Rant: Is Nintendo being honest with consumer?

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Legend11 said:
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Anyways sorry for ranting but I find this as sleazy as those selling fake diet pills or poor exercise equipment or any of the other things that companies do that takes people's money under false pretenses or no real scientific evidence. I'd have far more respect for Nintendo if they actually had a large warning on the game and in commercials that it's only a game and that there is no scientific evidence that Brain Age actually improves intelligence or reduces the risk of Alzheimer's disease. And they should include something similar with Wii Fit saying it's only a fun prop to use for videogames and people that are actually seeking to become fit should go to a gym or elsewhere.

You didn't follow the development of the original brain training game did you...

Nintendo themselves were skeptical. It was the professor that was pushing the original title/principles to them.

They only become convinvced when they saw the results of scientific tests, that show that various exercises do strongly stimulate parts of the brain.

This is also detailed within the game itself (I own both, and have "clocked" the first).

Buy it for your mum, and give it a play yourself.