Jun'ichi Masuda, the Director of the Pokémon Company, as well as its main composer, has revealed new details on the main "antagonist" of Pokémon Black and White, N:

-N's real name is "Natural Harmonia Gropius", N being derived from the term Natural Number.
-N is beyond other humans, in terms of IQ.
-N is a genius, whose mathematical ability is such that he is called a "Math Wizard".
-He is able to see the past and future of people.
-He is prone to extreme mood swings, and is able to think on his feet.
-Rumor has it that N was born from Pokémon, with the parents being unknown.
-While he loves Pokémon, N is weary of humans.
-N believes in the needs of Pokémon always coming first.
-N believes himself to be a perfect being.
-Due to his nature, he was shunned and scorned by humans, making his connection with Pokémon that much stronger.

Jun'ichi also noted how he took the origin of N's name into consideration when making his two musical themes, through the use of selective semitone alternation so as to make use of keys with prime numbers.

Source(s):[Jun'ichi Masuda's Director's Column]

Wait wait wait

He just revealed all this in a director's column?

I was expecting more info on N to be revealed in Gray... I don't know if I wanna read all this now... I think I'm gonna wait until Gray comes out...

Oh, don't worry Jun'ichi telling us stuff about N early is totally natural.
Good details, though. Seems like N is the flavor of the season.

Makes you think about what more N has behind the scenes. So many unknown things... so many secrets. I am getting pumped for the prospects of the third game... That should explore into N more...

If only Bulbapedia allowed for you to add trivia, I'd change it.

Sadly someone has already beat me to editing the part that questions N and Gechisu's relations.



As a very large N fan, I am happy to learn all this info. I was more hoping more would be revealed in the next game [if there is one, which is highly likely], but oh well. Now I can only hope they will show these parts of N in it! Daaamn, it makes me more excited and hopeful!

How interesting... and unusual. Born from Pokémon? Fantasies go beyond my imagination. Plus, he didn't seem quite intelligent while playing the games, but a close-minded boy who is easily influenced and manipulated...

I knew most of this already because I am N... JK.

But I do think these facts are interesting, I find this one quite interesting "He is able to see the past and future of people." Also (I know this is taking the fun out of things but...) if he was a pokemon it would probably be Ditto (doubt it) Zorua, or Zoroark. (sorry if I missed any).

That said... the "born from Pokémon" comment is the weirdest part. It's just a rumour, as stated in the blog, but... I just can't shake that feeling off.

Hey, I'm up for a sequel! If it builds a stronger feel to Unova-Wahi
and makes it more true to the previous Pokemon games, then I'm on the Royal
Unova, baby!

(And hopefully we can get music that actually sounds like it belongs in a Pokemon game, along with new areas to explore, to increase the re-playability of the game. Jus' sayin')

I think I'd prefer the third version to explore whatever's untouched in the original pair, and throw in additions in addition to massive changes. I would also like more unique music that is more reminiscent of other RPGs. BW had a good chunk of them that doesn't sound like Pokémon music.

Hmm...
Makes me wonder if all this is somehow hiniting at a possible Grey featuring N as the main character, or being highly based on his story.

These bits of information really got me curious to explore N's character, and as a number of people over here said, it would be perfect if the third game fleshed that out. Even though the 'born from Pokémon' part is really strange (almost a little disturbing), the fact that he is a genius makes him much more complex than what many of us thought. I'm really hoping - fingers crossed - that this is a preparation of sorts for the third title.