a video tease that came out of Japan last month , which seems to suggest an upcoming entry in the franchise would be a fully-fledged Wii U title.

In an interview with Nintendo Life , Junichi Masuda was questioned over the image below, with the site asking him if it was meant as a teaser for an upcoming Wii U game."Ooh, I wonder what it was...I'm not sure..." he said, while smiling and laughing. "That was actually a video which was shown at the Pokémon Games Show, an event in Tokyo last month and it was showing the history of Pokémon games as well as the future. It was kind of a concept about what the future of Pokémon may look like..."While Masuda stops short of officially confirming a Wii U title is on the way, his coyness about refusing to confirm the existence of such a game certainly speaks volumes.In the meantime, the next entries in the Pokémon series will be the X & Y versions, available on 3DS on October 12.

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