New Sega title hurts our brains
by Justin McElroy 
{ Aug 9th 2007 at 5:55PM }
Want proof that the new Sega brain training game really works? Here's the title: ???? ??????????????????????????????? ?????. According to insert credit, that roughly translates to Kyouto University's Professor Atsuji Tetsuji Foundation's Japanese Kanji Ability Official Certification (In Collaboration With) The Kanji Association Trainer Portable.See what we mean? Just by reading the game's title, your reading comprehension has increased exponentially! What's that? Your head is hurting? No, little friend. That's how you can tell it's working.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
The1 @ Aug 9th 2007 6:55PM
.... and what platform?????
REUYL @ Aug 9th 2007 7:55PM
The same one it was 54 minutes ago?
Dale Massey @ Aug 9th 2007 5:59PM
Sonic Adventure 3?
hvnlysoldr @ Aug 9th 2007 5:59PM
Sega somehow managed to one-up Brain Training in the name department. Though its real rival is Kanji Training... I wonder if their prof makes a good disembodied head.
The1 @ Aug 9th 2007 6:01PM
..... and what platform?
Word of the street. @ Aug 9th 2007 6:35PM
I believe PSP.Normally every game that ends with portable is for the PSP,I havent hear of a DS game that ends in portable.
BPM @ Aug 10th 2007 2:26AM
http://sega.jp/psp/kantore/
Word is right. Word.
machrc @ Aug 9th 2007 6:02PM
KUPATFJKAOC(ICW)TKATP
FTL
ssuk @ Aug 9th 2007 6:09PM
Oh... I was expecting this to be that kokorosukiyan game... Shame, the bear gituar solo is made of awesome and win.
BPM @ Aug 9th 2007 6:16PM
Kokoro Scan's bear is the best new video game character of 2007.
BPM @ Aug 9th 2007 6:15PM
Wow, that's a lot of kanji for one "game's" title
Truepatriot @ Aug 9th 2007 6:16PM
its got a certain ring to it,its catchy.
Schoon @ Aug 9th 2007 6:23PM
That's almost as good as Smashing Pumpkins Into Small Piles Or Putrid Debris. But alas, nothing ca beat SPISPOPD...
Word of the street. @ Aug 9th 2007 6:41PM
Kyouto University's Professor Atsuji Tetsuji Foundation's Japanese Kanji Ability Official Certification (In Collaboration With) The Kanji Association Trainer Portable or like machrc said KUPATFJKAOC(ICW)TKATP for short.
Only Sega could advertise a game with a name like that.If it was develop by Nintendo it would probably be named "Super Professor Atsuji Tetsuji Foundation's Kanji Association Trainer DS".
Mr Khan @ Aug 9th 2007 6:42PM
How about: T-rexatron Alien Wolf III: A prequel in Time: The unrelenting?
Word of the street. @ Aug 9th 2007 6:50PM
Not even close.
Rooster @ Aug 9th 2007 8:09PM
I got to practice my Katakana, I feel smarter!
Thomas @ Aug 9th 2007 9:16PM
Actually, the main title (in big characters) is just "Kanji Trainer Portable." The full title just announces that it's a "Collaboration Between Professor Tetsuji Atsuji of Kyoto University and the Foundation for Japanese Kanji Aptitude: Kanji Trainer Portable."
The Japanese government administers a standardized Kanji aptitude test called Kanji kentai, so this is presumably meant to prepare students for that. Unless you're really fluent in Japanese (I'm not), this probably won't be a very rewarding "brain training" game.
Word of the street. @ Aug 10th 2007 2:01AM
Kentai Rhymes with Hentai... :P
Grant @ Aug 10th 2007 8:59AM
at quick glance, does that logo look like a pikachu to anyone else?
Alienhead @ Aug 10th 2007 1:11PM
my mellon gonna splode
Thlayli @ Aug 10th 2007 2:24PM
Is it a coincidence that if you squint their logo looks like Pikachu's head?