Brain Age: Train Your Brain

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 Michael McWhertor For the first time, the AIAS honored former president of Nintendo of America, Minoru Arakawa, and chairman emeritus of Nintendo of America, Howard Lincoln with Lifetime Achievement Awards. The AIAS also inducted video game pioneer Dan Bunten (known later in life as Danielle Bunten Ber...

By Brian Crecente Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii(TM), Nintendo DS(TM), Game Boy(R) Advance and Nintendo GameCube(TM) systems. Since 1983, Nintendo has sold nearly 2.2 billion video Pokemon(R). A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of Americ...

By Brian Ashcraft For English speakers, it was the word "blue." Brain Age just didn't like it. But what about for Korean folks? The game just launch there and is apparently having localization issues as well. According to The Korea Times: The game is supposed to recognize spoken words in some of exercises, but...

By Brian Crecente PS2 MADDEN NFL 07 - ELECTRONIC ARTS: 2.8 mm (Includes Hall of Fame) NDS NEW SUPER MARIO BROS - NINTENDO: 2.0 mm PS2 KINGDOM HEARTS II - SQUARE ENIX: 1.7 mm PS2 FINAL FANTASY XII - SQUARE ENIX: 1.3 mm NDS BRAIN AGE: TRAIN YOUR BRAIN - NINTENDO:1.1mm 360 MADDEN NFL 07 - ELECTRONIC ARTS: 1.1mm

By Brian Ashcraft What better way to promote a game than by with a brain suspended in swirling white crap? Wired's Chris Kohler shows this Brain Age Nintendo sent him. Odd. But Cool. In an odd way. Brian Ashcraft Brain Globe [Game|Life via GayGamer]

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By Brian Crecente The non-game sold more than 4 million copies world wide, but 3 million of that was in Japan. That really says something about the cultural difference of gamers in different countries, even when you factor in the head start Japan got on sales.

By Brian Ashcraft Seniors aren't the only ones that need brain training. Dorks do, too. And now in Japan they can as a CD-ROM geek trainer called Moeru Nou Tore has hit otaku-land. The word "moe" refers to the pink, the cute and the dow-eyed doe-eyed, "nou" means brain and the "tore" is a shortened form of "traini...

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."

By Brian Crecente I noticed this when I took my son to Toys R Us the other day. It's a Brain Age Folio Kit for the DS Lite. I guess the idea is that if you're a busy executive on the go who also likes to game, you can put your DS Lite in this faux leather carrier. It comes with a little wipe to clean your DS Lite's screen and a...

By Brian Ashcraft This Father's Day, Nintendo is going after dear old dad with Brain Age ads that claim the software will hone that paternal brain by making pops better at math problems. Smart dads mean one thing: getting away with less. Bad kids might want to stick to the neck ties and Old Spice. Brian Ashcraft

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...

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...