Touch! Generations[a]is a brand created byNintendoto denotevideo gameson theNintendo DSandWiithat are intended to appeal to a broader audience (mainly adults and the elderly) than the traditionalgamer.Nintendo initially conceived the brand alongside the DS in Japan as a response to the country'sfaster population aging ratecompared to Western regions, seeking to attract audiences outside its traditionaltarget marketof younghardcore gamersto supplement its player base.[1][2]Titles under the brand were first introduced in Japan from April to June 2005, with the initial lineup consisting of titles such asElectroplankton,[3]Nintendogs,Brain Age,Rakubiki Jiten DS,[4]andBig Brain Academy.[5][6]
Big Brain AcademyandMagneticawere the first games inNorth Americato release under theTouch! Generationsbrand, with both releasing on June 5, 2006; they were followed up bySudoku Gridmasteron June 26.[7]In addition, several previously released games were retroactively designated with the brand.[2]Meanwhile, the brand was introduced in Europe on June 9 with the release ofBrain Age,which was renamedDr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain?.[8]The games designated with theTouch! Generationslabel varied between regions.[9][10]
Titles under theTouch! Generationsbrand have generally been commercially successful, with those under specific series receiving particular attention; as of March 31, 2023, titles under theNintendogsandBrain Ageseries for the Nintendo DS have sold for a combined total of 57.85 million units, while the Wii has titles in itseponymous seriesrepresent six of its top tenbest-selling gameswith a combined total of 197.21 million units.[11][12]The brand's popularity was most notable in Japan, where it was credited with invoking a significant push among developers in the country to create non-traditional titles for the Nintendo DS, with 220 such titles developed out of 810 total by May 2008.[13]Furthermore, asoundtrack albumwith music from games within and outside the brand was made available in Japan onaudio CDstarting on September 4, 2008, as aClub Nintendoreward for 400 points.[14]
Nintendo retired the brand with the launch of theNintendo 3DSin 2011, six years after its introduction.[15]Despite this, some games that were introduced under the brand continue to receive follow-up entries on the contemporary and future Nintendo consoles.
Games for Nintendo DS
editThe video games published under theTouch! Generationsbrand for the Nintendo DS vary between countries. Organized Alpha betically by title:
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100 Classic Book Collection | October 7, 2007 | June 15, 2010 | EUDecember 26, 2008[16] AUJanuary 22, 2009 |
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1000 Cooking Recipes from Elle à Table | — | — | EUJuly 2, 2010 |
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Active Health with Carol Vorderman | — | — | EUAugust 7, 2009 |
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America's Test Kitchen: Let's Get Cooking | — | March 28, 2010[19] | — |
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Art Academy | June 19, 2010 | October 25, 2010 | EUAugust 6, 2010 AUSeptember 23, 2010 |
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Big Brain Academy | June 30, 2005 | June 5, 2006 | AUJuly 5, 2006 EUJuly 7, 2006 |
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Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! | May 19, 2005 | April 16, 2006 | EUJune 9, 2006 AUJune 16, 2006 |
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Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! | December 29, 2005 | August 20, 2007 | EUJune 29, 2007 AUJuly 5, 2007 |
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Clubhouse Games | April 19, 2007 | October 9, 2006 | EUSeptember 29, 2006 AUOctober 26, 2006 |
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Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What to Eat? | December 4, 2008 | November 24, 2008 | EUJune 20, 2008 AUJuly 3, 2008 |
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Crosswords DS | — | May 5, 2008 | AUJune 12, 2008 EUDecember 18, 2009 |
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Daredemo Asobi Taizen[i] | November 3, 2005 | — | — |
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DS Bimoji Training[j] | March 13, 2008 | — | — |
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DS Uranai Seikatsu[k] | January 15, 2009 | — | — |
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Electroplankton[l] | April 7, 2005 | January 9, 2006 | EUJuly 7, 2006 |
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Elite Beat Agents | — | November 6, 2006 | AUMay 3, 2007 EUJuly 13, 2007 |
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English Training: Have Fun Improving Your Skills! | January 26, 2006 | — | EUOctober 27, 2006 |
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Face Training: Facial exercises to strengthen and relax from Fumiko Inudo | August 7, 2007 | — | EUSeptember 23, 2010 |
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Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day | May 31, 2007 | October 15, 2007 | EUNovember 23, 2007 AUJanuary 17, 2008 |
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Ganbaru Watashi no Kakei Diary[p] | July 12, 2007 | — | — |
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Hotel Dusk: Room 215 | January 25, 2007 | January 22, 2007 | AUFebruary 22, 2007 EUApril 13, 2007 |
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Kanji Sonomama Rakubiki Jiten DS[r] | April 13, 2006 | — | — |
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Kanshū Nippon Jōshikiryoku Kentei Kyōkai: Imasara Hito ni wa Kikenai Otona no Jōshikiryoku Training DS[s] | October 26, 2006 | — | — |
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Kenkō Ōen Recipe 1000: DS Kondate Zenshū[t] | December 7, 2006 | — | — |
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Kotoba no Puzzle: MojipittanDS[u] | March 15, 2007 | — | — |
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Magnetica | March 2, 2006 | June 5, 2006 | EUJanuary 6, 2007 |
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Make 10: A Journey of Numbers | October 10, 2007 | — | AUSeptember 4, 2008 EUSeptember 26, 2008 |
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Master of Illusion | November 16, 2006 | November 26, 2007 | AUDecember 13, 2007 EUMarch 14, 2008[24] |
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Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir | — | September 8, 2008 | AUOctober 16, 2008 EUFebruary 6, 2009 |
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Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha Kanshū: Shiranai Mamade wa Son o Suru Mono ya Okane no Shikumi DS[y] | August 27, 2009 | — | — |
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Nintendogs | April 21, 2005 | August 22, 2005 | AUSeptember 22, 2005 EUOctober 7, 2005 |
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Personal Trainer: Walking | November 1, 2008 | May 25, 2009 | EUJune 5, 2009 |
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Picross 3D | March 12, 2009 | May 3, 2010 | EUMarch 5, 2010 |
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Picross DS[ab] | January 25, 2007 | July 30, 2007 | EUMay 11, 2007 AUJune 7, 2007 |
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Planet Puzzle League | April 26, 2007[25] | June 4, 2007[26] | EUJune 29, 2007[27] |
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Practise English! | March 29, 2007 | — | EUOctober 26, 2007 |
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Professor Kageyama's Maths Training: The Hundred Cell Calculation Method | January 13, 2007[28] | January 12, 2009 | AUFebruary 7, 2008 EUFebruary 8, 2008 |
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Rakubiki Jiten DS[af][29] | June 16, 2005 | — | — |
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Rhythm Heaven | July 31, 2008 | April 5, 2009 | EUMay 1, 2009[30] AUJune 4, 2009 |
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Shaberu! DS Oryōri Navi[ah] | July 20, 2006 | — | — |
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Sudoku Gridmaster | March 23, 2006 | June 26, 2006 | EUOctober 27, 2006 AUFebruary 22, 2007 |
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Tabi no Yubisashi Kaiwachō DS[ai] | April 20, 2006 (Thai,ChūgokuandKankoku) April 27, 2006 (AmericaandDeutsch) |
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Tetris DS[aj] | April 27, 2006 | March 20, 2006 | AUApril 13, 2006 EUApril 21, 2006 |
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Touch de Tanoshimu Hyakunin Isshu: DS Shigureden[ak] | December 14, 2006 | — | — |
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True Swing Golf | November 10, 2005 | January 23, 2006 | November 25, 2005 |
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Games for Wii
editThe video games published under theTouch! Generationsbrand for the Wii vary between countries. Organized Alpha betically by title:
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Another Code: R – A Journey into Lost Memories | February 5, 2009 | — | EUJune 26, 2009[31] |
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Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree | April 26, 2007 | June 11, 2007 | EUJuly 20, 2007 AUNovember 8, 2007 |
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Endless Ocean | August 2, 2007 | January 21, 2008[32] | EUNovember 9, 2007[33] AUJanuary 17, 2008 |
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Endless Ocean 2: Adventures of the Deep | September 17, 2009 | February 22, 2010 | EUFebruary 5, 2010 AUFebruary 25, 2010 |
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Minna no Jōshikiryoku TV[ap] | March 6, 2008 | — | — |
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Wii Chess | September 30, 2008 | — | EUJanuary 18, 2008 |
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Wii Fit | December 1, 2007[34] | May 21, 2008 | EUApril 25, 2008[35] AUMay 8, 2008 |
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Wii Fit Plus | October 1, 2009[37] | October 4, 2009[38] | AUOctober 15, 2009[39] EUOctober 30, 2009[40] |
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Wii Music | October 16, 2008[41] | October 20, 2008[42] | AUNovember 13, 2008[43] EUNovember 14, 2008[44] |
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Wii Party | July 8, 2010 | October 3, 2010 | AUOctober 7, 2010 EUOctober 8, 2010 |
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Wii Play | December 2, 2006 | February 12, 2007 | AUDecember 7, 2006 EUDecember 8, 2006 |
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Wii Sports | December 2, 2006 | November 19, 2006 | AUDecember 7, 2006 EUDecember 8, 2006 |
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Wii Sports Resort | June 25, 2009[45] | July 26, 2009[46] | AUJuly 23, 2009 EUJuly 24, 2009[47] |
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Notes
edit- ^Japanese:タッチ!・ジェネレーションズ
- ^Japanese:DS văn học toàn tập,Hepburn:DS Bungaku Zenshū
- ^Japanese:Hội tâm phòng học DS,Hepburn:Egokoro Kyōshitsu DS
- ^Japanese:やわらかあたま thục,Hepburn:Yawaraka Atama Juku
- ^Japanese:Đông Bắc đại học tương lai khoa học kỹ thuật cộng đồng nghiên cứu センター xuyên đảo long quá giáo thụ giam tu 脳を rèn える đại nhân の DSトレーニング,Hepburn:Tōhōku Daigaku Mirai Kagakugijutsu Kyōdōkenkyū Sentā Kawashima Ryūta Kyōju Kanshū: Nō o Kitaeru Otona no DS Torēningu
- ^Japanese:Đông Bắc đại học tương lai khoa học kỹ thuật cộng đồng nghiên cứu センター xuyên đảo long quá giáo thụ giam tu もっと脳を rèn える đại nhân の DSトレーニング,Hepburn:Tōhōku Daigaku Mirai Kagakugijutsu Kyōdōkenkyū Sentā Kawashima Ryūta Kyōju Kanshū: Motto Nō o Kitaeru Otona no DS Torēningu
- ^Japanese:Wi-Fi đối ứng thế giới の だれでもアソビ bách khoa toàn thư,Hepburn:Wi-Fi Taiō: Sekai no Daredemo Asobi Taizen
- ^Japanese:Thế giới の ごはん しゃべる! DSお liệu lý ナビ,Hepburn:Sekai no Gohan Shaberu! DS Oryōri Navi
- ^Japanese:だれでもアソビ bách khoa toàn thư,Hepburn:Daredemo Asobi Taizen
- ^Japanese:DS mỹ văn tự トレーニング,Hepburn:DS Bimoji Torēningu
- ^Japanese:DS chiếm い sinh hoạt,Hepburn:DS Uranai Seikatsu
- ^Japanese:エレクトロプランクトン,Hepburn:Erekutoropurankuton
- ^Japanese:Tiếng Anh が khổ tay な đại nhân の DSトレーニング えいご tí け,Hepburn:Eigo ga Nigate na Otona no DS Torēningu: Eigo Zuke
- ^Japanese:フェイスニングで biểu tình phong かに ấn tượng アップ đại nhân の DS nhan トレーニング,Hepburn:Feisuningu de Hyōjō Yutaka ni Inshō Up: Otona no DS Kao Torēningu
- ^Japanese:Thấy る lực を thật tiễn で rèn える DS nhãn lực トレーニング,Hepburn:Miru Chikara wo Jissen de Kitaeru: DS Medikara Torēningu
- ^Japanese:がんばる tư の gia kế ダイアリー,Hepburn:Ganbaru Watashi no Kakei Daiarī
- ^Japanese:ウィッシュルーム thiên sứ の ký ức,Hepburn:Wisshu Rūmu: Tenshi no Kioku
- ^Japanese:Chữ Hán そ の まま DS lặc dẫn từ điển,Hepburn:Kanji Sonomama Rakubiki Jiten DS
- ^Japanese:Giam tu Nhật Bản thường thức lực kiểm định hiệp hội いまさら người には nghe けない đại nhân の thường thức lực トレーニングDS,Hepburn:Kanshū Nippon Jōshikiryoku Kentei Kyōkai: Imasara Hito ni wa Kikenai Otona no Jōshikiryoku Torēningu DS
- ^Japanese:Khỏe mạnh ứng viện レシピ1000 DS hiến lập toàn tập,Hepburn:Kenkō Ōen Reshipi 1000: DS Kondate Zenshū
- ^Japanese:ことば の パズル もじぴったんDS,Hepburn:Kotoba no Pazuru: Mojipittan DS
- ^Japanese:Nháy mắt cảm パズループ,Hepburn:Shunkan Pazurūpu
- ^Japanese:タシテン たして10にする vật ngữ,Hepburn:Tashiten: Tashite 10 ni Suru Monogatari
- ^Japanese:マジック bách khoa toàn thư,Hepburn:Majikku Taizen
- ^Japanese:Nhật Bản kinh tế tin tức xã giam tu biết らないままでは tổn hại をする “モノやお kim の しくみ” DS,Hepburn:Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha Kanshū: Shiranai Mamade wa Son o Suru Mono ya Okane no Shikumi DS
- ^Japanese:Bộ いてわかる sinh hoạt リズムDS,Hepburn:Aruite Wakaru Seikatsu Rizumu DS
- ^Japanese:Lập thể ピクロス,Hepburn:Rittai Pikurosu
- ^Japanese:ピクロスDS,Hepburn:Pikurosu DS
- ^Japanese:パネルでポンDS,Hepburn:Paneru de Pon DS
- ^Japanese:Tiếng Anh が khổ tay な đại nhân の DSトレーニング もっとえいご tí け,Hepburn:Eigo ga Nigate na Otona no DS Torēningu: Motto Eigo Zuke
- ^Japanese:DS Âm Sơn メソッド “ます×ますプレ trăm ます tính toán trăm ます の trước にこれだよ!”,Hepburn:DS Kageyama Mesoddo: Masu x Masu Pure Hyaku Masu Keisan - Hyaku Masu no Maeni Kore Dayo!
- ^Japanese:DS lặc dẫn từ điển,Hepburn:Rakubiki Jiten DS
- ^Japanese:リズム thiên quốc ゴールド,Hepburn:Rizumu Tengoku Gōrudo
- ^Japanese:しゃべる!DSお liệu lý ナビ,Hepburn:Shaberu! DS Oryōri Navi
- ^Japanese:Lữ の chỉ さし hội thoại trướng DS,Hepburn:Tabi no Yubisashi Kaiwachō DS
- ^Japanese:テトリスDS,Hepburn:Tetorisu DS
- ^Japanese:タッチで lặc しむ trăm người một đầu DS khi vũ điện,Hepburn:Tatchi de Tanoshimu Hyakunin Isshu: DS Shigureden
- ^Japanese:Đại nhân の DSゴルフ,Hepburn:Otona no DS Gorufu
- ^Japanese:アナザーコード: R ký ức の phi,Hepburn:Anazā Kōdo: R – Kioku no Tobira
- ^Japanese:Wiiでやわらかあたま thục,Hepburn:Wii de Yawaraka Atama Juku
- ^Japanese:FOREVER BLUE: Hải の hô び thanh,Hepburn:Forever Blue: Umi no Yobigoe
- ^Japanese:みんな の thường thức lực テレビ,Hepburn:Minna no Jōshikiryoku Terebi
- ^Japanese:Thông tín đối cục ワールドチェス,Hepburn:Tsūshin Taikyoku: Wārudo Chesu
- ^Japanese:はじめて の Wii,Hepburn:Hajimete no Wii
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