Montreal is one of three Canadian cities that have benefited from a beefy update to the application since Thursday. Maps from Apple.
Posted at 4:00 p.m.
Maps
Instead of the usual schematic routes of an online mapping application, we clearly see the 3D relief of the city, its trees and its bridges, as well as the faithfully reproduced form of certain buildings. The Biosphere and the Notre-Dame basilica, in particular, are entitled to artistic treatment. In addition, cyclists can now guide themselves with a new section of Maps which uses cycle paths of all kinds – shared or reserved lanes – and indicates the density of traffic. They can even see, on their phone or watch, the elevation they will face for their journey.
Exploration
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The mobile game Exploration offers, in a space setting with astronauts strolling in the galaxy of tesseracts, small quizzes where we are called upon to find the meaning of expressions of the Francophonie.
Gameloft, which operates a major studio in Montreal, has used its video game skills for an unprecedented cause: the discovery of the French language with its regional particularities. The mobile game Exploration offers, in a space setting with astronauts strolling in the galaxy of tesseracts, small quizzes where one is called upon to find the meaning of an African expression such as “make beauty” or the word “nonante” in Belgium. Quebec French takes pride of place with “to sweeten your mouth”, “turn your tongue seven times in your mouth” or “take a look”. Exploration was created with the support of the French Ministry of Culture and the Office québécois de la langue française.
Kirby
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Kirby and the Forgotten Land does not reinvent the genre of these typical Nintendo quests, but seduces with its overflowing creativity.
We quickly feel when the designers have had fun in a video game, and Kirby and the Forgotten Land is a shining example. Kirby, a small multi-shaped pink ball, arrives on the Switch with two new features: a 3D world and the ability to swallow objects much larger than itself to defend itself. The game mechanics are downright crazy. If a small knight armed with a sword or a fireman attacks you, you swallow it and acquire its weapon. Other larger forms, once swallowed, allow Kirby to “transmorph”. A nice surprise, which does not reinvent the genre of these typical Nintendo quests, but seduces with its overflowing creativity.