Art Academy: Lessons for Everyone!
{{Short description|2012 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
|title = Art Academy: Lessons for Everyone!
|image = Art Academy - Lessons for Everyone cover.jpg
|caption = North American box art
|developer = Headstrong Games
|publisher = Nintendo
|producer = Kensuke Tanabe
Keisuke Terasaki
|director = Tancred Dyke-Wells
|composer = Masaru Tajima
James Hannigan
|series = Art Academy
|released = {{vgrelease|EU|July 28, 2012|AUS|August 23, 2012|JP|September 13, 2012|NA|October 1, 2012}}
|genre = Art training game (edutainment video game)
|modes = Single-player
|platforms = Nintendo 3DS
}}
Art Academy: Lessons for Everyone!, entitled New Art Academy in Europe and Australia and {{nihongo foot|New Artistic Taste Classroom|新 絵心教室|Shin egokoro kyōshitsu|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} in Japan, is a 2012 video game for the Nintendo 3DS. It is a sequel to Art Academy for the Nintendo DS. This game is the first in the series to include DLC.
Gameplay
Guided by the bearded artist Vince, the player completes tutorials in basic artistic composition. The skills are intended to be transferable to art practice outside the game. Vince instructs in portraiture, landscapes, still life, and architecture. The basic lessons include how to block with color and add detail, how to add light and shade to line drawings, and how to mix paint and create atmosphere. Advanced lessons include expansions on these ideas with shorter exposition from Vince.
Additions to its predecessor include pencil crayons and pastels. The game has a new user interface, a higher resolution, and lets players mix media more easily. The game also allows users to create their own lessons to share with friends.
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| MC = 81/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/art-academy-lessons-for-everyone/critic-reviews/?platform=3ds |title=Art Academy: Lessons for Everyone for 3DS Reviews |publisher=Metacritic |accessdate=March 11, 2014 |archive-date=December 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121221023722/http://www.metacritic.com/game/3ds/art-academy-lessons-for-everyone/critic-reviews |url-status=live}}
| PG = 4/5{{cite web|last=Worthington|first=Tom|date=8 August 2012|url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/articles/043831/new-art-academy/|title=New Art Academy|website=Pocket Gamer|access-date=15 June 2021|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624195825/https://www.pocketgamer.com/articles/043831/new-art-academy/|url-status=live}}
| NLife = 8/10{{cite web|last=Whitehead|first=Thomas|date=27 July 2012|url=https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/3ds/new_art_academy|title=Art Academy: Lessons for Everyone! Review (3DS)|website=Nintendo Life|access-date=15 June 2021|archive-date=13 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613023114/https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/3ds/new_art_academy|url-status=live}}
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The critical reception has been favorable upon the release, scoring 81/100 on the aggregator site Metacritic, based on reviews of 14 critics.
IGN{{'s}} Chris Schilling found Art Academy to be better and more complete than its predecessor but still capable of more. He wrote that Colors 3D offered more while costing less—he lamented the absence of a 3D painting feature, in particular. Art Academy, Schilling felt, could serve as an educational preparation for games like Colors. He praised the usefulness of the game's classes and their flourishes of art history, and found that the larger Nintendo 3DS XL screen let the player add more detail.
Sequels
A sequel, Art Academy: Sketchpad, was released in 2013 as Wii U eShop app.{{cite web|last=Tach|first=Dave|url=http://www.polygon.com/2013/6/11/4418742/|title=Art Academy headed to Wii U this summer|website=Polygon |date=11 June 2013 |accessdate=June 11, 2013}} Another sequel for Wii U, Art Academy: Home Studio, was released in 2015.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/wiiu/art_academy_atelier|title=Review: Art Academy: Atelier (Wii U)|date=2015-06-07|website=Nintendo Life|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-12-11}}
Notes
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References
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{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/07/25/new-art-academy-review |accessdate=July 30, 2015 |title=New Art Academy Review |last=Schilling |first=Chris |date=July 25, 2012 |work=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709180746/http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/07/25/new-art-academy-review |archivedate=July 9, 2015 |url-status=live }}
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/Nintendo-3DS-games/New-Art-Academy-274501.html|Official UK website}}
- {{Official website|http://web.archive.org/web/20121016112451/http://artacademy.nintendo.com/|Official U.S. website}} (archived)
- {{Official website|https://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/aacj/index.html|Official Japanese website}}
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Category:Nintendo 3DS eShop games
Category:Nintendo 3DS-only games
Category:Nintendo Network games
Category:Video games developed in the United Kingdom
Category:Video games scored by James Hannigan