Making Magic preview for Nintendo DS

Making Magic is the latest Nintendo DS game to, well, not be a game. Nintendo is determined to reach out to non-gamers and this latest piece of entertainment is proof of that. The non-game comes with a pack of cards and is designed to teach you magic tricks - hence the name, Making Magic. We've got a full preview of Making Magic in this issue, so find out how the DS plans to stun and amaze you and your friends with sleight of hand inside.

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Making Magic preview for Nintendo DS
This is another non-game from Nintendo that's designed to appeal outside the traditional gamer demographic. But before all you Brain Training haters run to the hills, just wait a minute – this one's actually pretty entertaining fare and certainly far from Kawashima's cerebral challenges.

What do we know?
The US version – which we've been playing – comes with a pack of cards, which are used as a prop for a great many tricks. The DS teaches you how to pull off some pretty effective sleights of hand, though most of the tasks require some kind of stylus or mic-based interaction with the console itself, rather than just following instructions. Some of it is seriously clever stuff – one or two tricks we tried out on willing guinea pigs were met with genuine shock.