Infendo tipster Nathan writes: “I work at Target, and yesterday an elderly lady came in asking about a game called Brain Age. She didn’t even know what it was, but had seen a commercial on TV about it. She was buying it for her 81 year old husband.” Very cool. [Sent from a wireless Blackberry]
Infendo tipster Nathan writes: “I work at Target, and yesterday an elderly lady came in asking about a game called Brain Age. She didn’t even know what it was, but had seen a commercial on TV about it. She was buying it for her 81 year old husband.”
Very cool.
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*chuckles* That is awesome.
She probably blanched at needed to spend 150 dollars total, 130 for the DS and the 20 for the game…~Carmine M. RedKairon@aol.com
Yea, she didn't know it was a video game, but was pretty serious about getting whatever she needed to make use of it. Another guy was showing her the DS's, I'm pretty sure she bought one.
What we need is Brain Train pack-in…
there needs to be a DS pack – $99 WITH the game. $#!@ what gamers expect, time to consider what this new demographic expects…and it ain't $150 worth of nintendo hardware.
Did he bought it after knowing its price????
That is awesome.I just picked up my copy last night. Oddly enough, I have only been able to play it for about ten minutes; my girlfriend, who has never been interested in playing video games, simply won't put my DS down. She has been brain training all morning, too.It is great to see Nintendo reaching out to non-gamers with some of this unique software. I see it working first hand; my girlie plays my copies of Brain Age, Trauma Center, and Nintendogs so much that my DS time has taken a severe blow.The only negative of this new approach, lol.
You'd be surprised what seniors consider expensive. I work with two women (one in mid 50's, the other early 60's), both are rushing out to buy one since I've shown them my copy. I told them the cost, and they both immediately said it's worth it compared to the price of a PC or Laptop, which they wanted for the brain games anyway.And when I showed them Nintendogs, it sealed the deal even further. Nintendo is right. Everyone loves to have fun, and games are fun, but not fun for everyone. Therefore they're making games that appeal to all demographics. I'm sure they'll still cater to the core gamers, but it's very nice to see grandmas and grandpas suddenly pick up a DS and have a blast with it. If they ever make DS Shuffleboard (joke), Nintendo will own the 50-90 age demo. 🙂
Oh, and in response to Anon above, yep. I'm having the same problem. My fiance won't let go of the thing. Sudoku + Brain Teasers = No DS for Me.
Bildo is right. What I consider expensive and what older people consider expensive can be totally different. I've seen someone casually buy a 360, and people looking at iPods trying to decide what to get. I guess it's just shocking to find people buying that kind of thing while knowing very little about it.
I know what its like to lose DS time. My mother loves to play the mini-games in Super Mario DS, and my sister is starting to gain more interests in videogames. I really want to get Brain Age, I tried the demo and I was instantly hooked. I just need some cash…
I got mine on launch day (17th here) and showed it to my wife. She seemed mildly interested which is honestly more than I expected.She is a very no-nonsense woman and barring a good experience with the original legend of zelda some 19 years ago thinks video games are for the birds. She "tolerates" my hobby and is actually getting much more understanding as she learns that I'm not the only person doing this who is over the age of 15.Anyway, I had her set up an ID on the cart and do some training. She got frustrated when the voice recognition didn't like the way she says the word, "blue" so I thought she had given it up. Then I noticed yesterday when I booted up the DS that her brain age had decreased! I checked her account and she had a stamp on all but 1 day! I couldn't believe it. She was secretly training! Then when I went to do the 100 calculations this morning, she had replaced me as the HIGH SCORE!She is very competitive and when she thinks she can be number 1, theres no stopping her. This could definitely get interesting!
This is awesome. Another hit for Nintendo :)"If they ever make DS Shuffleboard (joke), Nintendo will own the 50-90 age demo. :)"lol, they should make Bingo DS too 😉 That would be a total "bingo" as far as sales go. Haha.
Whoa… I just had a thought. Local multiplayer wireless bingo. IMAGINE! Grandmas would love it.
Can you imagine the sales Nintendo would get if they toured old folk's homes with demos?!?!~Carmine M. RedKairon@aol.com
"And for a treat today folks, Mr. Kawashima himself is here to demo his new game for you fine denizens of the golden years! It's called: "Oops, I crapped my Pants! The Videogame". Play tennis, and load your pants in a colorful 3-D setting! You'll truly feel like you're knee deep in metamucil loaded doody!"I kid, I kid. I know I'll be old soon enough, so I would never seriously say something like that. Just a reference to one of my favorite SNL Commercials. On a serious note, again I'd like to iterate that Nintendo's onto something with the whole non-game games. They're not only winning back old fans with the DS and forthcoming Revolution, but they're creating an entirely new audience, much like they did in 1984… was it '84?God I am getting old.
I remember that SNL commercial. On a side note, I loved '84. Ah, my first mac