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Video Games : Dr Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? (Nintendo DS) .
Rating: 
- Fun and addictive, but frustrating
This is a fun and interesting little "game". It's actually a collection of games, all of which are intended to test and improve your brain power. It certainly teaches you a thing or two, but it's not without its problems: One in particular is when you have to write things; often the software interprets my letters incorrectly (it has a habit of interpreting my "4" as a "2", my "9" as a "1" and my "r" as an "n"), which plays havoc with my score. Also, it has difficulty understanding strong regional accents. I have Midlands accent, so every time I take the test that requires you to say the names of the colours you see on the screen, it keeps saying "try again", even when I get them right!
Still, it's worth a look.
Rating: - Brain training
I got this game recently and I have really enjoyed it. It definitely tests you and the daily sums are good to do. However I felt it was a bit limited. You don't have that many different games to choose from and I've found that because you have to clock up a certain amount of stamps to unlock other games, you may find yourself playing the same games over. The TV commercials do make it look like it has plenty to it.
I like to use DS brain/strategy games however I think that this one might be a bit over rated.
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 from. Also the better you get it adds a harder level to some of the tests.
I don't use the voice recognition tests anymore as for me it does not recognise when I say black most of the time.
And with the dreaded word memory test it does not recognise a lot of the letters I write. L turns into C! No matter how much I try to create a sharp angle...
It has no trouble working out the correct number I enter though.
One thing I would like to see changed is the hints and tips that you have to page through each time - it would be good to be able to switch that off.
Overall I think it is a great product that I will use for quite some time.
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!!
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.
- Fun and addictive, but frustratingThis is a fun and interesting little "game". It's actually a collection of games, all of which are intended to test and improve your brain power. It certainly teaches you a thing or two, but it's not without its problems: One in particular is when you have to write things; often the software interprets my letters incorrectly (it has a habit of interpreting my "4" as a "2", my "9" as a "1" and my "r" as an "n"), which plays havoc with my score. Also, it has difficulty understanding strong regional accents. I have Midlands accent, so every time I take the test that requires you to say the names of the colours you see on the screen, it keeps saying "try again", even when I get them right!
Still, it's worth a look.
Rating:
- Brain trainingI got this game recently and I have really enjoyed it. It definitely tests you and the daily sums are good to do. However I felt it was a bit limited. You don't have that many different games to choose from and I've found that because you have to clock up a certain amount of stamps to unlock other games, you may find yourself playing the same games over. The TV commercials do make it look like it has plenty to it.
I like to use DS brain/strategy games however I think that this one might be a bit over rated.
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 from. Also the better you get it adds a harder level to some of the tests.
I don't use the voice recognition tests anymore as for me it does not recognise when I say black most of the time.
And with the dreaded word memory test it does not recognise a lot of the letters I write. L turns into C! No matter how much I try to create a sharp angle...
It has no trouble working out the correct number I enter though.
One thing I would like to see changed is the hints and tips that you have to page through each time - it would be good to be able to switch that off.
Overall I think it is a great product that I will use for quite some time.
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!!
Rating:
- Brain training reviewThis 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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