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Big Brain Academy

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Round 2 in Nintendo's bid to un-game the handheld video game market - grab some friends and start weighing your body parts.

Available on: DS, Wii
Genre: Family
Release date: Jun 6, 2006
Published by: Nintendo
Developed by: Nintendo

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News

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Review

Louder and bubblier than Brain Age, but just as fun

Jun 6, 2006

We've been training our noggins with Brain Age for a couple of months now, but its clean-cut presentation and real-world interface seem remarkably quaint after firing up Big Brain Academy. The premise is the same - play touch-screen minigames that test your mind in several categories - but the wide variety of gameplay and overall personality may make Academy more exciting in the end. Like Brain Age, there's no ultimate goal to achieve. Just keep playing the 15 activities until your score (or ...

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Previews

E3 06: Big Brain Academy - hands on

DS: More ways to train your brain

May 12, 2006

By now, most of us have tried our hands, er, heads, at the daily puzzles of Brain Age. Its simple logic riddles tickled your mind, always offering feedback and letting you know how good or bad you've been performing over the weeks. Here comes the second round of gray gaming, but Big Brain Academy is leaning more towards younger minds. Instead of reading aloud or counting syllables, you'll be matching shapes and directing a hungry dog to his bone. All of Big Brain 's activities take place in ... » Read Full Big Brain Academy preview

Big Brain Academy

Would a teacher bust you for playing this in class?

Apr 3, 2006

Right now, many of us at GamesRadar are testing our brains on a daily basis, thanks to Nintendo's Brain Age. Its mental tests keep your mind alert by forcing it to concentrate, read aloud and memorize different patterns. Thing is, that game's loosely based on real-world studies - Big Brain Academy takes the "make me smarter" idea and spins it for the kiddies. Instead of 100 lightning-fast math problems, Academy focuses on goofier puzzles like matching the shapes of television sets and playing ... » Read Full Big Brain Academy preview

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