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Professor Ryuta Kawashima is going HD for hits next title. And he's doing away with the stylus too.

The neuroscientist who became a video game celebrity due to his contributing role in Nintendo's multi million selling Brain Age games has most recently leant his talents to Namco Bandai for an all new Kinect brain training game.

Unveiled today at Microsoft's Xbox 360 Media Briefing 2010 press conference, Karada de Kotareu Atarashii Nou-tore, or "Respond With your Body: New Brain Training," is a new type of brain training game where you train your brain through the use of your body.

Similar to other brain training games, the program determines your brain's age as you solve problems in such areas as math, judgment and memory. This time, the problems, playable by between 1 and 4 players, are solved through body motions.

One problem gives you a digital time readout, and asks you to form an analogue version of the time with your arms. Another game has you form roads with your arms, guiding cars down different paths. Another game requires that you touch balloons in the order of the number that's inscribed on the balloon face.

You'll recognize some of the problems from past brain training games. One math-based problem shows you two sums and asks you to point to the larger total.

Get your first look at Kinect brain training here:




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could potentially be a very big seller if marketed right.



BenVTrigger said:

could potentially be a very big seller if marketed right.


Yep agreed



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finally something for the core!



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Very smart move. Considering how big the DS versions were. Will be tricky though for Microsoft to get regular people to buy this. I have people complaining over buying a €150,- DS and Brain training, let alone a 360 Kincet with Brain Training for what, 349? But as said, this has very good potential.



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whoa....

Kinect in the class room anyone?

This could actually sell really well, even in the U.S. (if they make it more intense and market it correctly).



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not too bad



Pretty good move. If they bundle this in Japan it could make Kinect a moderate success in the region. I'd say 360 has another 200k seller in Japan.



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It looks alright, but I wonder how well this will work on a home console. Part of the appeal of Brain Age and games like it is portability--being able to pick up and play whenever you have the time to spare.



Finally, I can learn to tell the time!