My Spanish Coach (NDS): The First Three Hours

This is not exactly a review, because I haven't played it long enough. I can say that I'm really impressed by this game. All Spanish words are pronounced in the game. You can record and playback your voice with the Spanish coach. The games are pretty effective, too. So far, I have played multiple choice vocabulary quiz, the whack-a-mole game, and the word search. There are many more games to unlock. According to the game, it has about 10,000 words and 700 phrases. It is also a English-Spanish translator. That is significant. Oddly enough, even though I knew every vocabulary word in the "placement test," it started me at the elementary level. The beginner in Spanish will have no trouble. The game emphasizes repetition and pronunciation. Just to help it stick, I pronounce the words alound as I play, if I can.

Overall, this was a solid game for $30! It's not as fun as a typical game, but it lives up to its name as a Spanish Coach. There are other language coaches as well as My Word Coach to help Americans speak better English. These are the type of genre-busting cartridges that will bring in all sorts of players. If this catches on, there will be many more languages, My French Coach is already available. There will also be tons of competition. I'm expecting Rosetta Stone to enter the ring with their language software soon!