Nintendo to replace Brain Training with Stock Market Training
Aims to 'make learning about the economy fun'
Is there no end to Nintendo's ability to predict what the mass population wants in a games console and games?
We ask because it sounds like the Big 'N' is about to introduce what could be another craze to DS, following the phenomenal success of its Brain Training games across the world.
Website Trading Markets reports the publisher has teamed up with Tokyo-based stock exchange Nikkei to produce a game that teaches users about the basics of the economy.
Of course, with the world currently on the brink of a recession and people leaking money all over the place thanks to falling share prices, a stupidly low Bank of England interest rate and countries going bankrupt and losing everyone's investments, there probably couldn't be a better time to launch such a game.
Listen in on any conversation about house prices in the UK, and you'd be mistaken for thinking everyone's an aspiring financial advisor – so there should definitely be an interested market out there for an economy-teaching game. We can imagine Martin 'money saving expert' Lewis doing the TV ads now.
The software will apparently be designed so users can learn the basics of the economy, how it works and keywords for understanding it. It will also use the touchscreen to play through a series of quizzes.
By making the learning process fun, Nintendo is hoping the game will attract young people who are interested in the economy. And we now know we desperately need individuals with brains running the financial institutions – the current batch suddenly don't seem so smart.
There's no news on when the game will be ready. In fact, it doesn't even have a title yet. But click 'Track It!' and you can follow its performance as it nears release.
