uDraw? So do I!

Okay, now that I have the bad pun out of the way, on to the post! So today I went to the Second and Charles location in Aurora with my brother and his family, and after some careful decision making, I splurged and bought myself a uDraw tablet for the Wii. Initially, I had considered purchasing the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 version, because both of those would be easier to connect to a Windows computer. However, today felt different. Before all of this started, we went to the Denver Fire Fighter's Museum (more on that in my Memoir, 'Exodus,'). At some point we also had lunch at McDonald's and then we finally went to the above mentioned store.

uDraw tablet with stylus and Wii Remote attachment showing.

uDraw Tablet and uDraw Studio GameBox.

Last time I had been to the store, they had the uDraw tablet available for at least two, but possibly three consoles: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii--the PS3 version is the one I can't necessarily vouch for. This time, I had only been able to spot the Wii version, and the price was reasonable. For only ten dollars (plus the obligatory sales tax) I was able to get the Wii version of the tablet, which, except for the attached stylus, is basically a hollow plastic shell with a nun chuck-style cord dangling off of it, and a rectangular hole for the Wii remote to stay in place, and the game uDraw Studio. After trying the game, I noticed that in a nutshell, it was a glorified coloring book with a few other features, and was almost as fun as Mario Paint (in fact, I kind of wish they would port a version of that particular game to use with the accessory). 

uDraw tablet with stylus docked and Wii Remote docked.

Since it relies on the Wii Remote for base control, having to aim the tablet just right was a bit of a challenge at first, but within minutes, I was able to aim the tablet correctly and use the stylus to color in pictures with minimal issues. As of this writing, I am still figuring out which tool does what, as well as how to color in using the stylus, but the potential for the product seems promising, especially because there is a variation of the board game 'Pictionary' available as a separate purchase. 

Drawing tools interface of uDraw Studio, as show through the Wii U GamePad.