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Great brain game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 13, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I love UBI game designers. This another great example of a fun and entertaining game.

Brain Drain - Excercise your Brain

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

This is a great little Puzzle App - I would say for older kids and Adults of all Ages... It is great in flexing your Brain and is very entertaining. My wife loves it.

better than brain age

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is a great way to keep the kids brain challenged during the summer. The games are quick but challenging. I'm in a contest with my daughter to see who can use the most of their brain. The daily test lets you know how much of your brain you are using. very fun

More fun than Brain Age

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 22, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is good game for challenging your brain. I like it much more than Brain Age.

Brain Challenge

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The sound and graphics in Brain Challenge are just great,so are the bright colors and different tests.You have a stress test to do daily and a Brain test which can be done as many times a day as you want.
I have most of the brain games and this one is my favorite.I am now up to 92% of my brain and my stress level is down to 12% which is great.
I got this game as my 2nd DS game and I really love it.My second favorite brain game is Big Brain Academy.
In this game you get to choose a male coach or a female coach to help you through.You also learn all kinds of facts about your brain as you go along in play.
This is the best Brain Game I think DS has put out thus far.Try it I am sure you will agree!

Great brain challenges!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 9
Date: May 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I own Brain Age 2 which is okay, it has a nice variety of exercises, but this one is much better graphically, its more fun and the user interface in tracking progress is much better designed.

It covers a variety of cognitive skills such as memory, focus, logic, math skills, and visual processing. I only gave it 3 stars for overall rating because the memory exercise does not differentiate between the two major styles of memory, visuo-spatial memory and auditory memory. So far there doesn't seem to be any exercises directed towards auditory memory.

Why do I care? I have a son who has a serious auditory memory deficit...and an amazing visuo-spatial memory. He'd whip our butts at a memory card game, puzzles etc. But he can't remember anything verbally or orally presented. We confirmed this with a neuropsychological test b/c he can't follow instructions, misinterprets things he hears, has poor language skills which transfers to social skills, not interacting in class, basically it affects him on many levels. We are actually using a computer program that is specifically designed for kids with learning disabilities and weaknesess to develop cognitive skills that will transfer to stonger academics. The company has had alot of success with kids with weak learning skills. We are thrilled with the program and I saw better performance in my child's homework within a few weeks. So we have a little experience with brain fitness type programs.

Well.....except for the auditory component (which is non-existent in ds games and from my research ---Brain Fitness from Posit Science is the only program that focuses specifically on auditory development and I plan to get this in a few weeks for myself), this program has exercises that stimulate the brain in a similar fashion, but its actually MUCH MUCH more fun. I mean this isn't going to be as fun as a pure game....but this is a program that is suppose to exercise your brain.

The exercises are not as meaty as programs costing hundreds to a couple grand more ----it is varied, and it can make a difference if you use it consistently with enough intensity! This is much more fun than Brain Age and if you are interested in this genre I recommend Brian Challenge.

One caveat, the coach is annoying and so are the put downs when you don't do better than the last time. I feel it should be encouraging or sympathetic and upbeat...not "you did bad!"

Good for all ages!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Enjoyable like the rest of the line up of brain games, good to make you think and a change from the fun of shooter games or mario or other fun stuff they offer.

Decent Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Overall it's a fun game. It is a lot of repetition and when you first play, you only have a few games to chose from. The first time you play a few of the games you have to guess at what you are doing because the directions aren't always clear.

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

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!

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