Famitsu magazine has revealed a lot of information about the upcoming Pokémon games for the DS.

- The release date for Diamond and Pearl is Sepetember 28th, 2006 in Japan
- The two legendary Pokémon are called Diaruga and Parukia
- Second screen is used for the menus in battles
- Voice chat is said to be included in the WiFi battles

I haven't bought a Pokémon game since Pokémon Ruby came out for GBA, but I'm really looking forward to these games. They seem like they're providing a lot more value than the others. It's shaping up really well and I can't wait to get back into that fun, Pokémon feel.

Nintendo has just announced a series of games under a new category of "Bit Generations". The games are focused on gameplay, as most new Nintendo games are. These games will be the Gameboy's answer to the DS's "Touch Generation" series of titles. There are currently seven games planned for release in the coming weeks in Japan. The titles include: Dotstream, Boundish, Dialhex, Coloris, Digidrive, Orbital, and Soundvoyager.

The look for all of these games is very retro. The colors and themes are very bodacious to be sure. No word yet on whether NOA will localize these titles for American release. Here's hoping :) If not, these are definitely high on my import list.

Source: bit-generations