Big Brain Academy: New Details

Nintendo of America has recently updated their official fact-sheet pertaining to Big Brain Academy for the Nintendo DS. The upcoming title, slated to release on May 30th, 2006 marks the second iteration of the critically acclaimed Brain Training series to release in North America. American gamers are set to get their first taste of the non-games in mid April, when Brain Age debuts in the region.

As the followup to Brain Age, Big Brain Academy will offer gamers a myriad of additional fast paced puzzles ranging from five different categories. For more information regarding the forthcoming title check out the fact-sheet below.

What is Big Brain Academy?

Enrol at the Big Brain Academy for the ultimate mental exercise regime. Find out how fast you can think; test your ability for logical thought; and turn that dull daily train journey into an intellectual keep-fit session. With Big Brain Academy, you can have fun while giving your brain a rigorous workout, playing across a series of mini-games designed to stimulate your mind. You can practice the challenges, go straight for the test, or even take on your friends.

Test yourself across five categories: Think, Memorise, Analyse, Compute and Identify. Each category offers three different types of game, adding up to 15 different kinds of brainteasers – and there are three different difficulty settings to push your cranial power. Whether you’re calculating the number of cubes contained within a structure, identifying quick-fire images or solving simple yet fast-paced maths problems, Big Brain Academy really gets the old grey matter working! Answer questions as quickly as possible against a 60 second time limit, and discover just how your brain measures up, as the friendly Dr. Lobe gives you the results of your performance.

Features

· Give your brain a vigorous work-out with 15 types of challenges across 5 categories

· Up to 8 players can play against each other, sharing one Game Card, with players ranked according to their reaction times and accuracy

· Earn bronze, silver or gold medals depending on your performance

· Send a demo of the game to friends using the Nintendo DS’ wireless technology

· Colourful, fun presentation mean these brainteasers are fun to play

We’ll have an updated media section for this game uploaded shortly. Be on the lookout for further details in the coming weeks and months leading up to the game’s May release date.