Product Description

The Wii Remote controllers hands-on control makes playing a cinch. This rethinking of the popular Nintendo DS game will test players brains with fun problems and allow people of any age to play together. Multiplayer versus and co-op play modes also have been added, allowing players to use the title as a brain-training exercise or a raucous party game. Features: The Wii Remotes hands-on control makes playing the game a breeze, and revamps the DS game that exercised players minds with enjoyable brain-teasers. In addition to single-player mode, there are versus and co-op multiplayer modes that people of any age or education level to play together. Mii data compatible. Special powers/weapons/moves/features: The game features a two-player versus mode that uses a split screen. The same problems will appear in a different order. The first player to get 12 correct answers wins.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #33 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Nintendo
• Model: 90017
• Released on: 2007-07-20
• Rating: To Be Announced
• ESRB Rating: Everyone
• Platform: Nintendo Wii
• Dimensions: .0" h x .0" w x .0" l, 2.00 pounds

Features

• Flex your brain and enrol in Wii's Big Brain Academy, and put your grey matter to the test with a variety of fun mental exercises in five different categories! There are three different game modes, including the Brain Quiz, Mental Marathon and Mind Sprint, which challenge groups of up to eight people to battle it out and find who has the biggest brain of them all!  Big Brain Academy can be enjoyed by players of all ages and levels of experience

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Nintendo clearly learned a lot from the DS when designing the Wii, with its unique control system and ultra user friendly interface. It’s not just the hardware which bares comparison though, with Nintendo planning a similar range of unusual software, some of which can barely be described as a video game at all. Big Brain Academy on the DS was the less academic of the two brain training games released, testing your grey matter in five separate areas categorised as "Think", "Memorize", "Analyze", "Compute" and "Identify".

Only three mini-games have been shown so far for the Wii version, the first presenting you with three numbered blocks and a total that you have to reach by adding two of them together. Your job is to knock the one you don’t need out by wielding the Wii remote like a hammer. The second game is a variant of spot the difference, except with inverted and distorted pictures where you have to place the missing elements in the second image. The third mini-game displays two towers of bricks where you have to punch holes in one so that it exactly matches up to the other.

All three games are played against an opponent, which implies that all or most of the other games will be too. Since you can also use your Mii character this is certain to be a multiplayer favourite for just about anyone in the family. So even if it doesn’t improve your brain power it should at least ensure you remain happy in your ignorance.
HARRISON DENT

Customer Reviews

Brain-Mania!
It's a no-brainer to not buy this fabulous Brain game. This is actually published and partially developed by Nintendo themselves, just like the acclaimed Brain, Maths and Sight Training games on DS and the earlier Big Brain Academy game, also on DS.

Lose yourself in a fun, party adventure, where the teacher is unusually fun and the Wii Remote talks to you, encouraging you.
This is a must have title, like everything Nintendo publish...

A little repetative
This must be great for those under the age of 11. Not so great for the 'mature student' looking for a good alternative to 'Brain Training' type of games.

Upon finishing each practice session you have to get through a few screens of repeating dialogue which can sound condescending to the grown ups. That said, the training looks deceptively simple and is challening enough to improve visuo spatial skills alongside speed.

Excellent game, shame about annoying instructions
This game is a fun way to excercise the brain. The main downside is that you must endure long, tedious, repetitive and annoying rumblings in the form of instructions. This unnecessary addition to the game (what on earth were they thinking?) can put gamers, especially kids off; therefore only three stars.