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The minigames are fun, but there just aren't enough of them, and the controls are a bit iffy when trying to react quickly to onscreen prompts.

Available on: Wii , DS
Genre: Family
Release date: Jun 11, 2007
Published by: Nintendo
Developed by: Nintendo

Multiplayer Modes:

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Review

More minigames, but now they make you smarter

Jun 27, 2007

On the surface, Wii Degree looks like a total cash-in for brain training and multiplayer minigames. It's an understandable blend though, as they're two of Nintendo's most profitable concepts these days - why not mix them into one title and sell a frillion copies of it? Even though the premise is an obvious grab for lots more casual-player cash, the game remains a fun, frantic and family-friendly piece of software. Challenges come in five flavors, each with three minigames apiece to test your ...

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Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree

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The fundamental concept of physical weight training is actually that you use the muscle in question - say, your biceps - so much that it is exhausted, gets injured and heals up bigger and stronger. This is important because Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree borrows this premise, then applies it to your gray matter. It may be fun, but make no mistake: this game wants to injure your brain. The method the game uses to create this synaptic apocalypse is by subjecting you to 15 different mini-games, ... » Read Full Big Brain Academy preview

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