News, Nintendo aims to get consoles in schools. (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii)

[JD59]

LONDON – Could Nintendo's Mario be swapping his world of magic mushrooms and ravenous dinosaurs for the staid confines of the classroom?

The man behind the massively popular video game franchise thinks so, saying he's working hard to turn Nintendo Co.'s brand of handheld consoles into educational aids and teaching tools.

Nintendo aims to get consoles in schools - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100319/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_britain_nintendo - broken link)

[noid_1985]

The Japanese are trying to get back at us

[jazzy jeff 11]

that could be good and bad. Nintendo is a famous video game company. Nintendo started it all for "play at home" gaming. Then again. Its learning game.

[Kevroqs]

I think it's a bad thing because children would rather get addicted to play Mario all day rather getting involved in their education. If this takes affect, America's education would fall behind. But the bright side is when it's raining outside, at least these children might use the exercise video games (Wii Fit, Wii Sports Resort). The older children would rather have a PS3 or an Xbox 360 to play Modern Warfare 2 or Halo 3.