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Brain Age is going to be big in NA

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saz

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Overheard a ~19 year old guy at my local EB: "Dad is going to love this game. He's really into doing puzzles to train his brain."

He then proceeded to buy a DS (presumably for his father).
 
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gjb-sensei

Nintendo invented the pixel...
I think it'll definitely do much better than most people anticipate it doing, especially when you consider the fact that it's only $20.
 
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I was thinking about buying this game/system for my mom, but then I realized that she would never buy or play another game for the system after Brain Age and it would just end up being my system. The DS type of "games" do not appeal to me at all though.
 
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Mrbob

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Wait...or you suggesting a Nintendo title on a portable system is going to sell a bunch of units?

Nice job stepping out on the ledge there.
 
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Archie

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I was thinking about buying this game/system for my mom, but then I realized that she would never buy or play another game for the system after Brain Age and it would just end up being my system. The DS type of "games" do not appeal to me at all though.
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Brain Age 2!
 
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saz

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cvxfreak said:
Advertising will be during Oprah's block. But if NOA can get Oprah to actually try the thing herself...
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Her audience certainly needs a bunch of brain training.
 
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Archie

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cvxfreak said:
Advertising will be during Oprah's block. But if NOA can get Oprah to actually try the thing herself...
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I checked the topics that are coming up on Oprah this week. There is a TBA on Friday's show. Maybe Brain Age will be on there.
 
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the year 20XX

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Oh God... I hope so! I don't know what I would do if a company whose products I've liked for a while didn't make the hugest amount of money possible from every product. I'm going to buy this for everyone I know, because not only do I know what my friends would like (or SHOULD like) better than they do, I am also partly responsible for Nintendo's continued success! Personally!

I think I'm actually going to buy it
 
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rastex

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Of course Brain Age is going to do very well here. Just look at how popular Sudoku has become, practically overnight. BA + DS Lite = huge numbers is my prediction. Honestly, the fact that people were able to look past the abomination that is the original DS design and STILL buy it, shows that when the hardware itself doesn't cause one to puke it should get a big bump in demand.
 
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Archie

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Trurl said:
Oprahton confirmed!
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Seriously, if Nintendo cannot convince Oprah to pimp Brain Age, they fail at marketing. It would be so easy for the Oprah audience to eat it up. Just have Oprah state that videogames can be good for you and that Brain Age proves that not all videogames are bad and so on.
 
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Suikoguy

I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
But seriously, at the budget price, I think it will do well, but not as well as it did in Japan (obviously)
 
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Mofo

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I finally got my hands on the game yesterday, and after passing it around to about 40 different people today, I'm really excited about the prospect of this title. Every single parent/adult either said "finally a game for me" or "I thought these were just for kids, how much are these?"

I know its a smidge anecdotal, but seriously... I haven't seen this kind of response since - dare I say it - Nintendogs, but this time it's the parent that wants it... which is super encouraging.
 
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Draft

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Mofo said:
I finally got my hands on the game yesterday, and after passing it around to about 40 different people today, I'm really excited about the prospect of this title. Every single parent/adult either said "finally a game for me" or "I thought these were just for kids, how much are these?"
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Hahaha, viral market much?
 
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Mofo

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Cheebs said:
Nintendo fans viral market out of loyality. It happened with Nintendogs as well.
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Pretty much :lol - but honestly, we were at a Easter Egg hunt for the kids. All of us adults sat on the benches while about 300 kids went crazy searching for plastic eggs.
 
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Fuzzy

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Archie said:
I checked the topics that are coming up on Oprah this week. There is a TBA on Friday's show. Maybe Brain Age will be on there.
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There was an episode that I caught a part of within the past couple of weeks (I think it was a rerun) that Brain Age would've fit perfectly into.
 
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ant1532

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Mofo said:
Pretty much :lol - but honestly, we were at a Easter Egg hunt for the kids. All of us adults sat on the benches while about 300 kids went crazy searching for plastic eggs.
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i love easter egg hunts!
 
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Draft

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the key to the plastic ones is that aside from candy, they may also contain a toy of some sort. there is an element of surprise.
 
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Mofo

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Fëanor said:
People hunt for plastic eggs!?:lol
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Come on, do people still hunt for hard boiled eggs? The kids love the plastic ones! Oh, wait - this was a Brain Age thread!
 
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Mofo

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Draft said:
the key to the plastic ones is that aside from candy, they may also contain a toy of some sort. there is an element of surprise.
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And now that one of mine is getting older - cash. There's always one egg that has a $10 stashed in it.
 
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Tiktaalik

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Brain training is the sort of thing that should be featured in the Arts and Entertainment sections of newspapers everywhere. If Nintendo can get articles in papers about their brain training game from the reference of some "cool new thing" and not just another videogame then they could do really well.
 
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Morbo

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Yoboman said:
I would like a more powerful brain, then I'd show you all.
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If you mean that literally, the power of my brain tells me you should keep yours encased in it's skull.
 
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