Brain Age
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yeah, really want a DS lite - my mum played a bit of brain age whilst I was at home visiting and immediately ordered one, so I've been playing the x30 calculation multiplayer against her. Have absolutely no idea why something so geeky is so addictive, but for some reason it is brilliant fun!
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There's a wireless mode where you can link up to 16 people together and try to do 30 calculations in as quick a time as possible. It sounds like the most tedious thing in the world, but everyone that I've shown it to has thought it's awesome. Bought my mum a ds lite and the game recently, and whenever we play she always insists on "one more go". The x30 calc is the only multiplayer mode available though, so probably not worth buying a second DS just for that. Big Brain Academy (supposed sequel) is out later this month I think and it's far more multiplayer-centric, but the challenges don't really seem as satisfying as in brain age. It's more aimed at kids, and there's a big luck element to the mini-games.
Played this at the weekend, with the deal at game with 2 extra games you could get the DS lite, Brain age and tetris/metroid/some random foty game for 120 quid. Favourate games I played was monkey ball, brain age and animal crossing.
Though I've been warned when you get one in a shop fire it up with metroid and at the 2 black screens part (in the first few seconds) check both screens), supposedly production is being alittle rushed and dead pixels are rather common with the lite's at the moment :/
Though I've been warned when you get one in a shop fire it up with metroid and at the 2 black screens part (in the first few seconds) check both screens), supposedly production is being alittle rushed and dead pixels are rather common with the lite's at the moment :/
Purely on the brain age one's (which seem different than the training ones for me right now).
A to 1 to B to 2 to C etc was around 1 minute 32, and word count (2 mins to remember words, 3 mins to write em down / struggle with crap character recognition) 26 words was the top, then I lost the story in my head and forgot most of the rest :/
On the daily training 23 seconds is the top score for the x20
It's also making me remember things like what I had for dinner 3 nights ago and those wierd picture bits, and I just can't draw.
I was gonna look at Brain Academy but the reviews seem to have it at a much more basic level to Brain Age and more aimed at kids.
P.S Oldest Age I think is 80, it's what someone in the office got after struggling with a northern accent and the crappy speach recognition.
A to 1 to B to 2 to C etc was around 1 minute 32, and word count (2 mins to remember words, 3 mins to write em down / struggle with crap character recognition) 26 words was the top, then I lost the story in my head and forgot most of the rest :/
On the daily training 23 seconds is the top score for the x20
It's also making me remember things like what I had for dinner 3 nights ago and those wierd picture bits, and I just can't draw.
I was gonna look at Brain Academy but the reviews seem to have it at a much more basic level to Brain Age and more aimed at kids.
P.S Oldest Age I think is 80, it's what someone in the office got after struggling with a northern accent and the crappy speach recognition.
Entropy
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Yeah, Brain Academy isn't anywhere near as good, although the multiplayer elements are better.
26 words is awesome though! I've had four or five goes at that now, and my highest is 23 I think. Might not have the best strategy though as I try to remember a couple of stories and then dump 5 words or so into my short term memory.
Oldest brain age is "in the 80s" though rather than 80, and you've got to do extremely badly to get that score
26 words is awesome though! I've had four or five goes at that now, and my highest is 23 I think. Might not have the best strategy though as I try to remember a couple of stories and then dump 5 words or so into my short term memory.
Oldest brain age is "in the 80s" though rather than 80, and you've got to do extremely badly to get that score
One story per screen could be a better idea actually, I normally find I spent much longer on the left screen and the right screen kinda needs to be rushed.
What's the multiplayer games in academy then ? One guy from work is gonna bring in his DS next week and I might have convinced another to buy one, so good multi-player fun will be important for lunchtimes
What's the multiplayer games in academy then ? One guy from work is gonna bring in his DS next week and I might have convinced another to buy one, so good multi-player fun will be important for lunchtimes
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There are lots of different games in Academy. You've got stuff like maths puzzles, memorising sounds or numbers, locating matched pairs. I think the problem is that the games really aren't representative of the areas they espouse to test (so you don't feel in the "think" games that your brain is necessarily being specifically tested in that area). Also, the games tend to be americanised and provide erratic results (e.g. I got between half and full marks for all 5 categories on the few times that I've played, but there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason as to why there's such a big difference in my grades). Having said all of that, the games are generally quite fun, and if you accept that it's not going to test your maths/memory skills as rigorously as Brain Age, and just treat it like a game, I expect it could be a lot of fun multiplayer.
Just unlocked Time Lapse ... worse game EVAH. Either my eyes are even worse or those clocks they use have stupidly close hour and minute hands. I was chuffed when I got triangle maths and like that but time lapse is about as good as there
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Got Brain Academy at the weekend, alot of fun there as well, and no stupid one's that I've seen only one's I struggle to do well at And at 19.99 I feel it'll last longer than if I'd got Mario Kart or something like that (specially as my wireless router doesn't seem to support the DS )
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Got Brain Academy at the weekend, alot of fun there as well, and no stupid one's that I've seen only one's I struggle to do well at
And at 19.99 I feel it'll last longer than if I'd got Mario Kart or something like that (specially as my wireless router doesn't seem to support the DS )