Well, this is my first comment on the games since hearing the great news, so...
I'm really excited for these ones (despite the fact I'm still stuck in Generation III...). Oddly enough, I first found out the news on the Spriters Resource website, and instantly checked back on Bulbapedia's Bulbanews. The editor said that "Black and White were announced", and I knew that could only be referring to Pokemon (since Pokemon's the only thing these days that comes in 2 distinct versions these days)... :)
It's nice that the back sprites are getting improved... I was hoping that these games would feature the 'action' that Junichi Masuda said he'd like to see implemented in the games a few months ago, but it appears that we will still be getting the turn-based variant. Unless I am somehow proved wrong, which, in this case, would be awesome!
Still a glimmer of hope for Light-types, though...
As for the naming, I was really hoping for the names Garnet and Jade in order to be a throwback to the original Red and Green, similar to how Ruby and Sapphire evoke similar colors to the original stateside-released Red and Blue. Maybe next generation (and more jewel names in the future). I'm really glad that Black and White (abbreviated weirdly with initials BW) evoke thoughts of a grayscale screen, which is essentially the roots of gaming all the way back to the original monochrome screen of the Game Boy. Seems fitting for a franchise rebirth.
I'm going to hold out for the 'third version' of BW, and if it's not titled by the easily-predictable name of Pokemon Gray, we're going to have a problem here!
The logos actually look pretty awesome; despite a minor quirk I have with the faint 'grid lines', they seem like fresh designs (although I think the Black Version logo mimics a logo for a story I made before the reveal of BW). Hopefully, the English logos look just as awesome (retaining the white thick font introduced with RSE, and with the actual Pokemon logo being in stylized black-and-white, not the traditional blue-and-yellow.) I'm interested to see 'Gray Version's' logo, though.
The car mention seems sort of out-of-place if it replaces the bike, but it could be an interesting feature to see...
Here's to awesome Gen 5 games! :D
EDIT: I will lol if I hear anyone playing either MJ's or Katy Perry's Black or White during release day. That'd be cool, as they are 2 of the few songs that actually 'reference' a color scheme in Pokemon versions.