Manner Guide Politely Curtsies To The DS
Emily Post would be proud.
Taito (publisher of Cooking Mama) has collaborated with professional manner lecturer, Hiroko Nishide, to help the Nintendo generation figure out difference between a salad, supper, and seafood fork by infiltrating their favorite gaming device: The Nintendo DS. My Happy Manners Book will help you to become the perfect lady through illustrated stories, quizzes, and a built-in encyclopedia. The program even features a customized manner curriculum based on your age and previous experience. And yes, Happy Manners will show you where the supper fork belongs in proximity to the Royal Doulton via a touch-screen demonstration.
My Happy Manners Book will be available in Japan on April 7th. A domestic release seems unlikely at this point; so if you're a little rough around the edges and have a débutante ball to attend in May, I would recommend importing this title.
Hopefully, this will start a new trend of domestic training software as my dream of a videogame starring Heloise is just that much more viable now. Now the question is: Is it polite to tap the touch screen in public?
Crazy Legs
Posted to Video Games on 6 February 2007
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I don't know if importing is such a good idea. There are some rather serious differences between Japanese and American manners.
I think the kind of person who would import this is such a Japanophile anyway that a game that taught him how to act properly Japanese would be the best thing ever.
My favorite hobby is Liza with a 'Z' too, we would get along famously!