NANPISA: A Video Journey
NANPISA is an interactive journey into real-world issues and educational subject matter. When players select a category, they are presented with a series of video clips that relate to that subject matter and after the clip, players answer a question based on that information. NANPISA is compatible with iOS devices running iOS 6.0 or later.
In NANPISA, there are two free journeys and over 20 more available as in-app purchases. After players select a journey, the screen is filled with photos in a grid. Each photo represents a category like geography or history. When selected, a series of video clips will play and players will occasionally answer questions based on the topics in the videoclips. For example, one video clip shows a winding stretch of road and then players are asked to identify where that road is located. After selecting an answer, the correct answer will be displayed and another video clip will be shown.
Most of the video clips in NANPISA are from news broadcasts and documentaries but the entire app is interspersed with clips from comedic skits. Some of these clips give a light-hearted view on the more dark subject matter that occasionally pops up. However, this also causes NANPISA to feel a but weird at times.
One of the problems that appears in NANPISA are that the videos show in portrait mode and it is not very easy to rotate the screen for a landscape view. Another problem is that NANPISA requires a strong data connection in order to load the video clips and this can cause issues for players with less than stellar connection speeds.
NANPISA is free on the App Store is an interesting adventure that provides a nice interactive experience. It's worthy of a download, however, the data connection requirement can cause some problems for players.
