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Extremely boring

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 14 / 46
Date: August 31, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game was extremely boring. You do the same 3 things over and over until you master them. However, what you are doing over and over is:

Rock, Paper, Scissors
Basic math - addition, subtraction, division, multiplication
Clicking on piano keys following music

There are many other games out there to stimulate your brain that are fun!! I would not recommend this game for anyone. It was a total disappointment!!!!

returned

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 48
Date: October 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

this @!&^%$# game requiered a program which I do not have. please clarify thiss.

Not What I Expected.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 18
Date: November 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Before buying Brain Age 2, I read about it and saw commercials for it, so I was pretty excited when I recieved it as a gift. However, the novelty wore off for me after about a month. It soon got to be too boring and tedious. I would definitely recommend renting before buying. I wish I had.

Crappy Game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 11
Date: December 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is very tedious. You have to go through the explaination each time you enter a game. My biggest complaint is the Quick Soduku option which only has ONE game. They are the exact same numbers each time you play. This is not true for the main gameplay, but it is a serious flaw.

Too similar and inherently flawed

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 11 / 19
Date: August 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I loved the first Brain Age, but this sequel is lacking severely. The games are a little more involved, but they don't seem quite as "smart" as in the first game. It's as if the game creators were searching for just about anything they could use to fill this game. The gameplay is identical to the first one, so in that respect it doesn't feel "new". Almost as if you paid to play a game you already own.

The innovative voice-regonition Stroop test is replaced with Paper, Rock, Scissors (huh???). Only this time, the voice-recognition doesn't work. No matter how close or far you are from the mic, in understands you 25% of the time. It shouldn't have been released like this, but I'm sure they wanted to rush the game out the door. Also, the word mix-up game is fun, until you get a combination of letters that can make multiple words. Since the game is only expecting a specific answer, it counts it wrong if you input a different word (when in reality, you came up with a word, and that's the point of the game!) The music game is fun (I personally play the piano), but it can be agonizing to someone who is not musically inclined (I've witnessed the frustration).

All-in-all, this is a very disappointing game. Too bad you can't rent DS games. At least it's only $20.

Not Bad...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: September 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I received this game as part of the red DS bundle and thought I'd come give my review on it.

The large majority of games I play are RPGs and/or are originally for the SNES (Mario-type games). So I'm gearing my review to people with interests in that area.

Going into this game I wasn't expecting much and I was pleasantly surprised. It was actually pretty fun. The main problem I had with it was the handwriting. I have nice handwriting, but when in a rush it can get very messy. It's not a big deal because the more you play the more you adjust to what is recognized as what.
My other issue is the lack of "playability". This is speaking from a gamer point of view. You can play each of the training games once a day and that's it. I understand the reason for this, but it's disheartening to not be able to play the games I like again. (You can, but it's the exact same one you played before.)

I give this game 3 stars because it's not something I would recommend to my friends nor would I would purchase for myself AFTER having played it (if I didn't already own it).
HOWEVER, if you love puzzles, this might be the perfect game for you. I do play it everyday and when they say "train your brain in minutes a day" tey weren't kidding. The longest I stayed on the game (just in training mode and brain age mode) was 15 min. It has Sudoku as well as a secret mini-game( DS version of tetris) which can be played over and over again and are intended to be more on the fun side of brain exercising. (The others CAN be fun, but they are more intended to work your brain.)

All-in-all it's not a bad game, but is (obviously) more for people who are into puzzles. If you like puzzles, but like to be able to play something again and again, this might not be the best game for you. (Unless, of course, you love Sudoku!)

Get original version

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: October 01, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I like the original version better. The guy narrating is even more annoying in this second edition. Limited learning options unless you download more.

Still the best Sudoku game for DS, but too much Dr. K.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 31 / 31
Date: November 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Brain Age 2, like the original Brain Age, is still the best Sudoku game available on the Nintendo DS. It makes excellent use of both screens (no wasted space or tiny, hard to see numbers that plague other "dedicated" Sudoku games on the DS). As I said in my review of the original Brain Age, I wish Nintendo would come out with a dedicated Sudoku game on the DS using this layout. They could rake in a lot of extra cash.

As far as the "main event", I pretty much agree with what the other reviewers have posted here.

I haven't unlocked all of the games yet, but so far, "Word Scramble" is my favorite.

Some of the new games are improved variations of the original games. "Memory Sprint", where you try to keep track of what place a race runner is in, is more fun than the original game of counting how many people go into and out of a house.

I also like the "Change Maker" and "Sign Finder" games, because they provide some real world practice, although some people may find them boring, or too much like homework.

The "Piano Player" game was a disappointment, because everybody here seemed to be talking it up, including keyboard players, and that's a bit scary because this type of "follow the bouncing ball" music game is available on just about any cheap electronic keyboard out there.

The "Word Blend" game is lost on me - you do need to concentrate to separate the simultaneously spoken words, but it seems to ultimately be a test of one's hearing (and patience).

My major gripes with the Brain Age series are:

1. Like other reviewers have said, the "scoring" implies that a younger brain must be better than an older brain. This is misleading and insulting. If Dr. Kawashima had a hand in this aspect of the game design, well, he needs to grow up a bit.

2. There's too much Dr. Kawashima! Even in "Quick Play" mode, there's "too much fuss" to paraphrase the good Doctor. I don't want to have to tap past the same screens of the Doctor telling me what's good for my brain umpteen times. I just want to play the dang game!

Still, there are worse ways to blow a few idle minutes every day than playing games like Brain Age.

Prefer the original Brain Age game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: November 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

My son left "Brain Age" at a friend's house, never to be seen again (the game, not the son). We bought this "Brain Age 2" as a replacement, and the games are just not as appealing as the first version of Brain Age.
The Rock/Paper/Scissors is really interesting and keeps you on your toes because the wrong answer is required (rock loses to paper!)
but there is no "word match" where you're given a long list of words to recall later (my absolutely favorite game) and there's no more
"fast math" to add/multiply numbers in 25 seconds, that the first game offers.

We miss those games.

Too bad the first edition could not have been enhanced to fix the voice recognition on the colormatching, and added the newer games,
instead of entirely replacing the whole thing.

Brain Age II doesn't allow adding your previous scores, and have to start the whole scoring and tracking thing anew. Not something we old brains are good at.

Interesting

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: December 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The idea is interesting. I bought this for a gift. I don't have a DS, so I cannot try it out myself. (I"m writing this to get Amazon off my back about submitting a review. Damn, they're getting obnoxious!)

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