More Like Edu-lame-ment: Talkman, Now For Kids!
Sony's language software Talkman may not be selling on par with Nintendo's English Training for the DS, now in the bazillions sold, but it does okay for itself. Now, in an effort to get 'em while they're young, SCEI is releaseing Talkman Shiki: Shabe Lingual Eikaiwa for Kids for the PlayStation Portable, giving children a chance to hone their conversational English and expand their vocabulary with a series of exercises and voice controlled mini-games. It's what we call in the States "edutainment" and it usually sucks.
Details are scarce, but series regular Max is joined by a handful of childlike doppelgangers and a motherly-looking pink avian pal who will no doubt guide Japanese children through the dangerous waters of English sentence structure. Despite the lingual horror, Talkman for Kids gets a safe A rating from CERO. Cruel really.
Talkman Shiki: Shabe Lingual Eikaiwa for Kids [PlayStation.jp]