Brain Age: Train Your Brain

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 ...

 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 ...

 Germany Auf dem Nintendo DS setzten sich die Nintendogs an die Spitze. New Super Mario Brothers holt aber langsam auf und ist Vizemeister in der DS-Liga. Natürlich darf auch Dr. Kawashima nicht fehlen. Dessen Gehirntrainer (Brain Age) landet auf Platz vier, ...

 NY Various versions of Nintendogs have sold 22.2 million units worldwide, followed by New Super Mario Bros. and Personal Trainer: Cooking at 18.4 million each, Brain Training (aka Brain Age) at 17.4 million, and Pokemon Diamond/Pearl at 16.8 million. ...

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, ...

 FL To ward off memory loss and dementia and to stimulate cognitive activities, Nintendo created video games such as the DS handheld game, Brain Age. They have also designed virtual sports games, such as the Wii, which allows for indoor exercise. ...

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  USA To ward off memory loss and dementia and to stimulate cognitive activities, Nintendo created video games such as the DS handheld game, “Brain Age.” They have also designed virtual sports games such as the Wii. At this year’s Las Vegas Consumer ...

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Some, such as "Brain Age," claim to help improve memory. Others, such as the Nintendo Wii system, incorporate thinking skills and body movements. A study done at the University of Illinois found that people over age 60 had improvement in several areas ...

 OH 500 Nintendo Points) and Brain Age Express: Math (800 Nintendo Points). Of the five, Art Style: AQUIA really stands out as a must-buy, but the other five are likely more hit or miss, and a lot of that depends on whether you like certain franchises or ...

 Canada Today (April 5) Art Style: Aquia (DS) Bird & Beans (DS) Brain Age Express: Math (DS) Master of Illusion Express: Funny Face (DS) Rhythm Heaven (DS) WarioWare: Snapped! (DS) Monday (April 6) Professor Heinz Wolff’s Gravity (Wii, DS) Tuesday (April 7) ...

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 UK What started with Brain Age/Brain Training in 2006 has now evolved into one Nintendo’s biggest cash cows. The innovative technology that Nintendo used with the Nintendo DS and Wii has managed to attract thousands of new people into the gaming industry, ...

 Canada Nintendo. The tone of the games, the audience they attract…I’m loving it.” He revealed some of the DS titles that he owns and they include: Chessmaster, Zelda, Super Mario, Club House Games, and of course, Brain Age. by Jerry Mitchell Mario Kart Wii ...

 NJ Nintendo President Satoru Iwata will be providing the show's keynote, and a few big announcements are expected during his speech. In 2005 he shared details about the upcoming Nintendo Wii, and in 2006 he showed off Phantom Hourglass and Brain Age. ...

 MA Nintendo President Satoru Iwata will be providing the show's keynote, and a few big announcements are expected during his speech. In 2005 he shared details about the upcoming Nintendo Wii, and in 2006 he showed off Phantom Hourglass and Brain Age. ...

 KY Compared to Sony, which appeals more to hard-core gamers, Nintendo has found a niche with easier-to-play games that appeal to newcomers to gaming, including the elderly and women, such as Wii Fit and Brain Age. The DS comes with a touch panel, ...

 - Feb 6, 2009 Nintendo, with its “Wii Fit” and “Brain Age” games knows a thing or two about self improvement and has, most recently, launched “Personal Trainer: Cooking” ...

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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has admitted that Wii Music wasn't the blockbuster success that the company had hoped for. But, much like Brain Age before ... Iwata: Wii Music Didn't Reach Potential Kotaku Australia Cubed3 - Gamasutra

He noted that, you know, Brain Age didn’t sell too well in Japan, but once Brain Age 2 came out, instant success. There’sa larger issue here than whether or not Wii Music disappointed both commercially and critically. It’s that Nintendo, for better or ...

 United States - Feb 2, 2009 Its Wii system is a minor hit in retirement homes, and Brain Age, a program for the company’s DS system, is marketed in part to graying users worried about ...

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They invented the 2D and 3D platformers as we know them with Super Mario Bros. and Mario 64, they pioneered the falling block puzzle genre with Tetris, they pioneered the "productivity" game with Brain Age, they even made the first truly successful ...

 CA - Jan 13, 2009 such as Mario Kart Wii, Wii Fit, LittleBigPlanet, Gears of War 2, Fable II, Brain Training (aka Brain Age) and Professor Layton and the Curious Village. ...

 TX - Jan 12, 2009 This isn't the first time Nintendo will be infiltrating the White House. Nintendo sent President George W. Bush a copy of the game Brain Age for his 60th ...

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 CA - Jan 12, 2009 Indeed, all top five selling games are Nintendo platform exclusives, with Wii Play at number three, Brain Training (aka Brain Age) for DS at number four ...

  USA - Jan 9, 2009 This isn't the first time Nintendo will be infiltrating the White House. Nintendo sent President George W. Bush a copy of the game Brain Age for his 60th ...

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NOLA.com High praise: 2008 was the best year for video games, ever NOLA.com, LA - Dec 24, 2008 Mario Party 8 (Nintendo) for Wii; rated "E" (mild cartoon violence) 10. Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! (Nintendo) for DS; rated "E"

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 MA - Dec 2, 2008 of Brain Age into a martial arts universe that is ideally suited for the Wii and Nintendo DS,” said David Luntz, President and CEO of Nunchuck Games. ...

By Michael McWhertor Toys 'R' Us Opens 5:00 AM - Store Locator Nintendo DS Ice Blue with Brain Age [5 AM -1 PM] - $149.99 Nintendo DS Mario Red with New Super Mario Bros. [5 AM -1 PM] - $149.99 Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway (Xbox 360/PS3) - $17.99 Destroy All Humans: Big Willy Unleashed (Wii) - $14.99

FREE Nintendo® DS™ accessory with the purchase of Nintendo® DS™ Brain Age Bundle or Nintendo® DS™ Super Mario Bros. Bundle * Up to 50% off Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Bundle for Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360 ...

By RawmeatCowboy Disney Princess Enchanted Journey for Nintendo Wii - $9.99 Game Party for Nintendo Wii - $9.99 Guitar Hero Game for Nintendo Wii - $24.99 Imagine Figure Skater for Nintendo DS - $9.99 Nintendo DS Special Edition Ice Blue w/Brain Age ...

By Chris Greenhough And if you look at titles like Brain Age, it's about the same as what Brain Age did during it's first few weeks and went on to sell 2.5 million copies. Wii Fit certainly had a larger launch than that. But I think that people are ...

By RawmeatCowboy No one (but hardcore 360 or PS3 fanboys) is really saying the Nintendo consoles are kiddy anymore. The DS and Wii both have proven to the gaming world that video games transcend age or demographics. Games like Brain Age, Wii Sports, ...

By Kris Pigna Brain Challenge is, as it sounds, basically a collection of quiz games in the Brain Age mold. Tests come in Visual, Memory, Logic, Math and Focus categories, and you can challenge your friends in three multiplayer modes for up to four players. There's also a special "Kid Test" and "Senior Te...

Nintendo DS original / blue (best offer) Nintendo DS lite / black ($115.00) Nintendo Game Cube (best offer) Tony Hawk's American Skateland ($10) Animal Crossing : Wild World ($20) Brain Age ($10) Brain Age 2 ($10) Link's Crossbow Training + Wii Zapper ($15)

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 ...

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)

By Edwin You will be able to treat your kids to a strategy game series for kids this summer on the Wii, taking into account various stages of thinking to help your kid develop his/her brain faster than those Brain Age games can. ...

By JC Fletcher It's almost like you could get your medical license on the DS. It's really cool how people take the DS and utilize it so many different ways. Like Brain Age. People who just want to play for five minutes just to get a little timestamp. ...

Big Brain Academy Wii Design Video Game - Nintendo Wii Big Brain Academy DS Video Game Big Brain Academy For the Wii BIG BRAIN ACADEMY (Nintendo DS & DS Lite) COMPLETE Big Brain academy Wii Degree Wii Game BIG BRAIN ACADEMY Nintendo DS ...

By Michael McWhertor 11. Mario Kart DS (DS) 12. RuneFactory 2 (DS) 15. Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Wii) 17. Taiko Drum Master DS (DS) 20. Animal Crossing Wild World (DS) 23. Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon: Time Expedition Party (DS) 26. More Brain Age (DS) 28. Nep League DS (DS) 30. Kanji Brain Test 2.5M (DS)

By Michael McWhertor This is it, kids. The start of a new era of video gaming has begun as Nintendo has shipped Wii Fit in Japan. The 8800 yen (about $80 US) game with its custom controller, the Wii balance board, was revealed at E3 2007, with some expecting it to act as the Wii's answer to Nintendo DS-selling mega-hi...

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...

Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aime promised additional Wii supply this holiday in an interview with the Mercury News. The executive also dished on the current games he likes, namely Brain Age 2, Metroid Prime 3, even Bioshock for Xbox 360.

By Jared Rea Filed under: Culture, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, Exergaming, Business, CasualAt ten o'clock and on the busiest of E3 mornings, Nintendo unveiled their latest plot to further expand their business outside the realm of gamers: Wii Fit.

By Zack Stern Filed under: Culture, Nintendo Wii, Simulations, Sports, Video, Rhythm, Exergaming, Casual

The floodgates of gaming have opened with last week's E3 Media & Business Summit 2007 (http://www.e3expo.com/). There were plenty of announcements from all gaming fronts. With so much to digest, we've attempted to come up with a few notable highlights from last week, broken down by gam...

By Ross Miller Filed under: Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, Puzzle, E3, Casual Will Ubisoft's My Word Coach, a more linguistically-oriented Brain Age, find an audience? We hope so; as edugaming titles go, this was certainly one of the more enjoyable entries. Gallery: My Word Coach (DS)

By Ross Miller Filed under: Culture, Nintendo Wii, Casual You're going to find Wii Fit vaguely familiar. The menu, the fonts, the colorful characters are all reminiscent of Wii Sports, the Wii menu, and Brain Age. The font, of course, possess magical properties that grants people the power to play video...

By Alisha Karabinus Working out with the Wii has already become a popular hobby for many gamers -- the addition of this software just makes it that much easier. Maybe some gamers would have liked to have seen less focus on the title during Nintendo's keynote, but this kind of thing is rapidly becoming a cornerst...

SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Reggie Fils-Aime described how Nintendo is aiming to improve mental health with a range of puzzle games and educational software for the Nintendo DS handheld device. The "Brain Age" franchise has already sold 15 million titles and new titles from Ubisoft promise t...

12. Kurikin: Nano Island Story (DS) 13. Mario Kart DS (DS) 15. Yoshi's Island DS (DS) 16. English Training (DS) 17. Brain Age (DS) 18. Animal Crossing: Wild World (DS) 21. Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Wii) 25. Gyakuten Saiban 4 (DS) 27. Common Sense Training (DS)

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)

By Michael McWhertor 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...

By Colin Torretta During the press conference with Reggie Fils-Aime, the President of Nintendo of America, he mentioned that some people felt that Nintendo was catering too exclusively to casual gamers with titles like Nintendogs and Brain Age. To this he countered that they had a number of games that app...

By Ross Miller Filed under: Culture, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, Puzzle, Casual Described as a "Brain Age with words," Ubisoft's My Word Coach for Wii and DS aims to make linguistic education fun. IGN tested out the game and were impressed by the amount of fun and education embedded into the game. Not to men...

By Jason Wishnov Anyway. As you very well may know, Brain Age focused fairly heavily on the numerical side of things. Equations = sadness. Did it teach you how to express, or to inspire? Hell no. And so Ubisoft jumps into the brain training genre, with both Wii and DS versions of their literary inculcator, My Wor...

A newly updated release list from Nintendo detailing its summer release schedule for both the Wii and DS sees both its highly anticipated Wii FPS Metroid Prime 3 and the latest Brain Age DS game slated for an August 20th release. The full list also sees a number of other important franchises...

By Brian Crecente The DS Lite Pack A brand new still-in-box black DS Lite A DS Lite carrying case A Nintendo WiFi USB Connector Elite Beat Agents game Wario Master of Disguise game Brain Age game New Super Mario Bros. game A Nintendo notebook Nintendo paper shopping bag

By Brian Crecente The Wii Remote controller's hands-on control makes playing a cinch. This rethinking of the popular Nintendo DS game will test players' brains with fun problems and allow people of any age to play together. Multiplayer versus and co-op play modes also have been added, allowing players to u...