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wraggster
December 22nd, 2011, 23:26
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/12/digit1222.jpg (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/22/step-into-welcome-park-the-ps-vitas-tutorial-minigame-collec/)The PlayStation Vita comes pre-loaded with a suite of minigames, under the delightfully Japanese heading of "Welcome Park." Each of the five games is designed to give users practice with one of the Vita's interface methods: the touchscreen (and touch panel), the mic, the camera, and the gyroscope/accelerometer.

I get the feeling they were designed not only to enable practice, but to familiarize users with the fact that these interfaces exist. They're even suggested to you in a particular order. Something about tapping numbers in sequence as my first Vita experience made me feel that just maybe Sony doesn't have the most confidence in its users.

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/22/step-into-welcome-park-the-ps-vitas-tutorial-minigame-collec/