Hone your artistic skills with the next installment of the popular Art Academy franchise. New Art Academy offers brand new step by step lessons that help artists of all levels learn to paint and draw. New Art Academy guides you through drawing and painting techniques, different visual principles and various artistic materials. Save your masterpieces and build your own portfolio that can be shared with friends via SpotPass and WiFi.

New Art Academy is enjoyed best with the New Nintendo 3DS XL console. The Nintendo 3DS XL system offers a screen size that is 90% larger than the Nintendo 3DS, meaning that you can be more accurate with your brush strokes. The Nintendo 3DS XL's solid stylus is easier to hold making it more comfortable to practice and perfect your style with New Art Academy.

Improve your skills and become and even more accomplished artist with New Art Academy and Nintendo 3DS XL.

Material Sets
New Art Academy offers a wide selection of realistically behaving art materials to master. Experiment with mixing colours or using the edge of pencils and pastels on a scratchpad before adding to your masterpiece.

Pencil Set
Use three grades of pencil (2B, HB, 2H) either pointed, or on the side for shading, to sketch and draw. There are also erasers, charcoal and a white pencil to complete the set.

Coloured Pencil Set
With over 100 different colours to choose from, the world is your oyster with the coloured pencil set. Use them pointed or flat and if you make a mistake, there are two types of eraser to fix your picture.

Paint Set
There are 17 fixed colour paint tubes, but the beauty of paint is that you can mix up an endless variety of further shades - you can have up to 80 available from your palette at any one time. Use the colour matcher to identify a specific colour from a picture or the colour wheel to find complementary shades and hues. There are two types of brush - those with a rounded tip and those with a flat tip. There are three sizes of both types and you can add different amounts of paint and water to your brush to achieve the effect you desire.

Pastels Set
Brand new to Art Academy, there are over 130 different pastels featuring every colour of the rainbow. You can use them in three different ways: use the point for detail work, the edge for graduated effects or the flat side to fill in larger areas.

Lessons
Vince is your guide in New Art Academy and he will teach you techniques in a variety of lessons using different materials and source material. Vince will take you through each lesson step-by-step, showing you exactly how to use your paints, pastels or pencils and making sure you grasp each stage thoroughly before moving on.

After you complete a core lesson, you'll be able to practice your new skills further with additional mini lessons on each topic.

Users can show off their newly learnt skills in new Free Paint mode. In this mode players are able to pick a canvas and run wild with their imagination to create a unique masterpiece.

You and your friends and family can also create your own Custom Lessons to share with each other. You can use any material you like - how about a photo taken with your Nintendo 3DS cameras or an image you've saved on your SD Card?

You can create up to 10 steps for a Custom Lesson, with each step showing a new stage of your drawing, and add text to explain what you're doing. When you're happy, you can share it with others via SpotPass.

LeapFrog App Centre download cards let you go online and choose from more than 50 learning apps. Each app offers endless ways to play, like games, ultra e-books, videos, flash cards and more. Download to your Leapster Explorer handheld or LeapPad Explorer tablet and learn on the go.

The game apps are designed to give children mathematics and reading adventures as well as strengthening skills in logic, physics, social responsibility and more. Learn about music with Harmonies, solve puzzles with Jewel Train and learn about physics with Wheel Works. You can also download interactive ultra e-books and then read on the go. Featuring popular characters such as Disney Pixar Cars, Disney Princess, Dora the Explorer, Go Diego Go and Scooby Doo and many more. With the downloadable videos and flash cards children can learn phonics skills, maths, Spanish vocabulary and animal facts.

Contains one LeapFrog App Centre download card.

Each app teaches a different skill:

• Vocabulary
• Phonics
• Music
• Problem solving
• Physics
• Mathematics

Join well-loved Pixar Pals on exciting science adventures! Travel the galaxy with WALL-E and EVE, swim the deep with Nemo and Dory or join Woody and Buzz for lots of toy fun! Play with each pal to explore their world and find keys that unlock mini-games. Earn points, gather collectibles and win puzzle pieces along the way!

As you play, you can earn badge for achievements such as finishing a level or correctly answering 10 questions in a row. You can see what youve achieved by selecting the badge button from the main menu screen. These badges are converted into tokens simply by connecting your handheld to the computer and singing into the LeapFrog

Use your tokens to customise your Pixar Pals game with micromods like different background themes, music and new puzzles. You can also redeem your tokens for treats and shampoo for your pet!

Teaches:

• Astronomy
• Ocean Science
• Logic & Reasoning
• Physics

Works with Leapster Explorer and LeapPad Explorer. Appropriate for children ages 4 to 7 years

nintendogs puppies are back in the palm of your hand on the Nintendo 3DS system, with even cuter and more expressive puppies and, for the first time, kittens! The fun from the original nintendogs game returns, with multiple breeds to choose from, accessories for your puppies and kittens to wear, and the ability to let your puppies and kittens train and compete in different challenges and activities. nintendogs + cats uses the built-in Nintendo 3DS camera and facial-recognition technology to enable your puppies and kittens to react to your real-life movements, mimicking your head tilts and jumping up to lick you as you lean in.

I Did it Mum! Picture Book is a new spin-off of the popular series featuring eight different delightful stories based on classic European and Asian fairy tales. As well as offering youngsters the opportunity to improve their reading, Picture Book also contains interactive drawings for players to colour in and fun mini games to keep inquisitive minds busy. Finally, for parents who want to read the stories to their children, there's an option to turn off the in-game narration; perfect for a spot of bedtime storytelling.

Take a fascinating journey into north America and along the way learn interesting facts about the animal kingdom, solve tricky puzzles and play exciting games. The more you learn, the more puzzles & animals you will see...

Get ready for the greatest Chinese New Year celebration ever with Kai-lan and her friends! For the very first time, fans of Ni Hao, Kai-Lan can enjoy playing as their favourite characters from the TV show on Wii and Nintendo DS!

Craft, explore and customize a world! Get up and get creative to design the ultimate island destination. Build and paint buildings, and use sorting, memory, observation and matching skills to complete quests and unlock new areas to explore. Designed for children ages 4 to 7 years, this Mr. Pencil Presents DoodleCraft game works with the LeapTV Educational, Active Video Game System. Create an island where every Doodle will want to live! Earn blueprints to construct exciting buildings, and customize each one to bring the island to life. Unlock new art tools along the way to add paint, patterns, doors, windows, glitter, stickers and more-for never-ending creative fun.

nintendogs puppies are back in the palm of your hand on the Nintendo 3DS system, with even cuter and more expressive puppies and, for the first time, kittens! The fun from the original nintendogs game returns, with multiple breeds to choose from, accessories for your puppies and kittens to wear, and the ability to let your puppies and kittens train and compete in different challenges and activities. nintendogs + cats uses the built-in Nintendo 3DS camera and facial-recognition technology to enable your puppies and kittens to react to your real-life movements, mimicking your head tilts and jumping up to lick you as you lean in.

Help Barbie catch a culprit who's responsible for missing shoes, shiny sparkly items and cupcakes in Barbie Malibu Mysteries. Join Barbie and friends in a reading-fueled, dazzling detective story. Use reading and problem-solving skills to collect all the clues and solve three Mysteries!

nintendogs puppies are back in the palm of your hand on the Nintendo 3DS system, with even cuter and more expressive puppies and, for the first time, kittens! The fun from the original nintendogs game returns, with multiple breeds to choose from, accessories for your puppies and kittens to wear, and the ability to let your puppies and kittens train and compete in different challenges and activities. nintendogs + cats uses the built-in Nintendo 3DS camera and facial-recognition technology to enable your puppies and kittens to react to your real-life movements, mimicking your head tilts and jumping up to lick you as you lean in.

Hungry for knowledge? Cook up some learning fun with the LeapFrog Explorer Learning Game: Cooking Recipes on the Road! Help run the family food truck using mathematics skills. Follow recipes, select ingredients, assemble dishes and interact with hungry customers. Pick, measure, mix, stack, slice and dice - and don't forget to add a pinch of fun! Works with LeapPad Ultra, LeapPad2, LeapPad1, LeapsterGS and Leapster Explorer systems (sold separately).

Fairytale dreams come alive with Cinderella and Rapunzel as the magical fun of reading makes every girl feel like a princess. Wave a magic wand, connect the nighttime stars and dress up like a Disney Princess to relive magical moments. Designed for children ages 4-7 years, Disney Princess game works with the LeapTV Educational, Active Video Game System.