Saturday marked the 25th anniversary of the release of the first Pokemon games – Pokemon Red and Blue – on the original Gameboy in 1996. To celebrate the occasion, The Pokemon Company held a special live-streamed event, where they announced two new instalments in the series.
Revamped versions of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl will be released on the Nintendo Switch at the end of the year. The games are set to be a faithful recreation of the original games that were released in 2006 for the Nintendo DS.
The remakes – dubbed Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl – will feature modern graphics. Much of the storyline, which takes place in the region of Sinnoh, will be preserved. According to the game's website, the original sense of scale as well as the routes of the top-down RPG will be preserved.
The second release announced by the company is arguably the more exciting one, as it marks the first time an open-world setting is fully integrated into a Pokemon game, something which fans have been waiting on for quite some time.
Pokemon Legends: Arceus fuses elements from past Pokemon games with new action and RPG twists. In an aesthetic reminiscent of Nintendo's popular The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, the new Pokemon game features sharper graphics, an open world and the ability to catch Pokemon by throwing a Pokeball at them.
The game, like Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, takes place in the town of Sinnoh. However, the story takes place long before the events of existing Pokemon games, in a world devoid of Pokemon trainers or leagues.
From the clips shown during the reveal, it seems that the game – due to be released in 2022 – is still in its early stages of development. There are still questions around the game’s plotline and who its antagonists are. But it seems enough to get fans eagerly waiting for the new open-world iteration of the Pokemon adventure.
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First Job: Abu Dhabi Department of Petroleum in 1974
Current role: Chairperson of Al Maskari Holding since 2008
Career high: Regularly cited on Forbes list of 100 most powerful Arab Businesswomen
Achievement: Helped establish Al Maskari Medical Centre in 1969 in Abu Dhabi’s Western Region
Future plan: Will now concentrate on her charitable work
Jewel of the Expo 2020
252 projectors installed on Al Wasl dome
13.6km of steel used in the structure that makes it equal in length to 16 Burj Khalifas
550 tonnes of moulded steel were raised last year to cap the dome
724,000 cubic metres is the space it encloses
Stands taller than the leaning tower of Pisa
Steel trellis dome is one of the largest single structures on site
The size of 16 tennis courts and weighs as much as 500 elephants
Al Wasl means connection in Arabic
World’s largest 360-degree projection surface
Difference between fractional ownership and timeshare
Although similar in its appearance, the concept of a fractional title deed is unlike that of a timeshare, which usually involves multiple investors buying “time” in a property whereby the owner has the right to occupation for a specified period of time in any year, as opposed to the actual real estate, said John Peacock, Head of Indirect Tax and Conveyancing, BSA Ahmad Bin Hezeem & Associates, a law firm.
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What sanctions would be reimposed?
Under ‘snapback’, measures imposed on Iran by the UN Security Council in six resolutions would be restored, including:
- An arms embargo
- A ban on uranium enrichment and reprocessing
- A ban on launches and other activities with ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons, as well as ballistic missile technology transfer and technical assistance
- A targeted global asset freeze and travel ban on Iranian individuals and entities
- Authorisation for countries to inspect Iran Air Cargo and Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines cargoes for banned goods
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