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Nintendo: Not Everyone Has Played Brain Age
4:00PM Brian Ashcraft | With the gajillion titles of Brain Age and its sequel Nintendo has sold, you’d think pretty much everyone has played the game. You’re wrong. More »
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DSiWare Brain Age Has Beautiful Woman Laugh Maniacally
3:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Actress Miho Kanno appears in the DSiWare Brain Age ads. She’s asked to make a face like she’s seen something that she shouldn’t have seen. She does and lets out a frightening laugh. More »
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Osaka Schools Passing Out DSs
10:20AM AJ Glasser | Reports say that about 10 middle and elementary schools in Osaka will start handing out Nintendo DS consoles to students next January. Nintendo’s plan to control the world: 80% complete. More »
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Another Brain-Age-Doesn’t-Work Study
9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Did you hear for the umpteenth time Brain Age doesn’t really help your brain? No, really. More »
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Brain Age Does Not Work Say French Researchers
6:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Just as researchers in Scotland say Brain Age works, researchers in France say it doesn’t. According to data from University of Rennes, Brittany, Brain Age failed to show any significant jump in memory. More »
Brain Age Works, Says Science
10:00AM Michael McWhertor | Researchers in Scotland have tested the effects of Brain Age on schoolchildren. The results? Good! The organisation Learning and Teaching Scotland tested daily usage of Brain Age — known there as Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training — on some 600 students at 32 schools throughout the country, tasking them with 20 minutes of (non-)gameplay prior to standard lessons. Researches say that during the nine-week study they found improvements in students’ concentration and behaviour, with students completing standardized test faster than those who hadn’t trained on the Nintendo DS game. Man, these Scottish kids don’t know how good they got it. In elementary school, I was part of a research group that monitored the effects of having one’s lunch money stolen everyday before class began. And look what happened to me. :( Computer game boosts maths scores [BBC] More »
Brain Age Breaks UK Sales Record
9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | British people, hello! Apparently lots of you own Brain Age. Like a lot a lot. According to compilers Chart-Track, the game has spent 80 weeks in the UK’s top ten. 80. Eighty. 8. 0. The grey matter DS title has now surpassed the original Tomb Raider’s benchmark. Perhaps British folks keep losing their copies of Brain Age and keep buying replacements? Perhaps they’re just crazy for brain games? Perhaps. Sales Figures [Chart Track via Eurogamer] More »Brain Age Gets Japanese Adult Video Homage
11:05PM Brian Ashcraft | We’re not really surprised that Brain Age got a dirty movie, we’re just surprised it’s taken so long! Originally released in Japan as Touhoku Daigaku Mirai Kagakugijutsu Kyoudoukenkyuu Centre Kawashima Ryuuta Kyouju Kanshuu Nou o Kitaeru Otona no DS Training, the DS game was a smash hit back in 2005 and 2006. This August, naughty video company Moodyz is releasing adult video parody Chinpo o Kitaeru Otona no Ingenware Training (or “Dick Drilling Adult’s Lewd Word Self Training”). The DVD stars Moodyz actres Hikaru Wakana (her blog, maybe NSFW), and the box features a label that says this DVD is for “One Player” and that “Ultimated Continues Are Possible”. For those, who haven’t seen the Japanese box art for the original Brain Age and its sequel, click here and here. NDS「脳トレ」のパロディAVが登場！ [Hatimaki] More »
Zelda Team Working on New Games
6:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Don’t forget. Nintendo doesn’t just make Wii Fit and Brain Age. It makes other games, too. Games like The Legend of Zelda. About which, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto says: I think we’d gotten to a point where videogames were something that everyone could no longer enjoy. As a designer, I’m always focusing on what is fun — ideas that people can enjoy. For me, I’m trying to entertain as many people as I can, creating games that the widest number of people can enjoy. Of course, that being said, we do have the existing teams at Nintendo working on the kinds of products we’ve always made over the years. The Zelda team is forming again to work on new games! But to me, it’s about finding these new interactive experiences and bringing them to people. Please don’t make a casual Zelda game, please don’t make a casual Zelda game, please don’t make a casual Zelda game. Miyamoto on Wii Fit [1Up via Go Nintendo] More »
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