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Year 2009

 

Rate Nintendo E3 2009 Press Event - with Liveblog at 12pm EDT

Original at GamingToday (Feedburner) external link    Tue, Jun 2

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By Eva Nintendo is rolling out its E3 2009 line at noon today. Yes videogames have come up in the world of entertainment, dominating movie and music. Nintendo promises a new leap forward in game control and a Mario adventure to go with. Keep up with all latest here. 12:06 EST - Nintendo announces Super...

Rate Review: Retro Game Challenge

Original at Escapist Magazine external link    Fri, May 29

 NC In doing so, Mr. Demon Arino - who kind of looks like a combination between the Matrix and Dr. Kawashima's disembodied head from Brain Age - hopes to run you through a series of challenges, each set by his own prior accomplishments, in order to appease ...

Rate Nintendo Points the Way to E3 with Trademarks 'Wii Fit Plus' and ...

Original at Gizmodo.com external link    Wed, May 27

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Washington Post Whatever Nintendo does, that's the game's real logo. And November retailer availability floated around in a rumor from last month. "Art Academy" brings up fond memories of Mario Paint, with the slightest overtones of Brain Age knockoff Big Brain ...

Rate Largest toy retailers see higher holiday sales

Original at Playthings external link    Mon, May 25

 NY Top video game systsems were the Nintendo DS Lite, Play Station 2 and the Xbox 360. Top video games the New Super Mario Bros., Brain Age and Madden Football. According to market research firm The NPD Group, Port Washington, NY, weekly point-of-sale ...

Rate Her Royal Wii-ness

Original at NintendoDS Advanced external link    Thu, May 21

 Michigan Remember the time Nintendo gave former President Bush a DS Lite (plus a copy of Brain Age)? Well, THQ may have just done them one better by going to the Queen of England with a gold-plated Wii. The uniquely gold-finished console was commissioned ...

Rate Is the video game exercise trend getting overloaded or just starting?

Original at Industry Standard Breaking external link    Mon, May 18

 CA Exercise games is one of the five topics at the conference, which also addresses brain-training games such as Nintendo's Brain Age and other therapeutic games. If the video game companies can keep offering something new to users that helps them enjoy ...

Rate Colorado teachers recognized for 'Rising Above'

Original at YourHub.com external link    Fri, May 8

 CO As a thanks for nominating their teachers, all three students will each be awarded with a Nintendo DS™ and a Brain Age game. Panera Bread is locally owned and operated by Breads of the World, LLC Breads of the World currently owns and operates all 24 ...

Rate Nintendo Logs 27 Fiscal Year Million-Sellers

Original at Gamasutra external link    Fri, May 8

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On the Wii, Wii Sports and Wii Fit led sales during the current fiscal year, while the aging Brain Age and New Super Mario Bros. continued beat out newer titles. Nintendo said yesterday that overall, the number of million-selling DS titles, ...

Rate Nintendo Reports Record Annual Sales, Profits

Original at Gamasutra external link    Thu, May 7

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Catalog titles Brain Age and Brain Age 2 sold a total of 7.31 million units during the fiscal year, logging 31.12 million sold worldwide life-to-date. The number of DS million-sellers, including first- and third-parties, climbed from 57 last year to 91 ...

Rate Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword Hints III (DS)

Original at Softpedia external link    Tue, May 5

 Romania - Andrei Dobra, Andrei Dobra Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword is rather interesting, as you hold the Nintendo DS sideways when you want to play it, similar to Hotel Dusk: 215 or Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day. The left screen of the DS shows the area map, while the right ...

Rate Brain Age 2 PreviewVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at fr.truveo.com external link    Fri, May 1

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Victor Lucas interviews Localization Writer Alan Averill about Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day fr.truveo.com

Rate Dr. Kawashima Brings Brain Training To PC

Original at Kotaku.com external link    Tue, Apr 28

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Published by Namco Bandai Europe and distributed by Atari, Brain Training with Dr. Kawashima takes the same sort of brain training exercises we've seen in the Nintendo DS Brain Age series and brings them to the PC format, giving folks who sit in front ... Brain Exercise Coming To PC Ve3d.com

Rate Nintendo: Not Everyone Has Played Brain Age

Original at Kotaku external link    Fri, Apr 17

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By Brian Ashcraft New DSiWare title Little Bit of Brain Training offers new players bite-sized bursts of brain training and chance to laugh like a maniac. What's more, the game offers seasoned players a tweaked version for those who are especially adept at boasting their gray matter age.

Rate New Nintendo DSi Nails the Nifty Factor

Original at TechNewsWorld external link    Sat, Apr 11    10 related articles

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 CA Finally, "Brain Age Express: Math," which recycles the math problems of the original "Brain Age" games, will set you back $8. The DSi does play the hundreds of DS cartridges that are already on the market. Best of the recent releases: Nintendo's ...

Rate Brain Age Express: closer to Brain Age 3?

Original at N-Sider.com external link    Fri, Apr 10

 CA I also understand from reports that two more previously-released exercises are making a reappearance, and at least one more is brand new. But Brain Age Express: Math has a few more tricks up its sleeve. The floating polygonal head of Dr. Kawashima told ...

Rate Nintendo releases DSi titles, updates for WiiWare and Virtual Console

Original at TechShout! external link    Tue, Apr 7

Brain Age Express: Math, for 800 DSi points is a mathematic centric game from the Brain Age series. There are exercises like Change Maker, Triangle Math, Sum Totaled and Multi Tasker. Also included is the new Theme mode for drawing, photography and ... DSiWare's Second Wave? IGN

Rate DSiWare, WiiWare, and Virtual Console releases for this week

Original at CNET News.com external link    Mon, Apr 6

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Nintendo, 500 DSi Points): Snapped! is a collection of mini games that uses the DSi's onboard camera. Brain Age Express: Math (Nintendo, 800 DSi Points): This is just the math version of a Brain Age game and wraps up this week's DSiWare offerings. ...

Rate dsiware Master of Illusion, Brain Age, Art Style rated by OFLC

Original at Joystiq external link    Wed, Mar 18

 CA But if you wanted to know if Nintendo planned to localize any of its Japanese dsiware lineup, here is evidence that yes, it is. Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm ...

Rate Osaka Schools Passing Out DSs

Original at Kotaku external link    Thu, Mar 12

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By AJ Glasser Reports say that about 10 middle and elementary schools in Osaka will start handing out Nintendo DS consoles to students next January. Nintendo's plan to control the world: 80% complete. Maybe every DS taxes buy for a school child will be 100 yen Nintendo puts toward making games that don't...

Rate NDS Review - 'Margot's Word Brain'

Original at WorthPlaying.com external link    Mon, Mar 2

 CA When the game begins, you'll be asked to flip the DS into a book-like format, similar to Brain Age, and either choose from one of the six puzzles or the challenge that has you play all six in a row. From there, you can opt to skip right ahead to the ...

Rate Brain Age Does Not Work Say French Researchers

Original at Kotaku external link    Mon, Jan 26

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By Brian Ashcraft Just as researchers in Scotland say Brain Age works, researchers in France say it doesn't. According to data from University of Rennes, Brittany, Brain Age failed to show any significant jump in memory. Nintendo brain-trainer 'no better than pencil and paper' [Times Online]

Rate How To: Brain Age 2 SudokuVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sun, Jan 25

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By rss@youtube.com (mpmdzoomas) This is a quick preview of Brain Age 2 Sudoku section. This can teach you how to play Sudoku. Author: mpmdzoomas Keywords: brain age sudoku Added: January 25, 2009

Rate President Barack Obama's Video Game Buyer's Guide

Original at Kotaku.com external link    Tue, Jan 20

 NY - Nintendo had the right idea when they gifted President George W. Bush with a Nintendo DS and a copy of Brain Age. The key here is to actually use it. ...

Rate Personal Trainer: Math Review

Original at IGN external link    Mon, Jan 12

 CA - Jan 12, 2009 It's almost as if someone at Nintendo thought that the math problems in Brain Age could be pulled out as a stand-alone product, because that's pretty much ...

Rate Top 30 Brain Health and Fitness Articles of 2008

Original at sharpbrains (WordPress) external link    Fri, Dec 26

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By Alvaro What is the connection between physical and mental exercises? Do they have additive effects on brain health? Are they redundant? Let’s start by reviewing what we know about the effects of physical exercise on the brain. Brain Fitness Industry 29. Posit Science, Nintendo Brain Age, and Br...

Rate Top 30 Brain Health and Fitness Articles of 2008

Original at http external link    Fri, Dec 26

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By Alvaro What is the connection between physical and mental exercises? Do they have additive effects on brain health? Are they redundant? Let’s start by reviewing what we know about the effects of physical exercise on the brain. Brain Fitness Industry 29. Posit Science, Nintendo Brain Age, and Br...

Rate My Fun Facts Coach Review

Original at IGN external link    Thu, Dec 18

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 CA - Dec 18, 2008 by Aaron Thornton December 18, 2008 - Ever since the self-improvement genre found its place on DS back in 2006 with Brain Age, we've seen countless ...

Rate Nintendo Announces Two New DS Bundles for Black Friday

Original at 1up.com external link    Tue, Nov 25

By Philip Kollar With the continued domination of both the Wii and the Nintendo DS in pure sales numbers, Nintendo has more reason than anyone to give thanks this holiday season, but they won't be spending the day after Thanksgiving lazing around in a turkey coma. Instead, the console manufacturer has ann...

Rate Unboxed: Mario DS Lite, This Year's Hottest Black Friday Buy

Original at Wired News external link    Tue, Nov 25

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By Chris Kohler Oh look, it's the "Mario Red" Nintendo DS Lite bundle, in person. You just know that these are going to fly off the shelves when they are released on Black Friday -- not only to parents snapping up DS hardware... Oh look, it's the "Mario Red" Nintendo DS Lite bundle, in person.

Rate Zenses: Rainforest Edition Review

Original at IGN external link    Mon, Nov 24

 CA - If you've got a mom, sister, or younger family member or friend that's into DS, but might even consider games like Super Princess Peach or even Brain Age as ...

Rate GoNintendo » Blog Archive » Nintendo > Science- What are you ...

Original at Go Nintendo external link    Wed, Nov 19

We’ve posted a few of Nintendo of Canada’s Brain Age ads. You know the ones I’m talking about…they feature someone with a really small head, and someone playing Brain Age that has a normal-sized head. While I find the ads inoffensive, ...

Rate If You Fell From The Rope Climb In P.E.

Original at Seattle Post Intelligencer external link    Sat, Nov 15

By Christina Hyun It seems I need to get crackin' on "Brain Age" (Nintendo DS game). Claire is down to the 40's in her brain age, and guess where I'm at? I've only played it twice and am something like 89 years old! I'M SLOW. VERY SLOW. That name-the-colors intro exercise kind of stresses me out though. I am not good a...

Rate Wii Music aims to take music gaming to the masses

Original at Gizmag external link    Mon, Oct 20

While music based rhythm games such as Guitar Hero and Rock Band let players let out their inner Rock God, Nintendo, like they have done for the majority of their Wii titles, have aimed for a different demographic with Wii Music. With the standard lead, bass, drums and vocals combo pretty we...

Rate Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo Talk Edutainment [Q&a]

Original at Kotaku external link    Tue, Oct 14

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By Brian Crecente I'm not sure about the overall reason, however, educational software on our portable Nintendo DS has gained a foothold. Games like Brain Age and Big Brain Academy demonstrate that the public enjoys video games with educational themes. You also see a variety of third-party software with b...

Rate GameStop Kicks Off 'Me Time Anytime'

Original at PR Inside (Pressemitteilung) external link    Mon, Oct 13

PR-inside.com) http://www.gamestop.com - Chris Olivera VP, Corporate Communications/Public Affairs GameStop Corp. (817) 722-7253 or Beth Sharum Manager, Corporate Communications GameStop Corp. (817) 722-7281 Forget your busy schedule and drop the kids off at soccer practice - its t...

Rate Midway gives Wii more minigames with Game Party 2

Original at GamingNexus external link    Sat, Oct 11

A good example is Nintendo's Brain Age; the sequel, aptly named Brain Age 2, didn't do nearly as well as the first game because the casual consumers didn't make the distinction. Maybe that's why Nintendo is naming the Wii Sports sequel ...

Rate Brain Center America Challenges US Gamers to Get NeuroActive

Original at Gaming Today external link    Wed, Sep 10

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By Shawn Sines Apparently NeuroActive has been used in Canada and Europe successfully. I find it amusing that BCA is using the US obsession with physical fitness as a call for people to get mentally fit. Most of the people reading this article already use their brains regularly and are pretty mentally fit....

Rate Mario Kart Wii Has A Golden Week

Original at Kotaku external link    Thu, May 15

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By Michael McWhertor 12. Mario Kart DS (DS) 13. DS Bimoji Training (DS) 18. Mario Party DS (DS) 19. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 22. Emblem of Gundam (DS) 27. SimCity DS 2: Kodaikara Mirai e Tsudzukumachi (DS) 28. Brain Age 2 (DS) 29. Taiko Drum Master DS (DS) 30. Animal Crossing Wild World (DS)

Rate Teenage Zombies

Original at 1up.com external link    Tue, Mar 11

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By Andrew Hayward Teenage zombies: big fans of minigames -- Like many DS titles seeking to spice up an action experience, Teenage Zombies contains a handful of minigames dropped in between chapters of the adventure. We played one in which Half-Pipe skateboards in a half-pipe (clever!) on the touch screen...

Year 2007

 

Rate More than One DS Sold Every Five Seconds in U.S. [Nintendo]

Original at Kotaku external link    Tue, Dec 11

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By Brian Crecente DS, Pokemon(R) Diamond and Super Mario(R) 64 DS. Another eight games have sold more than 1 million each in the United States, including Brain Age(TM): Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day, Pokemon(R) Pearl, Animal Crossing(R): Wild World, Big Brain Academy(TM) and four separate versions o...

Rate Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart [Media Create]

Original at Kotaku external link    Wed, Nov 14    3 related articles

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By Michael McWhertor Tomorrow, hardware sales figures hit later in the evening. It promises to be... interesting. 27. Tamagotchi no Puchi Puchi Omisecchi: Mina San Kyu (DS) 28. Animal Crossing Wild World (DS) 29. Dragon Tamer: Sound Spirits (DS) 30. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (PSP)

Rate Can Handheld Consoles Break The Non-game Barrier?

Original at GigaOM external link    Fri, Oct 5

By Jane Pinckard The massive success of Nintendo’s cheeky cerebral treadmill, Brain Age, which stayed on Japan’s best-seller list for 34 weeks and has sold over 8.6 million units, has tempted other companies into experimenting with non-games. The fact that older people bought Nintendo’s handheld cons...

Rate Brain Age 2 Goes On Tour [Brain Training]

Original at Kotaku external link    Thu, Sep 27

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By Mike Fahey REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 27, 2007 - Hair salons, RV shows and shopping malls might not be the first places you think of when it's time to exercise your brain. But that's exactly where Nintendo is showing off the brain-training abilities of its new Brain Age™ 2: More Training in Minutes a Day progr...

Rate 4cr Review - Brain Buster Puzzle Pak

Original at 4 color rebellion external link    Sun, Jul 15

By Greg It won’t really provide much for detractors, but Brain Buster Puzzle Pak is a good buy for people interested in number puzzles. The sheer variety of puzzles makes this title soar over its competition, and it won’t break the bank at twenty bucks. This is one “brain-game” that is actually wort...

Rate Bleach Is Always The Bridesmaid: Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart

Original at Kotaku external link    Wed, May 30

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13. Yoshi's Island DS (DS) 16. Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings (DS) 17. Momotarou Dentetsu DS Tokyo & Japan (DS) 18. Mario Kart DS (DS) 19. Brain Age (DS) 20. English Training (DS) 21. Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Wii) 22. Animal Crossing Wild World (DS) 25. Gyakuten Saiban 4 (DS)

Rate He's Baaaaaack!: More Brain Age in Europe

Original at Kotaku external link    Tue, May 15

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More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima: How Old Is Your Brain? launches in Europe on Nintendo DS More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima: How Old Is Your Brain? launches across Europe on 29th June 2007 at the estimated retail price of around €30 (£19.99 in the UK).

Year 2006

 

Rate The Kotaku Effect, or The Price of a Guinness in Rathmines

Original at Kotaku external link    Mon, Jul 17

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By kotaku.com I'd like to exchange these games for a game that doesn't suck," I said, flinging Brain Age and Sonic Rush on the counter with a contemptuous flick of my otherwise limp wrist. No. They're terrible. Anyone who likes them is an idiot. That goes for Mr. Precious Brian 'Brain Age 20' Crecente too."

Rate Nintendo Gifts DS Lite to President Bush

Original at Kotaku external link    Wed, Jul 5

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By Brian Crecente Please accept our gift of a new Nintendo DS Lite system and a copy of Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day. You now join millions of people around the world who have fun challenging themselves with Brain Age. If you have never played a video game before, don't worry. Brain Age is part of our...

Rate Upstart CEO Talks Mobile Brain Gaming

Original at Kotaku external link    Wed, Apr 26

By Brian Ashcraft We'd been aware of each other for some time, and cemented a relationship early last year. Upstart is very active in the Japanese market, and G-mode has had good traction in the west. The very first Vodafone live! handset launched in Europe included a pre-installed G-mode title. Upstart's kn...

Rate Interview With Brain Age Professor

Original at Kotaku external link    Tue, Apr 11

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By Brian Ashcraft A). Beyond success of these DS games, I have published two brain training books, both of which have sold more than a million. So I know brain training is social trend in Japan. Therefore, shall I say, it's not too incredible. Q). What do you think of the English version? What do you like best about t...

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