Nintendo Squeezes Art Academy In This Year’s Nintendo DS Lineup

Art Academy, a DSiWare to cartridge compilation the Art Academy: First Semester and Second Semester, is coming to North America.

Headstrong Games, the makers of House of the Dead: Overkill, added ten mini-lessons and 80 motifs in the DSiWare version. Art Academy is compatible with a regular Nintendo DS, but is DSi enhanced. Nintendo DSi owners can use the system’s camera to take photos.

After stealth announcing Art Academy for Japan and publishing it in Europe, Nintendo decided to release it in North America too. Art Academy is slated for October 25 and will be $19.99.