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A Must Have

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

We rented the game at Blockbuster to try out first. My kids loved it so much that we had to own one. The game is fun, but in the meantime, it is challenge the kids intelligence.

More Fun Than I Expected

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 03, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Big Brain Academy is a lot of fun. The games challenge people in areas such as memory, analysis, computation, identification, etc. Some people wouldn't think that would be fun, but it is!

I noticed a comment about kids and adults not being able to compete because they are at different levels. I would say kids can compete with adults at about age 10. My kids are 9 and 11. My 11-year-old whips my tail and gets gold and platinum medals. My 9-year-old mainly gets silver medals. It's a little harder for him, and he is somewhat reluctant to play because his older sister is doing better than him. These are my family dynamics.

The game has easy, medium, and hard levels. Dr. Lobe, the academy director, is funny because he is so excitable, but he says the same things every time. He is very chatty, and it would be nice to disable his chattiness.

This is a family game. It's keeping me sharp!

Fun, but gets old

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 31, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I think this game is fun to start, but there are not enough games and it gets old kind of quickly. I do hope that playing it does actually give my brain some extra exercise, though!

fun for a while

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 10, 2008
Author: Amazon User

our family enjoyed this game for the most part. it is repetitive and most kids figure out that there is more fun in super mario galaxy...

Brain Training for all ages!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is great! I love it. We play it often. The thing that I like best is that I can play against my 7yr old son or 6 year old daughter, and they get questions at their difficulty, which makes it a fair game!
I highly recommend this game for the Wii!

Love it!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Hands down, my favorite game for the wii. It challenges my brain! Sometimes after a day of staying home with my toddlers, it feels nice to think. :-) I liked that it has different areas of focus- memorization, spatial relationships, etc. I am very good with numbers, but it has been a great challenge to me perceptually. I love puzzles, like sudoku and other brain teasers, so this is up my alley.

We had mixed results as a family, though. My 4-year-old daughter was very in to it at first too- she loved getting medals, although her inability to get a gold medal frustrated her (because she likes the color gold). She also liked to challenge me- and I would wait for her to win so that she could get the pink "princess" crown. However, after a while, she lost interest, and would rather play the Disney Princess wii game (which, btw, is a HUGE hit). My husband tolerates it, but really isn't fond of it. He says he uses his brain enough at work that he likes mindless games during his off-time! SO...if you love puzzles, you will probably love this game! If not, well...look elsewhere.

fun for the whole family

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

this game is simple, but fun and addicting. it's great for anyone old enough to hold and use the wii-mote (about age 4 and up). there are games that are easy enough that non-readers can play, and games that are more challenging, even for adults. the whole family can play together, you can play as teams or try to beat your old best score. it levels the playing field for the age gaps. there is a testing option that even seems to be smart enough to know the difference of a 5 year old playing (the music is slower paced, the games are easier) vs an older child or adult.

i also see great educational potential. it's good for hand/eye coordination, dexterity, thinking fast and under pressure, color/shape discrimination, biology, math, pattern recognition, memory, reading, the list goes on. i don't have to worry that my kids are playing something entertaining but light on learning.

it can be annoying to click through sentence after sentence of text (you are "evaulated" after each game), but other than that, it's a great activity.

Fun but can get old quickly

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The concept of Big Brain Academy is a good one. Perform a set of exercises to stimulate your brain and improve its abilities. This game first came out on the Nintendo DS, after the success of Brain Age.

The way you do the exercises is with a set of colorful mini-games. The game groups its 15 mini-games into 3 games in each of 5 categories: Analyze, Compute, Memorize, Identify and Visualize. The faster you complete each mini game, and the more answers you get right, the higher your score.

By yourself, you can do two events: Test or Practice. In Test, you perform a series of the mini-games for about a minute in each category. Your score in each category is added up, and the Professor presents an overall score. You get a grade, from C-- to A++ based on your score. In addition, based on which categories you did well, you get a "profession".

In Practice, you choose a mini-game category and perform that category for a minute. You can get awarded medals --- bronze, silver, gold or platinum, based on how well you did. Your results in solo practice are saved in your "Student Record" which you can send to others via Connect24 or view in the game's Office.

For the Wii, the biggest change is how Nintendo revamped the game to allow more multiplayer options. There are 3 multiplayer modes---Mind Sprint, Mental Marathon and Brain Quiz.

Mind Sprint is the most competitive --- choose a difficulty level and race against someone else to complete the mini-games first (a mistake means you do the game over).

Mental Marathon is a cooperative game. One player starts, then performs a fixed number of mini-games. Then, the player hands off to a different player, who continues. When a player makes a mistake, the game is over.

Finally, Brain Quiz is competitive but has a game show feel. Players pick one of 15 panels. Each panel has a random mini-game category and difficulty. The highest overall score wins. In this mode there is an extra mini-game that appears sometimes where you listen to orders and must select what the person ordered.

The biggest downside to the game is that there are only 15 mini-games. After playing this for a few weeks, the game can feel repetitive.

It's a lot of fun for family and friends, and it definitely helps you improve your brain but it doesn't have huge replay value because of the small number of mini-games. If there were 30 mini-games, this would have much more replay value.

Brain Academy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Pretty much a must have for anyone who owns a Wii. It is very fun while at the same time helping you learn. Who could ask for more?

Good, but not Great

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

"Good, but not Great" This game is a must have for younger kids, my 8yo triplets simply love it; and anything that challenges, or improves, thier mind is wonderful in my book! And as a 40yo, I like it too; I use it as my morning "Brain Calisthenics", every day with my coffee before work. The games are a bit limited to the point of semi-monotony, and more of variety should be included in any future versions. But my biggest gripe is never ending patronizing dialog, it takes forever to scroll through; and that is really frustrating when I am trying to fit in a few tests before work. My kids like the "teachers" boring banter, but not being able to shut it off for myself is infuriating!

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