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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
Tuesday, Aug 19
Cammie Dunaway Talks E3 2008, Own Gaming Habits
When I came to work for Nintendo, we [her family] had a Wii, we had 3 or 4 DSs, a PSP, an Xbox, a PS2. We were an active gaming household, but it was only six months prior to joining Nintendo that I had ever played games at all. I started by playing Wii Sports and then by playing Big Brain Academy and Br...
Thursday, May 1
Nintendo Brings "Special Version" Of Wii To Westin Hotels, Pushes Wii Fit [Nintendo]
The worldwide innovator in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii™, Nintendo DS™, Game Boy® Advance and Nintendo GameCube™ systems. Since 1983, Nintendo has sold nearly 2.5 billion vide...
Tuesday, Jan 22
British Sales Charts [Sales Charts]
1) Mario & Sonic at the Olympics (Wii) 2) Brain Training (DS) 3) More Brain Training (DS) 4) Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) 5) Call of Duty 4 (360) 6) Wii Play (Wii) 7 New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 8) Cooking Mama (DS) 9) Big Brain Academy (Wii) 10) Assassin's Creed (360)
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 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
Tuesday, Dec 11
More than One DS Sold Every Five Seconds in U.S. [Nintendo]
REDMOND, Wash., Dec. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- While many eyes are focused on home video game consoles, Nintendo projects Nintendo DS(TM) to be the top-selling system of the year. More than 6 million Nintendo DS portable video game systems have sold in the United States in 2007 through Nov. 30, acco...
Thursday, Nov 29
Australian Sales Charts
1) Smackdown v Raw 2008 (PS2) 2) Assassin's Creed (360) 3) The Simpsons Game (PS2) 4) Assassin's Creed (PS3) 5) NFS ProStreet (PS2) 6) Mass Effect 7) Big Brain Academy Value (Wii) 8) Guitar Hero III (PS2) 9) NFS Pro Street (PS3) 10) Brain Training 2
Thursday, Nov 22
Australian Sales Charts [Sales Charts]
1) Smackdown v Raw 2008 (PS2) 2) The Simpsons Game (PS2) 3) The Simpsons Game (DS) 4) Big Brain Academy (Wii) 5) Guitar Hero III (PS2) 6) High School Musical (PS2) 7) Call of Duty 4 (360) 8) High School Musical (DS) 9) Call of Duty 4 (PS3) 10) Crysis (PC)
Thursday, Nov 15
Aussie Sales Charts [Sales Charts]
1) Call of Duty 4 (360) 2) Guitar Hero III (PS2) 3) Guitar Hero III (360) 4) Big Brain Academy (Wii) 5) Ratatouille (DS) 6) Crash of the Titans (PS2) 7) Call of Duty 4 (PS3) 8) Call of Duty 4 (PC) 9) Spyro: Eternal Night (PS2) 10) Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
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
Big Brain Academy: 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...
Friday, Sep 28
Big Bundle: Nintendo Australia Announce Big Brain Academy Bundle Deal
Nintendo know all kinds of people are crazy for the brain games. Old folks, older ladies, people that go to the kinds of parties where you play Donkey Konga all night...they can't get enough of it. No doubt seeing a chance for a bundle deal and the subsequent extra cash they can make off these folks...
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...
Tuesday, Sep 4
British, German, Spanish Charts [Market Trends]
2. Pokemon Diamond (DS) 3. Brain Training 2 4. Brain Training 5. Pokemon Pearl 6. BioShock (Xbox 360) 7. Pony Friends (DS) 9. Wii Play 10. Big Brain Academy (Wii) 1. Pokemon Diamond 2. Ratatouille (DS) 3. Brain Training 2 4. Pokemon Pearl 5. Pro Evo 6 (PS2) 6. Wii Play 7. Brain Training 9. Big Brain Academy (Wii)
Tuesday, Aug 21
European Charts EXPLOSION
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
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...
Friday, Aug 3
European Sales Charts 23-29 July
3) More Brain Training 4) Brain Training 5) Pony Friends 6) Civ IV: Beyond The Sword 7) The Settlers 8) Mario Party 8 10) Animal Crossing 1) Pokemon Diamond 2) Pokemon Pearl 3) More Brain Training 4) Big Brain Academy 5) Pro Evo 6 (PS2) 6) Brain Training 7) Wii Play
Tuesday, Jul 24
Sales Charts: British & European Sales Charts
3) More Brain Training 4) Big Brain Academy 5) Wii Play 6) Shrek III 7) The Darkness 8) Brain Training 9) Cooking Mama 10) Tiger Woods 07 1) More Brain Training 2) Brain Training 3) The Settlers (DS) 4) Mario Party 8 5) Harvest Moon 7) SingStar Pophits 9) Harry Potter (DS)
Monday, Jul 23
Nintendomination: June Software Sales Rich With Mini-Games, Pokémon
The NPD Group's software sales estimates for June show that American gamers have not tired of mini-games, Pokemon or Guitar Hero. Nintendo revealed earlier this month that over a half-million gamers had snapped up Mario Party 8, with the lion's share of sales happening in June. Wii Play sa...
Wednesday, Jun 20
Media Create: Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart
01. DS Observation Training (DS) - 63,439 / 220,810 04. Wii Sports (Wii) - 34,223 / 1,721,611 05. More Brain Age (DS) - 24,901 / 4,374,525 06. Wii Play (Wii) - 22,161 / 1,399,060 09. More English Training (DS) - 15,855 / 288,570 10. Brain Age (DS) - 15,405 / 3,467,764
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...
Saturday, Jun 16
Sales Numbers: Princess Peach Gives Us The NPD Goods
I think all my Super Princess Peach fans would have just as much fun working to earn their Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree. I'm not in that one, but don't worry, I'm not going anywhere. Be sure to watch for me in my super-stylish soccer gear in Mario Strikers Charged, which arrives on Wii on July 30....
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]
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]
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
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.
