Stephen Fry-voiced kids' show Pocoyo comes to DS
It's all about learning through music and laughter
With massmarket success comes a mass of massmarket titles. And so it is that alongside the glut of brain training, animal husbandry and self-help games currently available for DS, are channels' worth of children's TV show crossovers as well.
At least, they have their own coherent backstories – most recently we confessed to quite enjoying Pet Alien – so despite the fact we've not personally come across the delights of Spanish show Pocoyo, we're sure some of our younger readers are clapping their hands with glee on hearing the news it's coming to DS. After all, Pocoyo's got plenty of fans – the series has been licensed to over 100 countries worldwide.
The game, to be called Hello Pocoyo!, is the result of a deal between Spanish animation studio Zinkia and publisher Virgin Play, which also recently released the rather differently targeted Dead 'n' Furious on DS.
Other companies lending a helping hand include Granada International and UK animation studio Cosgrove Hall, which also work on the TV series. In the UK, it's voiced by the occasionally ebullient Stephen Fry, although it's not yet known whether he will be involved in this venture.
As for the game, it's expected to follow up on the opportunities provided by Pocoyo's to-date 104 seven-minute long musical adventures, which are designed to get their audience to learn through laughter, as the always-curious protagonist (together with friends Pato the yellow duck, Elly the pink elephant, Sleepy Bird and Loula the puppy) gets up to all kinds of mischief.
Hello Pocoyo! is due to be released in Spain in spring 2008, and subsequently throughout Europe.
