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Great Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 16
Date: June 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Terrific fun. Especially multiplayer, incredible experience. This is one of those rare games my wife can actually beat me at so it's great laughs for both of us. We love the "Mind Sprint" mode, where the two of you race to finish a number of activities. The other 2 multiplayer modes offer something totally different. The "Marathon" mode basically is a test for your consistent accuracy. The "Quiz" mode is about getting the highest number of total points; we had a lot of fun with this when we had 6 people playing this mode, and divided up into 2 teams.

For comparison, this is better than Warioware. No wacky wiimote waggles, but if you liked Warioware, you'd like this for sure. If you didn't like Warioware, you might actually like this because the activities in here actually make sense (as opposed to those in Warioware).

People say this game lacks depth, but I suggest otherwise. It's about the practice and improvement as a result from the practice. Otherwise, you're not pushing yourself and it defeats the purpose of a mental workout. What more can you ask for than having fun during a mental workout? Aim for a Platinum medal for ALL of the activities--at least up to the HARD levels. The EXPERT level can get extremely difficult for some of the activities--like the bird cage one, for instance. I just can't do it, not even getting a gold medal.

Last thing I want to comment on is the control. The control is excellent. I find it hard to believe, but I feel like I get better control out of the wiimote pointing at the TV than the mouse on the monitor. I have a steadier hand than most people, so maybe that's a factor, but moving across the screen requires a lot less motion than the mouse and also results in higher accuracy.

Really entertaining

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: July 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I'm not sure how much you actually learn from this game that helps you in the real world, but this is a very fun title. Its one of those games that, after you've learned how to play the different puzzles, anyone in the family can do it. We recently had this game on a family holiday and found that it was a fun way to foster friendly competition.

Brain Food

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: July 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Highly recomended. You can have your kids play and study at the same time!

May not be for children under 12

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: July 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game for the Wii....for Adults. Not sure it's for kids under 12 as its a bit complicated. Certain questions are grade school level such as when you're supposed to pop the balloons from lowest to highest in number and the numbers are -21, -1, 67, 78, 85. Not all mini games are for 2+ players, but the ones that are, it's great head to head competition.

fun game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: August 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game for my husband from his wishlist. It turned out to be a fun game that we both enjoy plus great for parties! We had our friends over and compared our "brains". It was a blast seeing what each other was good at or not so good. The commentary is a bit tedious to go through after awhile but that's what the "A" button is for! This is about our 7th game to get for the Wii and it was worth the purchase! There are lots of options on it to keep us entertained for awhile. I was worried that this seemed more oriented towards kids and we'd go through it fast but it doesn't seem that way (maybe that says something about our intelligence but I don't want to go there!).

i love it!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: August 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I can feel myself get smarter! its fun by yourself AND with a group, AND with one other person! My boyfriend and I compete to see who's the "smartest."

I am of course.

Good Clean Family Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: August 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is loads of fun for the whole family. Even small kids can play most of the games, and the thinking skills should be part of every school curriculum. So many of the games for Wii are physically intense that we find we'll go back to Big Brain Academy to relax a little. However, we find that the thinking levels are intense in a different way and a different kind of workout entirely!

Great game, esp for non-gamers

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 12
Date: July 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The Brain Academy series has been extremely popular, especially among non-gamers. I remember taking the DS version home for Xmas once, and all four members of the family were fighting for the DS the entire time in order to improve their scores.

The Wii version is a lot of fun, and the new controls carried over perfectly. Both my current roommates (non-gamers) are completely hooked (one of them joked about how he daydreamed all day at work to come home and play!)

My only complaint is that you keep hoping for a couple more games for variety, or a more developed multiplayer mode (the current modes are fun, just leaves you wishing for just a bit more...)

A great purchase.

Great For All Ages

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 10
Date: July 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Kids from age 5 to adults age 70+ have played this game at my home and loved it. Adults will get a real mental workout once they get to expert level. Mr. Lobe gets irritating but you can buzz through him fairly quick. I would give this to all the kids in my family if their parents could only find a Wii system.

Fun for all

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: July 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is more fun then i expected it has online play which i was not aware of. I purchased it for my daughter and she loves it.

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