Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain

**Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain** is the third entry in the Big Brain Academy series, released on December 3rd, 2021 for Nintendo Switch. It contains many activities returning from the first two games, a customizable avatar with unlockable clothing, more difficulty modes, and a greater emphasis on multiplayer. A demo version was released on Nintendo eShop on November 16th, 2021.

## Activities

Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain features a total of 20 activities. All of them originate from the first two games, and they are divided into the same five categories as Wii Degree. There are 6 difficulty levels for each activity.

### Identify

* Whack Match
* Species Spotlight
* Frame Filler
* Fast Focus

### Memorize

* Flash Memory
* Memo-random
* Reverse Retention
* Covered Cages

### Analyze

* CubeGame
* Heavyweight
* Match Blast
* Speed Sorting

### Compute

* Add Agency
* Mallet Math
* Tick-Tock Turn
* Balloon Burst

### Visualize

* Get in Shape
* Shadow Shift
* Train Turn
* True View

### Difficulty classes

* Sprout Class
* Beginner Class
* Intermediate Class
* Advanced Class
* Elite Class
* Super Elite Class

## Solo

### Practice

In Practice, the player can choose any of the activities to practice. Practice activities no longer have multiple difficulty modes, instead, the difficulty class automatically increases or decreases based on the player's performance. Each practice session lasts for 60 seconds, and the player can recieve a Lobe Medal based on their Big Brain Brawn score. Unlike in previous titles, medals (besides the Platinum one) are now seperated into tiers of 1 to 3 stars (★). There are also no longer Bronze medals.

#### Medal Requirements

* Silver 1★: 100
* Silver 2★: 150
* Silver 3★: 250
* Gold 1★: 400
* Gold 2★: 600
* Gold 3★: 800
* Platinum: 1000

### Super Practice

Super Practice is unlocked after getting at least a 1★ Gold Lobe Medal on each activity in Practice mode. Super Practice is a harder version of Practice mode where each activity starts at Advanced Class. Every activity has the word "Super" added to the beginning of its title, to distinguish between them in Rankings.

### Test

In the Test, similarly to the original Big Brain Academy, the player participates in one activity from each of the five categories. After the test, Dr. Lobe gives the player their Big Brain Brawn score, a letter grade, and their brain type.

### Ghost Clash

In Ghost Clash, the player can race against ghosts of players around the world, their friends, or other users on the same system. They can also enter a Ghost ID to race against a specific player. Ghost data is created from every player (with online features enabled)'s high score on Practice and Test activities, and the player is able to race against the data similarly to the multiplayer mode. If the player wins, they unlock a new greeting that will appear when their ghost data is challenged.

### Appearance

Playing solo modes rewards the player with coins. Whenever 10 coins are collected, a random accesory is unlocked for the player's customizable avatar. It can be clothing, headwear, or a face accessory. There are 300 accesories in total, and the main menu displays what percentage of them the player has collected thus far.

## Party

In Party mode, up to 4 players can compete against each other in 1-5 rounds. If there are two players, they can play using touch controls on the same system. Each player can choose their own difficulty class. Each player can select their student if they have a user on the system, or as one of four guest characters. There are two modes:

### Choose a Category

One player (usually the player in last) is selected to choose any activity to be played.

### Spin the Wheel

One player is selected to spin a roulette wheel with all activities in the game on it. They are able to stop the wheel by pressing A, and whichever activity it lands on is the one played. They are allowed to do one re-spin if they want a different activity.

## Demo Version

A demo version was released on Nintendo eShop before the full game's release, on November 16th, 2021. It allows you to play three activities in the Practice mode: Whack Match, Balloon Burst, and Shadow Shift, as well as the Choose a Category rule in Party mode with these three activities.

## Update History

### Version 1.1.0 (Released 12/23/21)

###### *General*

* *Added a setting to restrict pictures of things like bugs in Fast Focus, Super Fast Focus, Speed Sorting, and Super Speed Sorting in each mode.*
	+ *After selecting a user, you can go to Options → Creepy Crawlies, and then choose to either **Remove** or **Leave As Is**.*
	+ *In Party, you can choose whether to restrict the display of these pictures after you select the users that will participate.*
	+ *Moved the ‘Secret’ button, which hides your age, on the screen where you input your age to a position where it’s easier to find. If you’ve already created user data, you can select your user and go to the Options → Age screen and select the ‘Secret’ button.*
	+ *Added a display when you haven’t been issued a Ghost ID for how to obtain one at the top screen of Ghost Clash.*
	+ *Fixed an issue in Ghost Clash in which the opponent’s Ghost would stop moving.*
	+ *Fixed several other issues to improve the gameplay experience.*

## Trivia

* This is the first title in the series to be released simultaneously in Japan and North America.
* All four Identify activities from Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree return in this game.
* Three of the returning Wii Degree activities (Frame Filler, Tick-Tock Turn, and True View) were previously exclusive to the Brain Quiz mode. This is the first game where they can be played in the regular Test and Practice modes.

1. ↑ https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a\_id/57394/kw/big%20brain#v101