Ubisofts goes casual, Petz coming to Wii

Ubisoft has recently announced a batch of casual games – and not just any casual games, but “games with real-life benefits” they will roll out for the DS and Wii later this year.

The lineup is called “My Coach” and like its name suggests, it will coach (or try to coach) you through various scenarios of life. It’s just like Brain Training. Except, in the case of My Life Coach (DS, Holiday 2007), it’s essentially one of those self-help personal well-being books. Developed with the help of a behaviorist, My Life Coach aims to help those concerned about their well being the willpower they need to change their habits the way they want in a motivating and fun way.

My Word Coach, on the other hand, is the walking dictionary. Okay, without the walking part. Word Coach works like a linguist (and was developed with their help), training both your verbal communication and vocabulary skills. Useful if you’re in your school’s spelling bee or oratory competitions this year, especially. Although it better be late in the year, because the game is coming Fall 2007, for both the Wii and DS.

In addition, Ubisoft has announced that the Petz will come to the Wii. No other details were given in the press release about this.

Ubisoft has recently announced a batch of casual games – and not just any casual games, but “games with real-life benefits” they will roll out for the DS and Wii later this year.

The lineup is called “My Coach” and like its name suggests, it will coach (or try to coach) you through various scenarios of life. It’s just like Brain Training. Except, in the case of My Life Coach (DS, Holiday 2007), it’s essentially one of those self-help personal well-being books. Developed with the help of a behaviorist, My Life Coach aims to help those concerned about their well being the willpower they need to change their habits the way they want in a motivating and fun way.

My Word Coach, on the other hand, is the walking dictionary. Okay, without the walking part. Word Coach works like a linguist (and was developed with their help), training both your verbal communication and vocabulary skills. Useful if you’re in your school’s spelling bee or oratory competitions this year, especially. Although it better be late in the year, because the game is coming Fall 2007, for both the Wii and DS.

In addition, Ubisoft has announced that the Petz will come to the Wii. No other details were given in the press release about this.