Brain Challenge

The N-Gage 2.0 version was released on the day of the service's launch, April 3, 2008. A version for WiiWare was released in autumn 2008 on all three regions. The Wii version also uses Miis for the players profile. OnLive also had launched their new streaming game platform with Brain Challenge on July 27, 2010. The game was released for Mac OS X in January 2011.

• Title — Brain Challenge • Developer — Gameloft Beijing • Publisher — Gameloft Ubisoft • Released — Mobile, iPod: September 5, 2007 Nintendo DS, PC: January 8, 2008 PlayStation 3: November 27, 2008 PlayStation Portable: December 3, 2008 Xbox 360: March 12, 2008 N-Gage 2.0: April 3, 2008 iOS: July 9, 2008 Wii: Nintendo DS Mac OS X: January 20, 2011 • Genre — Puzzle • Modes — Single-player, Multiplayer • Platforms — Mobile phone, iOS, iPod, Mac OS X, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, N-Gage 2.0, Wii • Producer — Philippe Laurens Tanguy Pallier Fabrice Ottomanelli • Artist — Arthur Hugot Christophe Latour • Designer — Stanislas Dewavrin Wang Zhen Zhong Tan Zhen • Composer — Henri-Pierre Pellegrin

The game is structured like Big Brain Academy in that puzzles are divided into four separate categories: Logic, Math, Visual, and Focus; the Xbox Live Arcade version, PlayStation 3, PSP, Wii, Nintendo DS, and PC add a fifth category, Memory. The puzzles can be played at three difficulty levels and more complex puzzles are unlocked through a player's progression through the game. Many of the puzzles are similar to those from both Big Brain Academy and Brain Age. For example, Balance shows different objects on scales, and the player must determine from the relationships on the scales which is the heaviest object. In the Trout Route test, the player must follow a path based on the progressive numerical relationship given (i.e. +2, -3, etc.). Travelling requires the player to memorize a route of arrows, while Ascending has the player determining the order of a group of objects from least to most in amount. Bouncing Ball has the player determining as quick as possible which ball bounces highest.

The game features two modes: • Test: The difficulty level automatically adjusts throughout the game based on performance. • Free Training (Training Room on the XBLA version): Allows the player to select exercises of their choice at three available levels (Easy, Medium, Hard). The XBLA, PlayStation 3, and Nintendo DS versions also feature additional modes: • Creative (available on PS3 with an add-on pack): A relaxing mode in which the player can doodle drawings or shoot fireworks. • Stress: A more stressful test mode than the basic Test mode, which adds distracting noises and visuals, such as forcing the player to do two disparate actions at once, or dealing with distracting images or insects on the screen. It is also playable on the PlayStation 3. • Kid mode (available on PS3 with an add-on pack): A multiplayer mode that allows younger players to play. • Personal coach: A user-selected AI coach that accompanies the player through various modes. • Brain charts: Detailed stats and graphs tracking past gameplay.

The Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and OnLive versions features up to four player offline and online Xbox Live multiplayer, as well as online leaderboards. The mobile phone version also features an online leaderboard.

A sequel, Brain Challenge Vol. 2: Stress Management, was released by Gameloft for mobile phones in 2007. Another sequel, Brain Challenge 3: Think Again!, was released by Gameloft for mobile, iPod Touch, iPhone in September 2009. In 2012, Brain Challenge 4: Breaking Limits was released for mobile phones.