{"id":101670,"date":"2019-10-11T12:20:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T12:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/10\/get_your_thinking_caps_on_for_brain_training_coming_to_switch_in_january"},"modified":"2019-10-11T12:20:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T12:20:00","slug":"get-your-thinking-caps-on-for-brain-training-coming-to-switch-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/10\/11\/get-your-thinking-caps-on-for-brain-training-coming-to-switch-in-january\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Your Thinking Caps On For Brain Training, Coming To Switch In January"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/cc2cacb09463b\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/cc2cacb09463b\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/cc2cacb09463b\/1280x720.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=r2iFEwYR_yc?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Following on from the recent announcement that Dr Kawashima would be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/09\/dr_kawashimars_brain_training_is_making_a_glorious_comeback_on_switch\">returning this December in Japan<\/a>, it seems we won&#8217;t have long to wait in the west to get our brains back in shape. Nintendo Uk has announced that <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/dr_kawashimas_brain_training_for_nintendo_switch\">Dr Kawashima&#8217;s Brain Training for Nintendo Switch<\/a><\/strong> will be coming out in Europe on 3rd January 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the trailer above for all the brain-teasing activities you&#8217;ll be engaging in this time. Here are some of the details from the official PR blurb:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Test your skills with an assortment of exercises and tests in different playstyles, such as holding the Nintendo Switch console vertically and using a stylus or finger, or using the right Joy-Con\u2019s IR Motion Camera, which detects the shape of players\u2019 fingers. These are some of what you\u2019ll find in-game:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Finger Calculations:<\/strong> Solve maths problems using your fingers. Even if you know the answer in your head, you\u2019ll need to react quickly!<br \/><strong>Sudoku:<\/strong> Enjoy the classic number puzzle game.<br \/><strong>Calculations:<\/strong> How fast can you do simple sums one after another?<br \/><strong>Rock, Paper, Scissors Test:<\/strong> Try to win \u2013 and lose \u2013 using your fingers in rounds of Rock, Paper, Scissors.<br \/><strong>Word Scramble:<\/strong> Combine letters to form words.<br \/><strong>Photographic Memory:<\/strong> Remember the photo previously displayed.<br \/><strong>Dual Task:<\/strong> Leap over hurdles while choosing the biggest number.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>With one Joy-Con each, challenge friends and family to select kinds of training, such as:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Birdwatching<\/strong>: Compete to count birds the fastest.<br \/><strong>Box Counting<\/strong>: Compete to try and remember the number of boxes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Calculate your overall Brain Age Score by performing a series of back-to-back exercises that challenge your information processing speed, short-term memory and self-control. Think you can do better than your friends and family? Ensure you don\u2019t miss your daily exercises by setting an alarm, where your Nintendo Switch will notify you, even if the console is in Sleep Mode. You can also share your results with your family with Brain Training Email to let them know how you\u2019re getting on.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We also plan to hold regular World Brain Training Championships.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There&#8217;s no word just yet on a North American release &#8211; we&#8217;ll be sure to update as and when confirmation comes through. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/10\/talking_point_were_actually_quite_looking_forward_to_brain_training_on_switch\">We were looking forward to this returning<\/a> and it&#8217;s good news us Europeans <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/04\/dr_kawashimas_devilish_brain_training_finally_arrives_on_3ds_in_europe_on_28th_july\">won&#8217;t be waiting as as long<\/a> as we had to last time!<\/p>\n<p><em>Do you reckon this will get renamed Dr Kawashima&#8217;s Brain Age for Nintendo Switch in the US? Looking forward to testing your noodle with everyone&#8217;s favourite floating polygonal head again? Let us know below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=r2iFEwYR_yc?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507] Following on from the recent announcement that Dr Kawashima would be returning this December in Japan, it seems we won&#8217;t have long to wait in the west to get our brains back in shape. Nintendo Uk has announced that Dr Kawashima&#8217;s Brain Training for Nintendo Switch will be coming out in Europe on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101670\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}