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Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree | 
| From: Nintendo
Category: Video Games
List Price: $49.99
Buy New: $37.89
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Avg. Customer Rating:  55 reviews
Sales Rank: 295
Platform: Nintendo Wii
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: RVL-P-RYWE
Model: 90017
UPC: 045496900175
EAN: 0045496900175
ASIN: B000OAO188
Release Date: June 12, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: factory sealed
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| 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. | | • | Mii data compatible. |
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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.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 20 more reviews...
 Fun but can get old quickly May 2, 2008
The concept of Big Brain Academy is a good one. Perform a set of exercises to stimulate your brain and improve its abilities. This game first came out on the Nintendo DS, after the success of Brain Age.
The way you do the exercises is with a set of colorful mini-games. The game groups its 15 mini-games into 3 games in each of 5 categories: Analyze, Compute, Memorize, Identify and Visualize. The faster you complete each mini game, and the more answers you get right, the higher your score.
By yourself, you can do two events: Test or Practice. In Test, you perform a series of the mini-games for about a minute in each category. Your score in each category is added up, and the Professor presents an overall score. You get a grade, from C-- to A++ based on your score. In addition, based on which categories you did well, you get a "profession".
In Practice, you choose a mini-game category and perform that category for a minute. You can get awarded medals --- bronze, silver, gold or platinum, based on how well you did. Your results in solo practice are saved in your "Student Record" which you can send to others via Connect24 or view in the game's Office.
For the Wii, the biggest change is how Nintendo revamped the game to allow more multiplayer options. There are 3 multiplayer modes---Mind Sprint, Mental Marathon and Brain Quiz.
Mind Sprint is the most competitive --- choose a difficulty level and race against someone else to complete the mini-games first (a mistake means you do the game over).
Mental Marathon is a cooperative game. One player starts, then performs a fixed number of mini-games. Then, the player hands off to a different player, who continues. When a player makes a mistake, the game is over.
Finally, Brain Quiz is competitive but has a game show feel. Players pick one of 15 panels. Each panel has a random mini-game category and difficulty. The highest overall score wins. In this mode there is an extra mini-game that appears sometimes where you listen to orders and must select what the person ordered.
The biggest downside to the game is that there are only 15 mini-games. After playing this for a few weeks, the game can feel repetitive.
It's a lot of fun for family and friends, and it definitely helps you improve your brain but it doesn't have huge replay value because of the small number of mini-games. If there were 30 mini-games, this would have much more replay value.
fun for the whole family April 29, 2008
this game is simple, but fun and addicting. it's great for anyone old enough to hold and use the wii-mote (about age 4 and up). there are games that are easy enough that non-readers can play, and games that are more challenging, even for adults. the whole family can play together, you can play as teams or try to beat your old best score. it levels the playing field for the age gaps. there is a testing option that even seems to be smart enough to know the difference of a 5 year old playing (the music is slower paced, the games are easier) vs an older child or adult.
i also see great educational potential. it's good for hand/eye coordination, dexterity, thinking fast and under pressure, color/shape discrimination, biology, math, pattern recognition, memory, reading, the list goes on. i don't have to worry that my kids are playing something entertaining but light on learning.
it can be annoying to click through sentence after sentence of text (you are "evaulated" after each game), but other than that, it's a great activity.
 Love it! April 23, 2008
Hands down, my favorite game for the wii. It challenges my brain! Sometimes after a day of staying home with my toddlers, it feels nice to think. :-) I liked that it has different areas of focus- memorization, spatial relationships, etc. I am very good with numbers, but it has been a great challenge to me perceptually. I love puzzles, like sudoku and other brain teasers, so this is up my alley.
We had mixed results as a family, though. My 4-year-old daughter was very in to it at first too- she loved getting medals, although her inability to get a gold medal frustrated her (because she likes the color gold). She also liked to challenge me- and I would wait for her to win so that she could get the pink "princess" crown. However, after a while, she lost interest, and would rather play the Disney Princess wii game (which, btw, is a HUGE hit). My husband tolerates it, but really isn't fond of it. He says he uses his brain enough at work that he likes mindless games during his off-time! SO...if you love puzzles, you will probably love this game! If not, well...look elsewhere.
Brain Training for all ages! April 11, 2008
This game is great! I love it. We play it often. The thing that I like best is that I can play against my 7yr old son or 6 year old daughter, and they get questions at their difficulty, which makes it a fair game!
I highly recommend this game for the Wii!
 Not Enough Variety March 22, 2008
This game is fun, but it lacks enough multiplayer activities, there's only one mode that allows the use of two remotes. There are only 15 minigames to play and none are really that great. For a DS game this might be acceptable, but on the Wii, for $50 I would expect much more variety in the minigames. There isn't really much to do in this game, but it's cool how it ranks your brain in 5 different categories. Overall, I would not suggest it because there is not enough to keep you occupied.
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