To help Japanese tourists get around, Nintendo's Tabi no Yubisashi software allows for point 'n tap translation services for communicating with German locals, shopkeeps, and the man on the street. Greetings such as Guten Tag (Good afternoon) and Guten Morgen allerseits (Good morning everyone) are useful when faced with hotel staff or a gang of soccer fans.

With the software, travelers will be able to point and tap to order food, purchase goods, inquire about the whereabouts of the lavatory, rent a car, and other basic questions when roaming the wilds of a foreign land.

Simple Interface
Upon starting the software up, users may set the brightness of the screen as well as the presentation mode. Once in the actual software, the top screen of the NDS shows an animal from the host country on the left side of the screen while a bald-headed representation of the Japanese visitor appears on the right. On the touch screen, 10 boxes representing different situations are arranged neatly along with a "suitcase menu" icon that is located on the lower right corner of the screen. Each situation box contains the Japanese text as well as the target language below it to indicate what it's used for. When tapped, each box reveals a page or six of translated queries that may be activated and then shown on the top screen. If you're interacting with someone face to face, press the L-TRIGGER to flip the top NDS screen so that the orientation is right-side-up for him/her.

Express Yourself
Along with automatic Japanese to German text translation, the software can also vocalize your question in a clear female voice. To activate a vocalized saying, tap on the box for it and then tap the "suitcase menu" icon on the lower-right corner which brings you to a screen with seven icon-based actions. Tap on the icon on the upper right corner which contains a megaphone image and the NDS will intonate the question or comment. NCS would have preferred a speak option directly on the language snippet selection screen since there's a little wedge of space that's blank. As it is, Nintendo added an extra two steps to access the ability to speak the desired phrase or question.

The top NDS screen depicts the conversation as icons are tapped along with the two characters in various states of action. When the toilet icon is tapped, the bald-headed figure may be seen in an exaggerated state to depict the local emergency about to occur.

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