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Thursday, Nov 27
Amazon's Full Black Friday Deal List: Your Trousers Will Tremble
Nintendo DS Brain Challenge - $9.95 (Reg. $19.99) Wii Nintendo DS Lite Limited Edition Ice Blue with Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! And Carrying Case Bundle - $134.95 (Reg. $149.99) Nintendo DS Lite Play Stand - $4.95 (Reg. $12.99) Wii Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree - $19.95 (Reg. $29.99)
Wednesday, Nov 26
GameStop's Holiday Game Picks [Give, Receive, And Trade]
The Puzzle Lover – Four new learning and puzzle game are sure to be popular with both children and adults. Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Wii), Carnival Games: Mini Golf (Wii) and Brain Quest (DS), are all great picks in this category and appropriate for everyone on your gift list.
Tuesday, Nov 25
Black Friday 2008: Amazon's Partial BLACK FRIDAY Gamer Dealgasm
Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree - $19.95 (Reg. $29.99) Animal Crossing City Folk Bundle - $39.95 (Reg. $69.99) MySims Kingdom - $19.95 (Reg. $29.99). PC *Friday Only - Fallout 3 - $29.95 (Reg. $49.99) Guild Wars Eye of the North - $9.95 ...
Amazon's Partial BLACK FRIDAY Gamer Dealgasm [Black Friday 2008]
Wii Wii and Wii Fit will be in stock on Black Friday starting at midnight. Friday Only - Guitar Hero Aerosmith Wii - $25.95 (Reg. $39.99) DeBlob - $25.95 (Reg. $49.99) LEGO Batman - $29.95 (Reg. $49.99) Wario Land: Shake It! - $29.95 (Reg. $49.99) Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree - $19.95 (Reg. $29.99)
Tuesday, Oct 14
Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo Talk Edutainment [Q&a]
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...
Sunday, Sep 28
Nintendo Europe's Fall/Winter Lineup Revealed
Nintendo DS Lite White + Brain Training Nintendo DS Lite White + Nintendogs (Labrador & Friends) Nintendo DS Lite Pink + Nintendogs (Labrador & Friends) Nintendo DS Lite Black + Brain Training Nintendo DS Lite Red + Big Brain Academy
Thursday, Jan 10
Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart... Again! [Sales]
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)
Thursday, Dec 20
MSNBC's Reader GOTY
MSNBC video game section has been polling gamers about their favorite games in a number of categories, trying to narrow down the search for the Game of the Year. The finalists are: Madden NFL 08 Project Gotham Racing 4 Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Wednesday, Oct 31
The Nintendo Million (Bajillion) Club
Nintendo Wii Wii Sports: 11,860,000 (including hardware bundles) Wii Play w/Wii Remote: 6,320,000 Mario Party 8: 2,890,000 Super Paper Mario: 1,740,000 Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree: 1,380,000 Mario Strikers Charged: 1,330,000 Can we borrow $5?
Sunday, Oct 7
Who Will Be Britain's Brainiest Family?
Is it yours? Nintendo wants to find out! The big N is holding a contest to help promote Big Brain Academy in the UK that asks "Are You Britain's Brainiest Family." Starting October 13 at various shopping centers around the UK, you and your family can take the stage to compete against other fam...
Thursday, Sep 27
British Gongs: BAFTA Games Nominees Announced
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)
Saturday, Sep 22
Nintendo Backing Handheld Learning Conference
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...
Wednesday, Aug 15
Big Brain Academy Invades Canadian TV Show [TV]
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
Thursday, Aug 9
Big Brain Leaps Off The Screen
Having trouble playing against the computer in using the Wii or DS versions of Big Brain Academy? Here's an idea for you straight from one of those self-proclaimed smart-people. Gather together five of your stupidest friends, get them all liquered up and break out a copy of Big Brain Acade...
Sunday, Jun 17
Nintendo World Store Celebrates Father's Day
Rick Singer and his son Michael (on the right) of Vienna, Va., took home the title of "Biggest Brain" along with a prize package of a Wii and a copy of Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree. Congratulations Rick and Michael on having such hefty brain pans! We all aspire to your mental prowess. Flynn De Ma...
Tuesday, Jun 5
Event: Nintendo's Father's Day Challenge
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...
Thursday, May 10
Domination Update: Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart
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
Friday, Apr 27
Mario Party 23 Confirmed: 124 Nintendo Wii & DS Games In The Works
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]
Gallery: Big Brain Academy Wii Degree Screenshots
I think I'm sold on Big Brain Academy for the Wii. The cutest thing about the game for the DS was Sergeant Slug or whatever the heck his name was, and even then, he was only cute on the box. Everything else in the game was actually quite fugly. Well not this time. The newest screenshots coming out for...
Thursday, Apr 19
Official Big Brain Academy Box Art
The best part of the Wii version of the game will be using the Miis and testing yourself with other folks using the WiiConnect24 feature. The game is two player, so you can also play one other person in the room like Crecente did last year. Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree Box Art [Go Nintendo]
Thursday, Apr 5
Big Brain Gets A Wii Name
I just heard word that Nintendo has gotten around to officially naming Big Brain for the Wii. The smarty-pants Wii game will be officially titled Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree. Hmm, I wonder if that means you'll be fighting to earn a degree as opposed to increasing your brain weight or brain a...
Wednesday, Mar 7
Horror Story: Wii, DS Release Schedule
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
Monday, Sep 18
Wii Big Brain Academy Hands-On [Wii]
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...
Sunday, Jun 4
Games of the Week: Rushed Edition
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!
Tuesday, May 30
Nintendo's Non-Wii Games for 2006
Nintendo DS June 5: Big Brain Academy June 5: Magnetica June 11: Nintendo DS Lite June 26: Sudoku Gridmaster Aug. 28: Star Fox DS Sept. 18: Pokemo Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team Sept. 25: Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis Oct. 9: Clubhouse Games Oct. 30: Children of Mana
Tuesday, Apr 11
Big Brain Academy Details and Screens
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.
Monday, Mar 20
Ship Date Change for New Super Mario Bros & Big Brain Academy
In other Nintendo DS news, gray matter game Big Brain Academy ships on June 5, instead of late May. This second title in the brain-training series already has sold more than 1 million units in Japan. The first title in the series, Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day, drops Stateside Ap...
Monday, Jan 30
Two DS Brain Games Dated For US
Brain Age presents players with a series of fun mental brain-training challenges that incorporate word memorization, counting and reading. It even includes sudoku number puzzles, which have become extremely popular features in newspapers around the country. The distinctive touch s...
