Pokémon X and Y’s New Legendaries Are Xerneas And Yveltal

Ishaan Sahdev

Published: Jan 9, 2013 09:44 am

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Yesterday, Nintendo revealed the next generation of Pokémon games—Pokémon X/Y, which are in development for the Nintendo 3DS. As with the previous games, the mascot monsters for both titles are two legendary Pokémon. Now, we know their names.

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Xerneas (pronounced ZURR-nee-us)

Yveltal (pronounced ee-VELL-tall)

Pokémon X/Y will be released worldwide in October 2013.

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Ishaan Sahdev

Ishaan specializes in game design/sales analysis. He's the former managing editor of Siliconera and wrote the book "The Legend of Zelda - A Complete Development History". He also used to moonlight as a professional manga editor. These days, his day job has nothing to do with games, but the two inform each other nonetheless.