Kotaku: Big Brain Academy

Who Will Be Britain's Brainiest Family?

fdemarco — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 17:00:00 EDT

Is it yours? Nintendo wants to find out! The big N is holding a contest to help promote Big Brain Academy in the UK that asks "Are You Britain's Brainiest Family." Starting October 13 at various shopping centers around the UK, you and your family can take the stage to compete against other families to win the regionals. Regional winners will receive a Thomas Cook 7-night family holiday and Wiis with Big Brain Academy. On Nov. 4, regional winners will compete in a final competition in London for the grand prize of university tuitions for their kids. Also along for the ride is the possibility of winning a Chrysler Grand Voyager Executive XS. fancy! For all the details and rules, check out the Britain's Brainiest Family contest page. More »

Big Brain Leaps Off The Screen

Mike Fahey — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:00:53 EDT

Having trouble playing against the computer in using the Wii or DS versions of Big Brain Academy? Here's an idea for you straight from one of those self-proclaimed smart-people. Gather together five of your stupidest friends, get them all liquered up and break out a copy of Big Brain Academy the board game.

Who has the biggest brain? The new mental fitness game bases on the original best-selling Nintendo DS title. Players are mentally and physically challenged in five different categories: Analyze, Compute, Identify, Memorize and Think. The player who collects the most tokens by answering questions correctly wins. Speed and accuracy count - not smarts - when answering questions at the Big Brain Academy.

Sure, they'll probably pull out the old idiot savant trump card and hand you your ass anyway, but at least for one brief, shining moment you had an intelligent idea. That'll be $5. More »

Gallery: Big Brain Academy Wii Degree Screenshots

Kim Phu — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:40:00 EDT

I think I'm sold on Big Brain Academy for the Wii. The cutest thing about the game for the DS was Sergeant Slug or whatever the heck his name was, and even then, he was only cute on the box. Everything else in the game was actually quite fugly. Well not this time. The newest screenshots coming out for Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree have been Nintendo-fied in that familiar fruity-pastel, candy goodness, and it doesn't matter if I fail every test, at least I'll be happy doing it (this time). Tons more screens in the gallery! Kim Phu More »

Official Big Brain Academy Box Art

Kim Phu — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:40:00 EDT

Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree is coming out June 11th (just in time for summer school!) and this is the beautiful box it will come in. More »

Nintendo & Playstation Up for D&AD Awards

Kim Phu — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:40:00 EDT

The D&AD Awards (which stands for "Design and Advertising" Awards) that LocoRoco, Buzz, and Wii Sports are nominated for this year for game development, is sited as being an "educational charity" on their website and many of the articles I have been reading. Although on paper that might be true, I would like to just take a moment to clear all of that up. More »

Big Brain Gets A Wii Name

Brian Crecente — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 19:13:06 EDT

I just heard word that Nintendo has gotten around to officially naming Big Brain for the Wii. More »

Wii Big Brain Academy Hands-On

Brian Crecente — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:00:32 EDT

Luke Smith, former mop-headed Kotaku writer and current moppier-headed 1Up news editor, totally whipped me in a little impromptu game of Big Brain Academy on the Wii, during the NYC event. More »

Big Brain Academy Details and Screens

Brian Crecente — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:00:06 EDT

Ship Date Change for New Super Mario Bros & Big Brain Academy

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 22:45:42 EST

Nintendo just sent word that there are some updated ship dates for two monster NDS titles. New Super Mario Bros. arrives on May 15th, instead of May 7th. This is, of course, the first new Mario platformer since the Nintendo 64 era and already has gamers buzzing. More »

New Big Brain Academy Screens

lsmith — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 16:00:30 EST

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Some new screens for Big Brain Academy popped up over at a French pro gaming website. This is the game I played (and fawned over) at the NGS late last year. The backgrounds had some color added to them and the presentation has been sharpened up a bit. The game pictured (forming an item out of shapes) is a giant pain. It's awesome. For a couple more screens, check the jump; for the rest of them, click the link. More »