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Brain Blaster

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 23 / 25
Date: August 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I am an adult disabled with Cerebral Palsy since birth. I like Big Brain Academy because the tests and practice rounds are balanced-not to simple or complex. As a child in grade school, I remember taking yearly skill assesment tests which exactly mirror the ones found in Big Brain Academy.
I remember becoming frustrated with these tests because mentally I could easily compute the answers, but my eyes and brain had difficulty processing certain shapes or patterns quick enough to get a good test score in the short time alloted. In the month since purchasing this game, my mental acuity, hand speed, and sight recognition have greatly improved. I recommend this game for kids to strengthen basic skills, all the way up to seniors to help their sight, recognition, and memory.

The Brain Workout

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 43 / 43
Date: October 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Thinking. Analyzing. Solving Problems. Logic. These are just some of the skills that Big brain Academy will help you develop (or re-develop).

No, it's not Resident Evil or Splinter Cell. But it is as fun and addictive; it's certainly as challenging if not more challenging, and it's a nice pallet cleanser from the plethora of pure entertainment value games that my kids and I play.

Big Brain Academy is a bit advanced at times for my grade schoolers, but the parts that they do get really help them develop the skills that they are concurrently working on in school.

There's a daily practice area that gives your skills a workout. And there's a test area that challenges you to quickly and accurately work through various tasks, then provides you with a grade based on how well you did on the test.

Kids reading this will NO vote me to death for saying this, but this is a great game for parents to get for their kids. It's one of the only ones (Brain Age is the other) that I never take away from my own kids when they've misbehaved or simply just had too much video gaming. They never complain.

Addictive fun. Buy it.

Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 18 / 20
Date: November 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game and was a little concerned if it would be very interesting or not. As I came to find out it is a very intriging game. There are the five different categories that it tests you on with a time limit. It tells you which one you did the best and the worst in at the end of the test. I think that the tests are the most worthwhile, the practice, is well...practice. It isn't as intersting as finding out what grade you have and what your occupation is. :) This game is also a very nice break from other straining and sometimes frustrating adventure games. This DS game is good for anyone from four and up; child to adult. This game is great!

Big Brain Academy is Big Brain Fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 11
Date: June 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I just picked up this game and I have yet to put it down so long as I am awake. Its vast array of short but oh so sweet minigames are too addictive to be educational, and yet they are. You cannot go wrong with this game so I encourage everyone who owns a DS to pick this game up, find a comfortable chair, and dive into the world that is Big Brain Academy.

Challenging, Stimulating

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: April 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

My son recommended I get Nintendo DS and Big Brain Academy as a way for aging mom's (me) to ward off dementia down the road. I don't know if it'll fill the bill in that regard but I'm having a ball playing it. It's challenging and fun. Since getting the game I've noticed my performance is better at different times of the day. And I thought these hand held electronic games were just for kids!!!

LOVE THE GAME & IS A CHALLENGE

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 15
Date: November 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

THE GAME HAS MANY CHALLENGES AND DIFFERENT LEVELS. IT'S A GREAT GAME TO MAKE YOU THINK. YOU USE PLAIN COMMON SENSE ON SOME AND OTHERS YOU HAVE TO GIVE MORE THOUGHT ON. IT IS A GAME FOR ANY YOUNG SCHOOL AGE CHILD TO ADULT. I'M 47 AND IT MAKES ME THINK BUT I REALLY ENJOY IT AND RECOMMEND IT FOR ANYONE WHO LIKES GAMES.

Fun for you and your family.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 14
Date: July 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I got this game because I heard something about it on a game show called xplay. It was only $19.99. I got it home and started playing it and I looked and an hour had gone by. The game is very fun to play and once you start time will go by and you won't even know it. I got a ds lite and my mother and I have played and she loves it as much as I do. It is wifi and only 1 game is required so if you get it you can play against your friends or family even if they do not have the game. For the price and the fun this game if surely worth the purchase.

FUN! FUN! FUN!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: May 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I absolutely LOVE this game. It is so addictive. There are 5 different categories and a total of 3 different games for each one. Some people my not think that provides enough options...but I love trying to get better at the games as I go.

You can either take a test which consists of one game from each category or simply practice individual games on 3 difficulty levels. It keeps track of your high scores and will store information for up to 4 users.

This game is challenging enough for me...but also simple enough where my 4 years old twins can pick it up play most of the games. (some are a bit harder)

I personally love the fact that I can pick up this game right before bed, play a few games and then turn it off without getting too sucked in or needing to progress to a new level.

LOADS OF FUN FOR EVERYONE!! :0)

a fun, quick mental workout

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 12
Date: June 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

In this game you solve puzzles as fast as you can. There are 15 different types of puzzles, sorted into 5 categories (Memorize, Compute, Think, Analyze, Identify). For example one type of puzzle is "Cube game", in which a pile of blocks is displayed on the upper screen, and you have to count them (including the hidden blocks) and type the answer into a number pad on the lower screen. In a test, 5 puzzle types are selected at random, one from each category. For each of the 5 puzzle types, you have one minute to solve as many puzzles as you can, with the puzzles getting more difficult as you go along. Based on how many puzzles you solved correctly and how many mistakes you made, you then get a score, which is supposed to represent your brain weight in grams.

The puzzles are mostly fun, and wouldn't be hard were it not for the time pressure. A test takes a little over five minutes, so you can play once without the game eating up much time. You can also practice the individual puzzles.

There is nothing to unlock, so you will be motivated to keep playing the game only if you have an obsessive drive to improve your skills (or just exercise your brain). For example, in the Matchmaker puzzle, a bunch of cards are displayed on the screen, and you have to recognize pairs of cards that are the same. With practice I found that if I put my mind into the right state then I can see the pairs much more easily, which is kind of cool. For some of the other puzzle types, there are a limited number of possible puzzles, and if you play too much then you might start recognizing them, with the game becoming accordingly less fulfilling.

I found some of the puzzles to be much easier than others. I wasn't surprised to find that I do best at Written Math and Cube Game; I was somewhat surprised to find that Flash Memory (in which a sequence of numbers is briefly flashed on the screen and you then have to remember it and type it in) is trivial (my score just depends on how fast I can type), while I struggle with the Identify puzzles. I don't know whether this says something about the relative difficulty of the puzzles or about my brain type. You can also use this game to test at which times of day you are most alert. Maybe the whole thing is just a big psych experiment with the results being secretly radioed back somewhere.

Can be Addictive

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: January 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If it makes you feel any better, guys, I am at a C+ having bought this game two weeks ago. I like this little game as there seems to be a great variation in the games within the categories that test you on such things as memory and arithmetic. My [...]daughter has scored a D on this game. I am quite happy when she tries it as I am sure it does her more good than harm in relation to computer games. Well worth it.
PS I got a 20 years old result on Brain Age. Check that one out.

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