Taito details Ryoukiki no Susume

  • By Walt Wyman, GameSpot
  • Posted Oct 25, 2006 2:06 pm PT

The latest self-improvement game for the Nintendo DS promises to confer the gift of ambidexterity.

Today Japanese gaming site Game Watch released a few details about Ryoukiki no Susume, an edutainment game for the Nintendo DS by Taito. Reportedly, the game's objective is to "increase the number of usable hands" for the user.

In Ryoukiki, players are encouraged to use the hand they normally don't. That is, righties play with their left hands, and lefties play with their right. The idea is to activate the less-used hemisphere of the brain--in left-handers, the right hemisphere is said to dominate, and vice versa.

This is accomplished by running users through a series of touch-pen-based minigames using their wrong hand. The games range from easy tasks, like popping colored bubbles with the touch pen, to more difficult challenges, such as dragging a cursor around the screen to collect certain shapes while avoiding others. The game will use the wireless capabilities of the DS for head-to-head competitions and ad hoc play and to distribute a demo version of itself to other players.

The game is set for release this December.

7 Comments

  • cjcr_alexandru

    Posted Oct 27, 2006 6:04 am PT

    Interesting. But how does the game know if I am playing with my wrong hand?

  • GMAN32X

    Posted Oct 25, 2006 3:19 pm PT

    those who are ambidextrous may have an advantage...interesting.

  • blackthegame

    Posted Oct 25, 2006 3:15 pm PT

    weired names.

  • ivan_the_one

    Posted Oct 25, 2006 3:03 pm PT

    sounds interesting....

  • SergeStorms

    Posted Oct 25, 2006 2:32 pm PT

    I just clicked over because the headline is so bizarre. I assume they will change the title for the game once it goes outside of Japan.

  • oboewan9999

    Posted Oct 25, 2006 2:23 pm PT

    Brain Age killer? Maybe.

  • firebubbles

    Posted Oct 25, 2006 2:23 pm PT

    that's an interesting idea... might be amusing. maybe...

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