DS Diva

With all My Coach “games” on sale for $19.99 at Best Buy through this Saturday, Jan. 10, I thought it would be a good time for a roundup of all the titles in the popular My Coach series put out by gamemaker UBI Soft.

Four of the games focus on learning a language. There’s My French Coach, My Spanish Coach, My Japanese Coach and My Chinese Coach. All of the interactive language games are rated quite well by Amazon.com buyers, although some have pointed out errors in the lessons. The software allows users to compare their pronunciation with that of native speakers, and in the case of the Japanese and Chinese versions, you can practice writing characters using the stylus. Mini-games reinforce the lessons. Each cartridge comes with a built-in dictionary and phrase book.

Then there’s My Word Coach, a vocabulary-boosting game that rewards players as they learn about more than 17,000 words through drills and fun mini games. (You can actually get a better deal on My Word Coach right now. Amazon has it on sale for $15.99.)

My Fun Facts Coach is another offering, with 1,000 questions in five categories. The questions are asked in quiz format.

If fitness is your goal, there’s My Weight Loss Coach, which comes with a pedometer that interfaces with the game software. Track your exercise and eating habits (in a general way; not by calories) and get “coached” based on the personal profile you input. A reward system is also built in, along with mini games and trivia about health.

For smokers hoping to quit, there’s My Stop Smoking Coach, which is based on the Allen Carr method. There’s coaching, mini games and a reward system, but reviews have been mixed. Apparently, if you like Allen Carr you’ll like this “game.”

Studying for the SAT is made easier with My SAT Coach. Developed in collaboration with The Princeton Review, players build knowledge and skills to prepare for the test. There are mini-game drills and progress is tracked automatically.
Most of the games are regularly priced at $29.99, except for My Word Coach, which is regularly $19.99, and My Weight Loss Coach, which is regularly $39.99.

Tags: My Coach, Nintendo DS, Ubisoft

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