>>12115721True, and you could argue that the difference is that B&W had shown a completely new pokemon, whereas apart from starters & legendaries, X&Y are all related to previous generations, but I think that just reflects the type of games they are. Like gens 2 and 4, I imagine gen 6 will have many pre/evos for people to rage about.
Also, what's with all the gen 1 love at the moment? The two pokemon in X&Y which aren't version mascots or starters are related to gen 1 pokemon, mewtwo gets featured in the upcoming film, gen 1 pokemon are coming back to Ash in the anime and they're heading back to kanto, it's awfully weird.