Gone Tuesday, THQ has unveiled a drawing tablet for Wii called the uDraw GameTablet.
The tablet due for sale this Christmas, is:
1) Roughly as big as a Wii console (9x6 inches); but about an inch-and-a-half thick. The drawing area is 4x6 inches.
2) Wiimote(Wii's remote controller) is housed inside the device, and power is drawn directly from the controller, meaning the tablet can be picked up and the motion sensing capabilities of the
Wiimote
used without interference from wires.
3) The tablet also has a pressure sensitive stylus that has two buttons to mimic those on the
Wii nunchuk
.
4) The tablet will come bundled with
uDraw Studio
, a kid-friendly suite of drawing tools.
5) THQ has also made
Pictionary
and
Dood's Big Adventure games
for the uDraw GameTablet, with more titles promised for 2011. Dictionary(is a picture dictionary) while Dood's Big Adventure, is an action adventure game that requires tilting and drawing to progress through.
As told to the
Eurogamer, the UK and European price of the uDraw GameTablet are "still being confirmed". The US price will be $69.99 for the uDraw GameTablet and $29.99 each for the games.
