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This works on all levels....

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

We bought the brain age because my husband suffered a brain aneurysm. It works very well for him with help, it is good for me to keep my mind active, and our 14 year old is doing well with it too. It's one way for all of us to improve our abilities.

my favorite

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I always have a hard time with "adventure games" like Sonic the Hedgehog but now I am addicted to my DS!!! This game has me playing everyday!!! I love being challenged and it is neat to learn your brain age and see your progress. It keeps you on your toes and this has the best way to play Sudoku electronically. I LOVE IT!!!!!

Ok to keep you sharp, but frustrating to use

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 10, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The premise is great and some of the features really are enjoyable to use. The software has you run through various memory, observation, mathematical and verbal exercises to stimulate your brain. It scores you based on the time it takes you to complete specific exercises as well as correctness. In many ways its great and fun.

However, there are a few annoyances that grind on you within a few days. The comical inventor that talks to you gets to be a drag after a while, with the same phrases and nonsense.... yes, I know, it stimulates your prefrontal cortex. Enough already. There really should be a way to turn some of those repetitive screens off, once you have seen them for the 50th time. Sheesh.

Another issue I have is the handwriting recognition. The game has you write the answers to basic math questions on the touch screen and uses handwriting recognition to interpret what you wrote. The problems arise when you write numbers differently than the software wants. If you write a 7 with a horizontal line through the middle, be prepared for the game to recognize the seven early and then read that line as a 1. Half the time it doesn't like my 4s because of the spacing between some of the lines. So you have to learn to write like Nintendo wants you to, which slows you down and can frustrate... and thus screws up your score totally.

For some reason, in one of the verbal exercises, every once in a while, the software cannot understand what I'm saying when I say blue. It will get me saying blue correctly several times and suddenly it just doesn't get it and makes me repeat it, I say blue again, it says "try again" and I'm speaking to it like a deaf child "BBUUUULLLLUUUUUUU" and finally it takes. So much for todays 'brainage test score' which now has my brain at 89 years of age given it took 5 tries to get the color of the text understood.

The concept is great and it really does make you use your greycells, but some of the recognition issues could have been avoided with more user control over when to evaluate an answer (how about I write a number and then press a DONE button on the bottom?), or adaptive learning so you can teach it to fine-tune some of the character or voice recognition.

In all, its worth the price.

Revive your brain!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!
This is a great way to get your brain sharpened. It is especially great for retirees who need to make their brains as sharp as they were when they were younger. It's fun to play. A great challenge to those grey cells. Keeps you sharp.

no brain dead game here!

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

Great investment. The whole family can play and challenge each other.
Maybe it will postpone my alzheimers while at the same time engage my child.

Love this game, although having difficult times with voice recognition

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

I got this game about 6 months ago. I love it!!! However, I have difficult times with the voice recognition. But English is my foreign language and I have an accent so..... I guess that for most English speakers, it should work fine. I just don't play the voice calculation game. Overall, I think it's a great game.

Good brain training

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 28, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I enjoy this game quite a lot. My only regret is that there are not more levels, and that "Doctor" could be silenced after he has revealed all his little wise sayings. Some of the vocal tasks can be a challenge, as, for some reason, the DS doesn't like the way I say "blue", or if I write too quickly it misinterprets what I put down. But I think that would be true of most any game. (Obviously this is my first DS and first DS game, so I am still learning the ropes.) I am anxious to get Brain Age II to see if it is as much or more fun than I.

Very poor character and voice recognition

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The games which depend on character/written number is frustrating and cannot be corrected. Enter a 1 then 2 for 12 and it sees a 4!!! Say Yellow - the only 2 syllable color (from Red, Black, Blue) and it is incorrect! There is no way to input voice recognition change which is common on most software now. It doesn't even alow you to override your score when it gets it wrong. Very frustrating.

Great daily brain exercise

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I got this just for a little daily brain exercise. It is fun and easy to follow and explains what parts of the brain are being worked. I find the explanations helpful and interesting.

Kinnard Review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Daughter loves the game(age Nine) ! Will be buying Brain age two soon .Fun for all ages.

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