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Train training game not really about trains
This week's awesomely bad DS trailer features Chishiki-Ou Series: Train Master, the game you may remember us referring to oh-so-cleverly as "train training." Alas, we shouldn't be surprised that this Japanese game has seemingly turned into nothing more than a dating sim, and yet, we are. We're also disappointed. Now, at cocktail parties, we can no longer flaunt our DS knowledge with crowd-pleasing statements like, "There are training games galore. Why, there's even a train training game!" We suppose we can always say, "There are so many dating sim games around, even one based on trains!" Of course, we actually want to keep our friends and not scare them away, so that doesn't work out nearly as well.
It had to happen: Train Training
It seems like the most obvious joke ever now: a training game about trains. Especially in Japan, the land of both trains and training games. And now it's real! We made up the pithy name, though. The real one is not nearly as catchy: Chishiki-Ou Series Train Master.Train Master features daily quizzes, each day of the week focused on a different category, including routes, trains, train cars, and history. On Friday, you get to choose the topic, and on Saturday, you are tested from within all the topics. This is actually starting to sound like work. The developers seem to recognize the work-like aspect, as well. On some Sundays you get to take a day off from quizzing-- to go on a virtual date with one of the mascot characters at an interesting railroad- or train-related location.
