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Nintendo brain training 'no better than pen and paper'
Original at WA today
• Sun, Jun 14
Australia People buying Nintendo DS consoles to give their grey matter a workout with brain training games are wasting their money, a new study shows. Titles such as Brain Training, More Brain Training and Big Brain Academy, which cost $50 on top of the $200 DS ...
Tax rebates for games a no-brainer, say gamers
Original at WA today
• Sun, Jun 14
Australia Despite the existence of several educational games such as Brain Training for the Nintendo DS and Big Brain Academy for the Nintendo Wii, the ATO believes that the educational value is not strong enough for people to claim the games or the consoles as ...
Big Brain Academy for Wii AdvertOriginal at GameSpot
• Sat, Jun 6
An advert for Big Brain Academy on Wii. www.gamespot.com
Library events
Original at Ypsilanti Courier
• Wed, Jun 3
MI Games include: Wii Sports, Big Brain Academy, and Mario Kart. Slamming in the City: 6 pm June 10 at the Ypsilanti District Library, 229 W. Michigan Avenue. Free. Details: 482-4110 ext. 1390 Join us near the fountain for a spoken word performance by the ...
Big Brain Academy 2 ScreensOriginal at gametrailers.com
• Sun, May 31
Well some screens of BBA for the Wii. Looks like a good game for Wii. It even uses your Miis. www.gametrailers.com
Wii Fit Plus & Art Academy Trademarks Spotted
Original at Total Video Games
• Wed, May 27
We'd imagine this could follow the Big Brain Academy series and perhaps reflect a newfound passion for art from Shigeru Miyamoto. Either that or it's a DSiWare title, as Silconera suggests. We'd expect both titles to form part of Nintendo's E3 ...
Canadian Gaming Deals, May 15th Edition
Original at NextGen Player
• Fri, May 15
Canada Best Buy and Super Store are having some decent deals for Xbox 360 consoles as well. Finally, Future Shop is throwing in a free copy of Big Brain Academy for shoppers who pick up a Wii this week. So why wait, let's jump into the weekly deal highlight ...
Big Brain Academy - Wii - VideoreviewOriginal at it.truveo.com
• Tue, May 12
Italian videorevew of Big Brain Academy for Nintendo Wii. Video recorded and edited by Wiitalia team (www.wiitalia.it). Videorecensione del gioco ... it.truveo.com
Xbox 360 XBLArrivals: Stellar Hand Edition
Original at Video Game Generation
• Mon, May 11
NC Additionally, this week's Deal of Week is Brain Challenge, a self-improvement game (like Brain Age, Big Brain Academy and countless others); Xbox LIVE Gold subscribers can download the title for 400 Microsoft Points ($5.00), half off of the usual price ...
Big Brain Academy Wii Degree | Nintendo Wii | TrailerOriginal at espanol.video.yahoo.com
• Wed, Mar 18
Compare, find and review the best available deals for Big Brain Academy Wii Degree on the Nintendo Wii at CheckCost UK. espanol.video.yahoo.com
New DS colours launching in SA this month, line-up detailed
Original at EL33TONLINE
• Tue, Mar 17
South Africa Gamers can also look forward to a number of new DS games hitting the shelves from now until May including Maths Training and Sight Training from the popular Touch! Generations range. Animal Crossing: Wild World, Big Brain Academy and Pokémon Ranger are ...
Nintendo denies DS Lite solus phase out
Original at MCV
• Thu, Mar 12
UK Sources this morning claimed that solus packs were to vanish from UK retail in the “coming weeks”, with bundles including Brain Training, Nintendogs and Big Brain Academy taking their place. However, a Nintendo UK spokesperson told MCV this morning: ...
Football Academy designer on developing new IP for the DS
Original at CasualGaming.biz
• Tue, Mar 10
Originally the concept being touted around was of combining a game like Brain Age/Big Brain Academy with football," explained Coates, adding: "but both I and Producer Simon Humber personally felt that this would be far too limited a game experience ...
Wii isn't just for kids
Original at The Olympian
• Mon, Feb 2
Wii isn't just for kids WA Kessler said the seniors are interested in the sports games and in the "brain games." Those include "Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree" which aims to sharpen memory, math and reflex skills. One of the buildings has a group of six to eight seniors who ...
Mario Kart and Wii Fit sell over 1 million in UK
Original at Smash Gamers
• Fri, Nov 28
By Cadelaf Wii Fit and Mario Kart has now reached over 1,000,000 sells giving them the platinum sales title according to the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association. Big Brain Academy (DS) got double-platinum status and the famous Super Smash Bros. Brawl got platinum status wi...
Wii Warm Up: Setting definitive boundaries - Nintendo Wii Fanboy
Original at Nintendo Wii Fanboy
• Sat, Nov 8
By Alisha Karabinus Big Brain Academy and Brain Age are great, but they spawned a lot of junk titles trying to cash in on the brain-training exercises. On other consoles, it's obvious what qualifies... Any cartoon-style cart racer besides MarioKart is ...
GoNintendo » Blog Archive » Brain Challenge - review- What are you ...
Original at Go Nintendo
• Fri, Nov 7
By RawmeatCowboy Hm, that’s vaguely interesting to me. Big Brain Academy was interesting to me too but I didn’t want to pay full price for it. Since this is cheap I might consider it. Then again my ‘fridge’ is pretty full. :\ ...
Senior Living
Original at Burke Connection
• Wed, Nov 5
VA - Nov 5, 2008 Big Brain Academy for adults 55+ with numerous Nintendo Wii mini-games to improve mental skills, 1 pm, Lee Senior Center, 5722 Lee Highway. Free. ...
New DS Lite bundles in time for Christmas
Original at That VideoGame
• Sat, Sep 20
By Luke Walker New bundle packs will be available in the UK in October and across Europe by Christmas. So early shoppers, take note — new white and black DS Lites will come with Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training: How Old is Your Brain, red DS Lites will come with Big Brain Academy, pink DS Lites will have Nintend...
Make 10: A Journey of Numbers Review
Original at PALGN
• Thu, Sep 18
Australia - Showing no sign of ending the series, Nintendo has since released Maths, Sight and More Brain Training, as well as the less famous Big Brain Academy games. ...
Lightning Review: Brain Challenge
Original at iphone Newswire
• Mon, Sep 15
That is one strong plus feature of the Big Brain Academy games - you can have a cooperative mode where you are helping each other, or a race mode to see who finishes first, or even a puzzle mode where you compete to get points on a ...
Lightning Review: Brain Challenge
Original at The iPhone
• Mon, Sep 15
By Rene Ritchie That is one strong plus feature of the Big Brain Academy games - you can have a cooperative mode where you are helping each other, or a race mode to see who finishes first, or even a puzzle mode where you compete to get points on a ...
Review : Big Brain Academy [DS] - from GamePro.com
Original at GamePro.com
• Wed, Aug 27
Review - Big Brain Academy - School is now in session at Nintendo's Big Brain Academy, so enroll now! Great mini-games and a unique scoring system help give this brain trainer a passing grade.
Brain Assist - review
Original at Go Nintendo
• Tue, Aug 5
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 ...
Teenage Zombies: Invasion of the Alien Brain Thingys Review
Original at GamingExcellence
• Mon, Jun 16
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
Original at Go Nintendo
• Fri, Mar 14
By RawmeatCowboy Nintendo Wii Nintendo DS UK: 1. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Sega) 2. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo) 3. Professor Kageyama’s Maths Training (Nintendo) 4. More Brain Training (Nintendo) 5. Cooking Mama (505 Games)
Germany, Spain, Sweden - latest weekly software sales
Original at Go Nintendo
• Wed, Mar 5
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)
Canada - most wanted
Original at Go Nintendo
• Mon, Mar 3
By RawmeatCowboy Wii™ NINTENDO DS™ Thanks to Psychoduck for the heads up! Wii™ 1. Super Smash Bros® Brawl 2. Super Mario Galaxy™ 3. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock 4. Wii Zapper™ 5. Big Brain Academy™: Wii Degree 6. The Legend of Zelda®: Twilight Princess 7. Metroid® Prime 3: Corruption NINTENDO DS™ [...]
Nintendo DS Review: Mega Brain Boost
Original at Blogcritics
• Thu, Feb 28
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
Original at Go Nintendo
• 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
Original at Go Nintendo
• Sat, Feb 9
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...
UK software sales - week ending Jan. 12th
Original at Go Nintendo
• Mon, Jan 14
By RawmeatCowboy Link 01 (02) [360] Call of Duty 4 : Modern Warfare (Activision) 02 (03) [NDS] Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo) 03 (01) [NDS] More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima (Nintendo) 04 (14) [WII] Big Brain Academy : Wii Degree (Nintendo) 05 (07) [WII] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo) 06 (04...
Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart... Again! [Sales]
Original at Kotaku
• Thu, Jan 10
By Michael McWhertor 11. Mario Kart DS (DS) 12. RuneFactory 2 (DS) 13. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 15. Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Wii) 17. Taiko Drum Master DS (DS) 19. Powerful Pro Kun Pocket 10 (DS) 24. Tales of Innocence (DS) 26. More Brain Age (DS) 28. Nep League DS (DS) 30. Kanji Brain Test 2.5M (DS)
British Gongs: BAFTA Games Nominees Announced
Original at Kotaku
• Thu, Sep 27
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)
European Charts EXPLOSION
Original at Kotaku
• Tue, Aug 21
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
Big Brain Academy Invades Canadian TV Show [TV]
Original at Kotaku
• Wed, Aug 15
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
Euro Nintendo Wii Review | Big Brain Academy for Wii
Original at Cubed3
• Mon, Jul 23
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...
Where the Wii Fits In
Original at Slashdot
• Sun, Jul 22
By CmdrTaco AGFlamey writes "On Angry Gamer is an interesting and lengthy article about the new direction Nintendo are taking with the Wii and in particular "non-games" like Wii Fit and Big Brain Academy. From the article: "Hardcore folks don't like to admit it, but Mario and Zelda are relics of the pa...
Wii Review: Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree
Original at Blogcritics
• Tue, Jul 3
By Tall Writer Boosting your brain mass (measured in grams) is the basic objective in all games. The CPU automatically divides players into teams for the multiplayer modes, and playing against the CPU is always an option. Big Brain Academy Wii Degree is rated E (Everyone) by the ESRB.
Review: Train Your Brain Round-up
Original at Geek.com
• Mon, Jul 2
By James In Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree, gamers are put through a handful of categories–Identify, Memorize, Analyze, Compute, and Visualize–that test their various abilities. Using just the Wii remote, you try to answer questions as quickly and accurately as possible. When you’re finished,...
GAME REVIEW: 'Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree' -- Nintendo for the Wii
Original at Detroit Free Press
• Sat, Jun 23
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)
Original at Eurogamer
• Wed, Jun 20
Wouldn't graduate with a third from a polytechnic.
Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree
Original at 1UP.com
• Fri, Jun 15
By Jennifer Tsao Grow your brain by waving your arms like an idiot. Our review.
Game Review: Big Brain Academy doesn't make the grade on Wii
Original at TG Daily
• Tue, Jun 12
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...
Event: Nintendo's Father's Day Challenge
Original at Kotaku
• Tue, Jun 5
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...
Domination Update: Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart
Original at Kotaku
• Thu, May 10
03. Wii Sports (Wii) - 84,782 / 1,543,596 04. Yoshi's Island DS (DS) - 58,948 / 791,132 05. Wii Play (Wii) - 58,718 / 1,279,131 07. Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Wii) - 55,165 / 97,424 09. Momotarou Dentetsu DS Tokyo & Japan (DS) - 45,662 / 124,642 10. More Brain Age (DS) - 44,047 / 4,238,185
Mario Party 23 Confirmed: 124 Nintendo Wii & DS Games In The Works
Original at Kotaku
• Fri, Apr 27
Nintendo prez Satoru Iwata told Japanese press yesterday that the company currently has 45 Wii games and 79 Nintendo DS games in development, with some of those titles scheduled for release this summer. Nintendo Develops 45 New Games for Wii, 79 Titles for DS Player [Bloomberg]
Horror Story: Wii, DS Release Schedule
Original at Kotaku
• Wed, Mar 7
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 April 22 Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl Nintendo June 4 Nintendo DS browser Nintendo June 4 Planet Puzzle League Nintendo
Wii Big Brain Academy Hands-On [Wii]
Original at Kotaku
• Mon, Sep 18
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
Big Brain Academy Details and Screens
Original at Kotaku
• Tue, Apr 11
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.