''Brain Boost'', also known as ''The Professor's Brain Trainer'' in Australia and Europe, is a series of three brain-training games developed by
Interchannel
was a Japanese video game developer and publisher.
History
Interchannel was founded on October 2, 1995 as an NEC subsidiary named . Its founding was a result of divisions within NEC being spun off. NEC Interchannel took over NEC Avenue's mu ...
for the
Nintendo DS handheld game console. ''Brain Boost'' was originally released in 2005 in Japan.
Majesco Entertainment
Majesco Entertainment Company (formerly Majesco Sales Inc.) is an American video game publisher and distributor based in Hazlet, New Jersey. The company was founded as Majesco Sales in Edison, New Jersey in 1986, and was a privately held company ...
published the first two games in the series in the United States on November 17, 2006, and the third game on January 22, 2008. Each game consists of five related mini-games.
Games
*''Brain Boost Beta Wave'', subtitled "Improve your concentration", ''The Professor's Brain Trainer: Logic'' in Australia and Europe.
*''Brain Boost Gamma Wave'', subtitled "Improve your memory", a.k.a. ''The Professor's Brain Trainer: Memory'' in Australia and Europe.
*''Mega Brain Boost'', subtitled "Boost your brain power with 3 games-in-1". This game includes ''Brain Boost Beta Wave'', ''Brain Boost Gamma Wave'', and a new game.
Critical reception
''Brain Boost Beta Wave'' has a Metacritic score of 39% based on 12 critic reviews.
See also
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Big Brain Academy
''Big Brain Academy'' is a series of puzzle video games developed and published by Nintendo. Similar to the Brain Age series, each game features a number of activities designed to test, measure, and improve the player's mental skills. The first tw ...
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Brain Age
''Brain Age'', known as ''Dr Kawashima's Brain Training'' in PAL regions, is a series of video games developed and published by Nintendo, based on the work of Ryuta Kawashima.
Video games
The ''Brain Age'' games, known as ''Brain Training'' in ...
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Brain Age 2
''Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day!'' (stylized as ''Brain Age2''), known as ''More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima: How Old Is Your Brain?'' in PAL regions, is an edutainment puzzle game and the sequel to '' Brain Age: Train Your B ...
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Brain Challenge
''Brain Challenge'' is a mental exercise video game, featuring "brain exercise puzzles". The game was developed by Gameloft Beijing for mobile phones and iPods and released on September 5, 2007. In 2008 was followed by a Nintendo DS version on ...
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References
2005 video games
505 Games games
Brain training video games
Nintendo DS games
Nintendo DS-only games
Video games developed in Japan
Majesco Entertainment games
Interchannel games
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