ERROR!! This game cannot be launched??

This is the message on my daughters new ipod nano 3rd. She was playing the games that came preloaded on the ipod when this error occured. I connected it to computer and tried to restore but got another error from itunes and could not restore. Anyone have an idea on what to do?

I also had this problem with a game i purchased. I recently got it to work by restoring my ipod.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306502
There is a link to a site that helped me.
To restore it plug in your ipod and then go the the sumary tab. There should be a button there that says restore.
Good luck, i hope it works.

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