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The Nintendo DS is just one of those consoles that has everything.  It can cheer you up with a bit of fun, train your brain, teach you a new language, and now it can help you pass your driving theory test.  Magic…now if only it could take the test, or even the practical test.  Getting into dangerous territory now, methinks.

The ‘game’ (hardly a game though is it?) is going to be release in March of this year and will be available for £19.99.  The developers of the game, Avanquest Software Publishing, are pushing the game as a handy tool that will ensure a first time pass, claiming that as the cost of the test is fairly expensive, it makes sense to put a little bit of money towards guaranteeing a pass the first time.

Obviously the user of the software will have to put the hours in…the game won’t make you pass if you don’t train, obviously, but the game boasts bringing all 1265 official DSA questions right to your finger tips and promises that with a b it of practice, you will pass first time.  Sounds good, I’ll take two.

The odds are that you are highly likely not to pass you test the first time, as 40 per cent of people taking their tests do not pass the first time, but the ‘Pass Your Driving Theory Test’ wants to go some way to making sure that you do pass your test first time and become one of the 60 per cent that can go on to take a practical driving test.

The game has four main features to get you learning.  First off we have the standard DSA theory test, where the user of the game can have a crack at the DSAs 14 categories.  Other features in the game allow the user to create a custom test, so they can focus on their weak points, a mock theory test and a quick test when you only have a spare couple of minutes.

The game has been made along with one of the largest driving schools in the country, LDC, and when you buy the game you are also given a free driving lesson with the school, saving you £26.  Sounds like a good idea, and to be honest, the days of paper books and standard learning are clearly out of the window.  With the introduction of e-books, and Nintendo’s own version of classic books on a single game, are heralding in the new generation of learning.

As for the theory test game, count me in.  Whatever gets the information into my head is all right by me, and probably all right by a great deal other people too.  The question is, when will they have A-level games and GCSE games?  Bring it on…

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