Talk about overcoming adversity: Snoopy, the lovable beagle from Peanuts, is getting his own English training game in Japan, despite being a dog. And despite the fact that the comic from which spinoff products would spin off no longer exists.English Lessons With Snoopy isn't all learning words and phrases from a cartoon dog, however; the whole Peanuts gang, including chronically depressed Charlie Brown, anxiety-ridden Linus, and Lucy, who is just a jerk, will join in the learning fun. Who's more qualified to assist a dog in teaching language skills than five-year-olds?
The main game, "Event Mode," involves touching everything in a scene to see its English spelling and pronunciation. As you explore, you'll trigger animated events within the scene. There is also a selection of English training minigames, and a number of unlockable non-training minigames, including slide puzzles and a Charlie Brown dress-up game. Surprisingly, his clothing choices are not limited to hundreds of identical yellow shirts.
We are impressed by the size and breadth of the Japanese DS market. We still have yet to get one foreign-language program for the DS, and licensed cash-in language training games are already being released in Japan.
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9-13-2007 @ 10:54AM
hvnlysoldr (NDF - Wind Ring) said...
English training games would be a hit here in the States for all the kindergartens.
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9-13-2007 @ 2:07PM
Nukie said...
Wee dun't kneed no stoopid inglish trayning gaymes hear in the US of Americans.
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9-13-2007 @ 6:57PM
Kam said...
I think we NEED a foreign language teaching program here in the states, I just hope that when we get one it is done right. Voice recognition, verbal pronunciation. Language training is a perfect match for all of the ds's features!
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