Graphics: API OpenGL ES 1.1-A reduced instruction set version of OpenGL for embedded systems.One YUV video layer (no hardware acceleration).One 24-bit 2D layer (no hardware acceleration).
Another premium title, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, is due out shortly. At launch, 9 games are available for the system, including SEGA's Sonic the Hedgehog, Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants: Fists of Foam, and Indiana Jones. I saw an early build of the game that ships with Didj and the graphics are indeed-excuse the pun-a nice leap forward for LeapFrog. Spelling a stumbling block? Kids can create a custom spelling list from the 10,000-word database and practice for next week's test."
Multiplication hard to master? Kids can choose to be quizzed on the 6s, 7s and 8s tables. Most important, parents and kids can then customize content, connecting gameplay with schoolwork. Then they design the game, choosing background scenery, color schemes or music. The application lets children customize game content (the device connects via USB to both PCs and Macs).Īccording to LeapFrog's news release, "Players first select and personalize an avatar. While the Didj doesn't have a Wi-Fi connection like the DS, there's a whole online angle that LeapFrog's working with its LeapFrog Connect Application. Those educational elements are starting to show up in a handful of DS games, but LeapFrog's giving the whole educational-gaming slant a harder spin to appeal to parents who would prefer to have their grade-schoolers graduate to something other than the DS. The idea behind the Didj is to up the gaming and graphics ante while continuing to integrate the learning stuff that the company's known for. Meanwhile, the Leapster 2 is targeted at even younger children. LeapFrog doesn't exactly bill the Didj as a Nintendo DS competitor, but the new device is geared toward 6- to 10-year-olds, an age bracket where the DS currently rules. A few months ago we got a preview of Leapfrog's new handheld learning/gaming systems, the Didj ($89.99) and Leapster 2 ($69.99)-and now they're officially available.
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