In addition this could just be the beta of the game, all the choppy graphics we are seeing just hasn't been smoothed out and features (such as the Pokemon following you) hasn't been implemented (or can be turned off) to make the tests easier/they just wanted to show off the graphics/didn't want to show any spoilers (though I would have loved to see Zorua's or Zoroark's overworld sprite.

But for me, in a Pokemon game I don't really care that much for the 3D graphics so this "first peek" information is kind of blah. Sure 3D is nice and the "cutscenes" in HeartGold & SoulSilver were really nice as well as the Distortion World in Platinum, this is for a new Generation. And when I hear there is a new generation, the information I want is if they made any big changes, they did something so extreme that if you transfer a Pokemon over to that game from Generation IV there is no way to trade that Pokemon back (like there was no way to trade a Pokemon back to the Generation III games for the Generation IV games). I'm looking for changes like how Generation II brought us two new types, Generation III introduced the Abilities, Generation IV based the category of attacks on the individual attack themselves and not what type the attack was. I want something I can sink the teeth deep into, not something visual and overall won't have an effect on the Pokemon battles which is the main focus of the games.

I'm sorry, but I actually really don't like the concept of having your Pokemon follow you around. It really hasn't done anything for me in HGSS, so I would be fine if they took that feature out. At the very least, they should get rid of the PokeWalker cuz I haven't used that thing once since I've got it.

And yes, I agree with everyone else in that these are the preliminarypictures of Black and White we are getting now. There is still tons of programming for them to do and a lot of stuff for them to finish and then touch up. Trust me, it will get a lot better by the time it is finally released. I am simply blown away by the 3D and I hope that it turns out to be as amazing as I think it will.

Just because there is no need doesn't mean they can't add a new type. Technically, after they made Psychic-type weak to Ghost-types and introduced stronger Bug-type moves, we really didn't Dark- and Steel-types. Heck, Dark-types were really the only type that was "needed" if you just wanted to further weaken Psychic-types.

As for newer types overlapping with existing ones, the same thing can be said about current types. Fighting, Poison, Bug, Ghost, and Dragon aren't really types but more like traits, plus Rock and Ground can be looked upon as also being the same as each other.

If you need proof I've even thought up a new "type" for the made-up generation I made. While I don't like telling what it is (though I'm sure people have thought of it before), I can give a hint of what it is: "A certain popular pirate can be considered of this type".

Anyway, i [being the emotionless being i am] don't really care much, i hope the end result is more detailed and less blocky, but bah.

3D isn't a bad move, it's the next step up (technically the mainstream Pokemon games have already entered the realm of 3D in Generation IV but it was done so in the way that made it still look like it was 2D). However, like Edmasterchaos said, they really need to smooth it out and detail it so it doesn't look blocky and uninteresting like the what-I-hope-to-be beta shots show us.

And I always thought Psychic-types were the opposite of Dark-types, being Dark-types were brought in mainly to dominate over Psychic-types and also for a few Pokemon pairing kind of also show this. One being Eevee's Generation II Eeveelutions, Espeon and Umbreon, are Psychic- and Dark-type respectively and though they evolve in the same way, they need to do so at different times (Espeon during the day (light) and Umbreon at night). The second which I can think of right now would be Darkrai and Cresselia with too represent opposites: nightmares and (good) dreams. There hasn't been many Fighting- and Dark-type duos which makes me think Fighting-types being strong against Dark-types was just to complete a trio circuit (which is why the Psychic-, Fighting-, and Dark-type Starters idea is so popular though probably won't be happening (unless they are secondary types of the Grass-, Fire-, Water- primary-types)).

As for ???-type, I never really understood it myself. I mean the only type to be like that is Curse which could have been easily considered a Ghost-type attack considering out of its two effects the Ghost-type one is the main reason for the use of this move.

Now, being someone asked, I'll include one more hint (and maybe secret one) of what type I made:

1. A favorite pirate could be considered this type. (No, it's not StrawHat-type)
2. It's not an element but rather a characteristic like Fighting-, Poison-, Bug-, Ghost-, and Dragon-types are.

This is how I see why Fighting is strong against Dark: Referred to as "Evil" in the Japanese verisons, meaning they're supposed to represent evil forces or intentions. Fighting-types on the other hand represent martial arts and in a way heroes or shonen fighters that one would find in manga or anime, especially when looking at moves like SuperPower, Focus Blast, Revenge and Aura Sphere which can be compared to attacks and characteristics of stereotypical of such shonen. So to put it simply, "fighting heroes" beat the "evil forces".

Which is exactly why they need to expand on it.