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

...has become hugely popular. More can be found in this article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4930996.stm The Brain training games have different versions depending on which country you live in. My review is concerned with the UK version of "More Brain Training". This review aims to be a comprehensive account of the game (and minimum waffle for the sake of waffle!), and what you can expect when you purchase a copy. === Starting up === Having ...
...think you'll like it even more than the first game. If you've never played "Brain Training" then I hope this review has been useful. Personally I would recommend both. You'll probably find that you're hooked and do the tests every day for a couple of months, but will then lose oomph. However you might then come back to it months later. The game really has longevity. === Is it going to improve my brain? === Er….no, probably not. It will make you ...

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...now!" INTRODUCTION ******************* More Brain Training, a follow up game to Brain Training, was developed by Japanese brain expert Dr Kawashima. His theory is that once maturity is reached, certain functions of the brain may begin to slow down with age. He believes that exercising the brain everyday can help prevent its physical decline. For younger people - under the age of 21 yrs - he believes that exercising the brain can help with creativity ...
...the older you get the more your brain becomes choked up by clutter, commitments and stress! Anyway, to achieve its aim of increasing your IQ over time, More Brain Training takes you through a series of exercises at regular intervals - preferably everyday. Results are recorded and displayed on graphs so that you can view your improvements or in my case - at times - considerable decline. The game will store details and exercise records for up to four ...

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...train our brains to be more sharp and in shape through games and simple equations. It is designed obviously as a game so you are supposed to get fun from it as well. STARTING UP When you first start the game up you are faced with 4 options quick play, daily training, sudoku and download. Very quickly I will explain these to you QUICK PLAY Quick play - This is where you can try out the game without being a registered user you can play stone paper ...
...is the happy medium ? More excitingly though you get to unlock more games so just as you begin to bet bored you get more fun! Memory sprint - Is my favourite game because it is hard but if you concentrate enough you can do well. You have to basically track your runner. You have a man running so he starts at first position then you get runners overtaking him so his place goes down and then your little runner over takes them so his place goes up. ...

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...Training, as the features are more interesting. == Dr Kawashima == Dr Ryuta Kawashima was born in 1959 in Japan, and is a neuroscientist. In 2003, he wrote "Train Your Brain: 60 Days to a Better Brain" which was a huge success in Japan and was later released worldwide. In 2005, it was turned in to the first brain training game for the DS and this sequel was later released. Instead of accepting the royalties from the games for himself, he has built ...
...collected you get access to more training exercises and settings etc. If you do at least 3 training sessions per day you get a larger stamp on your calendar. This does not affect the number of stamps you get though as you can only gain one per day. I have now opened all the training exercises, and so has my dad. Sometimes when you turn the DS on and go into Daily training, there is a little activity for you to do before you start the training. For ...

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...OK so More Brain Training for the Nintendo DS. It is the one on from the orignal Brain Training by Dr Kawashima. For the uninitiated, it is a way of using brain training puzzles to test your brain age. You can test it every day, only once. It only saves the score for that day, not the best. You can do it more than once but it won`t save your brain age again. This is certainly an incentive to do better (try) each day. When you test your brain age, ...
...favourable score. More brain training has different brain training to the original brain training. Like the original it has sukoku at the end. It also has germ buster which I shall go into later. Brain age check - This consists of 3 of the training exercises below and it is timed. The only one which isn`t in the practice is number memory. In this one you need to memorise 25 numbers. It is difficult as, though the numbers are 1 to 25, you need to ...

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...I settled for buying More Brain Training instead and eagerly awaited the chance to put myself to the test. As with all DS games it comes safely packaged so all you need to do is open the case, take out the game card and insert it into the slot in the DS and you are ready to play. You enter your basic details into the DS so that it can keep track of your performance as you work through the exercises and you are ready to go. Like many of these packages ...
...range of tests and more and more unlock as you you progress. Having had mine for about three weeks I now have all the tests unlocked and the chance to attempt 'Normal' or 'Hard' versions of each. You can also have a little fun by testing to find out your 'Brain Age' - I wasn't sure about this option at first as my Brian Age was similar to my real age when I first started to use it but now I have managed to bring it down to the high 20s which is a ...

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...then came the release of more brain training, assuming it to be an attempt to milk the franchise to the maximum with nothing really new, i steered clear of it, However after hearingg good things and being intrigued by a couple of tv adverts i decided sod it, i'll give it a go. The layout and how the game is played remain the same, however i noticed a few major differences, firstly it is alot harder to get the brain age of 20 or a high score on some ...
...training are alot more fun than the previous version. See below for programme list and what you have to do in each one: Brain Age Check Rock, Paper, Scissors Name says it all, you will see rock paper or scissors on the screen and will be asked to win or lose, just say the right answer to progress. Continuous Countdown You get given a larger number and a smaller number and have to repeatedly subtract the smaller from the larger until no longer ...

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...and included in it was More Brain Training, which follows on from Dr Kawashima's Brain Training. I already owned the first version although lost interest after a while. In my opinion, the second is much more entertaining. The basic premise of the game is that if you train daily by playing mini-games, that your brain will become sharper and in effect "younger". Up to four players are able to store their data, so a whole family can compare their scores ...
...all ages, it makes it more accessible for older generations. There are three modes of play: Training, Brain Age Check and Soduku. You can also view "helpful tips" by unlocking them, although these are fairly obvious - eg playing an instrument will help work out your brain. *Training Mode* Training mode consists of 10 different mini-games/puzzles, which are unlocked as you gain more stamps. One stamp is obtained each day you play but it can take ...

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...of Brain Training. More Brain Training was released in 2007, a year after the original ‘Brain Training : How Old Is Your Brain?’ was released in 2006. Brain Training was one of the first big games for the DS Lite, and there was a lot of hype about it. When the DS Lite started selling, many bundles offered Brain Training as part of the package, so it obviously wasn’t long after its success that the next version came about. More Brain Training was ...
...I would argue this is more of an adults game, though would perhaps be suitable also for older children and teenagers. The game is marketed as a way to train your brain, sharpen your mind and challenge your skills. For me, a great deal of the appeal is in the fact it’s an open-ended game. You can pick it up and play as much, or as little, as you want, whenever you want, and as there are no ‘levels’ to complete, it’s endless. I prefer this to something ...

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...going to unlock nextb, the more you play the more training games become available. When you enter the title screen, you have 4 menu options: Quick Play - Includes Quick brain age check, quick training and quick sudoku. This is great if friends and family want to have a quick go and compare their brain ages. Daily Training - This is the main section of the game, when you go into this you select your profile and get four more options - this includes, ...
...this when I have completed more of them! So far I've managed to get: - Missing symbols - a series of sums appear one at a time on the screen and you have to fill in the symbol that's missing, you score on how quickly you complete them all, but you get a time penalty for each one you get wrong. Masterpiece Recital - a musical score appears on one side with the note letters written underneath each. On the other side is a keyboard, also with note letters ...

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More brain training is the latest edition of brain training exclusive to the nintendo ds. I am not usually a fan of brain development games, I am more of a role playing or shooting games type of person. But I found it really fun and all the new ways to train your brain are an improvement to the older version. My favourite excercise is correct change, but to those who do not want to cheat when doing the brain age test they will find it very difficult ...
...best selling version, with tons more features and excersises to train your brain. The game also offers an unlimited playing time, so until you have completed sudoku and kept your brain age at 20 for a long while, you have not really finished the game. And there is still the germ buster feature to keep improving your score on, and for the RRP of £19.99 it is well worth the money. Review also posted on dooyoo ...

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...like a book and there's more Sudoku available. The games have improved somewhat but the main difference is that in this game your score will take speed into account whereas the previous Kawashima game only considered accuracy. The games included in this are: Missing Symbols: Complete the equation by drawing the missing symbol Masterpiece Recital: Play the notes on the music sheet Word scramble: Unscramble the spinning letters to form a word ...
...considering the amount spent and initial amount Word Blend: Identify the words spoken Memory Addition: Remember the hidden numbers and keep adding down the list Days and Dates: Write the day or date depending on the question given Virus Buster: Basically tetris, this is a relaxation game There are two other games which I have not yet unlocked, apparently they are as follows: Clock Spin: determine the time the clock shows by spinning Block ...

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...paper rock scissors and many more writing and arithmeic based challenges. Which really do test your brains memory and speed. When I started I was aged 60 now I'm a respectful aged 35 which isnt that much older then my real age!! To feel the benifits of the brain training you do have to have plenty of practice although this sometimes can be quite hard when you've an 8 month old crawling around!! The only downside to this game is that on paper, ...
...it hard to pick up voices. I thought at first my machine was faulty ,but my mother-in-law has the same problem. Also I am left handed and the game give you the choice to choose which hand you write with then it alters the screen accordingly which is really excellant The instructions that come with the game are really clear and simple to use, in fact I hardly looked at the instuctions as it guides you through each stage on the machine. I'd reccomend ...

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I got this game as part of the package when I purchased my DS. Of the four games on offer I selected this one as it appealed most to me. I obviously didn't have the first brain training game, but this did not matter. The game is really easy to play and, after settin up your profile, you are away. There are two options, you can train your brain on a series of programs and you can test you brain age on some random tests (you can do this once per day) ...
...These unlock as you go on (after x number of days etc). The games are varied and challenging. There are a couple of word based games - anagrams and one called word blend where the ds says 2-3 word at the same time and you have to write down what they are. Also, there are some maths games - quick addition and giving people the correct change. There are also games based on observation, where you have to watch and work out where the stick man finished ...

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...The games are a lot more 'lively', so to speak; no longer simple calculations, there is Masterpiece Recital; no longer syllable count, in its place Word Scramble. It's not surprising, then, that the games are also a little more difficult. I can't for the life of me succeed with Word Scramble; on the rare occasion I fly through the early questions, I freeze when the number of letters gradually increase. Due to what I believe to be the increased 'fun ...
...recently I've achieved a balance between the two games. They're both great, and they perfectly compliment each other. I love the calculations on the first game for a quick warm up, but Masterpiece Recital? Nothing can beat it! If I have time in the morning, I play a few games of both - such has become something of a routine for me. It's a nice way to wake up in the morning for me, but it's also good for any time of day because, of course, it's a ...

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