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The best Nintendo DS brain game yet

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 90 / 91
Date: January 10, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game has the best graphics and instructions, and all the games are challenging and fun. The stress games are especially challenging. I own Brain Age 1 and 2, Big Brain Academy, and Flash Focus. This game combines all of these games and more. I highly recommend this game to all who enjoy expanding,educating, and challenging their minds. The only con is that they did not include Sudoku which would have made Brain Challenge the ultimate superior brain game.

A sleeker, fresher brain game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 64 / 64
Date: January 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is my most recent brain game purchase. I have also purchased Big Brain Academy and Brain Age 1&2. Brain Challenge is like a good combination of both those titles. You may feel familiar with the games but not so familiar as to be bored. Where this game SHINES is in the overall feel of the games. The presentation and graphics are more crisp, updated,and modern ...Far removed from the cartoon feel of Big Brain Academy. The colors are so bright... I dare say this is a beautiful game! The sounds and music that are featured in the game are excellent too.

Some of the math questions use hand writing recognition like BA 1&2. Expect in Brain Challenge the handwriting recognition is greatly improved and much faster. One feature that I like is that you are able to take the daily brain percentage test over and over and have your new score count each time. You are not locked into only one test per day counting. Though in the stress section only your first test of the day counts. (see below)There is a nice section of graphs to track your improvements.
The game also has a stress tests and stress training section too. Some of theses games are similar to the brain training section but feature distractions to up your stress level! Some of the distractions include noise, screen blinking, bugs blocking your view. There also some stress games that are only in the stress section...Like the one that features a boss yelling at you.

As added bonus there is a section of relaxation mini "games" to unlock. So far I have unlocked a paint set,a really cool piano,a card guessing game,a interactive fish pool,a neat little game where you have to estimate how many seconds have passed. This section of "stuff" is just for "fun" a nice little bonus...Nothing to go crazy over.
Also you can choose between a woman or man to put you through the tests!

Overall I think if you enjoy brain games this one is lots of fun. A huge improvement over the cartoon look brain games of the past.

Great compilation of games!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 20 / 20
Date: January 31, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I think this is one of the best compilation of "Brain games" out there for the Nintendo DS. I had briefly played Brain age-II on my friend's DS and I think this game has more variety than Brain age. I was impressed with the graphics and the variety of games in this collection (especially in the logic section). Whether you are thinking about your first game in this genre or thinking about expanding to your brain games library, this is a great pick.

I was hoping for something better than this

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 18 / 21
Date: March 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I'm 61 (female & very competitive against a standard - - one of the reasons I like Brain Age) and bought this game for mental acuity training. I have Brain Age 1 & 2, plus Big Brain Academy. I do all of these, start to finish, daily. (I'm committed!) I thot Brain Challenge might be a good addition, but I must say I don't particularly care for it. (1) The writing recognition is *very, very* sketchy. I find I have to press very hard with the stylus to make a mark, and often my answer is correct and read incorrectly. Sometimes the marks don't register at all! (2) There is no how-to-play info other than what's given on the screen (there should be directions on the liner notes in the case). Several games I have yet to figure out. (3) The "countdown" screens with the "rolling and flashing block" are very irritating, especially since I have epilepsy & need to avoid "flashing" things whenever possible. I have to turn the unit over. (BA & BBA have countdowns, too, but far, far less intrusive.) The opening BC screen is a "flasher," too; it's worse than the rolling block! (4) The "helper" says non-helpful things such as "What's wrong with you today?" and "That's worse than before" and other insults. Who wants to pursue something without any instructions and then get insulted for not doing well? I know it's a game, but really! (5) There are a lot of "question screens" that one must tap through to get to the next game. ("Do you know the brain.....?") Maybe there's a way to skip through those entirely and return to the main menu, but I've not found it yet.

On the plus side, the music isn't too terrible. All the games are stylus-activated, as is the case with BA and BBA.

If you want a follow-on to BA1&2 and BBA, Brain Challenge is not it, IMO. mb

Not a bad buy

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: February 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is a good game, and fun to play, but not one you can really sit an play for an extended period like some others. It has more variety than the Brain Age games, and has some fun little bonus games as well. If you want to practice logic, memory, etc., I would suggest getting this game.

Cream of the Crop

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: March 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I never liked Brain Age or Big Brain Academy; I considered them to be dull busy work that a cruel teacher might make you do in school. Brain Challenge really surprised me as a vast improvement on the genre. Like other reviewers have said: the presentation is much nicer, there's more variety, and the games are more fun. I can't honestly believe this game is only $20 because it has so many different games on it. They even have bonus games for creativity, relaxation, and your "sixth sense." Don't take the name too lightly though, because it will definitely challenge your brain quite a bit and can be stressful at times. But hey, it comes with "stress training" games too!

Will this game really help you in your daily life? Maybe a little, but life doesn't happen on a tiny screen. The math parts will definitely help you perform simple calculations more quickly, but honestly that's not something that matters to me anyway. The truth is I think it's absurd to believe that playing games like these will make a very noticeable difference in your actual life, but it's fun! I like logic games like sudoku and visual puzzles like Neves (tangrams), and I just think of this along the same lines. The small difference it might make in brain function (if it actually makes any) is just an added bonus. In other words, it's still a toy, not a tool... but what a great toy for $20!

Great Entertainment Value

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: February 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is so much better than Brain Age, which I got tired of within the first couple of weeks. This game continues to keep me entertained with a great number and variety of games, as well as the ability to keep unlocking new ones to add to the mix. I also like the different categories of Stress Testing vs. Brain Testing, it just doubles the amount of games that there are to play. This game is really fun, I have a hard time putting it down!

Better than Brain Age!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: February 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is better than Brain Age 1 and 2. I had difficulty with Brain Age games because I cannot hear good and speak well so I am not able to get the game's full potential.

With Brain Challenge, you are not required to hear or speak so it was great for me. It has alot variety of games to test you. I liked them all! Brain Challenge lets you unlock games quicker than Brain Age. I still have alot of games I haven't unlocked on Brain Age 2 and that takes forever to.

Ditch both Brain Age games and get Brain Challenge. You won't be disappointed!

Best Brain Game Released

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

If you are only going to buy one "brain game" for the DS, make it this one. Brain Challenge trumps Brain Age 1 and 2 and Flash Focus. Brain Challenge has a lot more games and is much more addicting. Each time you play a game you get a letter grade. I am currently trying to get A's on all of the different games. It isn't very easy!

The graphics in Brain Challenge trump the other brain games as well.

Only one gripe--one of the games in the Stress Training is impossible to do left handed. It requires the use of both the D-pad and the stylus. Grr. It would have been simple enough to let the player use X and Y.

Best of the Bunch

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I have a number of 'brain games' for the DS, PC, and Palm computer. This is by far the best in overall presentation. Brain Age, of course, has the authority of a neurologist behind it, while Brian Challenge repeats the old canard that we 'only use ten percent of our brains.' But if you put that aside and are just looking for something to stimulate your brain beyond the hand-eye coordination of traditional games, then this is a pretty good choice. You'll find that the games are fun to play just for the heck of it!

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