RE: (2) Another 15th Movie Trailer, Keldeo and Meloetta Downloads for 15th Movie [2/29]
My guess has always been that Generation VI will begin in 2013, for the Nintendo 3DS. Then, if we get RS remakes at all, they will be in 2015. My predicted timeline has always been:
2010: Pokémon Black and White (DS).
2012: Pokémon Grey (DS). [Fair enough, I was wrong about Grey - but hey, who expected Black 2 and White 2? I did expect it to be on DS though].
2013: Generation VI Primary Pair (3DS).
2015: Ruby/Sapphire Remakes (3DS).
2016: Generation VI Third Version (3DS). [Third Versions/Expansions have always been released four years apart]
If GameFreak were going to move to the 3DS during Generation 5, they would have done so with Black 2 and White 2. However, for those who feel that this generation is being "rushed", please remember that Generations I and II were only three years in length. The reason why I feel GameFreak have decided to make Generation V smaller, aside from the parallels they are making between this generation and the first one, is this (from Iwata Asks' Black and White edition):
Junichi Masuda said:
Since this generation would be presented on the same system, I was extremely worried that it would turn out to be basically the same as its predecessor. If we tried to make it the same way as normal, I thought the games would turn out to be similar to Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl Versions.
GameFreak want to end Generation V on the Nintendo DS, because if they moved to the Nintendo 3DS,
then had to work on Generation VI on the same console, this problem would occur again. The fact that B2W2 are being released in June in Japan and internationally in Autumn serves to help prove this - 2012 is the year of the DS' "last stand"; there is still a chance to sell DS games this year, but come next year, it will be all about the Nintendo 3DS.
Heck, if Victini hadn't been used in the movie 14 pair (As it was distributed worldwide when BW was released), we wouldn't have this problem. Keldeo would have been in M14 (2011), Meloetta in M15 (2012) and Genesect in M16 (2013). If anything, it seems like the movie team done goofed by giving Victini its own movie.