Well, this is certainly unexpected news! I'm a little sad I won't be able to catch some old favorites, but it'll be neat seeing a new Pokemon with pretty much every battle.
Man, I get more and more hyped about these games with each new update! And I've still yet to finish Pokemon Diamond or HeartGold. :P

Talk about zombie franchises! However, that having been said, it's definitely a better move than the last several entries on the series (not that I've played them first hand).

Good it will be nice to see a Pokemon region that hasent brought other regions Pokemon over.

Good! I'm sick of those fucking Geodude's.

Those things are fucking everywhere.

Dragonizer:
I'm a little sad I won't be able to catch some old favorites

Yeah, but look at it this way: you won't be catching Bidoof or Ratatta again. There'll be some stupid equivalent pokemon, sure, but at least you won't be growling angrily and shouting, "I already caught you in the last four games--go away!"

Shockolate:
Good! I'm sick of those fucking Geodude's.

Those things are fucking everywhere.

Oh yeah. THAT one too.

I like that actually. Lets you familiarize with the new set and makes catching all of them feel easier.

I must say most of the new ones in that image look funny. Not horrible, just funny.

So no giant steel penguin? I'm not sure how I feel about that.

I was disappointed at first, but some things occurred to me:
1) NO MORE ZUBAT!
2) New experience
3) Finding new pokemon to use instead of relying on Gyarados.

This will probably make the game better.

NickCaligo42:

Dragonizer:
I'm a little sad I won't be able to catch some old favorites

Yeah, but look at it this way: you won't be catching Bidoof or Ratatta again. There'll be some stupid equivalent pokemon, sure, but at least you won't be growling angrily and shouting, "I already caught you in the last four games--go away!"

I dunno, man. Rattata is actually one of my favorites. :P

Sounds like a good idea to me. Then perhaps they'll be required to come up with a large variety of Pokemon types, not just filling in the gaps with old ones (as has been the plan for awhile).

This is actually pretty good news to me.

Yay no more Zubats everywhere!

I'm also excited about the new type combinations. I saw one pokemon that was Ghost/Fire type so it seems like this game will feel new and less linear.

I'm saddened though because I won't get an Abra on my team :(

cool
I hate getting a new Pokemon game and only running into the same old Rattata's and Pidgey's for the first 5 to 10 hours.
and having to unlock the other 493 will expand the amount of time I spend on it

I don't know about this...they better be as good as the Pokemon from before...hope that they aren't underpowered in this generation or overpowered compared to the last ones. I really want to see how this goes in the competitive play.

as long as there's a tank-bear with a bearzooka and a cyber gorilla with a SAM launcher on its back, i'll be happy

Tom Goldman:
Gamefreak has revealed that every single Pokemon players encounter while playing will be new, too, with all Pokemon from previous games excluded.

*Points gun at head* *BLAM* *THUD*

Seriously though, I was hoping to see at least a few familiar faces in the new games. I actually liked that they kept the same Pokemon in some of the games. Except Zubats. I FRIGGIN' HATE ZUBATS!

shadowstriker86:
as long as there's a tank-bear with a bearzooka and a cyber gorilla with a SAM launcher on its back, i'll be happy

That comes out next generation with Metal Gear Poke :P

Baby Eater:
Yay no more Zubats everywhere!

Best news I have ever heard.

I'm kind of glad that they're doing this. I was glad when they heard that they were changing things up a bit and now this is even better. That means new players won't feel alienated by all the pros who've spent their entire lives learning all the tactics, moves, and annoyances and veteran players will be forced to learn new tactics. At least on their first playthrough. I'm really excited to see the new designs, because as much as my nostalgia wants to tell me otherwise, changing Pokemon might be a great idea.

I like the eagle. It has a 2nd generation feel to it. But why'd they put it at the back? It deserves to be up front.

Good, I'm ready to start back up on the same level as all the other players. And I actually like some of the new Mons. The Fire Piggy is a badass.

Shockolate:
Good! I'm sick of those fucking Geodude's.

Those things are fucking everywhere.

Or Zubats. Those things are the reason I hate all the caves in the games.

OT: Sounds interesting. I just really hope the pokemon's color represents their types.

I hope that there are about 45 different "Cave Pokemon" cause it pisses me of seeing the same 3 over and over again.

ProfessorLayton:
Call of Snip:Modern Snipfare

Totally unrelated but I love your avatar. It's almost hypnotising :P

On topic:You can bet they made a counterpart to the annoying pokemon. Zubat is now Dracubat and Ratatta is Megarodent or something.

Can someone explain the fascination of Pokemon to me? I've never understood what's so interesting about it.

And I now have officially given up on the new pokemons. Poor legends, poor starters, poor generics.

I'll go look for pokemon yellow and relive the glory days.

HELL F***ING YES

This has made my day. No longer will I have to deal with bloody Zubats and Geodudes when going true caves, or fecking Tentacools while surfing. This is awesome news. I am just so glad that I wont have to see them until I beat the game.

When I first heard about the new Pokemon game I just thought "meh. Just another Pokemon". But the more news I read the more I get excited about this game.

I'd have to say that the pokemon series is just going out of style. For all those little kids out there, fucking eh wonderful for them, but to those of us who were born in the age of the original versions, this is just more bullshit. It's about time for the games to stop being created and quit making more pokemon to add. The total number is probably easily over 1000 and the concepts of their design is just pathetic. They are starting to take real animals and just slap a suffix on them and call them an inventive pokemon.