Nothing special about this
Big Brain Academy for Wii basically, as the name suggests, makes your brain and reaction times better through tests. These tests are made up into five categories: Identify, Memorise, Analyse, Compute and Visualise. Each category has five activities, randomly picked before the test. You can also do these activities individually in Practice Mode.
But before you can do all that, you have to register a student record (Wow, this is just like school). Assign a Mii, add a picture and off you go, you are ready to make your brain bigger. You can also send your student record via WiiConnect24 to a Wii Friend.
After this the game seemed to fall apart with what ever you throw at it. The activities get boring, the game gets boring. The single player is no longer fun after about three weeks after buying, and for what it is, is actually quite pricey. I mean that Big Brain Academy is 20 pounds on the DS, but 35 pounds on Wii? Expensive.
But the only saving grace of this is the multiplayer. Three modes are included: Mental Marathon, Mind Sprint and Brain Quiz. Up to eight people can play sharing one or two Wii Remotes. Its actually quite fun. But because its multiplayer, you'll need another person to enjoy it.
GAMEPLAY: 5/10
The gameplay gets repetitive after a while, but some activities will last longer than others. After each test or practice session, according to your reaction times and percentage correct, your brain will be 'weighed' in grams. According to that headteacher, his brain is 1990g. Brainy.
ONLINE: 2/10
How a world ranking of the brainiest people? No. Instead, you can ONLY send our student records to your friends. Oh come on.
CONTROLS: 6/10
Basically, just point and press A. Simple and effective.
MULTIPLAYER: 10/10
This is where the game really shines. The three modes are fun and playable. In Mental Marathon, you team up with a friend to complete activities. In Mind Sprint, you race your friends to complete activities the fastest. In Brain Quiz, you choose a activity and play it until you get something wrong or run out of time. The saving grace.
VERDICT: 3/10
+ Multiplayer is good fun
+ Wii's first brain trainer
- Not good value for money
- Lack of content
- Single player gets boring
Disappointing, considering how the Wii could improve on the DS version. Shame. Lets hope there is a better one in the future.