Get some Pooyoos all over your Wii

by Richard Mitchell { Sep 17th 2009 at 5:15PM }

What is it with WiiWare games and deceptive titles? Despite the somewhat lurid name given to its titular creatures, Learning with the Pooyoos is anything but. We have no idea why these critters are called Pooyoos, especially considering they appear to be just cutesy-fied animals. As the title implies, Learning with the Pooyoos is geared toward children, and aims to teach them about things like shapes and colors.

Its greatest contribution, however, is undoubtedly the theme song, which has got to be the record holder for most instances of the word "poo" in a children's song. Enjoy the distilled madness in the trailer above. Learning with the Pooyoos should hit WiiWare in the UK on September 18.

[Via GoNintendo]

Tags: learning-with-the-pooyoos, lexis-numerique, wiiware

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Licker @ Sep 17th 2009 5:27PM

Dear God! What is that blue elephant creature squirting out! The humanity!

Dante G @ Sep 17th 2009 5:28PM

The dancing part of that trailer reminded me of the dancing rabbids.

NintendoJunkie @ Sep 17th 2009 5:39PM

"At last ! A Wii game for young kids!" ...wait...did they not get the memo?

ChromeAlchemist @ Sep 17th 2009 5:38PM

....*loads pistol*

I'd ragequit, but I NEED to play Red Steel 2 and other M. Oh well, it's only shovelware, it's hardly cancer or something.

Toasty @ Sep 17th 2009 6:20PM

It's so ambitious that a Wiiware game would try to appeal to that Young Kids demographic!
I thought EVERYONE knew that the Wii was exclusively for hardcore shooters and zombie-rape-murder simulators.
Learning With The Pooyoo's is gonna go a long way to establish some versatility on this console.

( I was honestly getting a little sick of all those M-rated games. Very refreshing! )

Toasty @ Sep 17th 2009 6:23PM

Alternate lulz:

Can you say "Killer App"?

S. Tiger @ Sep 17th 2009 6:40PM

Oh man, now I have to buy this if it's a killer app.

TRON.dll @ Sep 17th 2009 6:57PM

"Finally! A Kid's Game for the Wii!"

IT'S ABOUT FREAKING TIME

MRLN the Amazing @ Sep 17th 2009 8:16PM

I generally avoid flicking through the WiiWare catalog for fear of being offended by stuff like this. I tunnel-visioned my way to World of Goo and SBCG4AP.

Mike @ Sep 18th 2009 9:41AM

It's geared towards preschoolers, but all the text was in cursive...

Stix Remix @ Sep 18th 2009 9:51AM

There's a lot of negative comments about this (or at least jokes pointed at it), but this is actually a very good extension of video games. Perhaps it's only because I studied child development and disorders, but interactive media is a great method of learning for children, especially ones who may have disabilities.

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