DS Point & Say Software Ineffective?

Maybe the DS Point & Say Software wasn’t meant to be used on homeless people, but this sure makes the software’s commercial look like one big lie.

A Japanese guy took his Nintendo DS to the streets of Thailand and tried the Point & Say function of his DS on an apparently clueless homeless man. As you read through the Japanese guy’s own site, the only exchange he managed to have with the man went something like this:

DS: “What is your name?”
Homeless Guy: (silence)
DS: “What is your name?”
Homeless Guy: (Silence)
DS: “What is your name?”
Homeless Guy: NO!

If you remember Nintendo’s own promotion of the product with actress Nanako Matsushima, she talked to Thai locals effortlessly using her DS Lite’s Point & Say. If the Japanese guy’s “field experiment” is to be believed, then that means the DS Point & Say Software is useless (or cannot be used on homeless people). Or maybe Nanako Matsushima’s conversations with people in Thailand were staged.

Maybe the DS Point & Say Software wasn’t meant to be used on homeless people, but this sure makes the software’s commercial look like one big lie.

A Japanese guy took his Nintendo DS to the streets of Thailand and tried the Point & Say function of his DS on an apparently clueless homeless man. As you read through the Japanese guy’s own site, the only exchange he managed to have with the man went something like this:

DS: “What is your name?”
Homeless Guy: (silence)
DS: “What is your name?”
Homeless Guy: (Silence)
DS: “What is your name?”
Homeless Guy: NO!

If you remember Nintendo’s own promotion of the product with actress Nanako Matsushima, she talked to Thai locals effortlessly using her DS Lite’s Point & Say. If the Japanese guy’s “field experiment” is to be believed, then that means the DS Point & Say Software is useless (or cannot be used on homeless people). Or maybe Nanako Matsushima’s conversations with people in Thailand were staged.