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Mind games make it fun
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VA - So "Brain Age" for the Nintendo DS handheld system was quickly followed by such video games as "Brain Boost," "Big Brain Academy," "Hot Brain" and "Work ...
Stay sharp with brain-fitness games - Bradenton Herald
Saling The World: Smash Bros. Debut Tops US Charts - Gamasutra - gamasutra.com
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Brain Assist - review
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If you've played Brain Training and Big Brain Academy to death and need something else of their ilk to get you through the day, Brain Assist will do the job. If you haven't played the aforementioned titles, though, or if you simply just ...
Europe - top 10 best-selling titles of 2007
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By RawmeatCowboy 1. Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo) 2. FIFA 2008 (Electronic Arts) 3. Wii Play (Nintendo) 4. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (Konami) 5. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) 7. Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft) 8. Call of Duty 4: Mordern Warfare (Activision) 9. Big Brain Academy (Nintendo)
Nintendo Announces New DS Centres For UK
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Australia - Currently available downloadable demos include Brain Training, Sight Training, More Brain Training, Big Brain Academy, Mario Kart DS and 42 All Time ...
Nintendo UK announce rollout of new Nintendo DS Centers - Go Nintendo
Nintendo rolls out DS centres in UK - CVG Online
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Opinion: Touch Generations? Con Generations!
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CA - For example, Big Brain Academy and Brain Training compute their players’ brain ‘age’ not through some sort of marvelous, inscrutable new video game-science. ...
Nintendo announces roll out of DS Centres in UK
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EL33TONLINE - Jun 18, 2008 Downloadable titles DS owners can play on their own DS consoles currently include Brain Training, Sight Training, More Brain Training, Big Brain Academy, ... Nintendo rolls out DS centres in UK CVG Online all 3 news articles
Nintendo UK announce rollout of new Nintendo DS Centers - Go Nintendo
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Nintendo UK announce rollout of new Nintendo DS Centers
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By RawmeatCowboy Downloadable titles DS owners can play on their own DS consoles currently include Brain Training, Sight Training, More Brain Training, Big Brain Academy, Mario Kart DS and 42 All Time Classics. (more…)
Nintendo Announces New DS Centres For UK - Gameworld Network
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Nintendo DS centres roll out across the UK
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UK - Jun 18, 2008 In-store demo games for anyone to play at a DS centres right now include Sight Training, Nintendogs, Big Brain Academy, New Super Mario Bros, The Legend of ...
Nintendo DS centers (sorry, centres) coming to the UK - Destructoid
‘Nintendo DS centres’ rolled out across UK - MCV
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Teenage Zombies: Invasion of the Alien Brain Thingys Review
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Canada - This mode is similar to those you’ll find in Brain Age or Big Brain Academy. These are games that test your reflexes or problem solving abilities. ...
Top 5 software sales worldwide - per platform
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By RawmeatCowboy Nintendo Wii Japan: 1. Wii Fit (Nintendo) 2. Dairantou Smash Brothers X (Nintendo) 3. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Nintendo) 4. Wii Sports (Nintendo) Nintendo DS North America: 2. Mario Party DS (Nintendo) 3. Brain Age (Nintendo) 4. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) 5. Brain Age 2 (Nintendo)
Stay sharp with brain-fitness games - Bradenton Herald
Saling The World: Smash Bros. Debut Tops US Charts - Gamasutra - gamasutra.com
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Germany, Spain, Sweden - latest weekly software sales
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By RawmeatCowboy 01. Wii Play (Wii) 02. Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (DS) 03. More Brain Training (DS) 04. Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii) 06. Brain Training (DS) 07. Unreal Tournament (PS3) 08. Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 (Wii) 09. Big Brain Academy (Wii) 10. Trivial (Wii)
British, German, Spanish Charts [Market Trends] - Kotaku
European Charts EXPLOSION - Kotaku
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Nintendo DS Review: Mega Brain Boost
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By Brian Szabelski The DS has become a breeding ground for newer genres, including the ever-popular brain-training genre of games. Nintendo started the whole thing off with Brain Age and Big Brain Academy and thus encouraged third-party developers to try and copy them. The result, as expected, is a flood of...
Mega Brain Boost review
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• Thu, Feb 28
By RawmeatCowboy Mega Brain Boost doesn’t come close to living up to the more innovative brain-training games for the Nintendo DS including “Big Brain Academy” or “Brain Age.” However, at just $19.99, it may be acceptable for a few of those who enjoy ...
GoNintendo ‘good, bad, ugly’ review - Mega Brain Boost
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photopress:51u6cYjQU1L._AA280_.jpg,thumb,centered] When it comes to training games, I've stayed on the side of Nintendo-published titles only. Brain Age, Big Brain Academy, and all those titles. I never felt the urge to go third party when it came to those products. Just a few days ago I ha...
Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart... Again! [Sales]
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By Michael McWhertor 01. Mario Party DS (DS) - 196,000 / 1,484,000 02. Wii Fit (Wii) - 127,000 / 1,011,000 03. Wii Sports (Wii) - 118,000 / 2,625,000 05. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) - 82,000 / 802,000 06. Wii Play (Wii) - 78,000 / 2,130,000 10. Mario Party 8 (Wii) - 66,000 / 1,145,000
British Gongs: BAFTA Games Nominees Announced
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By Luke Plunkett Big Brain Academy for Wii (Wii) Cake Mania (DS) Guitar Hero II (PS2) More Brain Training (DS) SingStar (PS3) Wii Sports (Wii) Gameplay Multiplayer Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (DS) FIFA 07 (PS2) Football Manager 2007 (PC) Gears of War (Xbox 360) Wii Play (Wii)
Nintendo: Nintendo Backing Handheld Learning Conference
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By Maggie Greene In a pairing that is totally out of the blue, Nintendo is sponsoring next month's Handheld Learning Conference and Exhibition, taking place next month in London (Oct. 10-12). This is the conference's third year running, and as its name would imply, the focus is on the application of everyt...
British, German, Spanish Charts [Market Trends]
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By Luke Plunkett 2. Pokemon Diamond (DS) 3. Brain Training 2 4. Brain Training 5. Pokemon Pearl 6. BioShock (Xbox 360) 7. Pony Friends (DS) 9. Wii Play 10. Big Brain Academy (Wii) 1. Pokemon Diamond 2. Ratatouille (DS) 3. Brain Training 2 4. Pokemon Pearl 5. Pro Evo 6 (PS2) 6. Wii Play 7. Brain Training 9. Big Brain Academy (Wii)
European Charts EXPLOSION - Kotaku
Sales Charts: British & European Sales Charts - Kotaku
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Chart Track UK: all-platform top ten games, September 1
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By Ceasar S. BioShock, Xbox 360 (Take-Two Interactive)Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training, DS (Nintendo)More Brain Training From Dr. Kawashima, DS (Nintendo)Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree, Wii (Nintendo)Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08, Xbox 360 (Electronic Arts)BioShock, Games for Windows (Take-Two Inte...
Stay sharp with brain-fitness games - Bradenton Herald
Saling The World: Smash Bros. Debut Tops US Charts - Gamasutra - gamasutra.com
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European Charts EXPLOSION
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By Luke Plunkett 3) Brain Training 4) Brain Training 2 5) SingStar 90s 6) WoW 7) WoW: BC 8) Mario Party 8 9) Wii Play 1) Pokemon Diamond 2) Pokemon Pearl 3) Brain Training 2 4) Ratatouille (DS) 5) Pro Evo 6 Platinum (PS2) 6) WWE SMackdown v Raw 2007 (PS2) 7) Brain Training 8) Big Brain Academy (Wii) 9) Wii Play
British, German, Spanish Charts [Market Trends] - Kotaku
Sales Charts: British & European Sales Charts - Kotaku
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Big Brain Academy Invades Canadian TV Show [TV]
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By Brian Crecente integration for promotion of Nintendo's Big Brain Academy(TM): Wii Degree. fit with the Big Brain Academy(TM): Wii Degree and all it's potential to reach showcase the social, competitive fun that Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree can
Sales Charts: British & European Sales Charts
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By Luke Plunkett 3) More Brain Training 4) Big Brain Academy 5) Wii Play 6) Shrek III 7) The Darkness 8) Brain Training 9) Cooking Mama 10) Tiger Woods 07 1) More Brain Training 2) Brain Training 3) The Settlers (DS) 4) Mario Party 8 5) Harvest Moon 6) New Super Mario Bros 9) Harry Potter (DS)
British, German, Spanish Charts [Market Trends] - Kotaku
European Charts EXPLOSION - Kotaku
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Nintendomination: June Software Sales Rich With Mini-Games, Pokémon
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By Michael McWhertor 9. Resident Evil 4 (Wii) 10. The Darkness (Xbox 360) 11. Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2 (PS2) 12. Transformers: The Game (PS2) 13. Tenchu Z (Xbox 360) 14. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 16. Super Paper Mario (Wii) 18. MLB '07: The Show (PS2) 19. Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Wii)
Euro Nintendo Wii Review | Big Brain Academy for Wii
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The Brain training craze has been sweeping the world for the past two years now, with Brain Training starting it all off in Japan back in 2005 and its younger brother, Big Brain Academy proving popular as well on the DS. But now the latter is making a move onto Wii, does it still hold the same app...
GAME REVIEW: 'Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree' -- Nintendo for the Wii
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If earning an academic degree could be half as fun as getting a "Wii Degree," schools would no longer have dropouts.
Review: Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Wii)
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Wouldn't graduate with a third from a polytechnic.
Father-son event at Nintendo world store
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By Alexander Sliwinski Filed under: Culture, Nintendo WiiThe Nintendo World Store held a father-son event in New York today for the title of "Biggest Brain." The winners were Rick and Michael Singer of Virginia who beat 30 other contestants (so, 15 teams?). The bracket-style playoff tested memorization, comp...
Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree
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By Jennifer Tsao Grow your brain by waving your arms like an idiot. Our review.
Metareview: Big Brain Academy
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• Wed, Jun 13
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By David Hinkle Filed under: Metareview With the release of Big Brain Academy Wii Degree, many have found something fresh to play on their Wii. With the prospect of new titles on the regular becoming smaller and smaller as the months wear on (until August 20th, that is), many were hoping that Big Brain Acad...
New games to ship in mid-June
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By Sally B. Released JUNE 11): Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Wii)Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Wii)Golden Axe II (Wii)Lode Runner (Wii)JUNE 12 Go! Puzzle (PS3)JUNE 15 Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii, DS)Puzzle Scape (PSP)Chicken Shoot (DS)
Game Review: Big Brain Academy doesn't make the grade on Wii
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Review - Bringing the industry-shifting genre of Nintendo's "brain games" to the revolutionary Wii console seems like a great idea, but Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree fails to bring anything spectacular to the Nintendo platform. Check out our gut reaction on this disappointing Wii tit...
Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree Review
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Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree is a simple collection of brain teasers that are different enough from the other minigame collections on the Wii to make it worth playing.
Event: Nintendo's Father's Day Challenge
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Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree, which debuts on June 11, is the Wii™ sequel to the successful Nintendo DS™ title that allows players to exercise their brains in five areas: thinking, memorization, computation, analysis and identification. Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree includes 15 new s...
Big Brain Academy Wii Degree Review
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How big is your brain? Measure up against your friends and family in Nintendo's newest mind-bending puzzle game.
Today in Joystiq: May 25, 2007
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By Ross Miller Nintendo Media Summit Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree hands-on (Wii) Brain Age 2 hands-on (DS) Boogie hands-on (Wii) Mario Party 8 hands-on (Wii) Mario Strikers Charged hands-on (Wii) Pokemon Battle Revolution impressions (Wii) Planet Puzzle league hands-on (DS)
Some Memorial Day Reading: Round-Up: Ubiday, Nintendo Summit
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Nintendo Media Summit Nintendo Media Summit Schwag Bag Boogie Brain Age 2 Impressions Planet Puzzle League Impressions Mario Strikers Charged Impressions Gallery: Pokemon Battle Revolution Gallery: Mario Party 8 Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree Impressions
In The Mix: Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree Impressions
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Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree shares plenty with its Nintendo DS ancestor, but transitions to the Wii nicely. The more colorful sibling to Brain Age features a prettier presentation and makes for a surprisingly fun minigame showcase broken up into five categories familiar Big Brain Aca...
Nintendo Media Summit: Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree hands-on (Wii)
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By Colin Torretta Filed under: Features, Nintendo Wii, Puzzle, CasualThe sequel to the DS hit, Big Brain Academy, was shown this week at the Nintendo Media Summit. Dubbed Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree, this version offers tons of new mini-games to test your senses and give your brain a workout. It supports t...
Reggie Media Summit Speech - Big Phantom Galaxy: Brawl
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By Benny For one, Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree is going to be online in a major way. We’re talking eight-player simultaneous online brain competitions. How Nintendo’s network can interface with eight brains at a time is beyond me, but thus is the Nintendo magic.
Final Fantasy Wins Again: Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart
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03. Wii Sports (Wii) - 30,180 / 1,573,776 04. More Brain Age (DS) - 27,930 / 4,266,115 07. Wii Play (Wii) - 20,498 / 1,299,628 08. Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Wii) - 20,063 / 117,487 09. Momotarou Dentetsu DS: Tokyo & Japan (DS) - 18,547 / 143,189 10. Yoshi's Island DS (DS) - 17,423 / 808,555
Big Brain Academy's Wi-Fi features explained
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By David Hinkle Filed under: NewsThe Japanese website for Big Brain Academy has updated with the explanation of some of the title's Wi-Fi features, which immediately piqued our interest. We can't wait until online features are rolled out for the Wii, so any talk of online gameplay or functionality real...
Domination Update: Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart
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02. Super Paper Mario (Wii) - 90,151 / 310,182 03. Wii Sports (Wii) - 84,782 / 1,543,596 05. Wii Play (Wii) - 58,718 / 1,279,131 07. Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Wii) - 55,165 / 97,424 08. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) - 51,681 / 4,419,592 10. More Brain Age (DS) - 44,047 / 4,238,185
Mario Party 23 Confirmed: 124 Nintendo Wii & DS Games In The Works
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Just to be on the safe side, I'll put money on those unannounced games to be Mario Party 9, Mario Party 10, Mario Party 11, Mario Party 12, Mario Party 13, Mario Party 14, Mario Party 15, Mario Party 16, Mario Party 17, Mario Party 18, Mario Party 19, Mario Party 20, Mario Party 21, Mario Party 2...
Big Brain Academy screens, WiiConnect24 details
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By Eric Caoili According to the latest issue of Nintendo Power, WiiConnect24 will allow other people's Miis to wander into your game, equipped with the student profiles of their creators. You will also be able to test your brain against theirs in any of the multiplayer modes. We're going to be pretty depr...
More Wii Degree Details - Kotaku
Horror Story: Wii, DS Release Schedule
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By Luke Plunkett April 9 Super Paper Mario Nintendo May 29 Mario Party 8 Nintendo June 11 Big Brain Academy Nintendo June 25 Pokemon Battle Revolution Nintendo Nintendo DS June 4 Nintendo DS browser Nintendo June 4 Planet Puzzle League Nintendo June 11 Touchmaster DS Midway June Zendoku Eidos
Nintendo World 06: The DS Line Up
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By Michael McWhertor Talking DS Cookbook! (Nintendo) Tetris DS (Nintendo) English Training (Nintendo) More Brain Training (Nintendo) Big Brain Academy (Nintendo) Adult Brain Training (Nintendo) Nintendogs (Nintendo) Prose Training (Nintendo) Chibi-Robo! DS (Nintendo) Picross DS (Nintendo)
Wii Big Brain Academy Hands-On [Wii]
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By Brian Crecente Luke Smith, former mop-headed Kotaku writer and current moppier-headed 1Up news editor, totally whipped me in a little impromptu game of Big Brain Academy on the Wii, during the NYC event. Big Brain Academy (temporary name) Format: Wii ESRB: RP (Rating Pending) Developer: Nintendo
Wii's Launch Window Line-Up
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• Thu, Sep 14
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By Brian Crecente Third-Party Wii Titles Available from Launch through March 31, 2007 Publisher Nintendo Battalion Wars II Big Brain Academy (temporary name) Excite Truck Mario Strikers Charged Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Super Mario Galaxy (temporary name) WarioWare : Smooth Moves Wii Sports
Games of the Week: Rushed Edition [Games Of The Week]
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By Michael McWhertor Big Brain Academy (DS) More brain exercising! 15 activities to stimulate your noodle in areas like logic, memory, math and analysis. Magnetica (DS) Formerly known as Puzz Loop, this 1998 puzzle title is brought to you by Mitchell, responsible for Polarium. MITCHELL!
Big Brain Academy Details and Screens
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• Tue, Apr 11
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Kotaku: Big Brain Academy
By Brian Crecente Big Brain Academy is a series of minigames (called Activities) that are designed to exercise the brain. Players can "weigh" their brain in Test mode, earn medals for individual activities in Practice mode or play against friends and family in Versus mode.