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| From: UBI Soft
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $9.10
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Avg. Customer Rating:  83 reviews
Sales Rank: 413
Platform: Nintendo Ds
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo DS
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 16342
UPC: 008888163428
EAN: 0008888163428
ASIN: B000ME25P2
Release Date: November 6, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 a helpful additive to reading comprehension April 14, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I honestly can say that I normally do not allow my children to play on their Nintendo DS's during the school week but I have made an exception for this.......it helps my sons develop a greater vocabulary so that reading can be done with more ease. The fact that it is in a game format inspires the kids to play on it......whatever helps them in reading and at school is a good thing where I am concerned.
 It's ok for entertainment, not a study tool April 7, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
letters in the soup, tetris kind of a game does not make you learn anything. You learn techniques to score rather then expand your vocabulary. You will see what I'm saying if you played it. It's just how fast can you copy letters.
The daily sessions are too long. You should decide how long you want to play not the meter.
Some words/definations does not sound right. deathless? isn't immortal more appropriate? I never use that word before.
The defination for 'termination' was to end a pregnency. I think termination has more defination then just ending a pregnency and certainly not apporiate for an E game. And there's others but I'm just writing what's on my head.
Lastly, handwriting reconition is not too good compaired to brain age. specially have problem with E which it thinks it's a G and G might be a C.
I was going to get the spanish version too but after the experience, I don't think I'll learn a thing with these games.
Just my thoughts
Thank You
 Could be so much better March 28, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
It has potential, but falls way short. It needs pronunciations with the words - much like My Spanish Coach. It should also include part of speech in the definition, and at some point, should give you an example of the word being used. They need more games - some are just too tedious to do very often. It focuses more on spelling than on learning definitions. Nonetheless, both my husband and I have persisted through the game for two months and have both reached a point where our expression potential has not updated for three weeks of daily play regardless of the fact that we have reached our word quota almost every day. I hope UBI Soft will put some more time into this game and make the improvements necessary to make it both useful and fun.
Words and more words March 21, 2008
5 out of 10 found this review helpful
This game is fun -- it teaches you grammar and new words. We like the "block" game in which there's a list of letters; you spell themm out with blocks, but if the blocks reach the top, the game's over. We also like the daily challenge. It's easy to use if you're 10 or older.
You WILL increase your vocabulary...if you stick with it. March 21, 2008
Word Coach will appeal to fans of games such as Brain Age. Those not interested in edutainment need not apply. That said, Word Coach provides a reasonably friendly environment in which to expand one's vocabulary. Mini-games are unlocked over time- each providing a different way to familiarize oneself with the words on offer. Over time, your vocabulary "level" is tracked and increased within the game.
The two problems/issues I found are these:
1) the game will probably start you out at a far easier level than you want. It tests you at the beginning of the game to assess your vocabulary level, but I felt that the words I was playing games with were far less complex than the ones I had identified in the initial test.
2) You need to be dedicated and play often. In fact, the game will even chide you for not playing for a week or two. I ended up not playing the game after a while, but I'm pretty sure that there are people out there that would eat this up, as I'm admittedly not the type that loves the Brain Age games either.
Aspiring wordsmiths will find much to enjoy, regardless of the game's faults.
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