Lacking confidence in your writing skills? Worried that your kanji look like chicken scratch? Aggravated that you know how to write a character, but can't write it well?Then look to DS美文字トレーニング on the Nintendo DS for all your artistic needs. In comparison to the majority of kanji software out there on the market that test your writing skills for tests like Kanken, DS美文字トレーニング allows you to dot your is and cross your ts by learning the ins and outs of how to write kanji like a pro. For somebody like myself who was just considering some formal lessons that would round out to about 30,000 yen (about $300), this software package is a timely--and economic--alternative.
As you practice writing characters, you'll be shown the proper angle to draw strokes, how to line up radicals, and how to preserve a sense of balance. With over 3000 characters (including hiragana) packed in to practice, it looks like you'll be able to make good use of this software for quite a while.
DS美文字トレーニング also comes with some extra features like a dictionary showing the origin of kanji and how they've changed over time. You also get a cool brushlike stylus. Everybody's a winner.
DS美文字トレーニング hits shelves on March 13, 2008.
