear. In August, about a month before the game released, Nintendo revealed that the game had achieved 1.08 million pre-orders in Japan alone, the fastest for a Nintendo DS game. Black and White are the first Pokémon games since Pokémon Red and Blue to use a color in the name instead of an element or precious gemstone. Japanese magazine Famitsu awarded the game a perfe