Their brains don't have to be on holidays.

Help your kids shake away the holiday fuzz and get their thinking caps back on with a series of great titles on Nintendo DS. It's the ideal way to get kids back into the swing of problem solving, by stimulating their minds with fun learning tools that don't feel like homework. Whether your child loves maths, mysteries, puzzles, languages or reading, there's something to please every young mind.



Brain Training

Inspired by the theories of neuroscientist Dr Kawashima, Brain Training uses simple tests to discover your Nintendo DS Brain Age, and fun activities to train your brain to help it stay sharp and active.

Nintendo Presents Crossword Collection

Solve more than 1000 crossword puzzles, anagrams and word search by writing directly on the touch screen. A challenge for both beginners and experts!

More Brain Training

Even more fun ways to stimulate your brain and help keep it interested, active and alert with fresh challenges like Rock, Paper, Scissors, Correct Change and more.

Big Brain Academy

Find out your brain weight! Big Brain Academy 'weighs' your brain as you're quizzed in thinking, memorization, computation, analysis and identification. Earn medals for your Big Brain achievements and challenge family and friends.

PROFESOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS VILAGE PROFESOR LAYTON AND PANDORA'S BOX

In both these magical mysteries you'll become immersed in a world of puzzles, mazes, logic riddles and brainteasers. Help Professor Layton and his apprentice Luke solve mysteries and crack the case. Fully voiced and animated scenes will have you intrigued as you test your lateral thinking and untangle the many challenging puzzles.

My Language Coach Series

Play for just 15 to 20 minutes a day and you'll soon master the skill of a new language. Each game features the basics of word use, grammar and the construction of phrases, using fun and easy-to-play mini-games, which evaluate your progress as you play.

Other features include:

  • Touchpad mini-games to sharpen your language skills at your own pace.
  • Track your progress with charts showing your learning performance.
  • Simple touch screen interface makes it easy for all ages to play.
Maths Training

Inspired by the theories of neuroscientist Dr Kawashima, Brain Training uses simple tests to discover your Nintendo DS Brain Age, and fun activities to train your brain to help it stay sharp and active.

Make 10

A magical land of surprisingly tricky maths challenges, which all centre around the number 10. Find multiple ways to Make 10 in a myriad of maths fun for all ages.

100 Classic Books

100 timeless novels from the greatest writers in history. Now the kids can read great literature anytime, anywhere.

Includes works by: Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, Arthur Conan Doyle, Oscar Wilde, William Shakespeare, Jules Verne, D.H. Lawrence, Robert Louis Stevenson, Mark Twain, Jack London, Charles Kingsley, Thomas Hardy and Lewis Caroll.