The Nintendo DS platform is host to some of the most creative and left-field games since the heady days of bedroom Spectrum programming in the 1980s. The added benefit of multimedia technology, like sound controls and video inputs, means that the gamut of games that the Japanese software giant can release exceeds the expectations of even the most visionary home-coders.
Take, for example, the latest announcement from Nintendo HQ: Face Training, Brain Training-like software for your visage. As Alice at Wonderland says,
In a world where people seem to think it's okay to get cut and pulled and 'sculpted' into the shape they want (it's so weird!), here's a less bloody, visceral and dangerous alternative: facial exercising. Makes sense.
Wired explains more fully:
Otona No DS Kao Training, or Face Training, includes a camera that plugs into the Game Boy Advance slot on the Nintendo DS and videos your face as you play the game. The idea is what the Japanese call "facening," or facial exercises. By doing certain facial exercises, you can make your skin more elastic and have a prettier face, or so goes the theory.
No release date yet for Europe of North America. Don't hold your breath waiting for one either. Unless, of course, it's part of the game.
