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Topic: Art Academy: second semester (first impressions)

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Macaronius

What does everybody who has it, think of it? What's the difference between the first and the second? rating (1-10)?

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Princess+Peach wrote:

I posted some comment here https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/dsiware/art_school_first_s...

The lessons are much more difficult than the 1st semester. While there's only 4 classes + 4 bonus...$8 is a little bit expensive
They teach you how to mix color, but they don't teach you how to determine what color will you need....

I totally agree. And I said this when First Semester was released and after I beat it in 4 days... NOT worth the money. A GREAT GAME, but NOT worth the money. No replay value beyond the lessons, and certain tools and functions are unlocked in each of the versions. I give this game a 5 out of 10 simply because its SHORT on content. Come on Nintendo! Get it right!! Or at least make this 500 pts or 800 pts for both...

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Princess_Peach

1st lesson yellow lily bonus: red flower (learn how to mix color)
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2nd lesson (pencil) puppy bonus: cat
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3nd lesson (color) swan - learn about the color wheel and complementary colors as you try out impressionist painting techniques.

Peach

Hardy83

What are the new tools? Are they good?

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Princess_Peach

I don't see any new tools...identical to "free drawing" from semester 1

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Hardy83

Princess+Peach wrote:

I don't see any new tools...identical to "free drawing" from semester 1

"Second Semester provides new and returning students with a larger set of tools and in-depth lessons designed to encourage the creation of more complex artwork."

This is from Nintendo's press release. Unless they are mistaken they should be there somewhere. lol I just find it a little hard to pay another 8 bucks for the same game with 4 new lessons and probably 1 or 2 new tools. Unless those tools are amazing, in which I'll probably wait for the last semester to come out.

Hardy83

Princess_Peach

how many semester in total?
here's the screenshot of "free drawing" from semester 2
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for real I didn't see any new tool....

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Hardy83

LOL well if there isn't really new tools, then I give this version a whopping 2/10. First one still gets a nice 8/10 for me though. Glad I didn't get this. I knew something was up when I saw the 800 point price.

Hardy83

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I might buy the first one sometime, but this one, stay away?

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Philip_J_Reed

Hardy83 wrote:

Princess+Peach wrote:

I don't see any new tools...identical to "free drawing" from semester 1

"Second Semester provides new and returning students with a larger set of tools and in-depth lessons designed to encourage the creation of more complex artwork."

This is from Nintendo's press release. Unless they are mistaken they should be there somewhere. lol I just find it a little hard to pay another 8 bucks for the same game with 4 new lessons and probably 1 or 2 new tools. Unless those tools are amazing, in which I'll probably wait for the last semester to come out.

They are indeed mistaken. Or, well, lying.

The lessons use tools that were not used (or explained) in First Semester, but they were still there in the first title, and fully usable. There is nothing unique, in that regard, to Second Semester.

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Dicesukeinuzuka

so you can save your drawings to the photo channel or something? like SD card!?

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Princess_Peach

yes, you can export them to your "gallery" (your photo "channel" of your DSi) and then you upload it to fb/transfer it to SD card

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Princess_Peach

I just finished the game (not the mini lessons) seems like there's no 3rd semester.

Peach

HADAA

Awesome paintings Princess Peach!

I have an idea, why don't half of us buy only 1st Semester and the other half buy only 2nd Semester from now on, and then we share our lessons here?
And as it looks like a number of you already bought 1st but not planning to buy 2nd, I should go ahead and buy 2nd only.
(I do want this app a lot -- not that I don't support the Big N -- but not both of them)
What do you guys think?

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What a waste of money... Nintendo should have released this as a full on DS cart and added more content or both together for 800-1000 pts. Why include the same Free Paint mode with no extra features then lie to us and say there are? THey should give a refund based solely on that discrepancy... Glad I didn't get 2nd sem!

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Princess_Peach

Why include the same Free Paint mode with no extra features << That's what I think!!!
I will share the mini lessons soon. I'm totally not good at the 2nd semester. Way too difficult. I had problem with the last mini lesson from 1st semester too!!
I have trouble figuring out what kind of color should I use. e.g. for the swan, I have no idea why should I paint the swan blue....
HADAA: thanks for your nice comment. I would love to share my painting here. I think the 1st semester is more friendly to people who's not very use to drawing (like me) compare to the 2nd semester.

Peach

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