My Word Coach
{{Short description|2007 video game}}
{{Refimprove|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = My Word Coach
| image = MywordcoachDS.jpg
| image_size = 256px
| developer = Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft Quebec
| publisher = Ubisoft
| released = {{collapsible list|title=November 6, 2007|Nintendo DS
{{vgrelease|NA|November 6, 2007|AUS|November 7, 2007}}{{vgrelease|EU|November 16, 2007}}Wii
{{vgrelease|NA|November 6, 2007|EU|November 16, 2007|AUS|November 22, 2007}}iOS
{{vgrelease|NA|November 12, 2008|EU|November 12, 2008|AUS|November 12, 2008}}}}
| designer = Peter Yang
| genre = Self improvement, Education
| modes = Single-player, Multiplayer
| platforms = Nintendo DS, Wii, iOS
| series = My Coach
}}
My Word Coach is a video game from Ubisoft for the Nintendo DS, Wii and iOS. It involves English vocabulary, and is intended to develop the ability to express oneself clearly and with confidence, using a system called Expression Potential, or EP. It uses words and definitions from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary.{{cite news |title=Spice up vocabulary with 'My Word Coach' |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=4160439 |access-date=7 November 2023 |work=ABC News |date=January 19, 2008 |language=en |archive-date=7 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107193957/https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=4160439 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Metts |first1=Jonathan |title=My Word Coach Review - Review |url=https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/15030/my-word-coach-nintendo-ds |website=Nintendo World Report |access-date=7 November 2023 |language=en |date=December 22, 2007}} The data of three players may be saved on to one copy, and one can compete on the Nintendo DS and Wii platforms using Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.{{Citation needed|date=July 2007}}
Gameplay
There are six single-player training exercises, as well as four games for recreation, one for wireless services.{{citation-needed|date=November 2023}} The single-player training exercises are: Missing Letter, Split Decision, Word Shuffle, Pasta Letters, Block Letters, and Safecracker. These four recreation games are: Competition, Cube Panic, Speed Letters, and Multi-Card Play. In addition, there are three difficulties: Easy, Medium, and Hard. All games initially only have their Easy difficulty available, with harder difficulties unlocked over time.{{citation-needed|date=November 2023}}
File:Ubisoft - My Word Coach (1284499707).jpg of My Word Coach at a Ubisoft press conference]]
The Wii version of the game also includes a feature that allows the player to wirelessly connect to a Nintendo DS, allowing the player use its touchscreen as input.{{cite web |last1=Folkers |first1=Brandon |title=My Word Coach Review |url=http://wii.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r32614.htm |website=GameZone |access-date=7 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071121175728/http://wii.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r32614.htm |archive-date=November 21, 2007 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |last1=Casamassina |first1=Matt |title=My Word Coach Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/12/15/my-word-coach-review |website=IGN |access-date=7 November 2023 |language=en |date=15 December 2007 |archive-date=7 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107222844/https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/12/15/my-word-coach-review |url-status=live }}
Reception
The game received "mixed or average" reception from review aggregator Metacritic.{{cite web |title=My Word Coach |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/my-word-coach/ |website=Metacritic |access-date=7 November 2023 |language=en |archive-date=17 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117121328/https://www.metacritic.com/game/my-word-coach/ |url-status=live }}
Critics praised the game for its educational value, but critiqued its lack of content and variety, requiring long play sessions in order to progress, and inconsistent handwriting recognition.{{cite web |last1=Kitts |first1=Martin |title=My Word Coach review |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/my-word-coach-review/ |website=GamesRadar |access-date=7 November 2023 |language=en |date=13 December 2007 |archive-date=7 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107222846/https://www.gamesradar.com/my-word-coach-review/ |url-status=live }}
{{Video game reviews
| MC = 68/100{{efn|Based on eight critic reviews, one positive and seven mixed}}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011023044/http://ubi.com/US/Games/Info.aspx?pId=5927 Ubisoft - My Word Coach]
- [https://www.mobygames.com/game/32005/my-word-coach/ My Word Coach on MobyGames]
- [https://www.gamespot.com/games/my-word-coach/ My Word Coach on GameSpot]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071213022917/http://mywordcoach.us.ubi.com/ My Word Coach - Official website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070524044536/http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=14021 Ubisoft Makes Serious, Casual Moves With My Coach]
{{My Coach series}}
Category:Games with Wii-DS connectivity
Category:Language learning video games
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games