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First screens of DS' My Life Coach

We're drawing the line if it suggests coffee enemas

First screens of DS' My Life Coach
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The DS started off its existence as a quirky little gaming machine, but Nintendo's dual screen device is now being crowned as some sort of virtual miracle worker. As well as keeping little fingers out of trouble, it stops old folks going senile, reduces stress levels in pre-operation patients, teaches people foreign languages, and now publisher Ubisoft is going to use it to make us better people, too.

At least that seems to be the thinking behind the company's My Coach series of games, which were announced earlier this week.

The most intriguing title is My Life Coach, the first screens of which have just been released.

Despite its cute, hand-drawn style, these demonstrate the iron grip with which the 'game' will attempt to replace your bad habits with healthy activities such as walking the dog, or having a proper breakfast before you go to work (we're assuming a full English at the local greasy spoon doesn't count).

Other suggestions include encouragements to replace your burger-eating habits with plenty of fruit.

That's all well and good, of course. What we're less sure about are the slightly over-the-top incantations where the little in-game stick figures says he likes us, while below is the statement – 'This game is all about YOU, about helping YOU to be the happiest and the best YOU there can be'.

Grammatical errors aside, it's perhaps the sort of thing that's best kept for hour-long sessions in the soft-furnished environs of your friendly therapist.

We just hope Ubisoft's got plenty of insurance cover when the inevitable 'My Life Coach failed me' lawsuits arrive, following the game's winter release.

Jon Jordan
Jon Jordan
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