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The successful DS franchise graduates to the Wii. We did our research to bring you all the reviews.

On June 11, Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree hit store shelves. Many thought that it would be too similar to the DS's Big Brain Academy; thanks to Wii Degree's new variety of mini-games and well implemented wiimote controls, those assumptions have since evaporated.

Wii Degree features five categories of minigames: reaction, identification, memorization, computation, visualization and analysis. Each category, disappointingly, has only three games in it, a total of fifteen mind stimulating mini-games. This lack of variety is, surprisingly, not a very big deal. When you bring a group of friends, or share your best scores over WiiConnect24, you'll forget all about the lack of variety.

Gamesradar had this to say:

"When you're matching pictures, adding up blocks to reach a specific sum, identifying animals or analyzing 3D objects by yourself, it's mildly amusing. But throw in another player or two and the academic minigames become much faster and intense, thanks to the reactions of everyone else around you."

IGN said this about Wii Degree's mini-games:

"Their appeal doesn't thin and disappear with age because, like Tetris, their mechanics are timeless, and as a result you may still find a DS brain game in the Top 25 best-sellers list a year after its release."

Graphically, Wii Degree impresses none.

Gamespot says:

"Visually, Big Brain Academy has a basic but functional look to it. It's never flashy, but it also has a very clean and direct look, which fits with the school-like tone of the game."

Well isn't that nice. What really makes or breaks any Wii game is the responsiveness of its controls. Luckily for Wii Degree, its controls aren't a crutch.

IGN says:

"Wii Degree is fun to play partly because you really feel like you're reaching out and touching the puzzles and objects in the game with Nintendo's controller."

On the other hand, Gamesradar has one small complaint:

"We had our fair share of wrong answers and incorrect selections based on the remote not keeping up with our reactionary moves. No, we don't think apples lay eggs, but that bird sure does... too bad our target icon decided differently."

In all, Wii Degree is definitely worth your time, even if it's just a few minutes. The complexity of its mini-games sets it apart from the rest of the Wii's party games.

To bring this review of reviews to a close, I'll let Yahoo Games break it down:

"Wii Degree is all about fun -- and it certainly hits the spot. But it doesn't take a degree to figure out that $50 for a handful of simple minigames isn't a great deal."

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