Satoru Shibata's European Nintendo Direct broadcast had a few moments of charm and Nintendo quirkiness, none more so than the announcement of Pokémon Typing Adventure for DS, which arrives in September. It's Pokémon played by typing, just what we all expected.
It will come bundled with a rather sleek wireless keyboard — which we assume will also work with 3DS — and the game footage showed Pokémon creatures running and avoiding objects, with the player typing prompted words as quickly and as accurately as possible. In part designed for children learning to type, the trailer did show a grown-up having a jolly time, with Shibata saying that it'll feature plenty of challenges for more experienced gamers.
In fairness, it could be the most fun way to learn typing that's ever been conceived: we'll keep our eyes peeled for any North American release details.
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Oh man it's actually getting localized. Did not see this coming.
If they had a Sonic version of this when I was a kid, I would be the fastest typer on the block. Time! 1 min on 3DS browser [roughly ]
If it doesn't work with other games with text chat (i.e. Animal Crossing) or the 3DS web browser then its pretty useless.
I love The Typing of the Dead so I'd definitely love this. Hope it comes to North America.
"sleek, wireless keyboard"? That's pretty cool, and the keyboard does look quite nice.
I don't care for Pokemon myself, but the keyboard has potential.
YES!
Didn't think this would happen (which would have been stupid as this game is guaranteed to print money), but I'm so glad that it is. Hopefully the keyboard will also be compatible with other hardware (assuming that it operates on bluetooth like the Japanese version).
Geez, there's certainly no shortage of new Pokemon games is there? =O
Didn't expect it to get an English release. Still not buying it though.
again, not a 3DS game so I don't see the point.
Sure, Sure. I just have one question. What exactly is the DS supposed to floating on? Are we supposed to provide our own stand? Because I wouldnt want to have to prop a flower pot up behind my DS every time I wanted to play.
I wonder what other games are going to be supported? This game is just a means to launch the peripheral.
@Geonjaha All the bottom screen shows is the keyboard I think, so you put the DS on its bottom screen. Not very portable though :/
@Geonjaha and @C-Olimar: I wouldn't envisage a typing skills program to be a portable experience no matter what way you look at it. so yeah, you'd play it on your desk or whatever.
HOW does this make sense for a portable game?
Surely this kind of thing would be more suited to a home console where it doesn't completely go against the whole idea of something being portable in the first place.
What the hell is going on at Nintendo?
I mean it looks kinda fun but surely that's got to be tempered with just a tiny bit of common sense when developing these products.
Is this keyboard compatible with Wii U? Hmmm
I want this just so I can have a nice bluetooth keyboard.
Yay.
I'm so over this.
@ChunkyDroid That makes sense
Ironically, I play my 3DS mostly at home anyway, so it wouldn't be a problem for me. The fact that it is compatible with all bluetooth devices is interesting though. The DS and 3DS aren't bluetooth, so it is like they are making this for other devices... I still hope it's compatible with Animal Crossing though!
LOL @ separated keyboard on a portable device xD
Granted, I think Blackberries are silly.
I actually wanted this title for a while, so I'm hoping it comes to North America. Maybe it'll be like Typing of the Damned.
For a while, I thought NintendoLife uploaded old news by accident.
I needed to read more to see that the system was going to be releaed in Europe.
...just when I was about to buy a Nipponese version for the Bluetooth keyboad for my tablet...
@C-Olimar I've ridden that it works with a bluetooth thingy in the game card, at least it does in Japan, so I think it isn't going to work with that
I also think that this one isnt going to mean a lot of fun for me, because I can already type fast and that can become boring after a while
I hope this keyboard be compatible with the internet navigator.
I'm sure it'll be compatible with Wii U, I mean it has to be.
The Quick Brown Vulpix jumps over the Lazy Herdier
Great way to teach young children quick typing.
Hey look, kids, it also has a printer... and it prints Nintendo MONEY!!
OMG I really wanted this when I read about it, but never expected it to get localized. Please for NA too! I love typing games, and this looks super fun!
@Geonjaha The Japanese version comes with a stand, so I'd assume the localized version will as well!
Probably won't get it, though I could use the typing lessons.
@mario-gek I thought that, but I still hope the Animal Crossing card has bluetooth in it as well - maybe they could offer an Animal Crossing bundle next year as well?
A big keyboard...and the DS!
I could have said something clever, but words fail me!!
I just don't get the point of that
Hey, I read the mandatory "Typing of the Dead" mention in the comments, so it will be up to me to make the one for "Mario Teaches Typing", which would mark the first time Pikachu makes something good and useful for kids everywhere. Parents' wallets could even justify just one more Pokémon game for their kids.
As others have mentioned, it would be great if this is compatible with the web browser on both DS and 3DS. You can already plug an USB keyboard to your Wii anyway.
Funny. I always envisioned Nintendo making a keyboard add-on. Now it looks like a tiny computer.
And, yeah, @PrettyMuchEveryoneWhoCommentedAbove, this had better have someusefulness to it; otherwise it's just another CPP in that it works with very few games.
i hope that you can use the keyboard in other games/apps as well. all we need is a mouse next :3
i'm actually pretty curious to see how much this'll be, lol
Finally
I kinda hope it works with Wii too. There are so many times I wish I had a keyboard while playing Animal Crossing City Folk!!
I personally think Typing of the Dead on Dreamcast is one of the best typing games ever.
This is the only reason I would buy an 3DS XL; if I owned this game.
I might just have to keep a lookout for this lol
@ThreadShadow Yep, I want that for my linux and text adventures on my old ds lite ^^
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