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Best Edutainment Games

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1. Art Academy: Home Studio

Jun 25, 2015 • Rated E

Also known as Art Academy: Atelier.

2. Art Academy: Lessons for Everyone

Oct 1, 2012 • Rated E

New Art Academy, as it is also known, features both Introductory and Advanced lessons - whether you are an old master or a complete novice - offering easy to follow, step-by-step guides to a variety of drawing and painting techniques, styles and materials. [Nintendo Life]

3. Kinect Nat Geo TV

Sep 18, 2012 • Rated E10+

Kinect Nat Geo TV mixes family TV night with family game night by combining Kinect's "reach in and explore" interactivity with content from Nat Geo WILD. Solve mystifying puzzles, learn about the natural environment, get to know exotic animals and get inspired to care for the planet.

4. Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day

Aug 20, 2007 • Rated E

(Also known as "More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima: How Old Is Your Brain?") Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day contains all-new activities to challenge a player's gray matter. The title is a series of trainings designed to give the brain a workout. The 17 new, engaging activities are all designed to help work the brain. Whether players are playing simple songs on a piano keyboard or monitoring the photo finish of a footrace, they'll love this new mental workout. When starting a new game, players take a series of tests and get a score that shows how old their brain is. This number is called the "DS Brain Age." With daily training over weeks and months, players strive to improve their mental acuity and lower their "DS Brain Age." Progress is charted in graph form. Players can keep up to four save files on one game card. Sharing a game allows players to engage in a picture-drawing quiz or other challenges with family and friends. Players also can use DS Download Play to send a demo to friends or compete with up to 16 players in one of four fun modes. [Nintendo]

5. Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!

Apr 17, 2006 • Rated E

(Also known as "Brain Training For Adults" and "Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training") Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day for Nintendo DS is a fun, rewarding form of entertainment everyone can enjoy, as it helps players flex their mental muscles. Brain Age is inspired by the research of Professor Ryuta Kawashima, a prominent Japanese neuroscientist. His studies evaluated the impact of performing certain reading and mathematic exercises to help stimulate the brain. Brain Age presents quick mental activities that help keep your DS brain in shape. Activities include quickly solving simple math problems, counting people going in and out of a house simultaneously, drawing pictures on the Touch Screen, reading classic literature out loud, and more. You can also play sudoku, the number puzzle game which has become an extremely popular feature in U.S. newspapers. On your first day of exercise, you will take a series of tests and get a score that determines how old your brain is. This number is called your "DS Brain Age". By performing daily exercises just minutes a day over weeks and months, the better you'll get at the exercises and the lower your DS Brain Age will become. [Nintendo]

6. Pokemon Art Academy

Oct 24, 2014 • Rated E

PokÃ©mon Art Academy boasts 40 lessons in which players can encounter favorite PokÃ©mon from throughout the series, such as Pikachu, Oshawott, Charizard, Torchic, Fletchling and Fennekin.

7. Art Academy

Oct 26, 2010 • Rated E

Art Academy: Learn painting and drawing techniques with step-by-step training gives both budding and experienced artists simple and creative tips and tricks to improve, enhance and even learn how to draw and paint.

8. Big Brain Academy

Jun 5, 2006 • Rated E

(Also known as "Brain Flex") Big Brain Academy features 15 activities that test their brain powers in areas like logic, memory, math and analysis. Up to eight people can play with a single game card, and each activity takes less than a minute to complete.

9. My Spanish Coach

Nov 6, 2007 • Rated E

Playing My Spanish Coach for 15 to 20 minutes a day is all you need to become fluent in Spanish. Other Features include: 8 touchpad mini-games to sharpen your mastery of the language at your own pace. Track your progress with charts showing your performance learning the language. Simple touch screen interface makes it perfect for anyone of any age. [Ubisoft]

10. Wild Earth: Photo Safari

(Also known as "Wild Earth Africa") Featuring breathtaking landscapes from the African Serengeti National Park, Wild Earth is an adventure which allows players to experience the African wildlife in its natural environment. Players embark on various assignments, each of which feature different photographic objectives, challenging the player to explore the lush 3D world and take the best photographs of animals and environmental features. At the end of each assignment, an html article is created using the player's own photographs which provides additional in-depth information and insight. These articles can be printed, saved or shared. [Digital Jesters]

11. Disney Art Academy

May 13, 2016 • Rated E

Master the art of drawing beloved Disney and Pixar characters! Step-by-step lessons can teach anyone how to draw. Add some magic to your art! The Magic Brush makes it easy to add patterns, such as sparkles or stars, to any work of art. Go from amateur to expert with over 80 characters to draw!

12. Brain Age: Concentration Training

Feb 10, 2013 • Rated E

(Also known as "Dr. Kawashima's Devilish Brain Training: Can You Stay Focused?")Brain Age: Concentration Training offers newly designed training exercises that will challenge players with activities to help improve their concentration skills and the ability to access their short term memory.

13. My Word Coach

Nov 6, 2007 • Rated E

Do you ever feel at "loss for words"? Would you like to express yourself more clearly and with confidence? Want to improve your vocabulary in a straightforward and entertaining way? In your daily life, knowing the right word can make all the difference! My Word Coach offers a fun and challenging way to improve verbal skills through a series of engaging activities and exercises. The game was inspired by ongoing vocabulary acquisition research by Thomas Cobb, University Professor in Applied Linguistics at the University of Quebec. Enjoyable activities include word recognition, spelling challenges, and vocabulary definition, including 16,800 words from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary. When you play, My Word Coach assesses, monitors, and rewards your Expression Potential, a score that represents your ability to command and use the English language. The higher the number (out of a possible 100%), the better you are able to express yourself! While the Wii version takes advantage of the Wii Remote through lively mini-games and easy-to-use controls, the Nintendo DS version makes full use of the system’s unique, dual Touch Screen. [Ubisoft]

14. Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree

Jun 11, 2007 • Rated E

Welcome to Big Brain Academy, the only school where you can school your friends and family! How big is your brain? Find out as you test yourself with numerous lightning-fast activities like across several categories. When you enroll, headmaster Professor Lobe will introduce you to Test mode, challenging you with a bevy of hilarous and exciting brain-teasers. Then, when it's all over, the professor will calculate your brain weight, award you with a grade, and give you an idea of what career track is best suited for your brain weight. Don't worry, it's all in the spirit of fun! Features: The Wii Remote's easy hands-on control makes playing the game a breeze. People of any age or education level can play together. Show off your smarts in multiplayer versus and co-op play modes like Mind Sprint, Mental Marathon, and Brain Quiz. The better you get at an activity, the harder it becomes. Send your grades to friends with the Wii's WiFi connection feature, WiiConnect24. While Big Brain will keeps your neurons dancing in Practice and Test mode, multiplayer and co-op modes bring challenges like only the Wii can deliver. [Nintendo]

15. JumpStart: Escape From Adventure Island

Nov 17, 2009 • Rated E

JumpStart Escape from Adventure Island is the second title in the JumpStart series of adventure-based learning games for the Wii.

16. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo Switch

Get ready to challenge your brain in a variety of ways in Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training for Nintendo Switch. Enjoy new exercises, some of them making use of the right Joy-Con’s IR Motion Camera*, or tap and train with classic exercises from past Brain Training games that you can play using a stylus (included with the packaged version from retail stores) or your finger. It’s in your hands.

17. Personal Trainer: Math

Jan 13, 2009 • Rated E

The foundation of Dr Kageyama's Maths Training is 100 square calculations a method conceived by Kageyama Hidea, a Japanese elementary school principal. The DS is held side ways like a book and all answers are written using the stylus. The key principal of the software is repetition which according to Kageyama stimulates the brain. The main exercise 100 cells maths, consists of 100 hundred simple maths problems combined into a 10 by 10 grid using the numbers at the top and side of the grid. There are however many other exercises, ranging from simple one digit math problems to slightly more complex three digit challenges.

18. Wild Earth: African Safari

Apr 22, 2008 • Rated E

Explore the wild and capture its natural beauty on film in Wild Earth: African Safari, a unique simulation for the Wii based on the PC game from Super X Studios. Take award-winning pictures of exotic animals in their natural habitats without disturbing them. From running with herds of zebra to following hunting lions and scavenging vultures, Wild Earth: African Safari lets you risk it all to capture and create magazine-quality pictorials. [Majesco]

19. Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day

Oct 15, 2007 • Rated E

(Also known as "Sight Training: Enjoy Exercising and Relaxing Your Eyes") You've trained your brain with Brain Age--now sharpen your eye power with Flash Focus! Fast, fun activities and quick-play sports challenges give your eyes the challenging workout they need. The first time you play Flash Focus, you'll complete a short series of activities to evaluate your Eye Age. Train every day to lower your Eye Age and challenge your Focus Ability in the five major categories: Hand-Eye Coordination, Peripheral Vision, Dynamic Visual Acuity, Momentary Vision, and Eye Movement. Flash Focus is designed to be played a little bit every day. Like the Brain Age games, it features a calendar that tracks the days you have completed your training by giving you stamps. By playing each day, you'll unlock more activities and sports-based tests. Each time you complete an activity, your results are added to line charts so you can easily follow your progress. [Nintendo]

20. Brain Challenge

Mar 12, 2008 • Rated E

[Xbox Live Arcade] Get your brain in shape with fun daily exercises - these challenging and entertaining puzzles act like a vitamin boost for your brain. Brain Challenge is your personal coach for mental fitness. Twenty different games in five categories (Memory, Visual, Logic, Math, and Focus) train all areas of your brain. Keep track of your progress every day, and easily evaluate your level of brain activity. Brain Challenge is the easy and enjoyable way to keep your brain alert. Challenge friends with four-player offline and online multiplayer modes. Thirty games are broken down into different categories—Memory, Visual, Logic, Math, and Focus. Training room: Play all the mini-games within each category freely. Creative mode: Relax by exploring your brain's creative abilities through five games. Stress mode: Test your abilities under stressful conditions. Personal coach: Choose your favorite coach to accompany you through all your brain development steps and develop a unique relationship with him or her. Brain charts: View your overall performance and progression with detailed stats and graphs. [Microsoft]

21. Brain Assist

Feb 26, 2008 • Rated E

Re-energize your brain with 10 colorful mind-teasing mini-games that stimulate your concentration, memory, analysis, instincts and reflexes. Six nurses with widely varying personalities will guide you through the games and keep track of your best results. A unique new test even allows you and a friend to examine the compatibility of your right brains. Get more friends in on the action with the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection and race through a variety of fast-paced four-player mini-games to see who the true brainiac is. Multiplayer battles for up to four gamers. The action ramps up quickly for a fun challenge using the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Ability Tracker. A report is generated at the end of each test and high scores and Compatibility Reports can be saved and overridden as players improve. Touch Screen and stylus technology. With the clock running, get the competitive edge with the stylus and Touch Screen technology. Unlockable Icons. As you clear rounds, unlock 14 icons to personalize your game. [Sega]

22. Left Brain Right Brain

Dec 4, 2007 • Rated E

(Known as "Left or Right Ambidextrous Challenge" in the UK/EU) Use the Touch Screen in 15 different mini-games based on speed, accuracy, association, recognition, memory and strategy. Games include: Connect the Dots, Pop the Balloons, Feel the Music, Hit the Monsters, Touch the Green Square, Save the World, Open the Safe, Trace the Shape, Navigate the Maze and many more. Book-style play has you flipping the DS over and around to develop your hand-eye coordination with both left and right hand. Master 4 single player game modes: Hand Exercises, Balance Check, Left Hand vs. Right Hand and Ambidexterity Check. Challenge a friend to 2-player mini-game tests via DS download play. Practice any activity, over 5 difficulty levels, to prepare for ambidexterity tests. Monitor personal progress and assess improvement with development percentages for each hand that appear after play. [Majesco]

23. Brain Boost: Gamma Wave

Nov 17, 2006 • Rated E

(Also known as "The Professor's Brain Trainer: Logic") The game focuses on improving memory, concentration and judgment through progressively difficult brain training games where speed and accuracy count. The brain's gamma waves appear to be involved in higher mental activity, including perception and problem solving. As such, Brain Boost: Gamma Wave includes training games for remembering Circumstances, Faces, Images, Numbers and Colors. [Majesco Games]

24. Brain Boost: Beta Wave

Nov 17, 2006 • Rated E

(Also known as "The Professor's Brain Trainer: Memory") Both games focus on improving memory, concentration and judgment through progressively difficult brain training games where speed and accuracy count. Brain Boost: Beta Wave focuses on stimulating parts of the right brain that are often associated with active concentration and busy thinking. Brain Boost: Beta Wave includes Find a Match, Shape Recognition, Addition, Remember Sequence and Moving Dots training games. [Majesco Games]

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