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Joystiq
Joystiq (culture.joystiq.com) has great Brain Age: Train Your Brain news, photos, videos and more
Wednesday, Mar 18
dsiware Master of Illusion, Brain Age, Art Style rated by OFLC
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 ...
Thursday, Feb 26
Watchdog group: Brain Age doesn't help
CA Nintendo responded, saying that it has never claimed scientific proof of Brain Age's effectiveness: "What we claim is the Brain Training series of games, like playing sudoku, are enjoyable and fun. These exercises can also help keep the brain sharp. ...
Friday, Feb 6
Fire Emblem staff talk Shadow Dragon in conference call
Tawara said he would prefer to make a new Fire Emblem, adding something like Brain Age elements (but not Brain Age elements) to make the game even more accessible and more likely to draw in the Brain Age-only DS owners. If he were to remake a game, ... More Fire Emblem Remakes Depend on Sales IGN
Thursday, Oct 2
Joystiq live from Nintendo's fall media summit
Filed under: Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, Business We're live in San Francisco at Nintendo's press event - sure, they're going to go over last night's Nintendo announcements like the DSi, Play for Wii, and Punch-Out but maybe ... just maybe there's something else in store.
Tuesday, Mar 11
Brain fitness software market is very fit
Though Brain Age games dominate the $80 million consumer segment of the market, the game has also been a key inspiration to the 20 companies that create similar brain training tools for everything from sports teams to the military. ...
Monday, Mar 10
This Wednesday: Brain Challenge, Bliss Island on XBLA
First up is the Gameloft-developed Brain Challenge which (if you haven't already guessed) appears to be in the Brain Age vein, but with the addition of modes (like ones that test your ability to deal with stress and one for the kids) ...
Tuesday, Jul 24
Today in Joystiq: July 24, 2007
Metal Gear Online beta starts in Japan this August Xbox Live having some issues Nintendo uses beach nurses to promote Brain Age in Greece Army of Two dated for November 15 in NA and Europe Non-'spastic' Mario Party 8 returns Aug. 8 to Europe Puzzle Quest rated for PS3, Mac by ESRB
Nintendo uses beach nurses to promote Brain Age in Greece
A reader of N+ recently sent in a note about Nintendo's unique marketing approach in Greece. To help promote Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!, women dress up as nurses and walk around local beaches letting sunners test their brain age. This seems a bit counter-intuitive, as hot n...
Monday, Jul 23
Two-tone DS Lite, Brain Age 2 bundle coming August 20 [Update]
Filed under: Nintendo DS, Casual Last week, forum members at RedFlagDeals stumbled upon a listing on Canadian retailer Future Shop for a two-toned, Crimson and Black Nintendo DS Lite bundled with a matching carrying case and Brain Age 2. The entire set was priced at $159.99 Canadian dolla...
Feedback Fallout: Nintendo's Wii Fit
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.
Tuesday, Jul 17
Today's sweatiest video: Wii Fit
Filed under: Culture, Nintendo Wii, Simulations, Sports, Video, Rhythm, Exergaming, Casual
Monday, Jul 16
Joystiq hands-on: My Word Coach (Wii, DS)
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)
Thursday, Jul 12
Joystiq toes-on: Wii Fit
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...
Monday, Jun 25
Nicole Kidman the pretty face of More Brain Training DS
Filed under: Nintendo DS, Puzzle, CasualNo, she won't be replacing the laughing, disembodied head of Dr. Kawashima, but actress Nicole Kidman will be starring in a series of print and television ads for DS's More Brain Training in Europe.
Thursday, Jun 14
Dream Skincare coming to Japanese DS
Filed under: Culture, Nintendo DSKonami recently unveiled Dream Skincare in Japan for the Nintendo DS. The "game" is more like Brain Age, except instead of being a brain trainer, it's a skin trainer. The game features a virtual version of beauty adviser Chizu Saeki (pictured) and allows p...
Thursday, May 24
Nintendo Media Summit: Brain Age 2 hands-on (DS)
Filed under: Nintendo DS, Puzzle, CasualAfter the monumental success of the first Brain Age on the Nintendo DS, it's no surprise that Nintendo would revisit the Brain Age series again. At this week's Media Summit, the press got to play around with their sequel, the cleverly named Brain Ag...
Nintendo Media Summit: Mario Strikers Charged hands-on (Wii)
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...
Wednesday, May 23
Improove your verbage with My Word Coach for DS, Wii
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...
Monday, May 21
Nintendo dates Metroid Prime 3, Mario Strikers Charged, others
Kids in the U.S. who dreamed of whiling away the summer days with Samus Aran may still be able to jam a few days of visor-scanning fun before class is back in session when Metroid Prime 3: Corruption drops on Aug. 20. At least they'll have Mario Strikers Charged, due out on July 30, to help fill the l...
Wednesday, May 16
More Brain Training coming to Europe, maybe US
Filed under: Culture, Nintendo DS, PuzzleThe evil floating head of Dr. Kawashima returns! Gamasutra reports that More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima: How Old Is Your Brain?, the sequel to Brain Age (known outside of the US as Brain Training), is coming to Europe this summer.
Tuesday, Apr 17
Readers pick best webcomic: brain fart
Filed under: Culture, Online, PollsSome found it juvenile and immature, but Slackerz writer Scott Smith (who created the comic along with artist Scott Hepting) explained that his winning comic was inspired by actual events and that, yes, scribbling your 'a,' 'r,' and 't' can lead to so...
Saturday, Apr 14
Weekly Webcomic Wrapup: international edition
Here are our picks for best game-related webcomic, be sure to vote for your favorite! GrindboxMaterial components Peeping plumber It's like a mausoleum, only ... Controversial prediction Brain Age The untold enemies of Mario Power struggle Looked good on paper Tragic Sunday
Thursday, Apr 12
Letterman scores a free DS with Brain Age
That guy who somehow became president of the United States, George W. Bush, snagged a sweet gift from Nintendo on his birthday: a DS Lite with a copy of Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day. We had a good laugh at the subtle humor in that one. Now Nintendo is doing the same for David Letterma...
Wednesday, Apr 11
Jeepers creepers, Nintendo wants to train your peepers
OK, we were on board when the whole Brain Training fad hit. We even tolerated it when the inevitable wave of knock offs were rushed to market. But now Nintendo is trying to sell us on the idea of an eye training game and we say enough is enough.
Monday, Mar 19
Zendoku set to make us care about Sudoku again
We'll admit it -- when we first saw Sudoku in our local paper, we were a little taken with the simple logic puzzle. When we found a decent touch-screen version included with our copy of Brain Age, we thought it was a nice little bonus. Now, however, when it seems everybody and their brother is tr...
