Touch! Generations

Touch! Generations[lower-alpha 1] was a Nintendo brand used for the Nintendo DS and Wii showing games created to appeal to a broader audience (mainly adults and the elderly) than the traditional gamer. Nintendo retired the brand with the launch of the Nintendo 3DS in 2011, 6 years after its introduction.[1] Regardless of this, some titles that were introduced under the brand continue to receive follow-up entries on the contemporary and future Nintendo consoles.

Touch! Generations
Video games
Founded2005 (2005)
Japan
Defunct2011
Area served
Worldwide
OwnerNintendo Co., Ltd.
Websitewww.touchgenerations.com

Games
See also: List of Touch! Generations titles

Big Brain Academy and Magnetica became the first US titles to have the designation, when they were released on June 5, 2006, followed on June 26, 2006 by Sudoku Gridmaster. In addition, several previously released games were labeled under the Touch! Generations brand. The titles in Touch! Generations vary between countries.

Japan

In Japan, the origin of the Touch! Generations lineup, the brand has massive success, especially with the Brain Training games ranking high in game sales. A soundtrack also exists with music from some of the games. It was released in October 14, 2008 and can only be obtained from Club Nintendo for 400 coins.

North America

In North America, Brain Age launched on April 17, 2006, but the Touch! Generations brand was not launched until June 5, 2006.

Europe and Australia

The Touch! Generations brand was launched in Europe on June 9, 2006 with the release of Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain?.

Wii Play was listed as a Touch! Generations title in Australia, but not included in any other region. In addition, Trauma Center: Second Opinion is shown on the European Touch! Generations website, but is not listed under the official Touch! Generations games for Wii.

Soundtrack

On September 5, 2008 a soundtrack from Club Nintendo was released and it was exclusive to Japan, which retailed for 400 points and have been distributed limited to applicants. It has 25 songs, and the recording time is about 64 minutes. recorded music

  1. Title (Wii Play)
  2. Fishing (Wii Play)
  3. Title (Wii Sports)
  4. Tennis Results (Wii Sports)
  5. Mii Plaza (Mii Channel)
  6. Main theme (Wii Shop Channel)
  7. Title (Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!)
  8. Title (Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree)
  9. Welcome to "Bistro Pierre" (Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What to Eat?)
  10. Peter Piper Syndrome (DS training for adults who are not good at English)
  11. The color smells... ~Beautiful character training title~ (DS beautiful character training)
  12. nintendogs Theme (nintendogs)
  13. Walks (nintendogs)
  14. Everyone's Square (Wii Fit)
  15. Hoop Dance (Wii Fit)
  16. Step Dance (Wii Fit)
  17. Staff roll (Wii Fit)
  18. Title (Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree)
  19. Kitchen bossa (1000 Cooking Recipes from Ellie A Table)
  20. Submission Plaza ([[Check Mii Out Channel )
  21. Title (Animal Crossing: Wild World)
  22. K.K. Bossa (Animal Crossing)
  23. Pure Cafe Pigeon's Nest (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)
  24. nintendogs Theme Live Performance ver. (nintendogs)
  25. Title live performance ver. (Wii Sports)

Reception

The Touch! Generations games have been received extremely well in practically every territory. The Nintendogs series is one of the most popular DS software titles, selling 23.96 million units as of May 2009, followed by Brain Age at 19.01 million units[2][3] and Brain Age 2 around nearly 15 million units as of September 2015.

See also

Notes
  1. Japanese: タッチジェネレーションズ

References
  1. "Iwata Asks: Nintendo 3DS". 2011-01-20. p. 10. Retrieved 2011-01-20. Iwata:But we decided that, whereas before we had established a Touch! Generations brand, created special corners in shops and used a special logo, the company has decided not to use this brand name for Nintendo 3DS
  2. Watts, Steve (2009-11-03). "1UP Nintendogs News: Miyamoto Hints at a Cat-Based Game". UGO Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2009-01-22.
  3. 1UP Staff (2009-05-09). "Lifetime Wii, DS Software Sales Data Show Impressive Numbers". UGO Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2009-01-22.
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