Software:My Word Coach

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My Word Coach
MywordcoachDS.jpg
Developer(s)Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft Quebec
Publisher(s)Ubisoft
Designer(s)Peter Yang
SeriesMy Coach
Platform(s)Nintendo DS, Wii, iOS
Release
Genre(s)Self improvement, Education
Mode(s)Single-player, Multiplayer

My Word Coach is a video game from Ubisoft for the Nintendo DS, Wii and iOS. It involves English vocabulary, and is intended to develop the ability to express oneself clearly and with confidence, using a system called Expression Potential, or EP. It uses words and definitions from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary.[1][2] The data of three players may be saved on to one copy, and one can compete on the Nintendo DS and Wii platforms using Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.[citation needed]

Gameplay

There are six single-player training exercises, as well as four games for recreation, one for wireless services.[citation needed] The single-player training exercises are: Missing Letter, Split Decision, Word Shuffle, Pasta Letters, Block Letters, and Safecracker.[3] These four recreation games are: Competition, Cube Panic, Speed Letters, and Multi-Card Play. In addition, there are three difficulties: Easy, Medium, and Hard. All games initially only have their Easy difficulty available, with harder difficulties unlocked over time.[citation needed]

A man stands beside a projector showing two words, one misspelled, and four different letters to select
Showing of an early build of My Word Coach at a Ubisoft press conference

The Wii version of the game also includes a feature that allows the player to wirelessly connect to a Nintendo DS, allowing the player use its touchscreen as input.[3][4]

Reception

The game received "mixed or average" reception from review aggregator Metacritic.[5] Critics praised the game for its educational value, but critiqued its lack of content and variety, requiring long play sessions in order to progress, and inconsistent handwriting recognition.[2][4][6]

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic68/100[lower-alpha 1][5]
Review scores
PublicationScore
GamesRadar+3.5/5[6]
GameZone65/100[3]
IGN6.8/10[4]
Nintendo World Report6.5/10[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Based on eight critic reviews, one positive and seven mixed

References

  1. ↑ "Spice up vocabulary with 'My Word Coach'" (in en). ABC News. January 19, 2008. https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=4160439. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Metts, Jonathan (December 22, 2007). "My Word Coach Review - Review" (in en). https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/15030/my-word-coach-nintendo-ds. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Folkers, Brandon. "My Word Coach Review". http://wii.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r32614.htm. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Casamassina, Matt (15 December 2007). "My Word Coach Review" (in en). https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/12/15/my-word-coach-review. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "My Word Coach" (in en). https://www.metacritic.com/game/my-word-coach/. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Kitts, Martin (13 December 2007). "My Word Coach review" (in en). https://www.gamesradar.com/my-word-coach-review/. 

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