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| From: Nintendo
Category: Video Games
List Price: £19.99
Buy New: £13.00
You Save: £6.99 (35%)
New (24) Used (8) from £11.99
Rating:  120 reviews
Sales Rank: 19
Platform: Nintendo Ds
Genre: puzzle-games
Rating: To Be Announced
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 3 - 18 years
Operating System: Nintendo DS
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
MPN: ntr p ande
Model: 45496737122
UPC: 045496737122
EAN: 0045496737122
ASIN: B000EGELP0
Release Date: June 9, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 A game worth every penny! July 19, 2006
30 out of 32 found this review helpful
Dr. Kawashima's Brain training is a unique way of getting you to effectively use your brain. My first outing scored my brain age to be 80 year old! EEK! However after a couple of months my brain age has gone down to a repectable 25 years and also improved my memory in the process! This is a must for any age wanting to improve their maths skills as well as reading and writing too. The bonuses gained through a stamp system if and when you complete your daily training is really great.
Reccomended for everyone young and old alike. Thank God for Dr. Kawashima!
An amazingly addictive game... December 31, 2006
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I bought this for my girlfriend for Christmas - not to indicate she's a bit thick, not at all - but I figured she'd love a Nintendo DS really and figured that two games would be perfect for her - the Nintendogs and this.
I must say that this is the one she likes the best so far - she's 27 (nearly 28) and has been going in to the game every single day to see if she's improving. She's obviously getting used to the DS at the same time, but her brain age is currently sitting around 30 (so she's got a bit of work to do) - although she has been as low as 24 one day. The game can hold data for a number of people and one of the best things is that it allows you to compare and contrast your brain age (and a variety of other little surprises) with the other contestants... like how you all drew a Koala from memory.
The games themselves can be quite challenging - there are little tricks to doing well at some of them, like head count. She is amazing at the Calculations x 20 and Calculations x 100 regularly getting a Flying Speed result. There is a good split between memory, mathematical, logical and verbal testing... I must say I find it amazing that such a little DS like this can quite ably recognise several voices and styles of handwriting. The game is totally responsive and the only snag is the chattiness of the host.
Linking this up to another DS will open up new areas of possibility I am sure... and that's where we'll be heading soon. Oh, before I forget - the extra Sudoku games are a real bonus - amazing fun working your way through these - I must've been one of the few people in the country who hadn't played Sudoku before - now I'm hooked, thanks to this game.
Annoyances... few really... but I would like to be able to have another go at doing my brain age rather than being limited to once per day. It is quite obviously the case that sometimes I've not gone into the game in the right frame of mind and have ended up with a brain age of 47! Most embarrassing!
Absolutely wonderful December 6, 2006
24 out of 26 found this review helpful
This "game" makes the price of the DS worth it all on its own.
I'm sure it works. Its also fun and my Mum (63) loved it as much as I did (34). The sudoku feature works brilliantly and is better than using pen & paper.
Another review says the speech and handwriting recognition do not work but I have had no problems. They seem very accurate... but then I do have a nice clear Scottish accent and can articulate clearly!
The DS is genius, and this game is too.
Ingenius and novel use of the DS June 22, 2006
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
I wasn't entirely convinced about Brain Training before I bought it - it looked to me like a glorified puzzle book, the kind of novelty that would get old very quickly. In a way, I was right - the tests and puzzles available on the cart can be found in any bog standard newspaper or maths textbook - but there's something strangely compelling about it. I've had the game nearly two weeks and I still return to it regularly for my daily training - there's something satisfying about plonking a stamp on each date and sitting back to view your progress with the various puzzles laid out for you on nice graphs.
The important thing to know when considering buying Brain Training is that it isn't a game in the normal sense, and not something that you can really play for extended periods of time (unless you're some sort of sudoku nut, of course - the cart contains around 100 of these puzzles). The idea is to spend about 10-20 minutes a day taking each of the tests to give your brain it's 'daily training', in an attempt to get your 'brain age' down to as low as 20 - the healthiest brain age available. My brain age was 56 when I took the initial test, and I've enjoyed working my way towards my current 26 (my real age is 21, so I still have a bit to go). Acquiring stamps as you train each day unlocks new training modes and features, like designing your own stamps, so there's that added incentive as well for those who like rewards other than their own brain health.
As far as down-sides go, there's only really the fact that the software doesn't always agree with the way you write numbers on the touch screen - it decides what it is based on the way you write more than the final shape, so when you first start using it you may find yourself getting wrong answers solely due to the machine thinking your 8 was a 2 (that's my own personal example - it's given my various family members a variety of trouble). You do get used to this, though, and get into the habit of drawing said numbers in ways it can understand.
I'd recommend Brain Training to anyway who likes to give their brain a bit of kick every now and then, and for people who have time to kill on the train or bus or whatever - like I said, the game has about 100 sudoku puzzles, which have been a godsend to me during the more boring parts of these past two weeks. At such a cheap price as well, there's little reason not to indulge in it. And think, your brain will be that much healthier for it!
Surprisingly entertaining June 14, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I've had the US version of this game since the beginning of May 2006 and my girlfriend and I have had a lot of fun competing to lower our 'Brain Age'. The aim is reduce your Brain Age from 80 (worst) to 20 (best) by training your brain with a number of simple tasks, such as calculations, reading aloud, and memory tests. It doesn't sound like much on paper but the game really pulls you in and has you coming back to it every day to beat your scores and unlock new training programs. There are 4 game files available and the game is best played with 2 or more people.
The Brain Training part of the game is fairly short-lived, however. What will keep you coming back for more is the Sudoku - 100 puzzles ranging from Basic, Intermediate, and.. [I haven't unlocked the third level yet!]. It is really well laid out and is an excellent introduction for novices such as myself. I've found, however, that some of the 'Basic' puzzles are on a par with the Guardian newspaper's 'Hard' puzzles.
This is the kind of game that anyone can pick up and play. Everyone I've showed it too has loved it and tried to steal my DS! For the low price, you won't regret buying it, and it will probably spend more time in your DS than most other games.
By the way, if the game is not recognising your pronunciation of 'Blue' in the Stroop test, try saying "Boo" instead.
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