Dr Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? DS Reviews

Dr Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain?

2006

Overall rating: 3.5 out of 5

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Dr Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? (DKBT) is a game inspired by the research of Dr Ryuta Kawashima, a prominent Japanese neuroscientist. The good doctor's theories revolve around keeping brains stimulated by performing various mental activities. The game is played with the DS turned sideways, making it feel more like a book. DKBT is basically a series of exercises designed to give your brain a workout. Activities include: counting people going in and out of a house, performing various mathematical problems, reading classic literature out loud and drawing pictures on the touch screen. When players begin a new game, they must participate in a selection of tests that will determine their brain age within the game. This number is called the "DS brain age." As the player uses the software over a series of weeks and months, their ability to perform the exercises will improve and their DS brain age will decrease. All progress is charted in graph form and users can keep up to four save files on one game card. Sharing a game gives players the option to compare their results with those of family and friends. You can also send a demo version of Brain Age to friends or compete with up to 16 players in a battle to see who can solve mathematical problems in the fastest time. For Sudoku fans, DKBT includes more than 100 different puzzles of the hit brainteaser.

Dr Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? details

Format:	3 DS
Players:	1-16
Genres:	Party/Music/Misc, Puzzle/Board/Casino
Developers:	NINTENDO
Rental release:	07 Jul 2007

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FANTASTIC

By a customer from LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND , 11 Apr 2008

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GREAT WAY TO STOP YOUR BRAIN BECOMING ADDLED. COMPETITIVE - YOU CAN COMPETE AGAINST OTHERS, LOADS OF SUDOKO TOO
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Not what it says it is

By Luminaflare (1 review) from Sheffield , 20 Jun 2009

Just letting you know doing this game once a day is the same as doing a crossword once a day or something like that. Japanese scientists researched it and found it to not actually work the way it says it does on the box.

It does not train your brain.
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Dr Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain?

By Weezielou (30 reviews) from Pudsey , 19 Feb 2009

Loved it. Very good to keep your brain trained
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good

By a customer from Holmfirth , 12 Aug 2008

very good game, all your family can get involved, and it gets competative. The game doesn't have a great choice of activities but the ones it does have are very good. Great game to pick up and play.
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A Good Game!

By a customer from Rickmansworth , 12 Aug 2008

First of all when i played the game i didnt really like it, as i though it was a bit repetitive, but once i played sudoku on it, i could not stop. Overall a very good game and the brain age quiz is very good as well.
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Brain Training

By a customer from Lancs , 26 Jul 2008

The game is OK but I found it annoying that it only saves your training once a day before you can get any further.
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