Touch! Generations

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Touch! Generations is a Nintendo brand describing games created to appeal to a broader audience than the traditional gamer. Big Brain Academy and Magnetica became the first US titles to have the designation, when they were released on June 5, 2006, followed on June 26, 2006 by Sudoku Gridmaster. In addition, several previously released games were labeled under the touch generations brand. The titles belonging to Touch! Generations vary from country to country.

1 Japan
2 North America
3 Europe
4 Reception
5 External links

[edit] Japan

Japanese logo

In Japan, the origin of the Touch! Generations lineup, the brand enjoys massive success, with especially the Brain Training games still ranking high in game sales.

Soon, a Wii version began.

[edit] North America

North American logo

In North America, Brain Age launched on April 17, 2006, but the Touch! Generations brand was not launched until June 2006. The lineup includes:

Big Brain Academy
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!
Clubhouse Games
Electroplankton
Elite Beat Agents
Magnetica
Nintendogs
Sudoku Gridmaster
Tetris DS
True Swing Golf

[edit] Europe

European logo

The Touch! Generations brand was launched in Europe on June 9, 2006 with the release of Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? Unlike the Japanese release, the European lineup includes more traditional games.

[edit] Reception

The Touch! Generations games have been received extremely well in practically every territory. Animal Crossing: Wild World, for example, has sold more than 7 million copies worldwide^[1] since its launch (on 5th December, 2006), and Brain Age: Train Your Brain In Minutes A Day has sold more than 8 million copies worldwide.^{[citation needed]}