Unique Way to Learn Language For 1-6 Kids

Online, November 1, 2012 (Newswire.com) - Picoton Co., Ltd. ("Picoton") today is pleased to announce that "Picture Book" was added to the "Dora-Kids x SHUFFLE FUN" which is the intellectual education app co-developed by Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions Co., Ltd. ("ShoPro") and Picoton.

With this "Picture Book", the users are able to replay with the animated animals and dinosaurs that children make over and over again. "Dora-Kids x SHUFFLE FUN" was released in July, 2012 as one of "Edupli" series. "Edupli" series are the education app that a parent and a child can play and learn together, and have been downloaded over 750,000.

What is "Dora-Kids x SHUFFLE FUN" for iPhone and iPad?

It is the intellectual education app of cute animations made for one to six year-old children. It enables children to learn the names of animals and dinosaurs as they combine the three pieces of separate body parts. The purpose of creating this app is to create the time for a parent and a child to enjoy communicating together.

Since the release in July 2012, this app has been downloaded in over 130 countries and is now ranked on No.2 in education category at iTunes® App Store(TM) in Japan. The fact that it was downloaded 100,000 only in one month shows its popularity.

Features:

1. Collaboration with "Dora-Kids" and "SHUFFLE NURIE" series. "Dora-Kids x SHUFFLE FUN" is the newest shuffle app series for kids. It was developed as a collaboration app with "Dora-Kids" by ShoPro and with "SHUFFLE NURIE"series by Picoton. "Dora-Kids" is an educational program for early childhood run by ShoPro. "SHUFFLE NURIE" won the KIDS DESIGN AWARD in 2011.

2. Children can play and combine more than 3,000 patterns of animals and dinosaurs. Children can expand their imagination and have fun in creating unique combinations.

About Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions Co., Ltd.

ShoPro is a subsidiary of Japan's largest publishing houses: Shogakukan Inc., Shueisha Inc., and Hakusensha Inc. together, they distribute the majority share of the most popular magazines and comic books in Japan.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch and iPad
* Requires iOS 4.0 or later
* 33.1 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Dora-Kids × SHUFFLE FUN 1.3 is Free and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Education category.