Mind Quiz: Your Brain Coach
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| Developer(s) | Sega |
| Publisher(s) | Ubisoft |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable |
| Release date | Nintendo DS JP 2006-09-14 NA 2007-03-13 PAL 2007-03-23 PlayStation Portable NA 2006-10-31 AUS 2006-11-16 EU 2006-11-17 |
| Genre(s) | Edutainment |
| Mode(s) | Single Player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Everyone OFLC: General PEGI: 3+ |
| Media | Nintendo DS Cart UMD |
Mind Quiz: Your Brain Coach, known as Nounenrei: Nou Stress Kei Atama Scan in Japan, is a mental training game for the Nintendo DS. It is similar to Nintendo's Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! It involves playing 16 different training exercises to measure and improve particular parts of your brain, such as your Brain's Age and its Brain Stress Degree. Nintendo Australia has released Mind Quiz: Your Brain Coach's European version in 2 forms, the 1st version has the PEGI rating on it and just has a OFLC rating sticker on it, and the 2nd version has the Australian Rating printed on the cover, and is covered by Nintendo's Australian warranty, unlike the 1st version. Like Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain?, Mind Quiz: Your Brain Coach has had massive popularity in Australia, and due to the relaxed nature of language and violence in Australia (Concerning the Super Spastic issue), Australia will probably be the only English speaking country left with the game still being released and distributed in Australia (Spastic is not offensive in Australia, but demented is).
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[edit] Controversy
On 29/6/2007, Ubisoft, the game's publisher voluntarily pulled the game from store shelves in the UK upon complaints that the word spastic, a term that is offensive in the UK, was triggered when the player didn't perform well on certain questions. [1] Ubisoft stated "As soon as we were made aware of the issue we stopped distribution of the product and are now working with retailers to pull the game off the market." [2]
[edit] Mind Quiz
Mind Quiz is a game for the PSP, very similar to the Nintendo DS version.
[edit] External links
- Mind Quiz: Your Brain Coach Nintendo Website
- Mind Quiz: Your Brain Coach Ubisoft Website
- BBC News article on the Controversy
