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Amazon Maximum Age: 20 years Amazon Minimum Age: 60 months Binding: Video Game Brand: Nintendo EAN: 0045496900175 ESRB Age Rating: Everyone Label: Nintendo Manufacturer: Nintendo Model: 90017 Platform: Nintendo Wii Publisher: Nintendo Release Date: June 12, 2007 Sales Rank: 106 Studio: Nintendo
Features:
Brawl with Other Brains! The Wii sequel includes three multiplayer modes for up to eight players. You can also exchange training data with other players over WiiConnect24 and compete against their save data.
Weigh Your Brain! With 15 new Activities that challenge your brain in single-player Test and Practice modes, Big Brain Academy Wii sees how you measure up in five categories: memory, analysis, number crunching, visual recognition, and quick thinking.
Train with the Wii Remote! All Activities are designed around the Wii Remote's Pointer, so you can have fun learning from the comfort of your couch with one Wii Remote, or pass around two Wii Remotes for group competitions.
Product Description: Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree tests your brains with fun problems for any age or level of education. Play against up to 8 people with 15 new activities -- memory, analysis, number crunching, visual recognition and quick thinking. The Wii Remote controller's hands-on control makes playing a cinch. In split screen two-player versus mode, the same puzzle problems will appear in a different order -- The first player to get 12 correct answers wins.
Amazon.com: The Wii sequel to Big Brain Academy for Nintendo DS includes three multiplayer modes for up to eight players. Players also can exchange student-record books with other players over WiiConnect24 and compete against their save data. With 15 new activities that challenge the brain in single-player Test and Practice modes, Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree sees how players measure up in five categories: Identify, Memorize, Analyze, Compute and Visualize. All activities are designed around the Wii Remote's pointer. Players can play solo with one Wii Remote, or pass it around like a relay baton in group competitions.
Sample activities: The activities in Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree are fun minigames with a ton of variety, and they're meant to be played rapid-fire for a short time as players push their brains to do more than they did the day before. Here are three of the activities included in the game:
Art Parts: In this Visualize activity, players must complete the sample painting by stamping the missing pieces onto an unfinished scene. When it becomes more difficult, Art Parts flips the unfinished scene sideways or flips it upside-down.
Balloon Burst: In this Compute activity, players must pop balloons in rising numerical order. At its easiest, there are few balloons shown at once. On a higher difficulty level, Balloon Burst sends in more balloons, including some with negative numbers.
Fast Focus: In this Identify activity, players see a distorted image that slowly returns to normal. Players must select what it is as soon as they figure it out. As it grows more difficult, Fast Focus starts with a more heavily distorted image, so it takes longer to identify what it is.
How to progress through the game: When players start a new game, they'll meet the whimsical Dr. Lobe, who will suggest that they take on the Test mode challenge: playing all 15 activities that span the five brainy categories. He'll tell players how big their brain is based on how well they did and how fast they did it. He'll encourage players to take the Test often and to use Practice mode to beef up their skills in all 15 of the activities. Practice mode also offers three difficulty levels for each activity, and Dr. Lobe will award several medals for high achievement in each one.
Multiplayer:Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree offers three ways for groups to play:
Mental Marathon: Speed through activities to buy more time to stay in the game. Go it solo or as a team, but if anyone botches an activity, the game is done (1-8 players, one Wii Remote).
Mind Sprint: Form a team to compete against a system-controlled competitor that "thinks" like a selected student record (1-4 players with one Wii Remote). Or separate into two teams (2-8 players with two Wii Remotes). The first side to complete a set number of problems wins.
Brain Quiz: Play game-show style with up to four teams that compete in a total of 20 activities, since five extra activities are available in this mode. (1-8 players, one Wii Remote)
Mii compatibility: Everyone who enrolls in the academy will choose a Mii, which will walk down the school's hallway and pop up during Wii Remote handoffs to help explain which teammate goes next in multiplayer matches.
Wii Remote audio: Players will get encouragement and hear color commentary from a "Wii Remote Coach" who speaks to the player through the Wii Remote speakers.
WiiConnect24: In Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree, players can send and receive student-record books full of brainy data. By establishing WiiConnect24 ties with Wii Friends who own the game, players can all see their academies affected in several fun ways:
Compare distant students' test scores with those of the local student body on the Student Scores board. Distant students' records are shown as books.
Compete against distant students' brains in Mind Sprint. Players actually play against game-controlled competitors that "think" based on brainy strengths and weaknesses in their student records.
The distant player's "Mii student" will walk the hallways with the player's own student body. Players can make WiiConnect24 connections with many students, adding many Miis to their crowd.
Players are encouraged to send and receive each others' records frequently, so that their academies have up-to-date results for competition and comparison. In this way, individual academies can join a personal network of schools and push each other to develop their brains further.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Pretty fun party game
I bought this game hoping that it would be a pretty fun party game that could be enjoyed by several people at a time. It turned out to be a pretty successful party game, but unless your friends bring another pair of Wii remotes, then you can really only play with two people at a time, which is okay if you play short games, so everyone can take turns. The graphics are not that fabulous, but they are sufficient. I think a major strength of this game is that you could probably enjoy it as young as age 8 and it is fun for adults as well, so it is a good family game. And it can definitely be challenging!
Rating: - Be quick!
Very reactive game, puts your brain to the test. Delightfully stressful when competing with your sister! Lots of fun.
Rating: - Perfect for entire family.
This game was an instant hit in our house. My son has many Wii games and aside from the Wii Sports, the rest of the family doesn't utilize any of them. Big Brain Academy is something that my 10 year-old can play with Mom and Dad. The game has various levels that go from easy to expert so you are able to set your own pace and advance the skill level when you are practiced and ready. The idea throughout the game is to improve your grade by increasing efficiency as well as correct answers. When I ordered this game, I had hoped it would be challenging enough for me. However, after the first time we played, I found that some of the categories are very difficult (at my beginner status), especially at the "hard" and "expert" levels. Looks like I will need to practice so I can beat my husband and son in our next match. I would recommend this game to families and to the competitive individual who enjoys a challenge. Much fun to play as a group or alone.
Rating: - Much better than expected
Before I played this game, I was thinking there would be a limited amount of things to do and that it would get repetitive. That is not the case. There is a good variety of challenges. They change levels and speeds. Plus you can play with a lot of players and it is a great social game. The only thing that gets annoying is the little guy talking all the time, But you can skip over it fairly easy.
Rating: - Big Brain
A fun game for the entire family. Educational and highly motivating. My children like to see their 'brain size' increase. I have a 7 year old and a 10 year old who both enjoy the game.
- Perfect for entire family.
