Nintendo of Europe sent out a press release announcing a new Touch! Generations game called
Professor Kageyama's Maths Training: The Hundred Cell Calculation Method. With the professor's name on display, the clinical boxart and the awkwardly long title, it's obvious that Nintendo is following the
Brain Training model with this game, but
unlike Brain Training,
Maths Training isn't a Nintendo original.
Maths Training started its life as a third-party game, part of the
Kageyama Method series published in Japan by Shogakukan. It's a localized version of either 2006's
Kageyama Method: Masu x Masu Hyaku-masu Keisan (
Kageyama Method: Repeat x Repeat 100-cell Calculation Method, basically) or its sequel. Sadly, this probably
isn't the
Masu x Masu game advertised so
breakdancically last month, because that one also contains kanji training.
Even though we are
just now hearing about this, Nintendo is planning a February 8th release in Europe. We've included the press release after the break. Try out the
1-button Clicking Method to give it a look.