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[Make a Body and Brain Connection Feb. 8]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/03/make-a-body-and-brain-connection-feb-8/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/03/make-a-body-and-brain-connection-feb-8/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/03/make-a-body-and-brain-connection-feb-8/#commentsYou'll be able to play the weird Kinect Pac-Man minigame on February 8.

That's also when you'll be able to play the rest of Namco Bandai's Body and Brain Connection, the brain training/exercise collection from Brain Age consultant Dr. Ryuta Kawashima -- but it's more interesting to think about it as the Kinect Pac-Man thing, with bonus brain training and exercise-based minigames.

Namco Bandai also sent out a bunch of new screens of the intellectually stimulating minigames contained within Connection. You get to work out with an animated light bulb! How many games let you do that?

Gallery: Body and Brain Connection (12/2/10)

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>body-and-brain-connectionbrain-trainingdr-kawashimas-body-and-brain-exerciseskinectmicrosoftnamco-bandaiq1-2011release-datexboxFri, 03 Dec 2010 09:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Body and Brain Connection's Pac-Man minigame on video]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/23/body-and-brain-connections-pac-man-minigame-on-video/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/23/body-and-brain-connections-pac-man-minigame-on-video/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/23/body-and-brain-connections-pac-man-minigame-on-video/#commentsDuring a demonstration of Dr. Kawashima's Body and Brain Connection, we experienced an odd Kinect Pac-Man minigame. Now, you can see the oddness for yourself. It's not Pac-Man CE by any means, but it is another weird variant of the 30-year-old game.

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JoystiqBody and Brain Connection's Pac-Man minigame on video originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>body-and-brain-connectiondr-kawashimas-body-and-brain-exercisesjapankinectmicrosoftnamco-bandaipac-manxboxTue, 23 Nov 2010 09:38:00 EST<![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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Dr. Kawashima's Kinect brain training will make its way to North America and Europe in 2011 as Dr. Kawashima's Body and Brain Exercises. The Namco Bandai title was previously announced for Japan with a November launch. We know Dr. Kawashima is qualified to train our brain, but we'll need to see his credentials for making us svelte.

Gallery: Dr. Kawashima's Body and Brain Exercises (first screens)

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