Fans of the quirky Dreamcast classic Typing of the Dead will be elated to hear that Sega has not abandoned its sense of humor (or its love of zombie education). Via the latest issue of Famitsu Weekly comes news that Sega is developing English of the Dead for the Nintendo DS.
As you might guess, English of the Dead is a language training game, along the lines of Ubisoft's My French Coach. Using a version of House of the Dead 2 ported to DS (!), the game challenges players to correctly translate words into English from Japanese in order to ward off attacking zombies. Other modes include zombies that speak English out loud, where players must translate what they're saying.
While this exact game probably won't find its way to the States, it would be amazing if Sega were to use the same premise and apply it to other languages (like French of the Dead, which we've conceptualized above). We'll keep our fingers crossed. In the meantime, check out the Famitsu scans after the break.
[Via DS Fanboy]
Reader Comments (20)
Posted: Feb 7th 2008 6:53PM iofthestorm said
stfu n00|3 theirs nuth1n r0ng wit mai 3ngl15h!11!111eleventyone
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Posted: Feb 7th 2008 10:03AM ThornedVenom said
Putain elle dechire trop l'image. XD
Anyways, who wants to create racial controversy with Ebonics of the Dead?
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Anyways, who wants to create racial controversy with Ebonics of the Dead?
Posted: Feb 7th 2008 11:20AM xGeneral DEATHxDEETH82 said
I was going to try and avoid the Engrish reference, until YOU jumped in...
+1 for you.
"You! Invaders! Get you the hot bullets of shotgun to die!"
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+1 for you.
"You! Invaders! Get you the hot bullets of shotgun to die!"
Posted: Feb 7th 2008 11:58AM (Unverified) said
Seriously, I could never type for jack.
I bought Typing of the Dead for my Dreamcast sitting in the closet, and now I can touch type with the best of them.
There is seriously no motivation for learning to type correctly like "If I don't hit that exclamation mark, I'm losing a limb!"
Hell they should make a Quantum Physics of the Dead.
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I bought Typing of the Dead for my Dreamcast sitting in the closet, and now I can touch type with the best of them.
There is seriously no motivation for learning to type correctly like "If I don't hit that exclamation mark, I'm losing a limb!"
Hell they should make a Quantum Physics of the Dead.
Posted: Feb 7th 2008 12:26PM waynski1457 said
That would be an instant buy for me if, like fanguad said, it was reversed.
I love totd to death (no pun intended) and still play it any time i feel my typing is slouching. hell, im going to play it right now!
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I love totd to death (no pun intended) and still play it any time i feel my typing is slouching. hell, im going to play it right now!
Posted: Feb 7th 2008 2:31PM (Unverified) said
Finishing TotD should be a requirement for anyone and everyone before they're allowed to chat online; God knows there are about a billion people who could use the lessons.
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Posted: Feb 7th 2008 3:39PM (Unverified) said
This looks totally awesome. I'm so getting this.
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Posted: Feb 8th 2008 10:12AM (Unverified) said
there are SO MANY educational DS titles here in Japan. Almost as many as games. About 20 different Kanji ones, 100s of different TOEIC and TOEFL english ones, some really cool travel guide ones, even ones about business manners!
I really wish they'd bring a few out in other countries.. specifically the ones for learning japanese and a guide to tokyo/japan would be very useful...
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I really wish they'd bring a few out in other countries.. specifically the ones for learning japanese and a guide to tokyo/japan would be very useful...
Posted: Feb 23rd 2008 12:12AM Jishdefish said
Yes, yes, I reeaaaallly would like a Japanese for the Dead. Sega, I hope you're listnin'.
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