The Unofficial Pokemon Generation V Thread

[Gary Oak]

I really am confident these new games... will have the names "Light" for one version and "Darkness" for the other, with Zoroark as the mascot for Darkness and perhaps a sexy looking angelic like Pokémon as the mascot for "Light".
I bet that's how it's gonna happen! 

[Garlic Man]

"Shadow" would be a better name IMO.

[Gary Oak]

Good point, we don't want people getting confused with Mystery Dungeon 

[Muzy72]

I really want a Light type. If there's a Dark type there should be a Light type too IMO.

[Gary Oak]

People have wanted "Light Type" for ages now...
Before I started playing the games, I always thought Wigglytuff was a Light type even though that type didn't exist... so yeah. There may be a Light type for the next one.

[Level 3]

People have wanted "Light Type" for ages now...
Before I started playing the games, I always thought Wigglytuff was a Light type even though that type didn't exist... so yeah. There may be a Light type for the next one.

I don't see what makes you think of wigglytuff as light, i'd put arceus as light type rather than normal.

[Zoroark]

We don't need a Light type.

Dark already has an opposite, it's called Fighting.

And I'm hoping that the starters are Grass/Dark, Fire/Psychic, and Water/Fighting in their final forms.

[Gary Oak]

People have wanted "Light Type" for ages now...
Before I started playing the games, I always thought Wigglytuff was a Light type even though that type didn't exist... so yeah. There may be a Light type for the next one.

I don't see what makes you think of wigglytuff as light, i'd put arceus as light type rather than normal.

I was six years old and had no idea what was going on. I didn't even know what all the types were back then
But hey, I'm 13 now, I know what's going on now! LOL!

[Ninjask]

I think a Light type would be ok I guess, but slightly pointless though.

[Homer Simpson]

I think a Light type would be ok I guess, but slightly pointless though.

I think it would be 100% pointless.

[meijin3]

I don't know if anyone mentioned this (I'm sorry ionly got through some of the replies) but I hear rumors that the Pokémon team has their hands on a "DS2". Sounds good to me

[?Green?]

Torchic, possibly Chikorita.

[Kevzo8]

We don't need a Light type.

Dark already has an opposite, it's called Fighting.

And I'm hoping that the starters are Grass/Dark, Fire/Psychic, and Water/Fighting in their final forms.

Fire/Psychic. A Pyrotechno Pokémon. So unique. It sounds cool to me.

[TTEchidna]

Dark already has an opposite, it's called Fighting.

Since when was Fighting the opposite of Dark? How the hell does that even work? Fighting's the "counterpart" to Psychic, the most Physical as Psychic's the most Special. Dark's the counterbalance to Psychic... meaning Dark and Fighting are on the same side.

[Level 3]

Dark already has an opposite, it's called Fighting.

Since when was Fighting the opposite of Dark? How the hell does that even work? Fighting's the "counterpart" to Psychic, the most Physical as Psychic's the most Special. Dark's the counterbalance to Psychic... meaning Dark and Fighting are on the same side.

That is some good logic you have there (seriously)

I really just want the Fire starter to end up being something other than pure fire (Typhlosion except based on another animal) or fire/fighting (Blaziken except not a chicken or a monkey)at it's final form.

About that Fire Psychic thing, that would probably end up being amazingly overpowered.
I still have yet to understand how most type weaknesses even work, such as Fighting > Dark and Bug > Dark

[Zoroark]

Dark already has an opposite, it's called Fighting.

Since when was Fighting the opposite of Dark? How the hell does that even work? Fighting's the "counterpart" to Psychic, the most Physical as Psychic's the most Special. Dark's the counterbalance to Psychic... meaning Dark and Fighting are on the same side.

The Dark Type is characterized by attacks that involve fighting very dirty in order to win, to the point where some of the moves seem to constitute outright cheating. Some options from the Dark Type movepool include: false crying (Fake Tears), slugging the opponent as they ready an attack (Sucker Punch), beating up an already hurt opponent (Assurance), throwing foreign objects (Fling), denying the opponent use of their held item (Embargo), stealing the opponent's item (Thief), hitting an opponent hard as they try to retreat (Pursuit), and calling on the other Pokémon on your team to beat up on the opponent (Beat Up).

    * Croagunk and Toxicroak are noted for being combat pragmatists, but strictly for survival.
    * This is exactly why they're weak to Fighting-types, and why there won't be any Light-type any time soon; it's Dark as in "Darker And Edgier", not Dark as in "darkness vs. light/holy". Dark-types rely on trickery, the Fighting-type is based on martial arts combat, and hence they have honor - the exact opposite of the Dark-type tactic.

[iDOWN]

Exactly what the above post says. The Dark type has nothing to do with darkness. It's just a sinister type. Look at some of the moves: Thief, Sucker Punch, etc. Basically it's like Fighting types are the heroes and Dark types are the villains.

[Level 3]

that may explain why psychic wont affect dARK, since mental powers wont affect villains, and stuff like psychological warfare, and villains having no conscience.

[Jing412]

As far as I know, generation 5 will include the following:

• Three starter Pokemon (Water, Fire, Grass) will be available as the players first Pokemon.  
• A rodent normal type and a bird flying/normal that annoy you to no end.
• A handful of version exclusive Pokemon, including the duo that will represent the versions.
• A 10 year old boy or loli will be available at the beginning.
• A professor that doesn't know your gender or name.
• A villainous team with 80's hair.
• 8 gym leaders (I hope for a Dark type gym leader).
• Zubat, Geodude, Magikarp, Goldeen, Abra etc.

this, more than likely there wont be a light type because it would have been introduced along with dark, which was only brought in to balance out the overpowered psychic type along with steel, which is not affected by dark very much so there really isnt a need to create a new type, though it would be interesting to see what they would with a light type

[iDOWN]

If they were to introduce a light type, they'd probably have to introduce an opposite for it, such as something along the lines for "Shadow."