Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Dr. Kawashima's Body and Brain Connection preview: Brain Age meets Kinect]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/20/dr-kawashimas-body-and-brain-exercises-preview/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/20/dr-kawashimas-body-and-brain-exercises-preview/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/20/dr-kawashimas-body-and-brain-exercises-preview/#comments What if Nintendo made a game for Kinect? Namco Bandai does its best to answer that question with Dr. Kawashima's Body and Brain Connection, a "Brain Age" game for Microsoft's motion-control peripheral. This family-oriented minigame collection, featuring Xbox Avatars alongside the ever-digitized Dr. Kawashima, makes for an experience that seems more than inspired by Nintendo's recent efforts -- it's a total knockoff. The UI, the music and the gameplay all feel ripped from the Brain Age series and Nintendo's Wii Fit games.

In some respects that's a compliment, but gamers who have already written off edutainment and exergames won't find much reason to give Body and Brain Connection a try. You know exactly what to expect from this game.

Gallery: Dr. Kawashima's Body and Brain Exercises (TGS 2010)

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