Louise Bremner wrote:
> Dave Fossett <reply@via.newsgroup> wrote:
>
> > Louise Bremner wrote:
> >
> > > Is there some secret to knowing when and where they will be available,
> > > or should I start looking through the more dubious-looking stores in
> > > Akiba?
> >
> > I traipsed all around Ikebukuro, Shinjuku and Akihabara back in March trying
> > to get one, with no luck. About a month later, my wife got one at our local
> > Ito Yokado by entering a lucky draw, so it could well be that smaller places
> > are a better bet than the big discount stores.
> > We got the "ice blue" one as it sounded rather cool, but it turned out to be
> > more of a powder blue colour, which looks pretty naff. I would pick the
> > white one if I got a second chance.
>
> The one I saw was pink. Even naffier.
>
> > Can't comment on the kanji game, I'm afraid...
>
> It looks pretty serious--handwriting recognition that's fairly lenient
> about stroke order apparently, J-E-J dictionaries, some drills (the
> owner of that unit wasn't so interested in such things, so hadn't
> investigated them).
>
> <http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/arjj/index.html>
>
I'll do some digging for my own selfish needs to see if this'll work on
a DS bought in the US; if not, if US games will work on a DS bought in
Japan. I've heard the Genius program is pretty nice.

John W.