New Pokemon (Mysterious Dungeon Gold and Silver?) dual-game announced for DS

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Blue Rescue Team for DSPokemon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team for GBA
Pokemon Diamond and Pearl have only been released in Japan so far (coming to U.S. on April 22, the rest of the world later) yet they’ve together already sold over 5 million copies in one country! So what do you do when you’ve got a hot series? Make more spinoff games of it of course!

The latest issue of Japanese magazine Famitsu has revealed a new Pokemon game is coming that is different from the latest dual-game Pokemon Diamond & Pearl, because it isn’t one of the main Pokemon RPG games. Instead, developer Chunsoft (who made the dual-game Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Red for GBA & Blue for DS that together sold 5.5 million copies worldwide!) is once again taking on the license for an as-yet unnamed dual-game release set for release in Japan sometime in 2007. No word on releases elsewhere. Our guess is these are new Pokemon Mysterious Dungeon games!

Both new Pokemon (Mysterious Dungeon Gold and Silver?) games will be for Nintendo DS only and will feature WiFi online support!

The game’s designers are hoping WiFi gaming will give players the feeling of playing with others. And the games could also take advantage of DS features like the touch screen and microphone. Hopefully we’ll hear more about these games and their official names soon.

In the meantime check out this new US Pokemon DS video:

Translation from Japanese by IGN.