1Up reporter Kevin Gifford interviewed Pokémon Company head Tsunekazu Ishihara in late August and discussed the current outlook for the Pokémon Company. Tsunekazu Ishihara said there are a bunch of surprises in store for the second half of 2011. Below is the quote from the interview.

"To be honest, there isn't much I can tell you yet, sadly," he said. "However, I can tell you that we've got just as many surprises in store for the second half of 2011 as we had for the first half, so keep an eye out for us. I don't think every Nintendo DS use has immediately upgraded to the 3DS, so while we'd like to keep DS gamers close in our minds, we also want to show people how much the world of Pokémon can be expanded with the 3DS's feature set."

Source: http://www.1up.com/news/pokemon-head-discusses-pains-3ds