Product ReviewsBrain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day (Nintendo DS, 2006) Complete

If Homework were Fun, It'd be called Brain Age

Brain Age for the Nintendo DS is somewhat of an anomaly. By all technical terms, it's a game; you learn the rules, play your guts out, and go for a high score. Then again, it's nothing like a game; simple math equations, classical reading, or just counting as fast as you can are the order of the day. You hurriedly scribble the answers (which the game will occasionally completely misinterpret), shout the names of colors (which the game will occasionally completely misinterpret), and try desperately to write out that list of words you were just supposed to memorize (will the game will occasionally completely misinterpret). All of this to receive a score like you've never seen: a score for your brain.

If you want a game that you will play for a few hours at a time, look elsewhere. Nintendo seems determined to have you play this game for a few minutes every day (much like Nintendogs or Animal Crossing). The added Sudoku puzzles add some longevity, but it won't keep you glued to your DS. It's odd and occasionally unwieldy, but I keep coming back. Never before has a game made me feel so dumb, and never before have I felt a game may just make me smarter.Read full review...

Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day

I like that Brain Age has daily training exercises to stimulate my brain. It includes Sudoku too. It has a brain age check to tell you how close your brain is to the target age of 20. It has graphs to show your progress for daily training exercises and visual aids to encourage your growth. It includes math problems, reading, syllable count, memory games, and more. Some of the comments it makes between games are a bit corny, but otherwise I feel the games are helpful. I bought it to see if it would help stave off dementia since I am 60 yrs old now...only time will tell, but I don't think it can hurt.Read full review...

Train your brain in 15ish minutes a day

I purchased this game as a gift for my mom for Christmas. She LOVES it. I have an 'account' on the game as well, although I don't do it quite as often as she does. She's done it every single day since christmas eve.

It has quite a variety of tasks, but they are limited. Once you've opened them all, that's all there is. He has you draw things, asks you questions, AND then there are the actual 'training' tasks. I would say using this is much more interesting and fun if you have at least one other person to join you regularly. He tells you to compare your pictures to one another, which in and of itself, can be quite amusing.

The games are interesting and can show you an aptitude in a certain area. Mom is very good at math, while I am slightly better with words and logic. All in all it does pretty much what it says it will. It's an interesting game that helps you 'train your brain.' I just hope it keeps her from getting Alzheimer's. I don't want to have to take care of her later. ( ;) kidding. )Read full review...

some thing you could do with kids

I am not very sure about its ability to improve your brain's smartness but I do think it is a cool thing you can do with your family kids. This has some fun activities in the game like simple math, memory (remembering a few words shown), headcount (counting the people who will be in the house after a few people move in and out.) Since the game also keeps track of time and the problems are simple, it evens the field between adults and kids. My kid and I enjoyed this game very much.

This game also depends on speech recognition and handwriting recognition technology both of which are not perfect and in fact may contribute to lower scores( actually higher age in this case). Otherwise so far we enjoyed this game very much.

Overall, I would rather like my son to spend time on this game than any other nintendo games he has.Read full review...

Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day (Nintendo)

I purchased this product to help maintain mental sharpness. The Japanese host is a bit "goofy", but the exercises offer variety and challenge and gradually increase in difficulty as your scores improve. The exercises combine mental, visual, verbal and writing skills. The math is straightforward/uncomplicated; the goal is to improve your time. There are options in the reading portion to read out loud or by eye only. It is supposed to be a daily progress type of game - I find I don't always have time to play it daily, but it does actually only take 5-10 minutes to accomplish a set series of mental exercises. It is a great diversion as a passenger in a car or waiting for an appointment. There is also a separate Suduko portion that is quite fun!Read full review...

Very good - but doesn't understand the word "blue"

In this game, you have several different ways to "train your brain" including math problems, sudoku puzzles, and pattern/color recognition. The game incorporates all of the DS's capabilities (touch screen, voice recognition, use of both screens). There are small issues with the game. Sometimes when you write a number on the touch screen, the game mistakes if for the wrong number. This is easily adjusted if you write your fives more like an "S" and your fours like an upside-down small letter "h". It's not a huge drawback.

The only thing that keeps it from being a 5/5 in my book is the fact that it doesn't recognize the word "blue" about three quarters of the time you say it. I've had many other people try it out with the same result. If the makers fix this small glitch, I would definitely give it a perfect score.Read full review...

Box is bilingual, game is English only

Cute little game to keep your brain busy.

Game cover is french/english, but game is in English only.

The game asks to hand-write numbers, but automatic recognition is far from perfect.r>
The game is angry at you if you don't play every day.

Interface for Sudoku is different from others Sudoku games I know, but it's functional and fits well with the rest of the game.Read full review...

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Simple, yet surprisingly challengling

The questions in the daily series are very simple, yet it gets surprisingly challenging when you go against the clock (and you're only competing against yourself). Unfortunately it took some of my handwriting incorrectly, so I got "dinged" as incorrect when I wasn't. (This is the only reason I gave it a 4 instead of a 5). You can set the sudoku to let you know your numbers are incorrect or not, which is good. I've only started to play, and haven't used any of the interactive modes yet. I bought it because of the ads that were on TV a couple of years ago, but I just got a Nintendo DS Lite.Read full review...

Excersise for your mind!

This is an awesome game! I bought this game for myself even though I am 25 years old. I really enjoy playing it. The instructions to each excersise are very easy to understand. The goal in this game is to acheive a "brain age" of 20, because you want to be as sharp as a 20 year old. I started out with a "brain age" of 73. By the second day, I had come all the way down to a "brain age" of 32! I took the game to work ( I work in a hospital in the operating room suite as an Anesthesia Tech) to see if my coworkers would enjoy it as much as I, and of course they loved it! Their "brain ages" ranged from 80 to 60. I recommend this game to anyone who loves to learn. This is also a great game for anyone who's job is very routine, it gives you time to think outside of the box! Buy it today, its worth every penny!Read full review...

Brain Age Nintendo DS

I bought this so I could as they say train my brain in minutes a day and also because of the Sudoku. At first I played it everyday. But now having it almost a month the novelty of it has worn off. It is a good game, but could be better. When first playing you want to get the best score, but after you have played it the games are the same they don't change. You can easily make your brain age lower. All in all it is a good game that does keep you glued to it, and occupies time.Read full review...