Using the DS as an educational tool is nothing new in Japan. It's been
a tour guide, an
English teacher and even a
boozing instructor. Lately the focus has been on
DS Classroom, a program from Nintendo and Sharp System Products announced back in June that aims to let Japanese teachers dish out lessons and the like to students' DSes. Initially, it was planned to work with the original DS, the Lite and DSi, but, according to
Andriasang, that's no longer the case.
The new educational aid will only work with the DSi now, as Nintendo has announced it's doing away with support for the older Nintendo handhelds. We would be worried for the students over there that
don't have a DSi, but, then again, we're pretty sure those kids are
few and far between.
{ Aug 5th 2009 at 3:15PM } 
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
ArchiGamer 2.0 [Wiizer Sweatshop Human Resources] @ Aug 5th 2009 3:24PM
If the level of what there doing with the DSi in Japan was ever implement here, I would be -so- happy and thrilled.
Carl @ Aug 6th 2009 12:17AM
"The new educational aid will only work with the DSi now, as Nintendo has announced it's doing away with support for the older Nintendo handhelds."
So what does this mean for those of us in the Catagory of DSlite? Are future Nintendo Titles going to be DSi only. Because I'm not ready to drop more cash on another system any time soon...