Pok�mon White Version 2

$35, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi

Teaches: reading, logic, memory

CTR Rating: 96%

CTR Review

Good news for Pokemon fans: two versions of Pok�mon for Nintendo DS, with backward compatibility with previous Pok�mon games. Our seasoned players gave them both a solid thumbs up. Both new versions (White 2 and Black 2) will have a new sharing feature called Join Avenue. Anyone with whom a player has interacted through wireless tag mode, trading or battling can open shops in Join Avenue and sell items not found elsewhere in the game. There are several different types of shops, including supplies or the ability to power up Pok�mon. The rarity of items that can be purchased from these shops is determined by how populated a player's avenue is. Other features include: Memory Link -- by connecting Pok�mon Black Version 2 or Pok�mon White Version 2 with a previously played Pok�mon Black Version or Pok�mon White Version game, players will be able to see what happened to some of the characters from Pok�mon Black Version and Pok�mon White Version during the past two years. They'll also be able to capture special Pok�mon. The scenes players encounter in Pok�mon Black Version 2 and Pok�mon White Version 2 will depend on how far they have progressed through Pok�mon Black Version or Pok�mon White Version. To use Memory Link, players must have either two systems from the Nintendo DS or Nintendo 3DS family, or broadband Internet access and a Pok�mon Black Version game or Pok�mon White Version game that has been synced to the Pok�mon Global Link website. Also new: Pok�mon Dream Radar (Oct. 7 2012) - a new eShop title for the 3DS. This is a 2D experience that lets players catch Pok�mon and items using augmented-reality technology by moving the Nintendo 3DS to aim and shoot Dream Clouds. Caught Pok�mon and items from Pok�mon Dream Radar can be transferred into Pok�mon Black Version 2 and Pok�mon White Version 2. The Pok�mon that players catch in Pok�mon Dream Radar may have hidden abilities that aren't available in Pok�mon Black Version 2 and Pok�mon White Version 2, and many of the items in the game cannot be found in Pok�mon Black Version 2 and Pok�mon White Version 2. Finally the new Pok�dex 3D Pro lets players learn about their Pok�mon. Content includes facts about 640 Pok�mon, set in the history of the series. A set of quizzes lets them test their Pok�mon knowledge. The original Pok�dex 3D will no longer be available from the Nintendo eShop after Oct. 1. Launching on Oct. 7, 2012, the Pok�mon Black Version 2 and Pok�mon White Version 2 are made for the Nintendo DS family of systems, but are also playable in 2D on Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo 3DS XL. Visit http://www.pokemon.com/BlackWhite2 for more information.