I think My Word Coach has some serious potential. The collection of mini-games for the DS and the Wii test your vocabulary and spelling by having you use the touch screen or Wii remote to select definitions or finish out the spelling.

The DS version was a blast, I played through a spelling section (and did, well, predictably not so good) and the definition section, faring quite OK. The touch screen worked very well for completing the spelling of words and selecting the correct definitions.

The Wii version was a little harder to deal with. Using the remote to spell out letters isn't so easy because you have to literally draw them in the air. Fortunately, the game supports using the DS as your controller wirelessly, which is damn cool and worked quite well. Brian Crecente

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