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Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! is a 2006 edutainment puzzle game for the Nintendo DS, developed by Nintendo SPD and published by Nintendo. Based on neuroscientist Ryuta Kawashima’s work, it is played with the DS held like a book, using handwriting and voice input for daily exercises, a Brain Age Check, and over 100 Sudoku puzzles. Download Play supports up to 16 players.
How To Play Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!
| Control | Action |
|---|---|
| Hold the DS sideways | Book-style orientation; left- or right-handed layout chosen at start |
| Stylus: write on the touch screen | Enter answers to calculations, syllable counts, head counts, and Sudoku digits |
| Stylus: tap | Select menus, choose exercises, pick boxes in Low to High, connect circles in Connect Maze |
| Stylus: tap “Next” | Advance pages in Reading Aloud |
| Stylus: draw | Sketch objects in the Picture-Drawing Quiz; design custom stamps |
| Microphone: speak | Say the ink color in the Stroop Test; speak answers in Voice Calculation |
| Stylus: tap the erase box | Clear a written answer |
| Stylus: tap the back arrow | Return to the previous menu |
| START | Pause / quit the current exercise |
About Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!
| Release date | NA: April 16, 2006 EU: June 9, 2006 JP: May 19, 2005 AU: June 16, 2006 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Nintendo SPD |
| Publisher | Nintendo |
| Platform | Nintendo DS (later Wii U Virtual Console) |
| Genre | Puzzle, edutainment |
| Series | Brain Age (Touch! Generations) |
| Modes | Single-player (Brain Age Check, Training, Quick Play, Sudoku); up to 16 players in Calculations × 30 via DS Download Play |
| Also known as | Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? (PAL); Nō o Kitaeru Otona no DS Training (Japan) |