Product Description

Dr Kawashima?s Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? has been enjoyed by people of all ages, including those who would not normally be associated with video games. Inspired by the research of renowned Japanese neuroscientist Dr Kawashima, this original title and the soon to launch More Brain Training are designed to help stimulate and train your brain and challenge memory, math and perception skills. Brain Training players can train their brain by exercising for just a few minutes each day, whether on the go or when relaxing. More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima Features: Reinvigorate your brain: Play various exercises approved by Dr Kawashima. Chart your progress: See your daily improvements and lower your brain age. Fresh Brain Training Features: Discover 10 entirely new daily training exercises +1 brain relaxation exercise. Wi-Fi usability Send a demo version of Brain Training to your friends via wireless DS downloads. Sudoku-crazy: More Brain Training includes a Popular Sudoku puzzle.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #24 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Nintendo
• Released on: 2007-06-28
• ESRB Rating: Everyone
• Platform: Nintendo DS
• Dimensions: 3.00 pounds

Amazon.co.uk Review

If you had suggested a few years ago that the Nintendo DS would be the fastest selling console in history and its most successful game was a self-help puzzle game more popular with the elderly than traditional gamers many would've wondered whether your brain didn't need rather more training that it was currently getting. Nevertheless, the original Brain Training game has sold over 6 million copies worldwide and remains in the UK charts more than a year after a its initial release.

This follow-up is meant to complement the original game, not necessarily replace it, and contains seventeen new mini-games, each designed to stimulate your brain in a different way - enhancing memory, improving concentration and generally giving your `noggin' a tune up. As before the game is meant to be played in short, five to ten minute sessions each day, the mental equivalent of a quick jog round the block. The game tracks your progress from day-to-day and you can also play any of the mini-games against other people, whether they have a copy or not.

As before the mini-games are all played either by writing or drawing with the stylus (the DS is held vertically, like a book, while playing) or by voice recognition via the built-in microphone. The actual mini-games are a more varied and imaginative bunch than before, with such exercises as playing a short piano piece, completing maths equations and unscrambling words. There's also a fully featured version of Sudoku as well, making this the perfect video game for people that don't play video games.
Harrison Dent

Manufacturer's Description
More Brain Training features entirely new exercises, more brain training offers a more extensive wider variety of exercises. More brain training offers fans of brain training and opportunity to train there brain further. The DS Brain Age Checks take on a new form in this title as you're tested on three randomly selected exercises including old school classic Rock, Paper, Scissors which asks you to name the position to either win or lose against the object shown, Memorising 5x5 which sees you remembering the position of numbers on screen and Speedy Symbols which challenges your memory of symbols associated with specific numbers.

More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima: How Old Is Your Brain? features fun new training exercises including Correct Change which challenges you on an everyday day task- to work out the right amount of money to hand back after a transaction as quickly as possible, Missing Symbols, a twist on the classic '20 calculations' test, and Masterpiece Recital which invites you to follow a music sheet shown on one screen and touch the corresponding piano keys on the touch screen. As your daily training continues, additional new exercises are unlocked.

With More Brain Training you can also play with your family and friends. Using a single game card, two to sixteen players can participate in four different exercises together. Three to sixteen players can also compete in a picture quiz to test each others artistic skills, where players score the other drawings to find a winner.

Customer Reviews

Frustrating fun
This was the first game I bought for my DS, after seeing the ads and half-believing the hype. It explained how to use the game clearly, without talking down to you and making you feel like a small child. I must point out that it is only suitable for 20+ year old, despite the classification on the front. This is because it helps to train faculties that only start to decline at 20. It was engaging, had a good variety of tasks, and was different enough each day that I wanted to use it each day. If you're thinking that it sounds too good to be true, I do have one criticism. If you said other things during rock, paper, scissors or weren't careful when drawing with the stylus, you got a lot of erroneous wrong answer picked up. I know this works, as I imporved my scores vastly.

Well..
I got this one for christmas, and by about january the 5th i'd lost intrest!
My handwriting is unique an easy to read from the human eye, but my DS thinks it's some random junk!
You also have to shout at it .. ROCK PAPER SCISSORS.
My mum was upstairs ironing and shouted down the stairs whilst i was doing rock paper scissors and it picked up my mums voice and not mine!
Overall this games ok.. but not the best

Fun and Entertaining
I just love these type of games and this one does not disappoint. My son just bought a DS Lite and now has the added benefit of me buying games for it. They are so addictive.

However, I know my mental maths skills are coming on. This game has various 'brain' games from simple maths to making words up from a selection of letters circulating. Harder games open up once you reach a certain level and your progress is always recorded and monitored.

The game can save up to 4 profiles which means the whole family can join in. The first page where you select your profile shows everyone's brain age. The games show both your overall best 3 scores and the top 3 scores from everyone playing the game. Both me and my son are getting quite competitive trying to be no 1.

You know it is giving your brain a work out because you actually feel tired after it. You can test yourself which then gives you your brain age the ultimate age being 20.

The game also comes with sudoku which is really easy to play. A lot better than paper, pencil and the essential rubber.

Definitely a must buy if you like this type of game.