Big Brain Academy



Sep 29, 2008
Wii News from N4G | Big Brain Academy
Wii - Big Brain Academy - Nintendo of Canada's Awesome Shrunken Head Campaign NextGen Player writes:

"Every man has a list of health problems they hope don't happen to them during their lifetime. Male-pattern baldness, myopia and impotence come to mind. Well, after seeing Nintendo's new 'Build Your Brain' ad campaign I am officially adding shrunken head syndrome to my list.

The ad on the right is one of many that have been appearing around Toronto in the past two weeks. Each ad contains two people (generally 40-something couples), with one person having an abnormally tiny head. Yes folks, this is what happens if you don't have your daily dose of Brain Age.

The ad reads:"

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Jan 29, 2008
Wii News from N4G | Big Brain Academy
Wii - Big Brain Academy - Kotaku:Nintendo Million Sellers Revealed Wii

Wii Sports - 17,850,000
Wii Play - 9,230,000
Super Mario Galaxy - 5,190,000
Mario Party 8 - 4,350,000
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - 4,300,000
Super Paper Mario - 2,160,000
Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree - 2,000,000
Mario Strikers Charged - 1,650,000
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption - 1,140,000
Link's Crossbow Training - 1,070,000
Wii Fit - 1,050,000

Nintendo DS

Nintendogs - 17,790,000
Pokemon Diamond & Pearl - 14,170,000
New Super Mario Bros. - 13,140,000
Brain Age - 11,710,000
Brain Age 2 - 9,840,000
Mario Kart DS - 9,670,000
Animal Crossing Wild World - 9,200,000
Super Mario 64 DS - 5,780,000
Big Brain Academy - 4,610,000
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass - 3,820,000
Pokemon Ranger - 2,610,000
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Explorers of Darkness - 1,540,000
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Jan 15, 2008
Wii News from N4G | Big Brain Academy
Wii - Big Brain Academy - ELSPA Weekly Chart - Nintendo Wii Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree is back at the top of this week's chart...
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Jan 2, 2008
Wii News from N4G | Big Brain Academy
Wii - Big Brain Academy - MSNBC announces the best video games of 2007 Jan. 2, 2008 -- MSNBC tallied in their Game of the Year readers' votes between December 19 and 27. "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare" garnered 33 percent of the over 17,000 votes and is MSNBC Readers' Game of the Year. The runner-up was "Bioshock" at 22 percent of the votes. The second runner-up was "Mass Effect" at 10 percent.

Here are MSNBC readers' picks for the best in each genre:

¿ Best sports game: Madden NFL '08
¿ Best racing game: Project Gotham Racing 4
¿ Best casual game: Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree
¿ Best family game: LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
¿ Best music game: Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
¿ Best handheld game: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
¿ Best role-playing game: Mass Effect
¿ Best action/adventure game: Bioshock
¿ Best shooter: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

View the full report for the runners-up in each category.
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Dec 22, 2007
Wii News from N4G | Big Brain Academy
Wii - Big Brain Academy - Aussie game charts: Dec. 10-16 - Grand Theft Scratchy hijacks the charts The Simpsons Game for PlayStation 2 has finally managed to take out the top spot in the Australian game charts -- seven weeks after its initial release -- according to data trackers GfK Australia. The DS version of the game also made it into the top 10, taking out the seventh spot.

Super Mario Galaxy for the Nintendo Wii -- last week's number one -- fell down to number two during the week of December 10-December 16. Drawn to Life for the Nintendo DS has reappeared in the overall charts at number three after a brief hiatus. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for the Xbox 360 climbed up from the previous week to number five, while Activision's other chart topper -- Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock -- is nowhere to be seen. Halo 3 for the 360 has reappeared at number nine, while Nintendo's Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree bundle ended the week at number 10.
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Dec 21, 2007
Wii News from N4G | Big Brain Academy
Wii - Big Brain Academy - Vote at MSNBC: Which game deserves the crown in 2007? 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.

On Thursday the site put up the poll to decide which of the finalists, culled from the best of each genre, should be named 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
¿ Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
¿ The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
¿ Mass Effect
¿ Bioshock
¿ Call of Duty 4

At the time of this writing Call of Duty 4 was leading with 31 percent of the vote. BioShock was close behind with 22 percent and Mass Effect was in a distant third with 8.6 percent.

[ Words: Kotaku's Brian Crecente ]
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Nov 23, 2007
Wii News from N4G | Big Brain Academy
Wii - Big Brain Academy - The Wii turns one, and Nintendo highlights its mainstream achievements To celebrate the first anniversary of the Wii, Nintendo has sent out an interesting fact sheet to the Canadian press that shows some of the achievements that the Wii has made in reaching out to the mainstream audience. Some of them were expected, some of them were surprising, and they all prove that gaming, at least for Nintendo, is reaching a whole new level.
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Oct 27, 2007
Wii News from N4G | Big Brain Academy
Wii - Big Brain Academy - Nintendo's Best-Selling Wii Games: Six First-Party Million Sellers Nintendo revealed six first party-published Wii games that have sold over a million copies worldwide on October 26. IGN reports five out of the six:

1. Wii Sports: 11.1 million
2. Wii Play: 6.3 million
3. Mario Party 8: 2.9 million
4. Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree: 1.8 million
5. Mario Strikers Charged: 1.3 million

IGN has apparently made an error and omitted the sixth title. According to user comments at IGN and Wikipedia, the missing title could be either The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (3.61 million), Wario Ware: Smooth Moves (1.82 million), or Super Paper Mario (1.74 million).
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Oct 23, 2007
Wii News from N4G | Big Brain Academy
Wii - Big Brain Academy - ELSPA Weekly Chart - Nintendo Wii The unthinkable has happened, Wii Play has finally been knocked off the top of the Wii charts...
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Sep 4, 2007
Wii News from N4G | Big Brain Academy
Wii - Big Brain Academy - ELSPA Weekly Chart - Nintendo Wii Has Big Brain Academy finally managed to knock Wii Play off top spot in the Wii chart?
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Jun 24, 2007
Wii News from N4G | Big Brain Academy
Wii - Big Brain Academy - Kidman is new face of Nintendo The 40-year-old Australian has been chosen to front Nintendo's advert campaign for its 'brain training' techniques.

She declares herself a fan.
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Jun 9, 2007
Wii News from N4G | Big Brain Academy
Wii - Big Brain Academy - Preview of Next Week's Releases Some noticeable releases this week include Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer on just about every platform. Tenchu Z sneaks up on Xbox 360, while your brain doesn't get a summer vacation with the release of Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree for Nintendo Wii and PQ 2 on the Sony PSP.

Check out the latest list of new video game releases (USA) for the week of 6/12/2007 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 (PS3), Nintendo Wii, Sony PS2, PSP, Nintendo DS, and PC (USA)! As always, release dates are subject to change.
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Jun 5, 2007
Wii News from N4G | Big Brain Academy
Wii - Big Brain Academy - Nintendo Hosts Wii Father's Day Challenge On June 16 Nintendo will be hosting Wii Father's Day Challenge at Nintendo World Store in Rockefeller Center, New York. The challenge will pit father-son teams against each other in Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree. Nintendo awards and prizes will be handed out throughout the event.
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May 13, 2007
Wii News from N4G | Big Brain Academy
Wii - Big Brain Academy - Big Brain Academy's Online Features The Japanese webpage for Wii's "Big Brain Academy," called Yawaraka Atama Jyuku, or "Soft Brain Cram-School" in Japan, has a section highlighting the game's online features. The online component of the game allows you to compare your game grades with those of all your Wii friends, as well as race towards better scores. Big Brain will also be taking advantage of your system's Miis to use as custom avitars in the game.
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Sep 18, 2006
Wii News from N4G | Big Brain Academy
Wii - Big Brain Academy - Wii Big Brain Academy Hands-On In one challenge you're given a total and a column of squares with numbers on them. The object was to remove the squares until the remaining numbers equaled the total shown on the screen.

In another challenge, half the screen is filled with an almost Tetris-like image of stacked blocks. The other half of the screen is filled with a bunch of blocks. The object is to remove blocks from the bottom screen to match the top image.
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Sep 14, 2006
Wii News from N4G | Big Brain Academy
Wii - Big Brain Academy - Big Brain Academy confirmed for Wii Facts and information about the conversion of the DS classic Big Brain Academy for the Wii have started to filter through from Nintendo...
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Sep 14, 2006
Wii News | Big Brain Academy
Nintendo let some small tidbits of info slip today on the upcoming Wii version of Big Brain Academy... and while they haven't officially announced a release date, we believe it will be released during the expansive "launch window" for Wii (sometime between the launch date of November 19 and the end of the year, December 31). We've got one screen and few scant details in the ... » Read More
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Big Brain Academy
Big Brain Academy

Genre: Family
Release date: Jun 11, 2007
Published by: Nintendo
Developed by: Nintendo
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