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It's Good...What More Can I Say?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 03, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is fun if you like puzzles. I do.

It is a simple game, it keeps me occupied and entertained, and if it helps increase my brain power, well, that is an added bonus!

As other reviewers have mentioned (I have admittedly not read the almost 200 reviews here; sorry if I am repeating anyone), there are now outstanding graphics, the music is beyond simple, and the sound effects are amateur at best.

Still, I think this is part of the charm and appeal of the game. It is simple and fun.

I still, however, don't know why it is so expensive. It is worth it if you play it a lot, though. Try to find it used for a lower price.

Very Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 05, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is great! I have to say it's a bit of a novelty to me now as I have played it less and less (although I really should just play it a little bit everyday). When I was playing it steady, I did notice that I was more focused. They definitely aren't kidding that it trains your mind, but in a fun, and if you show it to family members, COMPETITIVE way. I actually showed it to my Grandmother and she loved it, because she said it keeps her mind going. It got me thinking that this is a great way for seniors to keep their minds active. My grandmother doesn't really do much to keep herself busy and she often gets bored. I need to get her a DS and this game. For $20, this game is totally worth the purchase. Go for it.

Well...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I play it every single day , and I've had it for two years.

I can't say anything better than that.

Fun and useful

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game. Makes you think while having some fun and you compete against your previous scores. Great for adults as well. Caused me to get a DS of my own.

Best game for DS

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: August 01, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I play this game every morning to get my mind working and prepared for the day.

Great game i luv to play

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: November 12, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The games are great, and it is so addicting to play i play it every day. The one and only problem there is is that in one of the games if you say a color it won't take it even though you did say the color. Also, there is a similar game, and when you say the answer it won't take it. But i got to say don't let these little things stop you from buying this game. It definitly kills time on long trips, or just at home.

Deceptively simple... and addictive.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: April 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

At a glance, it's hard to understand why BRAIN AGE was such a smash success in Japan (and looks to be accomplishing the same thing in North America); a game that makes you solve math puzzles, count people entering and exiting a house, or read out loud excerpts from classic literature? Has Nintendo finally lost it?

What you get, though, is the sort of game that pulls you in because the designers kept three things in mind the whole way through: anyone has to be able to play it, each challenge can't take longer than a couple of minutes, and your progress needs to be trackable.

The end result is an experience not quite like anything else on the market. As these different exercises supposedly give parts of your brain a workout (and thus have it become "younger"), what's really going on here is that you're getting quick bursts of game activity, just long enough that you can't help but think to yourself, "Could I have done better?" As the game tracks your progress with high score tables and graphs, you see your progress as time goes by, even as additional games and challenges are periodically unlocked to keep the experience lively and interesting.

BRAIN AGE seems remarkably simple, and to be honest, it is. That's not a bad thing, though. With a surprisingly strong handwriting recognition software package and a pretty good voice recognition patterns built in, you write and speak your way through shorts bursts of fun over and over again. BRAIN AGE seems to refer to the game's plan to make the age of your brain "younger" but perhaps it's really referring to a new age of games--the Brain Age. You'll never doubt again the things a handheld game can accomplish.

(Just make sure you don't lend your cartridge to a friend. You may very well never see it again!)

Good puzzles, but a tricky interface...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: August 09, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I do enjoy the puzzles in this game and the testing that goes along with it. Trying to improve your mental reflex is a worthy effort.

My only issue is that getting an answer correctly entered into the system can be the hardest part.

For example, with questions that require you to 'draw' a number value using the stylus, the system never recognizes my "9"s. Granted, I draw 9s in an unconventional pen stroke, but the end result should be readable. This game forces me to use a different stroke when drawing my nines.

Another example, is that when you speak your answers aloud for the color questions "RED!", "YELLOW!", "BLACK!", etc... the game enforces a militant level of articulation and enunciation. Maybe its just my DS microphone, but I don't think so. It seems to have a real problem understanding me when I say "BLUE!!". And this is bad because every time you mis-speak, the game judges your brain as less active.

In closing, the game is fun, and if you just play sudoku its perfect. But the non-traditional interfaces (voice, stylus) that give Brain Age so much freedom come at the expense of its precision. 4 stars out of 5.

More than what it is hyped up to be!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Not only is the "Brain Age" training exciting and challenging, BUT THE OPERATION OF THE SUDOKU PLAY (sudoku is a secondary game in this package) IS THE BEST SOFTWARE version of SUDOKU on the market. The SUDOKU software enables the player to insert a list of numbers in each box for the player to view and then systematically delete until the solution for the box is determined. The SUDOKU program in this package alone is worth the cost of this game!

Awesome Mind Stimulating Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a really neat game, plus it includes Sudoku (what's better than that?! Although the narrator can be a bit annoying at times, it's fun to see what your "brain age" (ie...how old your brain seems after taking these mini-intelligence tests) is from time to time. My technologically challenged parents are even able to play this game and they always want me to pull it out at family gatherings to see who they're "younger" than. You want to have the ideal brain age of 20, and it ranges from 20-80. I've only gotten to 24 so far and I'm actually 20 in real life so it's a little disheartening, but that's okay...

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