Students with mobile phones appear to have been sharpening their minds outside their studies after it was revealed that the most popular game downloaded onto mobile phones is 'Brain Coach with Dr Kawashima', according to the game's creator Namco Bandai.
The game is part of the Brain Training series which has been a huge success on the Nintendo DS and now that success has been replicated on mobile phones, reports Digital Spy.
Masajo Okubo, managing director at Naco Bandai, said: "With Dr. Kawashima's official approval, we are very proud to take this popular genre to the next level. Players are now presented a new and scientifically proven series of fun brain training challenges that actually help activate different parts of the brain."
Dr Kawashima is a neurophysiologist and an expert on brain imaging and he has given his backing to the game which is proven to stimulate the brain after being scientifically tested at a major Japanese university.
Converting games such as these may be in vain however, as a report last month claimed that customers will always view mobile phones as nothing more than casual gaming devices.
The Parks Associates' The New Frontier: Portable and Mobile Gaming report showed that less than ten per cent of "on-the-go internet gamers" want to play console-centric games on mobile phones.
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Students with mobile phones appear to have been sharpening their minds outside their studies after it was revealed that the most popular game downloaded onto mobile phones is 'Brain Coach with Dr Kawashima', according to the game's creator Namco Bandai. 
