Title English Training: Have Fun Improving Your Skills Release Date Jan. 26, 2006 Price 3,800 yen (tax included) Platform Nintendo DS/Nintendo DS Lite Distributor Nintendo Co., Ltd. Publisher Nintendo Co., Ltd. Developer Nintendo Co., Ltd. URL http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/angj/index.html?link=txt Copyright ©2006 Nintendo　©2006 Plato

English Training DS has helped to expand the perception of "edutainment" using a game player at home. English Training DS has been awarded for its contribution for educating and entertaining not only for junior high school and high school students, but also adults. There are many positive comments from users: "English feels familiar." "I had fun studying English."

This software for the Nintendo DS is a fun and easy way to drill yourself in English.

By listening and writing with a touch pen, you can learn basic English naturally. Even those who have no confidence can start with easy phrases such as "Thank you" and "OK." After running through the drills, you can monitor your improvement by skills tests. You can see your progress by looking at the graph that shows the test results. In addition to the regular "training mode," mini games of dictation and crossword puzzles are available under the title of My Drill.

Just five minutes of drills a day makes it easy for people who are busy to learn English every day.

Thank you for granting the Special Award to our "English Training: Have Fun Improving Your Skills." The development team and others involved in creating this software are genuinely surprised at this recognition, because "English Training" doesn't fall squarely into the videogame category.

During its development, we all thought about how we could make it fun and easy to learn English. We now realize that the many people who have played this game enjoyed it, just as we had hoped. We feel strongly that it's our mission to continue creating fun, beneficial games.

Thank you very much.