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is an arcade game
released only in Japan
by Namco Bandai Games
on December 21, 2006.
, was supervised by Professor Ryuta Kawashima
of Tohoku University
. It uses the Rewritable Stage arcade cabinet. The arcade version of The Idolm@ster can be converted into this game.
The game has three play modes:
Player profiles are saved on a rewritable card issued when you play for the first time. At this time, you choose an animated assistant who provides onscreen instructions and encouragement.
The game includes 39 games divided into three categories, for the areas of the brain each game is meant to train.
It uses the Rakuhira handwriting recognition system, made by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.
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etc.(13 games)
etc.(13 games)
etc.(13 games)
Arcade game
An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, usually installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars, and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, and merchandisers...
released only in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
by Namco Bandai Games
Namco Bandai Games
is an arcade, mobile and home video game developer and publisher based in Japan which is the product of a merger between the video game development divisions of Bandai and Namco. Namco Bandai Games is a wholly owned subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings and specializes in production and sales of...
on December 21, 2006.
Introduction
This game, like Brain AgeBrain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!, also known as Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? in PAL regions, is an entertainment video game that employs puzzles. It was developed and published by the video gaming company Nintendo for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console...
, was supervised by Professor Ryuta Kawashima
Ryuta Kawashima
is a Japanese neuroscientist known in PAL regions for his appearance in the Brain Training series of video games for the Nintendo DS -Biography:Kawashima was born...
of Tohoku University
Tohoku University
, abbreviated to , located in the city of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture in the Tōhoku Region, Japan, is a Japanese national university. It is the third oldest Imperial University in Japan and is a member of the National Seven Universities...
. It uses the Rewritable Stage arcade cabinet. The arcade version of The Idolm@ster can be converted into this game.
The game has three play modes:
- All-Japan mode, 15 players linked online
- Multiplayer mode, 2~4 players in the same arcade
- One player mode
Player profiles are saved on a rewritable card issued when you play for the first time. At this time, you choose an animated assistant who provides onscreen instructions and encouragement.
The game includes 39 games divided into three categories, for the areas of the brain each game is meant to train.
It uses the Rakuhira handwriting recognition system, made by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.
, formerly known as , is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics corporation headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka, Japan. Its main business is in electronics manufacturing....
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For Frontal lobe
- Easy calculation—Answer a number of simple math problems as fast as you can.
- The four basic operations—Given three numbers, decide which math operation is used.
- Which way the gears turn—Given a number of gears, choose the ones which will turn in the same direction.
etc.(13 games)
For Temporal lobe
- Turning over panels—After viewing a set of symbols, the cards are flipped over, the player is given one symbol, and must find the cards with that same symbol.
- Pair dance—Player must decide which two of a number of dancing figures are in unison
- figure puzzle
etc.(13 games)
For Parietal lobe
- Coin exchanging—change coins into larger denominations
- What the major number is—given a diagram filled with numbers, identify which number appears the most
- Touch numbers small to big
etc.(13 games)
Music
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:Ludwig van Beethoven - Variations on "Ah vous dirais-je, Maman":Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- MessiahMessiah (Handel)Messiah is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel, with a scriptural text compiled by Charles Jennens from the King James Bible and the Book of Common Prayer. It was first performed in Dublin on 13 April 1742, and received its London premiere nearly a year later...
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