A few weeks back I wrote about the similarities between Lumines and performance intelligence tests, and then I fell upon some rumors of mental workout applications for Nintendo DS. No sign of them at E3 this year, so I wasn't sure if it was for real. Now comes word of another, different mental workout game, DS Brain Training. Gaming Age forum poster Jonnyram explains that it's based on a book by Ryuta Kawashima, a cognitive neuroscientist. He explains that you play by rotating the DS and writing on the right (or left if you are left handed).

His impression? "Overall, it's like a serious version of Made in Wario." Sounds like a winner. No telling whether it will appear outside of Japan.

(via Kotaku)