Big Brain to come to UK

A success on the DS and a right romp in other territories; another collection of mini game madness is set to arrive in Europe & the UK on 20th July 2007.

Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree isn't a DS game repackaged for the Wii like several others have been. The games and challenges are new, so if you already have the DS version then you won' feel cheated out of your £35 as you numb your way through all the same stuff that you already paid for once. Hopefully this will be the way of the future and we won't see any more cases of rereleasing identical titles on the Wii which have already seen DS release.

The mini-games are divided into five categories: Visualise, Memorise, Analyse, Compute and Identify and contain a variety of activities. These range from bursting numbered balloons in order to arrange pieces of a train track to allow the train to reach a specific area.

Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree allows players to send and receive student record books with friends who also own the game, using their internet connection and Wii. Players will then be able to compete against them in Mind Sprint mode.

With MTV calling the mini games available here 'different enough' to be worth a purchase despite the array of mini games already available on the Wii through titles such as Wario Ware, it's probably a good time to set aside a pay packet for this one and start swotting up on your old grey matter. Ten year olds ... watch out! This time it shall be different. I'll win ... you'll see!