This week Default Prime writer Chris Stewart gets stuck in with some of the newest handheld art games and talks about how creative gamers are. Maybe it's a sign of love for our medium. But that doesn't mean we like to be exploited...
"This week I have played both Paint Park, a free download for PlayStation Vita, and Colors! 3D on Nintendo 3DS and this has made me realise something: we gamers are a talented bunch. Among other things, we are proficient in weapons from swords and bows to lasers and psychic powers, we’re fantastic at driving, dab hands with a variety of musical instruments and, as is becoming clear to me, we are an artistic bunch as well."
— Nintendo Enthusiast:
I've seen a lot of folks make requests for all sorts of different games on the Switch. But, what I haven’t seen is a request for something that I guess should be considered to be more of an application than a game. I’m talking about Art Academy. The series got its start on the original DS all the way back in 2009. There have been subsequent releases on the 3DS and also the Wii U, with the latest entry being from 2016. The Art Academy series appeals to a very niche demographic, but it must definitely have captured enough people’s attention for there to be seven entries so far. I’d love to see an eighth one on the Nintendo Switch; it would arguably be the best version yet.
Nintendo is hosting a "Fresh Pics" Splatoon drawing event on Miiverse, and the game's development team will choose their favorite three submissions.
A Splatoon drawing event will be held for owners of Art Academy on Wii U to honor Satoru Iwata, with official details coming this Friday.
