PSP owners haven't had much of a chance to try the Brain Age fad. But no worries, Hot Brain should do just the trick. This brain training game, starring Fred Willard, is going to try and make you smarter by throwing tons of word and math puzzles at you. IGN has a video blowout of the title, showcasing tons of gameplay options from this mind-expanding collection of minigames.
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Did you know that the Nintendo DS isn't the only system that can train your brain? In Japan, Sega created their own mildly-successful edutainment games that required you to do math at the speed of light. AZ92 from the PlayStation forums is hosting a few Flash demos of the game, formatted for the PSP. You can use m.pspfanboy.com to play these short demos, directly from your PSP.
[Update 1: First server ran out of bandwidth. Updated links. Thanks, Crazy_Chris]!
A-ha! Experience screens released
I'll be honest, I haven't heard much of A-ha! Experience until I've seen these newly-released screens. It seems like the game may be the PSP's answer to the DS' Brain Training games. A-ha Experience is a collection of three types of mini-games: A-ha Change, A-ha Movie and A-ha Cut.
A-ha Change challenges the player to quickly tell the difference between two pictures. A-ha Movie features what at first looks like a picture, but is actually a short video clip, and the player has to find what is moving within the video. Lastly, A-ha Cut challenges the player to watch several similar-looking video files and find what has changed.
The game is supposed to challenge a player's "brain reaction where you figure out something that had eluded you in the past," according to an IGN preview. The chances of this game making to the States probably isn't very good, but because the game focuses on video and pictures, it will probably make for an excellent import title when it's released Nov. 30.
[Via Gamespot/IGN]
Japanese software sales chart - Aug. 21-27: Our darkest hour
We all knew something had to give with the pending release of Final Fantasy III. One of the games in the top 10 had to go, and unfortunately, that game just so happened to be Gundam, which was the only PSP game in the top 10.1. Final Fantasy III (DS) - 503,051 / *NEW
2. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) - 65,556 / 2,901,264
3. Rune Factory (DS) - 42,210 / *NEW
4. Brain Age 2 (DS) - 41,784 / 3,073,195
5. Cooking Navi (DS) - 37,326 / 384,045
6. Tamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop 2 (DS) - 30,504 / 430,934
7. Mario Hoops 3 on 3 (DS) - 30, 355 / 233,762
8. Animal Crossing: Wild World (DS) - 30,023 / 3,149,130
9. Brain Training for Adults (DS) - 22,866 / 2,736,150
10. English Training (DS) - 17,465 / 1,401,669
Yeah fellas, you read that right; every single damn game is for the Nintendo DS. Where does the PSP go from here, I don't know. But I'll stress it again, Sony absolutely has to get some software out that will compete with what Nintendo is putting out an an alarmingly regular rate.
(Via GAF)
