Update: August 30, 2006
«©NCSX» A bushy-tailed chipmunk serves as the emcee for Ertain's digital coloring book where players stare at a colorful image and try to copy and recreate its colors on a monochrome clone of the target picture. For example, the first exercise features an image of an apple and leaves on a branch. By using four types of pens, a color palette, an eraser, and a 2X magnifier, an amateur colorist must copy the subtle colors and nuances from the source image to the image copy. NCS staffers spent 30-minutes on the apple image and we learned that our coloring skills are severely lacking based on the crude final product. Along with the intricate coloring challenges, a number of mini-games may also be enjoyed to add a little variety to the coloring action.Jan Code: 4939814200077 View the back cover and screenshots on the main NCSX website.
NCS Game Notes
» Before starting any exercise, players have the option of using colored pencils, watercolors, or oil-based paint.» One mini-game has the player drawing a line through a convoluted route to test accuracy while another features whack-a-squirrel action. Yet another mini-game shows a scrambled image which must be shuffled around to unscramble it. » A color mixer is available in the water color and oil modes where two or more colors are combined to create a new hue. » In the colored pencil mode, a sort of "spray" tool is available by simply blowing into the NDS microphone to move paint over an area. For example, if you color a line of red across and area and blow on the microphone, the entire line will flutter upwards. This tool is useful for adding colored specks to a piece. To activate the tool, tap the feather icon on the right sidebar. » Four types of colored pencils are available - fine point, medium point, horizontal, and vertical. If you dab a line of color horizontally with the vertical pencil activated, the result will be a thick vertical line that's made up of specks of color due to the vertical influence of the pencil. » Since the degree of work and concentration required to copy the colors of an image is so high, NCS recommends working in the X2 magnification mode for a detailed look at all of the fine lines and subtle color tones in the image. This document is ©NCSX 2006. All rights reserved. No reproduction in whole or in part of this document may be made without express written consent of National Console Support, Inc.
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