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playing games(in general) keeps your brain active you don't need a specialty "label"

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 10
Date: May 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

look, either watch superman or play the part! The fact of the matter is: games in general keep your brain from going doe! doe! despite the tired old stigma of "they're all just a big bunch-o-pac man." So just play Ultima or Final Fantasy, it's fun and they peek your interest and that alone can make one very acute(not obtuse) further(in the case of Ultima or D&D) you learn a lot too! You don't need sudocu or crossword excersizes or whatever to charge your brain, just something to peek your interest in a concrete topic!(Unlike my abstract scocial studies classes touted in dismissive bias by baby boomers!) Either read about the Pilgrams or be one!

OK for a week, boring for rest.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: April 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I believe serious gamer should leave this game alone. IMO, this game is VERY boring. I play it with my friends to compare our "brain age", after a week, nobody wanna play with it anymore. Cos for serious gamer, getting age "20" is real easy...

Brain Age

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: January 31, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I feel as though I've been ripped off with this. I saw it while looking for a Christmas stocking filler for my wife and when we tried it, I found that it is the same as the Brain Training that I got with the DS Lite I bought her last year. I thought it was a different product but it's actually the same product with a different name. Dodgy marketing in the Internet Shopping age. Why call it one name in Europe and another in the US and Canada.

My Dad's memory

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game has helped my 80 year old dad's memory improve over the last several months. Unfortunately, he misplaced it for a few days and so I bought this one as a backup.

Gift for Granddaughter

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I purchased this game for my granddaughter. She tried it but thought it was boring. I think she is too young to realize the importance of it. She is 10. My daughter-in-law like it, she says it is very challenging.

Somewhat addicting, but limited

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: November 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The game, while somewhat addicting, is limited.

I'm several decades past the "optimal" brain age of 20, and no math whiz, but in 6 days I had scored a brain age of 21. Once that was achieved, I quickly lost interest.

Other than Sudoku, there are only a limited number of "games" to play. And the interface is cumbersome. A "fast forward" or "skip" button would be a huge improvement.

Brain Age

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: June 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is a nice game moms should like this game for there kids because it trains your brain in a fun way.It also has ds download play which allows you to play up to 8 people using only one game card!

Exercise for the mind

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

There are so many puzzle and mind-exercise games available on the DS now it's difficult to keep track of them all, but Nintendo's Brain Age, despite being one of the DS's first titles, continues to stand out. The concept is very simple--Brain Age includes many activities designed to stimulate blood flow in the brain and make you think, giving your brain the "exercise" it needs to remain healthy. It also includes Sudoku.

Audience: This game has appeal for a wide range of people. It is great for elderly folks wanting to keep their mind active and sharp, good for kids who can learn while playing a video game (although Big Brain Academy might be more fun for that demographic), and excellent for anyone in between who has a few minutes each day to challenge themselves mentally and maybe relieve a little tension from the day. Because most of the activities are short, the game can be picked up for a few minutes at a time, and would be ideal for a commute on public transportation.

Graphics: Not much to say here. It's a puzzle game, so the graphics don't need to be lifelike or real, but they're good enough to be able to enjoy the game.

Gameplay: The game revolves around a daily test you can take to determine the "age" of your brain. While this doesn't really make sense (for example, younger children who are just learning math and other skills will have a very high age at first), it doesn't really matter to me because I can see by the graph of my "age" whether I'm improving. There is also a practice training mode where you can practice several of the activities. There are unlockable games as well, and a separate mode to play Sudoku (Sudoku has various difficulty setting available).

Control: This is the game's major drawback for me. While navigating the game using the stylus is simple and intuitive the gameplay has two drawbacks dealing with the controls (I'm including this under controls even though they're not technically problems with button setup, etc). Both have to do with the game failing to recognize an answer, either through the voice recognition feature or while writing a number or letter, and resulting in some frustration on the part of the user. The game, for example, does not recognize some words, especially the word "blue" (in the color activity). I also have trouble with the game not recognizing some letters in words I write or in reading the wrong number in the math games. This is not a matter of penmanship--everyone I know who has played this game experiences the same thing. People who find themselves easily frustrated may find this to be a dealbreaker--for me, it's irritating but not something that makes me detracts TOO much from the overall enjoyability of the game.

Challenge: The activities are plenty challenging, and even if you attain the ideal brain age of 20 the game tracks your personal best scores and you can work on improving them. You can also see how other people who have profiles on the same cartridge have done.

Multiplayer: while there is a multiplayer option (using 1 cartridge--always a plus), gameplay is limited to only a couple of the activities in the full game. Multiplayer options fall short in my opinion.

Overall this is a great game, and worth the twenty or so dollars it costs (at the time of this writing). With all the mindless games available these days its nice to get something to keep your brain vibrant and active, and the fact that you can pick it up for 10 or 15 minutes at a time is a major plus. I'd include this game in my list of DS titles worth owning.

I don't see why there are so many critics...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I have been playing this game for a while now, and I don't find it boring at all! true, the mike is a little faulty, but pronounce clearly and it will get it. the only problem besides that is that I read very fast, and it will bring me back to the beginning somtimes saying it couldn't track me, which was annoying. Everything else is great! the more you play, the more games you get.

stroop test not working well

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

It does not recognize voices well. Most of the time it does not work. It needs improvemnt.

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