Audience Rating: Universal, particularly children
Binding: Video Game
Brand: Nintendo
EAN: 0045496737122
ESRB Age Rating: Everyone
Feature: Dr Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo DS is a fun, rewarding form of entertainment everyone can enjoy, as it helps players flex their mental muscles
Item Dimensions: 00220
Label: Nintendo
Manufacturer: Nintendo
Manufacturer Maximum Age: 216 months
Manufacturer Minimum Age: 36 months
Model: 45496737122
MPN: ntr p ande
Platform: Nintendo DS
Publisher: Nintendo
Release Date: June 09, 2006
Studio: Nintendo

Features:

• Dr Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo DS is a fun, rewarding form of entertainment everyone can enjoy, as it helps players flex their mental muscles

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: "How Old Is Your Brain?" is the latest Japanese phenomenon on Nintendo DS - and now it's hitting Europe! If you're bored of playing games that don't stretch your brain cells and you'd like to give your grey matter an extensive workout, pick up this program. The tests have been devised in cooperation with Dr. Kawashima himself, a renowned neuroscientist. With Brain Training you can train both your mental awareness and your memory. Hold the DS vertically, like a book, and write your answers with the stylus on the touch screen. The exercises are quick challenges that help stimulate your brain. There's a combination of arithmetic, reading and memory tests, and the program calculates your score in the form of a 'brain age' by assessing the speed and accuracy by which you perform these simple tasks. The title has sold over 1.4 million copies in Japan and is hugely popular with young and old alike. And that's hardly surprising - because playing regularly for just a few minutes a day has been found to stimulate parts of the brain related to thinking, creativity and concentration. So if you want to tone your intellectual muscle, Brain Training is a fine way to get started!

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




Rating: - It does improve your brain!
I've had this game a few weeks now and have improved a lot.

I have always been rubbish with numbers and this has helped immensely.
My reading hasn't really improved though :( Not that it's that bad...

I'm not sure if the training has rubbed off into the real world yet, but at least I can see improvements by doing the daily training.

It has a good range of daily training tests you can perform and the more days you train mean the more tests you can choose ... Read More

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Rating: - Great!!
This game is great!
But the bad thing is that the graphics arn't that good their decent.
But you can do sudokus,sums,memory games,eye check,read aloud and much more! If your up for a good challange this I defently recommend!
But I should say that people from about 6 and over would think this game good,but younger would find it diffucult.
BUY THIS GAME!!

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Rating: - Brain training review
This game is excellent fun to start with however I find some of the activities increadibly tedious. However for this price I would recomend this product.

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Rating: - Good idea, pity it didn't turn out better
This was the first game me and my sister bought (we went halfers on it) and i have to say we were excited abut it. First, let me say, in my opinion, is good about it...
1) The variety of puzzles: I liked how many different puzzles were in here, especially the maths puzzles (i ot down to 15 seconds for 30 and 45 for 100) and did see a big improvement on my maths. The clock challenge makes you think, but my personal favourite is sudoku. Before, i couldn't get into it, now i love it and i look forward ... Read More

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Rating: - Really bad character and voice recognition
The character recognition is dire - enter a 1 then a 2 with an obvious gap between for 12 and it sees a 4 ! Enter a 1 and a 3 and it interprets a 9. It frequently fails to recognise Yellow (the only 2 syllable colour in the game and it interprets as Red). Most software lets you adjust for your own voice - this does not. You cannot correct wrong scores. I am now aware that the Brain Training has been panned on BBCs Watchdog - I wish I had seen it. VERY VERY FRUSTRATINGDr Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old ... Read More

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