Travelling can be a stressful business, and even more so when you've no idea how to speak the native language. Bumbling through a few variations of "omelette du fromage" just won't cut it any more, so the upcoming arrival of travel app Talking Phrasebook - 7 Languages gives hope to Nintendo fans from all over Europe.
Loaded with 780 useful expressions neatly organized into 53 categories, there's enough to cover a plethora of common queries and situations while travelling. You're free to translate from any language to any other among the selection of English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Dutch, with both written and spoken results to help with spelling and pronunciation.
The major benefit of its release on the eShop is that all of this content will be available offline, without the need for an internet connection or insane roaming charges. Once you download it onto your 3DS you're good to go, and can even practice before your trip to get to grips with a few basics in advance.
Sanuk Games and Connected Cavern will be releasing Talking Phrasebook on November 27th for just €4.99/£4.49, and while this will be a European exclusive for the time being, an American release is planned for a later date.
Are you keen to make use of software like this? Do you think it'll help with any upcoming travel plans? Make sure to let us know with a comment below.
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thats a pretty cool idea. i hope we get one in NA.
This sounds awesome; even though I don't get to travel I still meet people from around the world whenever I'm in a major US city. I carry my 3DS all the time so adding this app could potentially be a life-saver.
Give us some non European languages and destinations and you'll have a purchase!
This sounds like it will be useful, and l'm looking for forward to a review of it. If this turns out good, hopefully they'll add more languages.
Cool! Seems very handy. Too bad it doesn't have any Japanese, I've got an Australian friend who's coming back to Australia from Japan with his Japanese gf & she doesn't speak much english so if I could be bothered to learn some basic Japanese that would be awesome haha.
@WiiLovePeace JAPANESE IS A MUST!
id def pick this up when it comes to N/A:)
If there is no Japanese, I don't need it.
If it had Japanese I would buy it when it releases in the U.S.
I'm actually backpacking south america starting dec and my xl is going with me. This probably wouldn't be too crazy useful as I have other resourses, cut still cool.
I think this is a good idea. Even though it probably won't appeal to a bulk of people, it's always good to have variety in apps like this available.
Yo quiero.
I would get this. Can we get more apps please?!! I bought Louvre app for my first trip to Paris, but I am a gamer too. If the apps are there, some people will buy them
Will be buying, will be great to practice learning languages on 3ds.
I'm just generally disappointed with the present lack of "apps" on 3DS. There were plenty on DS (though most of them ware full-priced; i.e. AU$50-$70). The only problem with their presence on DS is that they were much too expensive for what they offered, especially as smartphones and tablets were establishing themselves in the marketplace, offering similar, if not superior applications for only a small fraction of the cost of a similar app on DS. And like smartphone devices, apps such as this will not require age certification (though some publishers are still stupid enough to go through the process rather than apply for a [FREE] classification exemption).
This app wouldn't be of much use to me, but I think Ubisoft are crazy for not rereleasing some of their older "edutainment" titles (such as the My [Language] Coach games) on 3DS. Apps such as these would be perfect as budget-priced eShop titles.
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