Art Academy (video game)

Art Academy
North American DS box art
Developer(s)Headstrong Games
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Director(s)Tancred Dyke-Wells
Producer(s)Kensuke Tanabe
Keisuke Terasaki
Composer(s)James Hannigan
SeriesArt Academy
Platform(s)Nintendo DS, DSiWare, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U
ReleaseDSiWare
First Semester
  • NA: September 14, 2009
  • JP: November 18, 2009
  • PAL: December 25, 2009
DSiWare
Second Semester
  • NA: September 28, 2009
  • JP: November 18, 2009
  • PAL: January 8, 2010
Nintendo DS
  • JP: June 19, 2010
  • EU: August 6, 2010
  • AU: September 23, 2010
  • KOR: October 14, 2010
  • NA: October 25, 2010
Nintendo 3DS
  • EU: July 28, 2012
  • AU: August 23, 2012
  • JP: September 13, 2012
  • NA: October 1, 2012
Wii U
  • JP: August 8, 2013
  • WW: August 9, 2013
Genre(s)Art training game (edutainment video game)
Mode(s)Single-player

Art Academy, also known as Art Academy: Learn painting and drawing techniques with step-by-step training in the PAL regions and Artistic Taste Classroom DS[a] in Japan, is an art training software for the Nintendo DS. It was developed by Headstrong Games and published by Nintendo. Art Academy was originally a two-part training application only available for download via the DSiWare service since 2009. It was later re-released in 2010 as a fully compiled, retail-able DS Game Card with added features, thus also making it available for original Nintendo DS and Nintendo DS Lite users.[1]

The original DSiWare applications are known as Art Academy: First Semester and Art Academy: Second Semester. Each one has six and four lessons respectively, and both DSiWare applications are worth 800 Nintendo DSi Points each. Art Academy: First Semester and Second Semester were released in North America on September 14 and 28, 2009 respectively, and in the PAL regions on December 25, 2009 and January 8, 2010 respectively. In Japan both DSiWare applications were released on November 18, 2009 as Fairly Authentic Artistic Taste Classroom: First Semester[b] and Fairly Authentic Artistic Taste Classroom: Second Semester.[c]

The full, retail version includes all ten lessons, plus minor additional features, extra mini-lessons, and an image library for art subject references. The retail version of Art Academy was released in Japan on June 19, 2010, in Europe on August 6, in Australia on September 23, and in North America on October 25. Art Academy is part of Nintendo's Touch! Generations brand. Art Academy got a direct sequel for the Nintendo 3DS and was called Art Academy: Lessons for Everyone! and was released in North America and Europe in October 2012. A new installment to the series was released on the Wii U's eShop in August 2013, called Art Academy: SketchPad, which gives users the chance to share their creations on Miiverse. Art Academy: Home Studio or Art Academy: Atelier in PAL regions was released on the Wii U in June 2015.[2][3]


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  1. ^ Spencer (2010-05-31). "Art Academy DSiWare Games Coming To Nintendo DS?". Siliconera. Archived from the original on 2010-09-02. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  2. ^ "Nintendo - Official Site - Video Game Consoles, Games - Nintendo - Official Site". Archived from the original on 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2015-06-28.
  3. ^ "Art Academy: Atelier". Nintendo of Europe GmbH. Retrieved 2016-07-07.