The Week Junior - USA (2021-11-19)

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okémon games are often released in pairs, and it’s happening again this

month. Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Pokémon Shining Pearl will be

available for the Nintendo Switch on November 19.

Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl are remakes of the Nintendo

DS games Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl from 2007. The new

versions include advanced 3D graphics, bigger stages to explore,

new pokémon animations, and new character customizations.

Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl are very similar to each

other, but each has some exclusive pokémon.

In both games, you begin as a rookie pokémon trainer in

the Sinnoh region. Professor Rowan, a pokémon expert, and

his assistant act as your guides. You’re given one pokémon to

start and can choose from Turtwig (a turtle-type creature), Chimchar (a chimp

with a fl aming tail), or Piplup (a penguin-like creature with water powers).

As in many other Pokémon games, the goal is to travel around catching

and training pokémon. The games are fi lled with special items that can

help you out. As your team grows and your pokémon get stronger, you

can visit diff erent gyms. Once you beat all eight gym leaders, you

can head up to Mount Coronet and fi ght the Elite Four. If you

defeat them all, you become a Pokémon Master.

It’s a fun journey, but watch out for members of evil Team

Galactic. They steal pokémon and make them commit crimes.

In Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, it’s up to gamers to stop

them. This leads to some epic battles with very high stakes.

The Week Junior • November 19, 2021

RETRO BOWL

Apple App Store, Google Play

Kick it old-school with a football game that

looks like it was created in the 1980s. Don’t be

fooled by the old-fashioned graphics, though.

Retro Bowl also has many of the franchise and

career mode features that are found in modern

football video games.

OOH YOU’RE IN TROUBLE

Listentotrouble.com

This podcast for tweens features stories from

real kids about times they made mischief, stood

up to unfair situations, or found themselves in

trouble. The stories are narrated with humor,

but there’s always a good lesson to be learned

from each experience.

Two Pokémon games coming

APP OF THE WEEK VIDEO OF THEWEEK

HOW IS ARTIFICIAL SNOW MADE?

tinyurl.com/TWJUS-OlympicSnow

The 2022 Winter Olympics begin February 4 in

Beijing, China. High-tech machines are already

being used to create artifi cial snow that will cover

the mountains for the skiing and snowboarding

competitions. This video shows how it was done

for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

PODCAST WEEK

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Characters from Pokémon

Brilliant Diamond and

Pokémon Shining Pearl

Turtwig

On screen

FUN FACT
Skymark Airlines in
Japan has jets decorated
with Pikachu, the best
known Pokémon.

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