Australian Release Date:

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QuickSpot Description:

In QuickSpot, you're faced with the challenge of catching the subtle differences between two portraits: on the top screen, you'll be faced with an image, and on the bottom a near duplicate will appear simultaneously. Using quick wits, a sharp eye, and a speedy drawing hand, the task is simply to circle that difference. Catch it, and you'll move on to the next image. Sound easy? Sure, from the start. And then as you get deeper in the challenge you'll have to do the matching after scratching a covering off the touch screen like a lottery ticket, or blowing leaves up off the lower screen up to the top screen and circling before they settle back down.

This concept is simple, but what's going on in the background is anything but. As you're performing the challenge, the game's calculating all sorts of elements, such as how fast you spotted the difference, how relaxed your drawn circle was (did it connect), how fast you drew your circle, and how accurate the circle's shape was in relation to the object that you circled. After the round's over, the game will tally up the results in a very "Brain Age" like grid, giving the illusion that you're strengthening your mind by matching up the different pictures. Without scientific backing I can't say for sure if this game will really fire up the synapses the way Nintendo or Namco claims these games do, but at the very least the grid gives a nice encouragement to keep playing, just so you can improve on the flat-lined attributes.

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