http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/big-brain-academy/g-2006091411145773047 en http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-105173.aspx 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 news Jan 29, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-100017.aspx Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree is back at the top of this week's chart... news Jan 15, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-96466.aspx 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. news Jan 2, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-94835.aspx 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. news Dec 22, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-94558.aspx 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 ] news Dec 21, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-87617.aspx 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. news Nov 23, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-77918.aspx 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). news Oct 27, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-76749.aspx The unthinkable has happened, Wii Play has finally been knocked off the top of the Wii charts... news Oct 23, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-65133.aspx Has Big Brain Academy finally managed to knock Wii Play off top spot in the Wii chart? news Sep 4, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/big-brain-academy/review/big-brain-academy-wii-degree/a-2007061115111880029/g-2006091411145773047 More minigames, but now they make you smarter review Jun 27, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-47662.aspx The 40-year-old Australian has been chosen to front Nintendo's advert campaign for its 'brain training' techniques. She declares herself a fan. news Jun 24, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-44347.aspx 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. news Jun 9, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-43605.aspx 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. news Jun 5, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/big-brain-academy/preview/big-brain-academy-wii-degree/a-20070531165142165005/g-2006091411145773047 Finally, waving a wand makes you smarter - take that, Harry Potter preview May 31, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/big-brain-academy/videos/g-2006091411145773047/v-2007052993920446070 video May 29, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/big-brain-academy/screenshots/g-2006091411145773047 screenshot May 25, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/big-brain-academy/screenshots/g-2006091411145773047 screenshot May 25, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/big-brain-academy/screenshots/g-2006091411145773047 screenshot May 25, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-39444.aspx 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. news May 13, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/big-brain-academy/preview/big-brain-academy-hands-on/a-20070312135251433061/g-2006091411145773047 A quick look at the equally-as-quick versus mode preview Mar 12, 2007 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-9253.aspx 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. news Sep 18, 2006 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-8930.aspx Facts and information about the conversion of the DS classic Big Brain Academy for the Wii have started to filter through from Nintendo... news Sep 14, 2006 http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/big-brain-academy/news/big-brain-academy-comes-to-wii/a-2006091411342284014/g-2006091411145773047 [Wii] Who says Wario has the minigame market cornered? news Sep 14, 2006