When I first came to Japan a gazillion years ago, I was visibly shocked with the bank clerk took out an abacus. This is Japan, teh future! Shouldn't people have some tricked out OLED neon calculator? No. Just as Japanese folks still dry their clothes outside, they learn to use the abacus ("soroban" in the local lingo). That means one thing: Inevitable DS game. Called Soroban DS, the game lets players practice using an abacus. The twist? You're using a touch pen instead of your fingers! There are various levels of difficulty and mini-games. There are always mini-games. Brian Ashcraft

Soroban DS [Famitsu]

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