Generation V made TMs reusable and added hidden abilities

The chart stayed at 17 types for its last generation

• No new types arrived; the chart stayed at 17.
• Black and White's regional Pokédex used only new species until the post-game.

Steel kept its Ghost and Dark resistances

• Steel kept its resistance to Ghost and Dark for one more generation.

Experience began scaling with level difference

• Experience gained scaled with the level difference between the two Pokémon.
• Sleep lasted 1 to 3 turns.
• Gems raised the power of one move of their type by 1.5 times and were consumed.
• Prankster gave status moves +1 priority.

Hidden abilities entered breeding at 60 percent

• Hidden abilities arrived, first through the Pokémon Dream World web service.
• A female passed her hidden ability to offspring with a 60 percent chance.
• The Masuda method rose to six shiny rolls.
• Black 2 and White 2 made an Everstone pass the holder's nature every time.

Sprites animated and EV gains applied at once

• Battle sprites animated throughout the battle.
• EV gains applied to stats at once instead of at the next level-up.
• Flame Body and Magma Armor halved egg hatching time.

Black 2 and White 2 were the first direct sequels

• Black featured Reshiram and Black City; White featured Zekrom and White Forest.
• Black 2 and White 2 added Black Kyurem and White Kyurem, the Pokémon World Tournament and Hidden Grottos.
• Black 2 unlocked a Challenge Mode and White 2 an Easy Mode through the Key System.

Type chart era

17 types in the Generations II to V chart

Battles in these games follow that chart, shared with the rest of Generations II to V. Open the type chart by era