My Word Coach

My Word Coach is a video game from Ubisoft for the Nintendo DS, Wii and iOS. It involves English vocabulary, and is intended to develop the ability to express oneself clearly and with confidence, using a system called Expression Potential, or EP. It uses words and definitions from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary.^[1][2] The data of three players may be saved on to one copy, and one can compete on the Nintendo DS and Wii platforms using Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.^{[citation needed]}

My Word Coach
Developer(s)	Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft Quebec
Publisher(s)	Ubisoft
Designer(s)	Peter Yang
Series	My Coach
Platform(s)	Nintendo DS, Wii, iOS
Release	November 6, 2007 Nintendo DS NA: November 6, 2007 AU: November 7, 2007 EU: November 16, 2007 Wii NA: November 6, 2007 EU: November 16, 2007 AU: November 22, 2007 iOS NA: November 12, 2008 EU: November 12, 2008 AU: November 12, 2008
Genre(s)	Self improvement, Education
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer

Gameplay

There are six single-player training exercises, as well as four games for recreation, one for wireless services.^{[citation needed]} The single-player training exercises are: Missing Letter, Split Decision, Word Shuffle, Pasta Letters, Block Letters, and Safecracker.^[3] These four recreation games are: Competition, Cube Panic, Speed Letters, and Multi-Card Play. In addition, there are three difficulties: Easy, Medium, and Hard. All games initially only have their Easy difficulty available, with harder difficulties unlocked over time.^{[citation needed]}

Showing of an early build of My Word Coach at a Ubisoft press conference

The Wii version of the game also includes a feature that allows the player to wirelessly connect to a Nintendo DS, allowing the player use its touchscreen as input.^[3][4]

Reception

The game received "mixed or average" reception from review aggregator Metacritic.^[5] Critics praised the game for its educational value, but critiqued its lack of content and variety, requiring long play sessions in order to progress, and inconsistent handwriting recognition.^[2][4][6]

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	68/100[a][5]

Review scores

Publication	Score
GamesRadar+	3.5/5[6]
GameZone	65/100[3]
IGN	6.8/10[4]
Nintendo World Report	6.5/10[2]

Reception

Notes

1. Based on eight critic reviews, one positive and seven mixed