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uDraw Lands on Nintendo's Wii in US

19.11.2010

The living room turns into an art studio with the release of the uDraw GameTablet by THQ. The uDraw GameTablet is a first-of-its-kind, innovative gaming accessory developed by THQ exclusively for Wii and is now available at retailers across North America. With the uDraw GameTablet, the television becomes a virtual canvas for everyone from doodlers to accomplished artists, letting them create original artwork, enjoy drawing-based games, such as Pictionary, and even save their artistic creations on an SD memory card to print and share via e-mail with family and friends.

Debuting at retailers in time for the holidays, the uDraw GameTablet retails at US$69.99 and comes bundled with a feature-rich drawing, colouring and art-based video game, uDraw Studio. In addition, THQ is releasing two video games designed especially for use with the uDraw GameTablet. In the entirely new Dood's Big Adventure, gamers of all ages enjoy an exciting drawing-inspired side-scrolling adventure; and the uDraw GameTablet puts a new spin on the classic game of quick sketches and crazy guesses, Pictionary, which comes to video game consoles for the first time in more than two decades.

Already, Pictionary for the uDraw GameTablet has been hailed by Parenting, Family Circle and Good Housekeeping as one of the best Wii games for kids and families. Both Dood's Big Adventure and Pictionary retail at US$29.99 each.

We're delighted to work closely with Nintendo on the uDraw GameTablet, which gives Wii owners a fantastic creative outlet this holiday season. uDraw makes a perfect, affordable holiday gift that encourages artistic expression alongside great gaming experiences that are fun for the whole family.
- THQ Chief Executive Officer Brian Farrell.

The uDraw GameTablet is an amazing addition to the Wii and opens up its creative possibilities. THQ has shown enormous innovation with uDraw, which is not only a perfect holiday gift, but we think will become a 'must-have' for Wii owners for a very long time.
- Reggie Fils-Aime, President and Chief Operating Officer of Nintendo of America.

The uDraw GameTablet is expected to launch in Europe and other international territories beginning early next year. Additional uDraw video game titles are planned to release in 2011 and beyond.

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Daniel N. (guest) 21.11.2010#1

First-of-it's-kind? I think Mario Paint for the SNES might have been first by a long shot.

crackedthesky 22.11.2010#2

Except Mario Paint used a computer mousepad, not a fully-functioning tablet device.

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Darkflame 22.11.2010#3

They could have just gone a little better if they made it PC compatible though.
Kinda "my first Wacom" style thing Smilie

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crackedthesky 23.11.2010#4

Darkflame said:
They could have just gone a little better if they made it PC compatible though.
Kinda "my first Wacom" style thing

That probably would've driven the cost up. Tablet PCs are a lot more expensive.

I played with this (my friend has it) and it's pretty responsive. It isn't quite the same as an actual PC tablet (my sister has one) but it isn't bottom-rung in comparison, that's for sure.

In any case, it comes with an art studio, and you can save the images to your Wii or SD card and transfer them to a computer, so PC compatibility probably wouldn't have brought a whole lot to the mix, other than letting you use it with Photoshop or other high-end art programs.

I actually am not sure if it could even work with a PC. The way it appears to work is that the tablet is mapped directly to the Wii screen... it actually took me a bit to get used to it. But basically, wherever you put the stylus on the tablet's field, that's where it is on the screen, regardless of what game you're playing, if that makes sense. This appears to not be adjustable at all, which basically means higher consistency but lower flexibility.

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welshwuff 23.11.2010#5

really hope pictionary is online or else whats the poing, just use pen and paper :B

But! they should calibrate this to work with Max and the magic marker.

crackedthesky 24.11.2010#6

welshwuff said:
really hope pictionary is online or else whats the poing, just use pen and paper :B
But! they should calibrate this to work with Max and the magic marker.

Pictionary isn't online-enabled (at least I didn't notice it being so.) It's far from pointless, though. There's a mode called "Pictionary Mania," where instead of the regular square board, it's a huge spiral, and different-colored spaces have certain catches... for example, you might have to draw with your "off" hand (if you're left, you use right, and vice versa) or you might have to draw while the paper on the screen spins around. One of them has your ink running out as you draw, certain ones only let you draw with shapes or straight lines, and on one, you have to draw the picture without lifting the stylus from the tablet at all. It's a lot of fun, really. Online would've been great, though.

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