Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day!
by Nintendo
|
List Price: Our Price: $11.50 You Save: $8.49 (42%) Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Category: Video Games See more product details |
|---|
Video Game Reviews of Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day!
Customer Review: Better for the kids than any game
Summary: 5 Stars
I got this game for a very bright 9 year old child as a birthday gift. His parents told me that it was the only thing he was interested in playing with out of all his gifts. He was totally absorbed in trying to beat his previous scores in math and letter puzzles. For the right kid this game is a 10.Customer Review: Very inconsistent handwriting recognition
Summary: 3 Stars
This game is frustrating. The handwriting recognition works just well enough to make the game enjoyable and challenging. But the same handwriting recognition also fails enough times to make you cuss at the game more than you should.
The games are extremely time sensitive. A difference of even one second makes all the difference in your score. I must admit the frustration level reaches a high level when a score is substantially reduced only because the handwriting recognition misconstrues say "4" as a "21".
I have some doubts whether this game makes a person more mentally acute. The game's origin has some dubious scientific authenticity.
Overall, I half recommend this game. It would be so much better and far less frustrating if it had a more consistent handwriting recognition.
Customer Review: Amazingly fun! Most of the time.
Summary: 4 Stars
At first it looks like there's a lot of games to play on this, but after a while it just gets limited. And the floating head guy can get annoying after a while. But it's a fun game.
I managed to get my Brain Age to 22 a couple of days ago, but today I only got one of 32. I'll tell you why.
You're expected to write fast, and that means compromising your ability to remember that you have to draw your 3's center spike shorter than the rest in order to not have it read as a 2, and your i's have to either have lines on the top and bottom or a dot, else it's read as an L and wastes your time. This gets frustrating when you're trying to maintain a good score, so you (or at least I) end up turning off the DS and turning it back on. But the frustration's already there. STRESS IS BAD FOR YOUR MENTAL CAPACITY.
The times it messes up are few, but when it does, it's stressful because it's a good game that you want to get good at.
On a side note, I also hate the 5x5 grid game. I don't see how it relates to any real-life memory skill... I just know that if you remember, say, 9-10, it really increases your Brain Age. I just don't know why it's that important of a skill to remember a 5x5 grid of numbers exactly.
Customer Review: Some changes from the first BrainAge
Summary: 5 Stars
There are new puzzle challenges and some set up changes from the first BrainAge game. I think both of these games are well-made and well thought out.Customer Review: Great game
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this when I ordered the new DSi. I have Brain Academy for Wii and was looking for something different. I'm still opening new training games but overall a very good game. I like Suduko which this has too.
The only negative is that you can only take the brain age check once a day.