Brain Training Goes Simple (IGN)
Source: IGN
Nintendo's
Otona no DS Training (known as Train Your Brain in America) was the
surprise hit of 2005 over in Japan and will likely go on to sell a
million copies before its sequel arrives in a couple of weeks. With
success comes the copycats. Enter D3 Publisher.
The publisher of
the Simple 2000 series of budget PS2 titles and Simple 2500 series of
budget PSP titles revealed this past week plans for some brain training
games of its own. Both the PSP and PS2 will get versions of Mitsuo
Kodama Sensei Kanshuu The Unou Drill. The name translates to The Right
Brain Drill Supervised by Mitsuo Kodama. Kodama is a college professor
who apparently knows enough about intelligence testing to get his own
game.
Those who chose to try out this latest brain maker game
will be able to select from a number of modes, including a mode that
measures your IQ based on your test scores and a mode for beefing up
your right brain. The game's World Tour Mode trains your right brain
while showing you pictures from around the world. For all these levels,
you can select to play on three difficulty settings.
On the PS2,
The Unou Drill will appear as volume 93 of the Simple 2000 Series. On
the PSP, it will be volume 4 of the Simple 2500 series. Yes, the PSP
version will cost more, just because its in a series that costs 500 yen
higher. Smart.