I am a Pokémon enthusiast. I jumped into the series as a young child with Pokémon Red Version and never looked back. So far, there is not a single generation of the games I have skipped, even though I had my doubts about Pokémon Black & White.
If you're not a fan of the Pokémon series, then you may not have heard about the newest type to be introduced to the games. It is a type that, in my opinion, should have been present by the second generation (Gold/Silver/Crystal). with the emergence of the fairy egg group. This second generation of games was also the last time new types were added to the games with the addition of Steel and Dark.
So far, the three Pokémon to have fairy added to their type are Jigglypuff, Marill, and Gardevoir (which seems like less of an obvious choice to me). I would imagine that the entire Jigglypuff family are going to be Fairy as well, perhaps the same for Marill. If any Pokémon would absolutely be a fairy type, however, it would be Clefairy and Clefable, so I am sure those are next.
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| Sylveon defeating Salamence, a dragon type |
Amazingly enough, it is looking like Dragon is going to be weak to Fairy. According to the official Pokemon X and Y website, "Until Pokémon X and Pokémon Y, Dragon-type Pokémon had only two weaknesses: Ice-type moves and Dragon-type moves. The new Fairy type changes the balance in a big way!" So it seems that the intent was to make Dragons a little less overpowered. This was also the case back in generation two, when the Dark type was added to make Psychic more balanced.
It should be interesting to see what type of news unfolds between now and the release.
Pokémon X and Y is set to be released on October 12, 2013 for the Nintendo 3DS.
Official Pokemon X and Y website containing all of the news, images, and updates you could want for the newest generation.
Bulbapedia article on Fairy Pokemon which lists the confirmed Pokémon thus far.
