Genki Japan Blog はじめまして。

Okay, so today's topic is a bit different than I originally intended. I was going to do a post about how studying is supposed to be fun, not taxing, and then I realized that I have a ton of reviews to do for anime, games, movies, learning tools, etc. As such, today's review is for Anki , my favorite flash card program. Back in the day when I was first thinking of reviewing flashcard programs, it was going to be iKnow/Smart.fm vs. Anki , but since iKnow is no longer free, it therefore is no longer worth my time to use and Anki wins the day just for being free. Flashcards can make life much, much easier for anyone learning Japanese, regardless of what method you go about using. If you study via the academic method, vocab lists are king, and flashcards can be pain to buy or make and quiz yourself on. The input method usually has the most flashcard users, as they rely on repition rather than instruction to give them the bulk of their knowledge, and even output people use them often...

So that's the Wii U, Nintendo's latest "console" and I hesitate to use that word. Is there a console to do with the control? Yes, but, right now at least, it seems like it's just a souped-up Wii. If Wii went HD and decided to add another controler, then that would be Wii U. Now, here's what's odd about Wii U's controler. I'm not going to comment on how comfortable it is or is not, but rather what I think about this. Basically, my thoughts right now are, "Is this going to make gameplay better, or is it just something else I don't want to have to mess with?" Will it be like motion controls, which are insanely fun (don't get me wrong, I love Wii Sports as much as the next gamer), but are tacked on for other games? Despite Nintendo promising better third-party support, will this control actually allow for it? So you can use it as a handheld, yet you can't take it places because the game is actually coming from the console and not ...