Face Training
Edutainment series started in 2007
A series of face training software created in collaboration with Japanese beauty expert, Fumiko Inudo. The game captures the player's face via a camera peripheral for the DS or the built-in camera in the DSi, and guides the player on how to flex their face.
Facening de Hyoujou Yutaka ni Inshou App - Otona no DS Gao Training
Release date:
JP: 07 Jun 2007 - フェイスニングで表情豊かに印象アップ
大人のDS顔トレーニング
System: Nintendo DS
Developer: Nintendo SPD1 and Intelligent Systems
Genre: Edutainment
This game comes with a plastic stand for the Nintendo DS and a "Facening Scan" facial recognition cartridge. By placing the console vertically on the stand and inserting the Facening Scan cartridge into the GBA slot, you can practice "Facening", a method of training the muscles inside your face for the sake of maintaining a youthful look.
Release date:
JP: 22 Apr 2009 - あつめる笑顔帳
System: Nintendo DS (DSiWare)
Developer:
Nintendo SPD1 and Intelligent Systems
Genre: Other
This app allows you to take photos of people using the Nintendo DSi's camera to measure their "popularity", "finances" and "productivity". Taking a pictures of multiple people allows you to check their "compatibility" with each other. The app intends for you to collect photos of many different peoples smiles.
Kyou Kara Hajimeru Facening: Gao Tore Mini 1 - Sukkiri Kogao Course
Release date:
JP: 09 Sep 2009 - 今日からはじめるフェイスニング 顔トレミニ1
すっきり小顔コース
System: Nintendo DS (DSiWare)
Developer:
Nintendo SPD1 and Intelligent Systems
Genre: Edutainment
This software trains the facial muscles to enhance beauty in one's face. There are five courses that were released as DSiWare: this course focuses on toning the shape of your face by exercising the mylohyoid and buccinator muscles in the neck and cheeks respectively, as well as exercising the overall coordination of the whole face.
Kyou Kara Hajimeru Facening: Gao Tore Mini 2 - Sutekina Egao Course
Release date:
JP: 09 Sep 2009 - 今日からはじめるフェイスニング 顔トレミニ2
ステキな笑顔コース
System: Nintendo DS (DSiWare)
Developer: Nintendo SPD1 and Intelligent Systems
Genre: Edutainment
This software trains the facial muscles to enhance beauty in one's face. There are five courses that were released as DSiWare: this course enhances the beauty of your smile by exercising the zygomaticus major and minor, which are both muscles found in the cheeks. This course also features an exercise that gets the whole face moving.
Kyou Kara Hajimeru Facening: Gao Tore Mini 3 - Wakawakashii Kao Course
Release date:
JP: 09 Sep 2009 - 今日からはじめるフェイスニング 顔トレミニ3
若々しい顔コース
System: Nintendo DS (DSiWare)
Developer: Nintendo SPD1 and Intelligent Systems
Genre: Edutainment
This software trains the facial muscles to enhance beauty in one's face. There are five courses that were released as DSiWare: this course is supposed to grant you a youthful face by training the masseter and platysma muscles, and the orbicularis oris; all muscles located in the jaw, neck and mouth, respectively.
Kyou Kara Hajimeru Facening: Gao Tore Mini 4 - Me to Kuchi no Kenkou Course
Release date:
JP: 09 Sep 2009 - 今日からはじめるフェイスニング 顔トレミニ4
目と口の健康コース
System: Nintendo DS (DSiWare)
Developer: Nintendo SPD1 and Intelligent Systems
Genre: Edutainment
This software trains the facial muscles to enhance beauty in one's face. There are five courses that were released as DSiWare: this course focuses on eye and mouth health by exercising the ocular and levator muscles in the eyes, and the lingual muscles in the mouth.
Kyou Kara Hajimeru Facening: Gao Tore Mini 5 - Gao no Refresher Course
Release date:
JP: 09 Sep 2009 - 今日からはじめるフェイスニング 顔トレミニ5
顔のリフレッシュコース
System: Nintendo DS (DSiWare)
Developer: Nintendo SPD1 and Intelligent Systems
Genre: Edutainment
This software trains the facial muscles to enhance beauty in one's face. There are five courses that were released as DSiWare: this course refreshes the face by flexing the procerus and nasalis muscles of the nose, and the trapezius muscle in the neck.
Face Training: Facial Exercises to Strengthen and Relax from Fumiko Inudo
Release date:
EU: 24 Sep 2010
System: Nintendo DSi
Developer: Nintendo SPD1 and Intelligent Systems
Genre: Edutainment
The only first party Nintendo title to use the Nintendo DSi cartridge, this updated version has received a visual overhaul and now uses the Nintendo DSi's built-in camera to interact with the player. This game introduces a mascot character called Miles, who guides you through the exercises and can be dressed up in unlockable costumes.
