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>

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