DS Lite as “Gadget of the Week”

What has captivated the attention of the gaming press has been the introduction of a new series of games geared towards older folks, dubbed Touch Generations. First came Brain Age, a surprisingly enjoyable math-and-reading game that a Japanese doctor designed to keep your mind limber — mental calisthenics. This week saw the arrival of two more un-Mario games — Brain Age follow-up Big Brain Academy, and Magnetica, a game in the Tetris puzzle family that closely resembles the popular title Zuma.

Brain Age has a hefty helping of sudoku puzzles, the numeric crosswords you may have heard of and might already be addicted to. The DS is a perfect platform for sudoku, because you can easily erase incorrect entries, keep track of your progress and play against the clock. Nintendo knows this, and on June 26 will launch Sudoku Gridmaster under the Touch Generations header.

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