How exactly is a mainline Pokemon game defined?

>>32592330
Did it come in two versions, or as a "complete" version of the previous two?
Do you play as a human that appears in the game?
Do you capture wild pokemon with pokeballs and their upgrades?
If you answered yes to all three, then congratulations, you are a mainline pokemon game!

>>32592330
Was it developed by gamefreak for a handheld? If yes, it's a mainline game. If not, it's a spin off.

>>32592338
I want to say you've made a terrible oversight, but I'm too lazy to actually look. I'm gonna say Pokemon Pinball though. Or the Pokemon TCG game for the gameboy.

>>32592341
Neither game was developed by gamefreak.

>>32592330
I didn't need this reality check today.

>>32592345
Eh, I'm sure they did one of the weird spinoffs.

>>32592353
Dream Radar is the only one they did

>>32592355
Well, I guess that's kind of, barely related to a main title.
Still waiting for someone to bring up the obscure, japan-only pokemon tetris or some shit.

>>32592353
http://www.gamefreak.co.jp/list/
Here is a list of all the games gamefreak has developed. No spinoff is to be found; every mainline pokemon game is present, in addition to a few other games they've developed over the years.

>>32592360
Well I'll be damned. Not even some japan-only puzzle bullshit. Alright, I'm convinced.

>>32592330
I have a really simple, impossible to refute way.

Its Japanese title is Pocket Monsters, and not the shortened Pokemon.

>>32592366
This seems to work as well.

Combination of new region + new pokemon.

>>32592380
So is Black and White 2 not a mainline game?