May 31, 2007
Big Brain Academy Launching in Europe this
July on Wii
Flex your brain with Big Brain Academy for Wii
Are you a logical or analytical thinker? Are you
good at memorizing objects? Put your skills to the test and flex your brain the
fun way with the ultimate fast paced multiplayer think-athon: Big Brain Academy
for Wii. The follow up to Big Brain Academy for Nintendo DS, this Wii title
contains all new mini-games and multiplayer modes allowing you to challenge
family and friends from the comfort of your living room! Big Brain Academy for
Wii launches across Europe on 20th July 2007 and is part of Nintendo’s Touch!
Generations range of games, designed for people of all ages, gender and gaming
experience.
Big Brain Academy for Wii contains a selection of
quirky and exciting mini-games which are designed around the Wii Remote pointer
making them quick and intuitive to control. The mini-games are divided into five
categories: Visualise, Memorise, Analyse, Compute and Identify and contain a
variety of activities ranging from, for example, bursting numbered balloons in
order to arrange pieces of a train track to allow the train to reach a specific
area. All of these allow you to push your brain by answering them as quickly as
possible, whilst maintaining accuracy and with three different difficulty
settings to choose from, this title will provide a challenge for the whole
family.
Guided by Dr Lobe (a talking brain lobe complete
with spectacles and a mortar board hat!), you begin the game by creating a
profile and enrolling your Mii character in the academy. This allows you to
record your results within the game and keep track of your progress in each
category. In the single player Test mode, you play through all five categories
after which Dr Lobe will calculate your Big Brain Academy brain weight based on
your reaction speed and number of correct answers. In addition, you will be
given a grade for your Student Record, where all game data is saved, and a
spider graph is generated showing you your individual strengths and weaknesses
within the game in these five areas.
Play the Test mode often and you will be able to
chart your progress in your Student Record and watch your Big Brain Academy
brain weight get heavier as you do better in the mini-games. If you would like
to put in some practise, you can use the practice mode to play any game at any
difficulty level and Dr Lobe will award medals for high achievement!
The three multiplayer modes in Big Brain Academy
allow you to test your brain against up to eight other people – perfect for
challenging your friends and family! Mind Sprint allows two players to go
head-to-head in a split-screened race, where up to eight players can play as two
teams. With rounds of up to 24 games to play in each match, it will really be a
battle of the brains! Other multiplayer activities include the Mental Marathon
where players must attempt to keep a perfect score throughout games and the
Brain Quiz, which allows players to select and perform a random selection of 12
mini-games or categories while attempting to keep their perfect record intact.
These mini-games include activities such as the Memory activity: Order Out where
players must memorise a list of food items that are dictated from the Wii Remote
speaker, to the Think activity: Frame Filler where players have to fit the
missing piece in an animated puzzle.
Big Brain Academy for Wii allows players to send
and receive student record books with friends who also own the game, from all
over the world, using WiiConnect24. Players will then be able to compete against
them in Mind Sprint mode where Wii then uses the player’s student record to work
out how well they would perform and sets the activities accordingly.
Join the Big Brain Academy for Wii when it
launches across Europe on 20th July 2007, at the estimated retail price of
around 35.
