From The Developer: Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day for Nintendo DS will help players flex their mental muscles. Brain Age represents the first in a series of U. S. brain-training titles that already have taken Japan by storm. Brain exercise has been a hot topic lately. Baby Boomers and test-prepping school kids alike want to challenge themselves. In fact, a recent Time magazine article cited Brain Age in its exploration of the trend of people looking for ways to exercise their brains. But Baby Boomers picking up a video game system? It's not as far-fetched as you might think. More »
Game Overview
Get your stylus ready. Inspired by the work of Professor Ryuta Kawashima, a prominent Japanese neuroscientist, Brain Age will exercise your brain in a variety of different DS ways.
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Thursday 11th May, 2006 - 10:17pm
Review: Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? (DS)
I can now add and subtract small numbers without using my fingers.
In the past, I have heard many things about how good video games are for you. I've heard that they help with hand-eye coordination and can even help increase knowledge. Of course, I never understood how, in anyway, it could really..
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Friday 1st February, 2008 - 01:03pm
News: Dr Kawashima "Turned Down Brain Training Royalties"
And he doesn't feel stupid about it, amazingly
His name adorns one of the best selling games of 2007, but Dr Ryuta Kawashima hasn’t seen a single penny of profits. Nintendo’s Brain Training range has sold millions worldwide and bagged the resurgent company healthy profits, but the Doctor who came..
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Thursday 3rd January, 2008 - 02:25pm
News: Boffins Brand Nicole Kidman A Dirty Liar
Claims that Brain Training can boost intelligence may not be true after all - well, duh
You might have seen Nintendo's Brain Training adverts, in which well-known celebrities like Patrick Stewart and Nicole Kidman gleefully promote the software like it’s a one-stop miracle solution to being a..
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Thursday 20th December, 2007 - 09:34am
News: Europe Loves Brain Training
It's already sold bucketloads of copies in Japan, American and the UK - now our European friends are warming to Dr. Kawashima's unqiue brand of mental fitness.
Nintendo's amazing success story continues with the news that its Brain Training series has topped sales charts in two key European..
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Thursday 10th August, 2006 - 06:22pm
News: Europeans Get Their Brains In Gear
Brain Training is a smash hit success over in Japan, and the rest of the world too it seems.
This is according the figures that show Brain Training; How Old Is Your Brain has sold 500,000 copies in 9 weeks. Sales of the game actually rise with each passing week, a trend few other games have ever..
Saturday 15th April, 2006 - 03:02pm
News: Brain Age Official Site
Nintendo launch the mini dedicated to the upcoming Brain Age (aka Brain Training) for Nintendo DS
Forgotten about this already? Don't worry, Nintendo have reminded us all that this summer will be about Brain Training. They've launched a mini-site dedicated to the Brain Age title set to launch in the..
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Wednesday 15th March, 2006 - 12:21pm
News: European Brain Training Begins In May
Nintendo reveal that unique Nintendo DS title Brain Age: How Old Is Your Brain? will release 19th May.
Today Nintendo brains have announced the release of this Brain game in Europe, once again a few months later than its American version. Exercising, eating healthily and maintaining a good work/life..
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Friday 10th March, 2006 - 10:53am
News: Exercise Your Brain
Nintendo tell us about International Brain Awareness Week and how they're going to help us all.
Nintendo tells us International Brain Awareness Week begins March 13th and apparently everyone is looking for the best way to exercise their brains. You could be forgiven for thinking your brain is already..
Wednesday 1st February, 2006 - 11:42am
News: Nintendo Wants Your Brain
Is your brain actually any good? Apparently Nintendo will help you find out with its latest craze.
The Japanese often bring us strange and wacky game ideas, but since the introduction of the Nintendo DS things just continue to get even weirder. First we had the cute Nintendogs, then the inspiring..
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Release Date:
9th Jun 2006 (UK/EU)
17th Apr 2006 (USA)
19th May 2005 (JPN)
Also Known As:
Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Full Title), Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day (USA)
