When did Big Brain Academy come out?

Big Brain Academy was released on 5 June 2006 for Wii U and Nintendo DS.

Big Brain Academy (2006) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Big Brain Academy

Big Brain Academy features 15 activities that test their brain powers in areas like logic, memory, math and analysis. Up to eight people can play with a single game card, and each activity takes less than a…

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What Big Brain Academy is

Big Brain Academy is a puzzle game developed by Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.4 and released in 2006. It was published by iQue. It is available on Wii U and Nintendo DS.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Big Brain Academy features 15 activities that test their brain powers in areas like logic, memory, math and analysis. Up to eight people can play with a single game card, and each activity takes less than a minute to complete.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are action and educational. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Big Brain Academy holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 2,791 rated puzzle games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 10 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Big Brain Academy launched on 5 June 2006, within three weeks of Half-Life 2: Episode One, New Super Mario Bros., Hitman: Blood Money and Heroes of Might and Magic V. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Half-Life 2: Episode One, New Super Mario Bros., Hitman: Blood Money, Heroes of Might and Magic V.

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