‘Black 2’ and ‘White 2’ English Release Dates, Name Localizations

Nintendo has sent out a press release revealing that Pokemon Black 2 and White 2 will be released in the United States on October 7th along with Pokemon Dream Radar! The same releases will occur in Europe on October 12th as well.

Additionally, several English names were revealed: Shizui, the 8th Gym Leader who uses Water-type Pokemon, will be named Marlon; the PokeWood feature will be called PokeStar Studios; your Rival, who is named Hugh in the Japanese games, will keep the same name; and Achroma, the mysterious character with the funky hair, will be called Corless (his name was not outright shown, but the filename of his artwork on the press website reveals it).