News: Bandai Bubble

July 21, 2005, 11:33 AM

by brandon, via Bandai -
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Engaget points out a new edutainment system from Bandai, called the Bubble. The system uses a pad, simlar to, but more advanced than Sega's pico, and interacts wirelessly with any DVD player, which actually drives the software. Popular licenses such as Teletubbies and Thomas the Tank Engine will be the focus of this toddler-ranged product. Bandai admirably refuses to stop releasing obscure hardware into the world, and this is the fifth from the company, unless I'm counting wrong (ignoring the variants of the Wonderswan). The Bubble is closest to Bandai's Playdia console from 1994. Simple interface, wireless control, blue casing, all similarly themed. via ffwd