Even kids will get bored

My daughter (11 years old) had been looking forward to the uDraw Game Tablet, as it - probably like many girls her age -. Like paints After 1. Try the enthusiasm was however quickly.
The tray made from sturdy plastic - on the design of the Wii console - can be kept well, but the paint pen has been very thick. For older children and adults, he is so used to and is reminiscent of the thick crayons from the kindergarten. Painting with light pressure on the surface is initially cumbersome. After trying out the various tools such as eraser, color picker, filling tools, you can finally get started and the first self-painted picture arises. You can even select which area you want to paint, for example, in the park or in the artist's studio. The currently selected situation appears as a background with the easel in the foreground, so that you can feel like a real painter.

Here, if only everything were not so tedious: Although there is a fantastic wide range of colors, but it requires a large number of clicks to bring the respective colors on the picture, or even just a few strokes wegzuradieren. Although you created with enthusiasm the first images that you store in the gallery, then can view with pride again and print it. But the real fun is not on and the one who likes to paint is, quickly grab back to paper and ink.

The coloring, especially my daughter who is interested in the beginning, offer a variety of different subjects, from landscapes to animals and sports scenes. The templates are shown but all quite simple and my daughter quickly lost interest. They prefer to print on the computer from their favorite characters (Hello Kitty, Diddl) or subjects that you just like. This is just as fast and the finished pictures can then be passed from hand to hand.

Conclusion: The idea and the technology of the uDraw Game Tablet are certainly implemented well. (Can be resized) for some nice pictures in various painting techniques and with funny elements such as the various stamps, it is well suited, but gets boring. To that extent nice games must forth that can exploit the numerous technical possibilities of the device. Perhaps an acquisition for the future, but at present quite expensive.