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Simple fun!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a fun game.
Good for parties too.
Too bad the multiplayer aspect isn't as great as I would have liked it. You can have multiple players in a team but only two at a time can compete simultaneously. Then you have to swap between your team mates.
Overall, it's fun.

Lots of fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a very fun game to play, especially for children. It really makes you work your brain and have fun at the same time.

Good game for thinks, but needed more.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I got this game mostly for my wife. She likes things that tweek her brain. This game does just that. We both enjoy this game, it just seems that there isn't enough there. There are degrees of difficulties, but it would have been a better game if there were more to do. I recommend this game to those who want to give there brain a workout, or who are looking for something other than "mindless video games" as some people call them.
This is a game for the brain!

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.

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