Pokémon X and Pokémon Y are 2013 role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. They are the first installments in the sixth generation of the main Pokémon video game series. First announced in January 2013 by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata through a special Nintendo Direct Pokémon X and Pokémon Y were released worldwide in October 2013 and they are the first Pokémon games to have a simultaneous global release. As with previous installments the games follow the journey of a young Pokémon trainer as they train and battle Pokémon while thwarting schemes of the criminal organization Team Flare. X and Y introduced 72 new Pokémon species and added new features including the new Fairy-type character customization updated battle and training mechanics such as "Mega Evolution" and completely rendered polygonal 3D graphics as opposed to the sprites used in previous generations. While the games are independent of each other and each can be played separately trading Pokémon between the two games is necessary to complete the games' Pokédex.