Some games require skills, some others require strategy, and this one requires brains!
Like Wii Play and Wii Sports, it is a simple game, with no complex controls, nor state-of-the-art graphics and music. It's pure goal, is to make your brain work! How does it accomplish that? Through a series of IQ tests.
First thing you see when you play, is your teacher welcoming you at the school. You have to register your Mii, and then you can start a test to see your brain age. There are 5 test categories, and each category consists of 3 different challenges, making a total of 15 challenges. Each category, tests a different area of your brain. For example, Compute tests your computing abilities. During each challenge, you'll face 10 problems which you have to solve. According to your previous answers, the problems' difficulty can rise or fall. You do not only have to answer correct though, but you must also answer fast. When you finish the test, the Wii calculates your score, based on your results. A normal score for first times, is around 800, and after a week of playing should be around 1500. If someone is smart enough, he can achieve a score of more than 2000 after a few weeks of playing.
If you don't wanna take a test, you can practice in each one of the 15 challenges, and try to get some medals.
The game also offers multiplayer mode, which is tons of fun! You can take a series of problems along with a friend, and play with him simultaneously. Winner is the one that solves these problems faster. You can also play a brain quiz. In Brain Quiz, you and the other players play in turns. When each players turn comes, he can choose one out of about 20 challenges that appear on the screen. Note that each challenge has random difficulty, and noone knows what it will be,until he chooses to play that challenge. When the challenge starts, the player is given a number of seconds, to solve as many problems as he can. Next player in turn has to choose a different challenge, and so on. When all the challenges are complete, each player's total score is calculated, based on the correct answers he/she has given. You can also play Mental Marathon, where you have to solve as many problems as possible, without doing any mistakes. After you have solved a few problems, you are asked to hand the wiimote to your fellow player, and he continues where you stopped.
With it's easy controls and multiplayer capabilities, it's a very fun game for the whole family. I have it since August, and still sometimes play multiplayer with my friends. So take a break from those action games, cause it's time to test your brain!