Monday, Dec 8
That said, it’s important to point out that we here at Nintendo don’t really categorize games into rigid columns like 'Core' and 'Casual,' " Kaigler noted. "Games like Wii Fit help us with that goal because they appeal to some people who might not otherwise consider buying a video game syst...
Thursday, Nov 27
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
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Nintendo DS Brain Challenge - $9.95 (Reg. $19.99) Madden NFL 09 - $29.95 (Reg. $59.99) 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)
Wednesday, Nov 26
Nintendo DS Available now through December 1st at 11:59pm PST: Nintendo DS Lite Limited Edition Red Mario with New Super Mario Bros - $134.95 (Reg. $149.99) Available now through December 1st at 11:59pm PST: Nintendo DS Lite Limited Edition Ice Blue with Brain Age and Carrying Case Bundle -...
Tuesday, Nov 25
The Mario Red Nintendo DS bundle will include a red DS with an M for Mario printed on it's cover and a copy of the relatively old New Super Mario Bros. The Ice Blue Nintendo DS comes with a a carrying case and a copy of Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day. Both will sell for $150.
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Friday, Nov 21
Nintendo DS Lite Brain Age Special Edition - $136.00 Nintendo DS Lite Super Mario Bros. Special Edition - $136.00 Nintendo DS Video Game Assortment (over 50 Titles Available) - $16.00 Nintendo Wii Video Game Assortment (Many Titles Available) - $16.00 Nintendo Wii Video Game System - $249.24
Thursday, Nov 20
FREE Play Station 2 Deal – 6 FREE Games, FREE “21” DVD and FREE Play Station 2 DVD Remote with the purchase of the Play Station 2 System FREE Nintendo® DS™ accessory with the purchase of Nintendo® DS™ Brain Age Bundle or Nintendo® DS™ Super Mario Bros. Bundle
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Friday, Nov 14
While it never exactly resonated with the more discerning end of the video game buying public, the average man on the street would still have put a fiver on Wii Music doing well in its first month of sale (the game was released in the US on October 20). After all, it's for the Wii, it's made by Nin...
Friday, Oct 31
Nintendogs Total: 1.36 million 4/2008 ~ 9/2008 Japan: 40,000 4/2008 ~ 9/2008 Overseas: 1.32 million Life-to-date Total: 20.03 million Wii Super Smash Bros. Brawl Total: 2.61 million 4/2008 ~ 9/2008 Japan: 120,00 4/2008 ~ 9/2008 Overseas: 2.49 million Life-to-date Total: 7.47 million
Tuesday, Oct 14
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...
Thursday, Sep 25
Yeah, that makes sense. What's the point of starting young children with real musical instruments when you can sell them Wii Music? Nintendo isn't in the kazoo business, dagnabit! Creator's Voice Wii Music [Wii.com Thanks Go Nintendo for the heads up!]
Wednesday, Sep 17
The designer handbags will be accompanied by a variety of chic Nintendo DS colors, including Metallic Silver, Metallic Rose, Onyx, Crimson/Black or Cobalt/Black. Subscribers will also be able to select from a collection of popular games such as Mystery Case Files™: MillionHeir™, Bra...
Sunday, Aug 31
Q: What are some of the barriers to entry for non-gamers and what can we do about them? Cori: Played Nintendogs at a Laundromat and a crowd of non-gamer women gathered around her to watch. The next week, they had each bought a DS for themselves. All: Time.
Friday, May 30
Wii Fit was developed by Nintendo Entertainment, Analysis and Development and published by Nintendo. Retails for $90. Available on Wii. Played single player for a week, daily for 30 minutes to an hour. Watched son, wife, mother and step-father all play it over a week.
Thursday, May 15
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)
Friday, May 2
12:07 (following some 'alone' time with the game cover and it's slinky artwork): Suddenly the back door swung open... O... M... F... G. It was Derek, from school, way back when. But now he was... even more gimpy. He slowed came towards me, hands full of... strategy guides! "Do you want a..." Yelling in fear I started pu...
Thursday, Mar 6
1. Nintendo Kyoto (Brain Age, Wii Play) 4. Electronic Arts Canada (FIFA Soccer 08, NBA Street: Homecourt) 9. Electronic Arts Tiburon (Madden NFL 08, NASCAR 08) 13. 2K Boston [& Australia] (BioShock) 19. Hudson Soft (Mario Party 8, Mario Party DS)
Thursday, Jan 31
The Nintendo 2.0 features are nice. The game is simple and fun — but previous Smash Bros. games were simple and fun! The quote-un-quote next gen features in SSBB come up short and/or half-baked. Imagine if the game had a proper online set-up? Now that would be something to be excited about. While...
Wednesday, Jan 23
11. Mario Kart DS (DS) 12. Wii Play (Wii) 15. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 17. RuneFactory 2 (DS) 18. Animal Crossing Wild World (DS) 24. DS Bungaku Zenshuu (DS) 25. Powerful Pro Kun Pocket 10 (DS) 26. Tales of Innocence (DS) 27. More Brain Age (DS) 28. My Housekeeping Diary (DS)
Thursday, Jan 17
13. RuneFactory 2 (DS) 16. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 17. Professor Layton and the Curious Village (DS) 20. Animal Crossing Wild World (DS) 23. My Housekeeping Diary (DS) 25. Tales of Innocence (DS) 26. More Brain Age (DS) 27. Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (PS3) 28. Nep League DS (DS)
Thursday, Jan 10
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)
Monday, Dec 31
The success of Brain Age on the Nintendo DS had one very immediate effect on the handheld gaming scene, in that any game with the word Brain in the title and simplistic mini-games was bound to get a green light, whether it deserved it or not. Majesco's Left Brain Right Brain (Use Both Hands - Tr...
Tuesday, Dec 18
Kawashima hopes to extend the technology towards all ages of drivers in the future. "Ultimately, we hope to develop cars that stimulate brain activity, so that driving itself becomes a form of brain training," Kawashima said.Brain training and driving? He's obviously never driven thro...
Tuesday, Dec 4
OK, so it's not really Brain Age. But it's close. And definitely the same basic principle. Here, we see a chimp hitting a bunch of numbers in sequence. It's just the start of a test, getting them familiar with our crude, human numbers; as the test goes on, as soon as the chimp hits the first number t...
Friday, Nov 30
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...
Thursday, Nov 29
Sure, Nintendo is releasing a Brain Age pack that has Brain Age, a DS and a case. Another opportunity to introduce to the great unwashed what Japanese housewives were doing ages ago! In the clip linked below, TheStreet.com has respected tech journalist Gary Krakow ramble on about seeing so...
Tuesday, Nov 20
boasts 14 different million-unit sellers in North America, including Brain Age™: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day, Pokémon® Diamond Version, Pokémon® Pearl Version, Yoshi's Island DS™, Pokémon® Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team, Big Brain Academy™, New Super Mario Bros.™, Animal C...
Friday, Nov 16
Games are trash. Please buy our newspaper even if it's just for the funnies and the crossword puzzle. Later you can use it to line your birdcage! The ink on your hands and furniture is easily removable with common soap and water. BTW, if you are a Taurus, your lucky number today is 9.
Thursday, Nov 15
05. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS) - 262,800 06. Wii Play (Wii) - 239,700 07. The Orange Box (Xbox 360) - 238,400 08. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PS2) -231,700 09. FIFA Soccer 08 (PS2) - 129,700 10. Brain Age 2: More Training In Minutes A Day (DS) - 116,900
What's better than launching a game? Launching a game totally shitfaced! A "Beaujolais Nouveau Countdown Party" at Tokyo's Shin Marunouchi Building for, well, beaujolais nouveau as well as Square Enix's new title Wine no Hajimekata DS. (Beaujolais nouveau officially goes on sale the...
Wednesday, Nov 14
Fun for the whole family." "Nintendo's popular handheld." "Your mom can play Brain Age on it." These are all acceptable descriptions of the Nintendo DS. EBGames of Canada, however, went a different route with their sales pitch London, 2038. According to to legend... This is gonna be good, hit the...
Tomorrow, hardware sales figures hit later in the evening. It promises to be... interesting. 27. Tamagotchi no Puchi Puchi Omisecchi: Mina San Kyu (DS) 28. Animal Crossing Wild World (DS) 29. Dragon Tamer: Sound Spirits (DS) 30. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (PSP)
Friday, Nov 9
The next-gen console will be released in Japan in 2010, America in early 2011, and Australia in Dec 12, 2012, signaling the end of the Mayan calendar, and the apocalypse. When asked about the European release, Jade Raymond, the company's PR rep, told Europe it could "get fucked".
Last year was all about the Brain Age. That title took Japan by storm and drove DS sales in the region. Consumers wanted to exercise their brains. Math problems and saying the word "blue" seemed like the answer. Or is it? An opinion piece over in The New York Times points out that those types of gam...
Wednesday, Nov 7
11. Kanji Brain Test 2.5M (DS) 12. Wii Play (Wii) 15. Mario Kart DS (DS) 18. KanKen DS 2 + Jouyou Kanji Jiten (DS) 19. Dragon Tamer: Sound Spirits (DS) 20. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 24. Brain Age 2: More Training In Minutes A day (DS) 25. My Housekeeping Diary (DS) 27. Animal Crossing Wild World (DS)
Wednesday, Oct 31
Nintendogs: 15,770,000 Pokemon Diamond/Pearl: 12,170,000 New Super Mario Bros.: 11,150,000 Brain Age: 9,660,000 Mario Kart DS: 8,530,000 Brain Age 2: 7,530,000 Legend Of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass: 1,350,000 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: 1,290,000 Nintendo Wii
While Sega had a good week, it seems Japanese gamers have had their fill of Seaman, as the PlayStation 2 release dropped from number 1 to number 21 in its second week. Oh well! Media Create's sales figures for October 22 to the 28 are below.
Tuesday, Oct 30
More impressive? That some 25% of DS owners in the UK have purchased the original Brain Age, known as Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? over there. Another half-million have snapped up the sequel, all but confirming that Dr. Josef Rich's Dental Training will be a massive...
Thursday, Oct 25
11. KanKen DS 2 + Jouyou Kanji Jiten (DS) 16. Taiko Drum Master DS (DS) 17. Mario Kart DS (DS) 20. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 21. Lair (PS3) 23. My Housekeeping Diary (DS) 26. ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat (DS) 27. Brain Age 2: More Training In Minutes A Day (DS) 28. Animal Crossing Wild World (DS)
Wednesday, Oct 17
14. Tashiten: Tashite 10 ni Suru Monogatari (DS) 17. Mario Kart DS (DS) 19. Wii Sports (Wii) 20. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 21. My Housekeeping Diary (DS) 22. Taiko Drum Master DS (DS) 24. Brain Age 2: More Training In Minutes A Day (DS) 26. Namco Museum DS (DS) 27. Animal Crossing Wild World (DS)
Thursday, Oct 11
11. Taiko Drum Master DS (DS) 14. My Housekeeping Diary (DS) 15. Mario Kart DS (DS) 16. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 18. Eiken DS (DS) 19. Animal Crossing Wild World (DS) 20. Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day (DS) 21. More Brain Age (DS) 28. More English Training (DS) 29. Brain Age (DS)
Tuesday, Oct 9
Nintendo DS Pokemon(R) Diamond and Pokemon(R) Pearl Flash Focus(TM): Vision Training in Minutes a Day Brain Age(TM): Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day Brain Age(TM) 2: More Training in Minutes a Day Mario Party(R) DS Nintendogs(TM) Mario Kart(R) DS
IQ Breeder is a pet sim mashed with a brain training game. The game features three animals (dog, cat, pig) whose IQs can be raised when players get things like math problems correct. The mini-games include puzzles, rhythm games, mazes and whatnot. It's even possible to pit your pet against a f...
Tuesday, Oct 2
Initially only available as part of a Brain Age 2 bundle, Nintendo today announced that their snazzy two-tone Crimson and Onyx DS Lite is now available in stores on its own for $130. Has anyone else noticed that Nintendo has stopped called the DS Lite the DS Lite and now refer to it as just the D...
Friday, Sep 28
13. Taiko no Tetsujin DS (DS) 15. Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day (DS) 16. Mario Kart DS (DS) 18. Brain Age 2: More Brain Training In Minutes A Day (DS) 22. Animal Crossing Wild World (DS) 25. Brain Age: Train Your Brain In Minutes A Day (DS) 28. More English Training (DS)
Thursday, Sep 27
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...
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Friday, Aug 31
Leipzig Best in Show Winners Announced Comment by dv8godd Nominated by user.error Eye Training"? Now, I'm going to go play Brain Age 2 one last time before destroying the cart in a symbolic protest that only my downstairs neighbor will hear.
Friday, Aug 24
o Nintendo expects momentum for both systems to continue, given the Aug. 20 launch of Brain Age™ 2: More Training in Minutes a Day for Nintendo DS and the upcoming Aug. 27 launch of the hugely anticipated Metroid® Prime 3: Corruption for Wii.
Tuesday, Aug 7
Nintendo just issued a press release confirming something we heard about back on July 23rd from about gajillion online retailers, but it is always good to see official word. Brain Age 2: More Training In Minutes A Day is coming bundled with a special crimson and black Nintendo DS. The bundle...
Thursday, Aug 2
12. Flash Focus: Vision Training In Minutes A Day (DS) 16. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 17. More Brain Age (DS) 21. Mario Kart DS (DS) 22. Itadaki Street DS (DS) 26. Brain Age (DS) 27. More English Training (DS) 28. Pokémon Diamond (DS) 29. Animal Crossing Wild World (DS) 30. Chibi Robo Park Patrol (DS)
Wednesday, Jul 25
12. More Brain Age (DS) 15. Mario Kart DS (DS) 16. Pokémon Diamond (DS) 17. Brain Age (DS) 18. More English Training (DS) 19. Animal Crossing Wild World (DS) 22. Pokémon Pearl (DS) 24. English Training (DS) 28. Itadaki Street DS (DS) 29. Kanji Brain Test 2M (DS) 30. Yoshi's Island DS (DS)
Thursday, Jul 12
11) Doki Doki Majo Shinpan! (DS) 12) Donkey Kong Jet (Wii) 13) Mario Kart DS (DS) 14) Brain Age (DS) 15) More English Training (DS) 16) Ratchet & Clank Going Mobile (PSP) 17) Animal Crossing (DS) 18) Initial English Training (DS) 19) Ouendan 2 (DS) 20) English Training (DS)
Tuesday, Jul 10
Nintendo DS — Brain Age(TM) 2: More Training in Minutes a Day!: This brain-training Nintendo DS can be played with the stylus and sets a new standard for — Flash Focus(TM): Vision Training in Minutes a Day: This program is reaction time and peripheral vision. Launches Oct. 15.
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Tuesday, Jul 3
The June 29 New York Times Crossword sought to test readers' mental acuity with a question about a mental acuity-testing video game. 58 Across: Nintendo game with exercises for mental acuity. Answer: Brain Age Now that says something about Nintendo's drive into popular culture.
Wednesday, Jun 6
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)
Wednesday, May 30
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)
Friday, May 25
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...
Tuesday, May 15
More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima: How Old Is Your Brain? launches in Europe on Nintendo DS More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima: How Old Is Your Brain? launches across Europe on 29th June 2007 at the estimated retail price of around €30 (£19.99 in the UK).
Monday, May 7
12. Yoshi's Island DS (DS) 13. More Brain Age (DS) 14. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 15. More English Training (DS) 19. Brain Age (DS) 20. Mario Kart DS (DS) 22. Animal Crossing Wild World (DS) 26. Kotoba no Puzzle: Mojipittan DS (DS) 29. Common Knowledge Training (DS) 30. English Training (DS)
Friday, Apr 20
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
Thursday, Feb 22
14. Animal Crossing Wild World (DS) 16. Common Knowledge Training (DS) 18. Mario Kart DS (DS) 19. Brain Age (DS) 20. Pok mon Diamond (DS) 21. English Training (DS) 22. Kanji Brain Test 2M (DS) 23. Pok mon Pearl (DS) 27. Heisei Board of Education DS (DS) 28. Puyo-Puyo! (DS) 30. Kanji Test (DS)
Friday, Feb 9
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...
Thursday, Feb 1
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...
Sunday, Oct 29
While trolling the lovely NeoGAF this morning for my pre-breakfast news, I came across this shameful Brain Age cash-in for Windows. A PC version developed by some wacky budget-studio, copying the looks and name of the original. Bart Smit even helps misleading the customer by saying "Now a...
Tuesday, Oct 24
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]
Thursday, Sep 21
Chris Tarrant, British radio personality best known for hosting Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, has also appeared in advertisements for Brain Age. Brain Training sales improve after Tarrant's marital breakdown [Computer and Video Games]
Thursday, Aug 10
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.
Sunday, Jul 30
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...
Monday, Jul 17
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."
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...
Wednesday, Jul 5
Please accept our gift of a new Nintendo DS Lite system and a copy of Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day. You now join millions of people around the world who have fun challenging themselves with Brain Age. If you have never played a video game before, don't worry. Brain Age is part of our...
Monday, Jun 12
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
Sunday, Jun 11
If you're one of those chumps brave souls who waited until today to secure your Nintendo DS Lite, you're in luck! Both Circuit City and Best Buy will throw in a copy of readin', writin', 'rithmetic mega-hit Brain Age if you drop $129 on the very handsome redesign. Me? I'm anxiously awaiting t...
Friday, Jun 9
But while Brain Training is a scam, I really like the idea of the next game in the series: Common Sense Training for Adults. Because let's face it, this is something that can be improved in almost everyone. Exercises could include the "Do I look fat in this dress?" girlfriend test. The correct a...
Wednesday, Apr 26
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...
Tuesday, Apr 11
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...
Math - Read the problems in word form, then solve them by tapping the number pad on the Touch Screen. Identify: Shadow Shift - Tap the images on the Touch Screen that match the spinning shadows on the top screen. Matchmaker - Look through a number of colorful panels to find the matching pair.
Tuesday, Mar 21
A mole (gawd bless 'em) dropped word that retailer Best Buy will be getting DS Download Stations. It'll take roughly two weeks for all locations to have them installed. The first demos will be Brain Age, Mario Kart, Pokemon Trozei, Meteos and Tetris (Classic and Push modes). There's also a do...
Monday, Mar 20
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...
Friday, Mar 17
Just how popular are brain games in Japan? Prof. Kawashima's popular Adult Brain Training has been morphed into video games and now a DVD. Repeated watching strengthens gray matter, and viewers are expected to talk to their TVs during the DVD brain training. Thought only sports fans and cra...
Monday, Mar 6
I just landed a final retail of Brain Age. What a fun game. If Nintendo can get these bad boys in the hands of middle-aged America they're going to open up a whole new channel of consumers to gaming. I'm not saying that this game couldn't be fun for everyone, but it certainly could help tap new mark...
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