I'd laugh if light types DON'T end up being created and this was all for naught,
A light type comes with some ups and downs.
I read a post a page or 2 back suggesting Lanturn as a light type... Water Electric makes more sense.
And now up to date...
Light Type Machups IMO would be...
Super Effective: Dark, Bug, Ghost
Regular Damage: Normal, Fighting, Ice, Dragon, Flying, Fire, Water, Psychic, Poison
Not Very Effective: Grass, Steel, Light, Electric, Ground, Rock
No Effect: N/A
Having a Super Effective against Dark/Ghost would certainly rape it's way through anyone thinking that a hacked WonderGuard Spiritomb/Sableye is a good idea.
The downside to this terribly tragic idea for an addition to the Pokemon world would be this...
Unless the Light Type Pokemon data is already stored in the current Gen IV Games, one of 2 things would happen.
Either A:
You would NOT be able to trade to/from Gen V to Gen IV, because the date would not exist. (Much like the Time Machine From Pokemon G/S/C, you couldn't trade backwards Pokemon that did not exist in Gen I (Like trying to trade a Ho-Oh to Red version, Not-Going-To-Happen.)(Even if the Steel type data didn't exist in R/B/Y/G, you could still trade Magnemite/Magneton back and forth between Gen I and Gen II. This is because the data for Magnemite and Mageton ALREADY existed in Gen I, the Steel Type Byte was just replaced with a big fat NOTHING, and those 2 Pokemon reverted to pure electric types.
Scenario B is much more... dynamic I could say... or horrendous, if you look at it from MY point of View.
B would require anyone wishing to trade back/forth from Gen V with Gen IV, to get a Mystery Gift Patch from the Nintendo Wi-Fi Mystery Gift Service, that would patch the cart much like how R/S needed a patch to fix the time system that eventually glitches and stops working. (The problem with this is, that that fix one only a mere byte, installing data for over (Probably) 100 new Pokemon would be ABSURD, as well as all new attack data, ability data, New Possible Poke-Balls, location data, Pokedex Entries on ALL of them, New Graphics for ALL of them (As GameFreak has been known to have designers draw different poses for EVERY pokemon for every new game release. (Or Duo Release as Pokemon loves to do.))
They would need to patch new attack data, new trainer sprites (NOT OW's) and cries for each one.
Either that or.... D/P/Pt wont have connectivity, but HG/SS will, as those were finished DURING B/W's creation, if they decided on a Light Type, it would probably already be hackable in HG/SS, as well as graphics and Dex Data for EVERY SINGLE ONE of Gen V.
Doubt it, but if some AR Code maker decides to make a code for HG/SS that forces wild pokemon PAST Arceus, and it works, good on you, you just defeated the whole purpose of Nintendo's revealing of these Pokemon, and you will forever be known as the jerk who ruined Pokemon.
I'm done with my $3.50
I'd rather not put any new types at all. It could possibly ruin strategies etc. or possibly ruin the whole gameplay.
and lets not try to mix up pokemon with logic. Gameplay beats logic people.
Logic? You wanna talk about logistics, people here have Pokemon down to a science.
If you think logic isn't a part of Pokemon you've been posting in the WROOOONG forum.