DS doubles up as notebook for Wii kanji trainer

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DS doubles up as notebook for Wii kanji trainer

Posted Jun 11th 2008 5:00PM by Chris Greenhough
Filed under: News, Imports

Anybody who has attempted to learn how to correctly write kanji will know that the process involves a bewildering number of rules. Memorizing rules is stressful enough, but practicing your kanji skills with a Wii Remote would surely only make the experience more frustrating.

This meant that IE Institute faced a potential dilemma when developing its Wii-bound kanji trainer, 250 Mannin no Kanken Wii de Tokoton Kanji Nou, yet the developer found a graceful, elegant solution: throw in a spot of DS-Wii connectivity, and let users input kanji characters on the DS's touchscreen, which is perfect for handwriting (as other games have already ably demonstrated). There's been nowhere enough DS-Wii connectivity for our liking, yet this is easily one of the better uses of the feature to date.

Tags: connectivity, educational, ie-institute, japanese, kanji, toeic, trainer, training

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6-13-2008 @ 8:04AM

Ganthor said...

That's awesome, but the regional implications suck. And I couldn't agree more, we need hella ds-wii connectivity, as our thirst is unquenchable!

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