A2: Pokémon

The Detroit News reports that two Ann Arbor boys – Brian Hough and Ben Swastek – will be competing in this weekend’s Pokémon World Championships in Hawaii: “The boys will be playing the ‘Pokémon HeartGold’ and ‘Pokémon SoulSilver’ games for the Nintendo DS. In the games, players, called Trainers, battle superpowered creatures called Pokémon. For the tournament, Trainers assemble a team of Pokémon and duke it out with other players.” [Source]