Economy Training DS game in development by Nintendo and Nikkei Inc

Economy Training DS screenshotNintendo has announced an Economy Training DS game (AKA Real Estate Broker DS) as the latest title in their “Touch Generations” series of casual titles aimed at learning, teaching, helping and stimulating the brain.

Like the other titles Nintendo has made, such as Brain Age 1, Brain Age 2, Flash Focus and others, the game will help players learn the basics of the economy, how the economy works, and help to familiarize players with keywords that are used in economic talk. This will be done, in part, through the use of a series of touch-screen based quizzes, much like My SAT Coach.

Economy Training DS (working title) is being created by Nintendo themselves in conjunction with Nikkei Inc., Japan’s stock market exchange.

I think that this is an outstanding idea, especially because most normal people don’t understand even the very basics of the economy. I know I don’t, and I mastered my Economics class in high school. And with the economic downturn being worldwide, I wonder how long it’ll take for Nintendo to release this title outside of Japan.

Via IGN