Kyoto's Uchida Hospital runs a memory loss clinic for patients suffering dementia and other degenerative conditions. The adminstration seem to have gotten a hold numerous DS units and copies of Brain Training and have been utilising the the make up of simple tests to help the patients keep their brain active. According to the administrator Atsuko Uchida "they're almost always rented out".
The report even quoted a 67-year-old patient, Isamu Shishido, who was holding hopes that playing the game would stop him from forgetting simple things like names and phone numbers. "I don't want to end up some crazy old man. I want to play a little everyday before going to bed," he said, though another reason was that he wanted his daughter to stop making fun of him when he keeps forgeting her name.
You could almost say that this gives Nintendo another feather in it's already large cap of innovation and reach when it comes to the DS. Seriously beneficial implications aside, Nintendo's HQ is based in Kyoto and it wouldn't have been the first time that a company has used situations close to home to their advantage. However, this could still end up showing Nintendo's new strategy of trying to get everyone involved to have some substance after all. But if this is anything to go by, it looks like grandpa will be lining up behind sister/girlfriend, after they've finished with their Nintendogs and it might be a while before you get the DS back...
Brain Training has been confirmed for a release in PAL territories - and will be known as Big Brain Academy. However, there is yet to be a solid release date outside of Q2 2006.
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