Generation 6

Timespan: October 12th 2013 - November 17th 2016
Number of new Pokémon: 72
Number of new Moves: 62
Region: Kalos

In January 2013, Nintendo held a special Pokémon Direct, hosted by the late Satoru Iwata, which spoke about a whole new generation of Pokémon games. These games were the first on the Nintendo 3DS and brought the series to something that people had wanted for years, a 3D Pokémon game. Using the new 3D engine, Pokémon X & Y revitalised the Pokémon games. While having only 72 new Pokémon introduced, the games introduced a new feature called Mega Evolution, where 46 Pokémon could Mega Evolve in battle to their Mega Evolution, a more powerful version of the Pokémon. It also added the first new type in 14 years, the Fairy-type, introduced to balance the Dragon-type Pokémon. This generation also included a diverse amount of spin-off games, as well as the first major roads into smart device gaming.

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

Main Series Games

Pokémon X & Y
Release Dates:
Japan: October 12th 2013
North America: October 12th 2013
Europe: October 12th 2013

Console: Nintendo 3DS

Pokémon X & Y were the first Generation VI Pokémon games. In them, you played as a new trainer who had just moved to the Kalos Region. When there, the trainer quickly learns of Pokémon and decides to explore the Kalos Region, collecting the 8 Gym Badges and beating the Elite Four. In the process, the evil Team Flare is encountered, a team that wants to use a devastating weapon from the past in order to reset the planet.

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Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire
Release Dates:
Japan: November 21st 2014
North America: November 21st 2014
Europe: November 28th 2014

Console: Nintendo 3DS

Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire were remakes of the original Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire. These games once again followed the story in Hoenn of Team Aqua & Magma trying to awaken the Pokémon, but with added Primal Reversions, the plans became even more brutal. It introduced 20 new Mega Evolutions, as well as including many more story elements and features, including Soaring in the Sky.

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Side Series Games

Pokémon Bank
Release Dates:
Japan: December 25th 2013
North America: February 5th 2014
Europe: February 4th 2014

Console: Nintendo 3DS

Pokémon Bank is a storage software that allows you to store up to 3000 Pokémon from any Generation VI Pokémon game on the Internet cloud. As Pokémon are stored, they accrue PokéMiles that can be converted into Battle Points and sent back to the main games. Special distributions of Pokémon also happen through the service.

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Poké Transporter
Release Dates:
Japan: December 25th 2013
North America: February 5th 2014
Europe: February 4th 2014

Console: Nintendo 3DS

Poké Transporter is a small bit of software that works in tandem with Pokémon Bank. This software will send up Box 1 from your Generation V Pokémon games up to the special transport box of Pokémon Bank, allowing for them to be moved and placed into the Generation VI Pokémon games.

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Spin-off Games

The Band of Thieves & 1000 Pokémon
Release Dates:
Japan: June 5th 2014

Console: Nintendo 3DS

The Band of Thieves & 1000 Pokémon was a small piece of download software that was released to tie in with the movie Diancie & The Cocoon of Destruction. This game relied upon the StreetPass feature of the Nintendo 3DS in order to collect an army of Chespin, Fennekin and Froakie to be sent out against various opponents and obstacles.

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Detective Pikachu ~Birth of a New Duo~
Release Dates:
Japan: February 3rd 2016

Console: Nintendo 3DS

Detective Pikachu ~Birth of a New Duo~ is a cinematic adventure game where you play as Tom Goodman, a young man who comes to Rhyme City to investigate the disappearance of his father. In doing so, he discovers a unique Pikachu that he is able to understand. With the Pikachu as the partner, you follow up on a variety of cases in order to solve mysteries and find clues about Tom's father.

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Pokémon Art Academy
Release Dates:
Japan: June 19th 2014
North America: July 4th 2014
Europe: October 24th 2014

Console: Nintendo 3DS

Pokémon Art Academy was a combination of the Pokémon and Art Academy series. This game had you join the special Pokémon Art Academy under the tutelage of Andy in order to learn drawing techniques to best become a Pokémon Trading Card Game illustrator. The game had dozens of templates to base images off, as well as Miiverse competitions and downloadable templates.

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Pokémon Battle Trozei / Pokémon Link Battle
Release Dates:
Japan: March 12th 2014
North America: March 20th 2014
Europe: March 13th 2014

Console: Nintendo 3DS

Pokémon Battle Trozei, known in Europe as Pokémon Link Battle, is a sequel to the original Pokémon Trozei which was released 10 years before. This game is another match 3 puzzle game where you need to go through and capture all 718 Pokémon by making enough matches to take down the Pokémon's Hit Points quick enough for capture. While doing so, the Pokémon will often attack, causing damage to the puzzle box and potentially breaking through.

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Pokémon Duel
Release Dates:
Japan: April 12th 2016
North America: January 24th 2017
Europe: January 24th 2017

Console: iOS/Android

Pokémon Duel is a Smartphone title where you play a variation of the Pokémon Trading Figure Game. This game has you play on a board with 6 figures and have to reach the opponent's side of the board before they reach yours. Each Pokémon has got multiple attacks, and the attack is chosen by spinning a wheel. It has continual updates and events and even has online multiplayer

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Pokémon GO
Release Dates:
Japan: July 22nd 2016
North America: July 6th 2016
Europe: July 13th 2016

Console: iOS/Android

Pokémon GO is a Smartphone game that utilises the real world in order for you to hunt for Pokémon. As you travel around the real world, wild Pokémon will appear and require capture. This is done using the touch screen of the mobile device, and can have the real world as a backdrop using the device's camera. Real life locations are also used as PokéStops and Gyms for battle. An accessory was released, the Pokémon GO Plus, that allowed for play without accessing the mobile device.

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Pokémon Picross
Release Dates:
Japan: December 2nd 2015
North America: December 3rd 2015
Europe: December 3rd 2015

Console: Nintendo 3DS

Pokémon Picross was a free to play title that had you go through various areas playing Picross puzzles to uncover various Pokémon. Using the Pokémon you have captured, you can make the puzzles easier by solving small parts of it. Over 300 Pokémon are available in the game and each stage has got a standard and a Mega Picross variant.

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Pokémon Rumble World
Release Dates:
Japan: April 8th 2015
North America: April 8th 2015
Europe: April 8th 2015

Console: Nintendo 3DS

Pokémon Rumble World is the fourth in the Pokémon Rumble series and is a free to play game. In this game, you are tasked by the king to capture the strongest Toy Pokémon. Going through various stages and challenges from the king, you will find the strongest Toy Pokémon and collect all 719 available Pokémon.

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Pokémon Shuffle
Release Dates:
Japan: February 18th 2015
North America: February 18th 2015
Europe: February 18th 2015

Console: Nintendo 3DS / iOS/ Android

Pokémon Shuffle is the successor to Pokémon Battle Trozei. This game is a slower turn-based variant of the Match-3 puzzle format and has you defeat the Pokémon by making successful combos utilising the Pokémon you have already captured. Each Pokémon has got a special ability and strength that make it useful in battle. The game has routine updates adding more new stages and special events.

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Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon
Release Dates:
Japan: September 17th 2015
North America: November 20th 2015
Europe: February 19th 2016

Console: Nintendo 3DS

Pokémon Suoer Mystery Dungeon is the fifth Pokémon Mystery Dungeon game. Following Gates to Infinity, Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon included all 720 available Pokémon and had you once again play as a human who had turned into a Pokémon who enters the world as many Legendary Pokémon are turning into stone..

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Pokkén Tournament
Release Dates:
Japan: March 18th 2016
North America: March 18th 2016
Europe: March 18th 2016

Console: Nintendo Wii U

Pokkén Tournament is a fighting game which is a spiritual combination of Pokémon and Tekken. The game is a unique fighter in that it has both 3D arena fighting and 2D close combat fighting, and shifts between the two as the battle progresses. With 16 playable Pokémon and a myriad of Support Pokémon, you followed the story of how the Ferrum region's Synergy Stones were starting to dry up when a Shadow Mewtwo arrived.

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Pokémon Anime

Pokémon the Series XY & Pokémon the Series XYZ

Pokémon the Series XY:
After the Unova League, Ash takes the advice of the Pokémon Reporter, Alexa, and visits the Kalos region where he learns of a new batch of Pokémon. While there, he meets the Lumiose City Gym Leader, Clemont, his sister Bonnie and later a girl called Serena who wishes to be a Pokémon Performer, who Ash met before when they were both children. With Team Rocket following them into the region once again, Ash decides to give his all to the regions Gyms to try and compete in the Kalos League. In addition to that, Team Flare have their eyes set on the region and have a plan to reset everything using Zygarde

Pokémon Trading Card Game

The Trading Card Game added more new mechanics in line with X & Y, continuing with the Pokémon-EX mechanics of the previous generation, it took it further with the inclusion of Mega Evolutions and the brand new type: Fairy-type

Set Name Number of Cards Logo
X Y 146
Flashfire 109
Furious Fists 113
Phantom Forces 122
Primal Clash 164
Double Crisis 34
Roaring Skies 110
Ancient Origins 100
BREAKThrough 164
BREAKPoint 123
Generations 115
Fates Collide 157
Steam Siege 148
Evolutions 113