HI Guys, Was just wondering what you all think about the game "Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain?". Personally I use this at least once a day and have so since I bought it nearly a month ago when I got my DS Lite. However, somce small things annoy me and I'd like to ask what you all think about them. Firstly, I have NEVER finished a game of "Voice Calculations". The DS seems incapable to understand the numbers "6" or "8" for me - I guess it's my accent but it's really annoying. Another slight annoyance is Word Memory - sure I can memorise quite a large number of the words on the screens but when it comes to writing them out, my DS is terrible at understanding some of the letters I write. Only one last bitch, calculations can be a pain when you write the right number but the DS displays a completely different number. For me, "24" is often a problem, i end up with a "?". Also "12" often becomes "17" - not nice. However, despite those few problems I've had, I'm happy enough with the title. My best at Calculations x 20 right now is just over 12 seconds and slightly improving daily. All the games are pretty good and easy, and of course, I like my Sudoku, I think I'm about 30% through that now. Anyone else comment on this title?
It's a great game. My brain was 81 the first day I used it, and now it is around 28 (i've been using it for a bout a month now). The only annoyance I have is the colored word exercise.....the system doesn't seem to be able to understand the word blue.
I found it quite boring to be honest, but I did use it for a week, with noticable results (even after it it said my answer was correct when i started swearing at it 'cos it never understands "blue") My 'brain age' was 43 at the beginning of the week, and by the end i was down to 26 so i guess it does something right.
I got it for free with my DS lite purchase and I probably would've bought it myself if it hadn't been free. I played it daily for nearly a month, but now I only play it a few times a week. Whenever I'm showing off my DS lite to my non-gamer friends, it's the first game I show them and it actually always gets them interested in the DS lite, that's what I like most about it, it's a friendly, comfortable piece of software that anyone can just pick up and play. If you have a girlfriend or friends who aren't into gaming that much, I suggest you show them Brain Age (as it's called in the US), I got my gf and one of my friends to pick up a DS lite and play more games solely because they liked Brain Age so much.
Yes, nintendo have been very clever in how they have advertised brain age, it is part of their "Touch Generation" of games aimed at getting people who normally are not all that interested in a games console to pick up and start playing.
I haven't played it, but I've heard about the same problems you guys are having from numerous others on the GameFAQs boards, so it's the game, not the person playing it. I've been playing Big Brain Academy, and it's pretty fun.
I paid about €30 for it when I bought my DS, and what draws me to it is how different it is. It's good to have a game that when u make accomplishments, you don't just feel like you've improved the reactions of your two thumbs. I too had a brain age of about 86 when I started, now I get 20 daily (im only 19 tho lol) but you can put the improvement down to simply gewtting used to the game. One area I've definitely improved upon is calculation speed and my awareness, I find I read a lot easier now too. THe science bwehind it is also pretty cool. I also believe that the man behind all of these brain exercises actually spoke out about the damage that gaming was doing to people's general intelligence before? Am I correct in that? Anyway, I'm happy with it and I generally like my DS, though I've only really tried about 2 games (brain training and resident evil - being a resident evil fan I remembered most of the game from the PS1 version).
We just got it yesterday, and the quick test showed my brain in the 70s. It will be interesting to see how it progresses and how fast, that is if I can get it away from the kids now that they have discovered it too. I had a little trouble with saying the colors and having to repeat myself on some of them. I have noticed that the handwriting recognition misses a lot; 4s keep getting interpreted as 9s for me most of the time. I really like the Sudoku implementation, it's one of the better versions I have played. Anyone tried Big Brain Academy? If so, how does it stack up to Brain Training? Dela, I hadn't tried RE DS yet myself but probably will soon. If you are looking for another unique experience (I can't really bring myself to calling it a game) then I would say give Electroplankton a try. It's hard to describe, it uses music but it's not a rhythm game. Basically plankton follow your motions making musical notes as they go. You can direct them, and one part even has someting similar to a 4 track recorder. It's another I have found that appeals to non gamers like Brain Training does.
Big Brain Academy is good. Relies on speed and accuracy for all of the tests. Also, there's no voice and text recognition, so no worries about the game mishearing or misunderstanding the player.
still doing school problems is still not a good concept for a videogame i played my friends and i thought it was addictive but when i realized i was doing school work i imediatly threw his ds to the ground and ran to the corner crying
Alright, just played Brain Age last night and got a 56 for brain age since it wouldn't recognize "red" once or twice during the color recognition test (scroot test?). Also, I had a problem with my "a" being interpreted as a "o" and my "2" would sometimes be interpreted as a "7." The only way I could get around it was to write as big as possible and not lift up the stylus while writing it. Oh, and I am now addicted to Sudoku. Played it for about an hour and a half once I figured it out.
I have to sort of smile when people say that Brain Training is not a good concept for a "video game" - exactly. These are the people Nintendo want to find (non or casual gamers) - it's like an untouched market and the sales figures for these titles show there is a demand for them. I meant it earlier when I said the game has more benefits than the usual "faster thumb speed" you receive from video games. I used to be a HUGE gamer but sort of lost interest - Now I like games with incredibly long stories for example - i play the same games for a long time. Brain Training is a good title, especially for people who never use their brains properly. If you are working in front of an assembly line watching the same objects fly past all the time, it's not going to stimulate your brain very much, and that's what most jobs are really... just repetitive crap day after day. Getting hooked on Brain Training then has its benefits, if you use your brain right then it's a proven fact it will improve in performance in many areas. Think of racing games, you race the same track over and over again and eventually ull master it and be able to get a good time. Now think of Brain Training, all the games will also become familiar just like the virtual racing track so you will get faster at them, but with most of the games it will get to a point where its not a matter of how quick ur hand is any more, its how fast your brain can work, or how much it can remember etc. I dunno, I just think titles like this make sense. Well worth looking in to.... hey.... even I was skeptical ;-)
The thought of quicker thinking during simple thought processes is part of the reason I keep playing. That, and the fact that it angers me everytime I do poorly... The biggest reason is Sudoku though.
