XSEED unleashing Drill Sergeant MindStrong on WiiWare
The ESRB ratings database has revealed the first WiiWare game from publisher XSEED: Drill Sergeant Mindstrong, which is, uh, a brain-training minigame collection. A weird one.
The description of the game mentions minigames “in which players train and compete in math, rhythm, and reflex/timing drills guided by a trainer named Sergeant Mindstrong.” The whole thing has a military theme, including a saluting minigame and one about marching in time. All the minigames will have “Hell” at the beginning of the title, like “Hell Roll Call.”
Siliconera speculates, because of the XSEED/Marvelous connection, that this is Discipline, the WiiWare game announced last year. The title fits, as well. However, Discipline is a sort of adventure about escaping from prison, and this is military brain training.
XSEED unleashing Drill Sergeant MindStrong on WiiWare originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Nintendo offers free DS, Personal Trainer: Math to math-loving kids
What’s the best way to entice middle-schoolers into their schools’ math clubs? How about the promise of a free Nintendo DS — and a math game? Personally, we think the best way would be to move the meetings to Steak ‘n Shake and replace the “math” part with “vanilla malts.” But, while delicious, it’s not exactly educational, and wouldn’t really make for a good PR opportunity for Nintendo.
Instead, the company has partnered with MATHCOUNTS, a “national enrichment, coaching and competition program” for middle school math, to bribe four middle school math clubs across the US with free DS systems — and, of course, Personal Trainer: Math. They could hand out Fire Emblem or something — but again, not so much of a PR opportunity.
Nintendo offers free DS, Personal Trainer: Math to math-loving kids originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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First look at Nobilis’s music training game
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Maybe we’re just suckers for video games as music teaching tools (as suggested by the dusty NES Miracle Keyboard in our closet), but we’re pretty intrigued by Nobilis’s MUSIC. The publisher has released the first screens about the training title, revealing the focus of some of the lessons, most of which seem to deal with reading music.
In addition, interactive quizzes ask players to identify notes, arrange notes to match sound samples, and match pitch contours to samples. MUSIC also features virtual keyboard and drums, along with a selection of songs to play. The minigames on the cartridge include activities like a rhythm game in which players pop balloons by clapping.
MUSIC comes out in Europe in April. No US release has been announced.
Gallery: Music (DS)
First look at Nobilis’s music training game originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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VC Friday: Resistance is futile
EX-TERM-IN-ATE! EX-TERM-IN-ATE! Wait, no, those are the other ones. But whatever. The point is: after hearing nothing about Space Invaders Get Even! for months, the game has randomly appeared on the European and Australian Wii Shops. We are unashamedly jigging with joy as we type this. And the extra-terrestial goodness doesn’t stop there, for Alien Crush Returns has also joined the line-up. Needless to say, we wholeheartedly welcome our new rulers (of all our spare time).
The other game is Brain Challenge. Sorry, Brain Challenge.
- Alien Crush Returns — WiiWare — 800 Nintendo Points
- Brain Challenge — WiiWare — 1000 Nintendo Points
- Space Invaders Get Even! — WiiWare — 500 Nintendo Points
Gallery: Space Invaders Get Even!
Brain Challenge (WiiWare)
Space Invaders Get Even! (WiiWare)
VC Friday: Resistance is futile originally appeared on Nintendo Wii Fanboy on Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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