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    Dr Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? (Nintendo DS)

    Dr Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? (Nintendo DS)

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    Category: Video Games

    List Price: £19.99
    Buy Used: £5.94
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    Seller: zoverstocks
    Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 169 reviews
    Sales Rank: 55

    Platform: Nintendo DS
    Genre: puzzle-games
    Rating: To Be Announced
    ESRB: Everyone
    Media: Video Game
    Autographed: No
    Memorabilia: No
    Number Of Items: 1
    Batteries Included: No
    Age: 3 - 18 years
    Operating System: Nintendo DS
    Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
    Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 5 x 0.6

    MPN: NTRPANDE
    Model: 45496737122
    UPC: 045496737542
    EAN: 0045496737122
    ASIN: B000EGELP0

    Publication Date: April 2006
    Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days

    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.
      • NINTENDO Dr Kawashima's Brain Training DS Simulation DS
      • DS Simulation

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    Editorial Reviews:

    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

    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!


    Customer Reviews:
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    4 out of 5 stars Gazza   March 1, 2010
    Mr. G. MULDREW (NORTHERN IRELAND)
    Good game when you work out how to play it but when you do it passes the time well.

    Gazza
    Northern Ireland



    5 out of 5 stars Fun for all the family   February 21, 2010
    S. Ladbrook (Kent, UK)
    Bought this for my 9yr old daughter, but the whole family love it and she has trouble getting it to herself! Its good for all of us but I don't think it would suit younger than 9yrs


    4 out of 5 stars Brain Training - How old is your brain   February 6, 2010
    Mrs. M. Haw (UK)

    Easy to use and the more you use it, the more games you unlock. Good fun and quite addictive



    5 out of 5 stars brain training   February 4, 2010
    Mr. R. Payne
    The challenge is to improve at each attempt of the tests. This training gives you a buzz, when you succeed.


    3 out of 5 stars Good, not great.   January 30, 2010
    Jennifer Marie Leighfield (Malaga, Spain)
    The concept is great, and it's true that this is equally entertaining for kids as for the elderly, but having had several similar type games on my mobile phone, I was a little disappointed as there is less variety and the explanations are a bit long-winded. Also, I got very frustrated when the word memorising test failed to recognise what I had written or, although it recognised it, acted as if the word wasn't one of those to be memorised, making you loose time, forget words, and thus, never improve your brain age.
    Sorry, but I think it could be a lot better.


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