Dr Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? (Nintendo DS) | 
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| From: Nintendo
Category: Video Games
List Price: £19.99
Buy New: £12.98
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Rating:  113 reviews
Sales Rank: 4
Platform: Nintendo Ds
Genre: skill-training-games
Rating: To Be Announced
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 3 - 18 years
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
Condition: Unwanted purchase, never played.
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Product Description
Give your gray matter the workout that it needs to stay sharp, focused and young. Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day is inspired by a book that was written by Professor Ryuta Kawashima, a prominent Japanese neurologist. His theories revolve around keeping brains young by performing mental activities quickly. When users first start a new game, they will be given a Brain Age Check that determines the age of their brains. Each day, they can compete for the high score in any activities that they have unlocked. They also can check the age of their brains once per day. The more training they do, the more activities they will unlock. Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day is designed to be played in small chunks over a long period of time and can hold data from a year of activity. Features: Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day is a series of mini-games designed to give brains a workout. Activities include performing simple math problems, counting people going in and out of a house, drawing pictures on the touch screen and reading classic literature out loud. When users start a new game, they will take a series of tests and get a score that shows how old their brains are. This number is called the "Brain Age." As they use the software over a series weeks and months, their mental acuity will improve and the Brain Age will drop, indicating a younger, healthier brain. Progress is charted in graph form. Users can keep up to four save files on one game card. Sharing a game allows them to compare their results with those of family and friends. Users also can send a demo version of Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day to friends or compete with up to 16 players in a battle to see who can solve math problems the fastest.
Amazon.co.uk Review
In a nutshell:
The portable phenomenon that has taken Japan by storm finally hits the UK. Part puzzle game, part self improvement tool this is the only game that's both lots of fun and good for you - and that's before you even start on Sudoku!The lowdown:
Nothing about this game is ordinary, from the price to the way you hold the DS while playing it (vertically, as if you were reading a book). The basic idea is that you play through a series of puzzles each day, for about 10 minutes, and at the end of each session the "age" of your brain is calculated. The puzzles themselves range from simple maths questions to spot the difference, memorisation and comprehension. All of the answers are inputted either by drawing the answer on the touchscreen or speaking it into the DS's in-built microphone. There's also a multiplayer mode for up to 15 people where you can try and compete to record the youngest brain age. Most exciting moment:
A brand new addition to the game, not included in the Japanese version, is a special DS version of Sudoku. This works great on the DS's touch screen and is worth the already low price of admission on its own. Since you ask:
A sister title to Brain Training, named Big Brain Academy, is due for release in July and offers to "weigh" your brain and improve specific skills such as memorisation and analysis. A direct sequel to Brain Training has also been released in Japan but is not yet scheduled for released in the UK. The bottom line:
The only game that really is for the whole family - from kids to OAPs.
Harrison Dent
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| Customer Reviews: Read 108 more reviews...
 Crap is crap July 16, 2008
Mr. P. Briody (St. Helens, UK)
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
A japanese view of creative thinking! Isn't that a bit like a German view of Jewish race relations? content and quality are priority ingredients in any mental development,.......there is NO EASY WAY to to intellectual developmrnt. Do NOT be taken in.
First if its kind! July 10, 2008
Mufflin (UK)
I think everyone in the world has heard of this game now. I played it long before Nicole Kidman decided her brain age was too low!. It is very good but there just simply arent enough puzzles. At the start you are motivated to play everyday to unlock the puzzles. Once you have done that however it slowly gets tedious to just do the same puzzles all the time. I'm not saying its a boring game but for me, once the novelty had worn off i put it one side never to be played again. Yes the good Dr will scold me for not playing on a daily basis!. I liked the parts where you had to draw things and remember what you had for dinner last night but those tasks didnt seem to come up often enough for me.
So i would recommend it - just to see what your brain age is the first time you try the test! 80 anyone?
makes you faster not wiser July 7, 2008
daniel (london)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
great game, the daily training is fun, brain age check is hilarious especially after working a nightshift, think i might be obsessed with playing it daily though.
this game motivates you, makes doing tasks fun and if your friends have it makes for funny conversation.
this game wont make you smarter, it will make you think faster.
 It's ok, but could be better June 26, 2008
Ms. Sarah J. Edwards (Cornwall)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I found that the voice recognition worked well but had problams with it reconising my hand writing.
Maths isn't my stong point so i did loose interest in the training. Prefer the sight trainer.
Voice recognition June 22, 2008
Rosie C (Birmingham, England)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Bought this game 1 week ago and mostly find it enoyable and challenging. I found it very frustrating when saying blue, and kept getting "try again". Yesterday I got so frustrated I shouted out purple instead. Voila! Each and every time since then there has been no problem. so instead of blue just say purple!
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