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Big Brain Academy (Wii) | 
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| From: Nintendo
Category: Video Games
List Price: £32.99
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Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 82
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Genre: puzzle-games
Rating: Parental Guidance
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: RVL-P-RYWE
Model: 90017
UPC: 045496900175
EAN: 0045496900175
ASIN: B000OAO188
Release Date: July 20, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand New - SAMEDAY DESPATCH - Insured Delivery and 12 months Warranty
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Product Description
The Wii Remote controller?s 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 Remote?s 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.
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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
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| Customer Reviews: Read 26 more reviews...
 Boreing!!!! May 31, 2008
Manda (Northern Ireland)
I originaly thought that this game would be a solid addition to my games catelogue for the wii, but I was more than a little dissapointed.
It is the same old thing over and over again,as previous comments have stated it all comes down to how quick you are, and unless you have speed on your side this game will reach a certain stage were you can go no further.
In retrospect I wish i had saved my cash for another game!
Tedious May 29, 2008
Mordros
I haven't played the DS Brain Training game, so this is to review Big Brain Academy purely on it's own merit.
At first the game is fairly fun, as you learn how to play the mini games and try them all. However, after finishing each challenge on easy you come to realise that the basis of this game isn't so much to asses and improve your problem solving skills, but to measure how quickly you can click buttons. None of the mini-games are particularly challenging themselves, instead to achieve the higher medals offered you need to finish the challenges at an almost impossible speed. The speed requirement wouldn't be nearly as irksome if it wasn't valued so much higher than correct answers. A 60% mark can give a much higher score than a 100% mark achieved in a couple of seconds more, which renders acquiring the medals as more relieving than satisfying. To add injury to insult, the seemingly endless amount of speech doesn't lessen.
The pages of speech are mildly irritating at first, but after about the 50th time of reading the same inane congratulatory notes you dream of the option to skip them.
Big Brain Academy is quite entertaining as a party game (as long as it's not played for too long), but can become quite repetitive and doesn't measure up to the 'fun factor' of other games that are intended for party play. Overall the game seems to act best as a way to allow families with small children to play together in a slightly more intellectual way than sports and party games do, but anyone wishing to be challenged or stimulated should just pick up a puzzle book.
Way, way too much chat to sit through April 27, 2008
The Slim Reaper (london)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The brain training games themselves are quite fun and varied, but there's way too much written 'chat' to wade through each time you play.
The instructions are very neat and concise, it's the blasted 'professor of the academy', a peanut like animation that goes on and on between the games. Considering you can complete a game in under a minute you continually have to just sit there and let Professor Peanut run through his pages and pages of 'well done' speech every single time. It's truly painful. And there's no way to skip through it...
Without Professor Peanut this game would've been great, as it is it's just too frustrating to use for any length of time.
 Race of brains April 6, 2008
Mrs. D. Banks
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Big Brain Academy for Wii has brain games which you must do as quick as possible - it only judges you on speed. It's a collection of brain mini-games judging you on speed and nothing else. It's better on the handheld.
Speed is the answer March 24, 2008
Peter Gallant (Halesowen,UK)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a game that tests your ability to answer very quickly - it is NOT a brain development game at all. If you take your time and get all the tests correct, you will not get a good score. Sorry found this rather repetative and crass - not worth the money. The DS Brain game is much superior to this!
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