Brain Age: Concentration Training

Brain Age: Concentration Training
North American box art
DeveloperNintendo SPD
PublisherNintendo
DirectorsNoriko Kitamura
Yuichiro Ito
ProducerKouichi Kawamoto
DesignersTadashi Matsushita
Katsuhiko Kanno
ArtistsKazuma Norisada
Yuri Adachi
Akira Koizumi
ComposersMinako Hamano
Shinji Ushiroda
Megumi Inoue
Shinobu Nagata
SeriesBrain Age
PlatformNintendo 3DS
Release
  • JP: July 28, 2012
  • NA: February 10, 2013
  • KOR: September 5, 2013
  • EU: July 28, 2017
  • AU: July 29, 2017
GenresPuzzle, Edutainment
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Brain Age: Concentration Training,JPN known in Europe and Australia as Dr Kawashima's Devilish Brain Training: Can you stay focused?, is an educational puzzle video game developed and published by Nintendo. It is the fourth major entry in the Brain Age series and the first made specifically for the Nintendo 3DS. It was released in Japan on July 28, 2012, in North America on February 10, 2013, and in South Korea on September 5, 2013. It later came to Europe on July 28, 2017, and Australia on July 29, 2017, five years apart from the initial release. Dr. Kawashima presents the game's purpose as being to counter prevalent subpar concentration skills onset by social media and other aspects of modern life.

Brain Age: Concentration Training features a selection of activities and minigames that are designed to stimulate and improve the player's concentration and working memory interspersed with brief lectures by Dr. Kawashima. Improvements to mental strength supposedly happen as the player advances to levels of higher challenge reflective of the player's current concentration subskill. Amidst training activities, Dr. Kawashima mentors the player.

Aggregate review scores put the game at about 70/100.