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Video Games : More Brain Training (Nintendo DS)
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Rating: 
- Brain-Twisting madness
Last year, gamers really started to go wild for the Nintendo DS all over again. Not just because of the DS which was redesigned into the DS Lite, but a whole new era of mental challenge games attracted new gamers young and old. Mainly, with Brain Training, the Nintendo DS got older gamers into the scheme of gaming and excitement from verbal memory games, to introducing Su Doku, the challenging puzzle game that have really made gamers go wild. Unfortunately, there have been many knockoffs to Brain Training like Mind Quiz for the PSP, that really haven't delivered and attracted the feeling that Brain Training delivered. Now, a sequel to the original mind bender that started it all, returns to the Nintendo DS, but is it good as it was before, or falls short on memory?
Brain Training 2 for the Nintendo DS tackles on more exciting puzzles than before. The gameplay is expanded nicely, but there are also a lot of changes to the gameplay here in the game. The first main change is that a lot of the verbal games like the color strooping exam were removed, because there were a lot of problems with the microphone use in the game. Instead, there are a lot more games that feed off nicely from Nintendo's other DS mind-bender Big Brain Academy here, where you have to comprehend how much you have to give back as change in pounds and pence, to memorizing a song on a piano. Another new game is called word wheel, where you have a series of letters spinning around, and you have to fill in the exact word, one letter at a time. There are also a few things that have returned here, including the picture drawing challenges, but especially the Su Doku puzzles, withe over 100 new puzzles to test your mind. The graphics are just as simple as they were before, but the gameplay is just even more addictive than it has been before, and the control also handles that just as well.
All in all, with so many mental games in the video game market right now, Brain Training 2 really does deliver nicely for the Nintendo DS. If you haven't tackled the challenges before, you may want a new mind-reading workout. I loved the original one, and I really like the new addictive challenges. I absolutely suggest you buy this sequel, and keep that brain sharp.
Rating: - What a Great Title - Not What I Expected
Okay to state it's not what I expected is a bit clumsy as it's obviously a product to help train the brain but in terms of enjoyment and lasting appeal it certainly has it!
I havn't played the original so to delve straight into this title was a bliss. Instructions are clearly laid out and nothing too complicated or long-winded. I've played it for 5-10 minutes everyday since I purchased it, all the 'game's are enjoyable. One negative is that voice recognition is still a little undeveloped but I've only needed to use it for the one game so far. The idea of having a personal accomplice works perfectly with this and makes you want to beat your record and come back to acheive a better brain score, even congratulating you or rooting you on to do better.
I'm 21 and can cclearly say this game is one for all ages, possibly my best title for my DS I doubt I'll be leaving this one for a while!
Rating:
- More Brain Training is More fun
I certainly found the games in the sequel much more fun than that of the original. The original games did train your brain and were quite addictive, but in my opinion, that was for the sake of getting the highest score which many people wanted to do. However, the games in the second one are addicitive purely because they're more fun. It even includes an extra game which relaxes your brain, rather then training it, which I must say is the most addictive. Buy it and you'll be playing it for days, trying to get a brain age of 20. Basically if you enjoyed the first one, buy this. If you haven't got either but plan on getting one of them, get this one.
+ Fun games which train your brain.
+ And as if that wasn't enough, there's also 100 Sudoku puzzles.
+ Budget price of 20 pounds which is more than good value.
- Exactly the same layout as the first game.
- Some mini games are a bit boring.
Rating: - Brilliant
I have to agree with the other reviewers this is certainly an enormous improvement on the first which I thought was good . Having worked in a shop I find the loose change quite easy but the Masterpiece recital has to be the best thing any one has come up with . You're not always doing the same piece over and over , I have played this for almost a month and have yet to have the same piece twice . It's good for beginners like myself and for people who know a little about piano music and keys . I thoroughly recommend this and can't see them beating this if they try any more in the series.
Rating: - Much better than the first one
I'm really enjoying more brain training - the first one, although enjoyable was quite dull after you'd unlocked all the training. On this one though, the games are a lot more fun especially the music one and are harder too (not so good at word scrambler at the moment), but that makes you more determined to get better at them.
I also like the fact that it has a mini game attached to this one, which is highly addictive and I've sat for over 3 hours just playing this.
The only thing I don't like is the rock, scissors, paper game. I did think the stroop test was better on the first version. This could however be because I'm not very good at it - maybe I'll like it better once I improve!
- Brain-Twisting madnessLast year, gamers really started to go wild for the Nintendo DS all over again. Not just because of the DS which was redesigned into the DS Lite, but a whole new era of mental challenge games attracted new gamers young and old. Mainly, with Brain Training, the Nintendo DS got older gamers into the scheme of gaming and excitement from verbal memory games, to introducing Su Doku, the challenging puzzle game that have really made gamers go wild. Unfortunately, there have been many knockoffs to Brain Training like Mind Quiz for the PSP, that really haven't delivered and attracted the feeling that Brain Training delivered. Now, a sequel to the original mind bender that started it all, returns to the Nintendo DS, but is it good as it was before, or falls short on memory?
Brain Training 2 for the Nintendo DS tackles on more exciting puzzles than before. The gameplay is expanded nicely, but there are also a lot of changes to the gameplay here in the game. The first main change is that a lot of the verbal games like the color strooping exam were removed, because there were a lot of problems with the microphone use in the game. Instead, there are a lot more games that feed off nicely from Nintendo's other DS mind-bender Big Brain Academy here, where you have to comprehend how much you have to give back as change in pounds and pence, to memorizing a song on a piano. Another new game is called word wheel, where you have a series of letters spinning around, and you have to fill in the exact word, one letter at a time. There are also a few things that have returned here, including the picture drawing challenges, but especially the Su Doku puzzles, withe over 100 new puzzles to test your mind. The graphics are just as simple as they were before, but the gameplay is just even more addictive than it has been before, and the control also handles that just as well.
All in all, with so many mental games in the video game market right now, Brain Training 2 really does deliver nicely for the Nintendo DS. If you haven't tackled the challenges before, you may want a new mind-reading workout. I loved the original one, and I really like the new addictive challenges. I absolutely suggest you buy this sequel, and keep that brain sharp.
Rating:
- What a Great Title - Not What I ExpectedOkay to state it's not what I expected is a bit clumsy as it's obviously a product to help train the brain but in terms of enjoyment and lasting appeal it certainly has it!
I havn't played the original so to delve straight into this title was a bliss. Instructions are clearly laid out and nothing too complicated or long-winded. I've played it for 5-10 minutes everyday since I purchased it, all the 'game's are enjoyable. One negative is that voice recognition is still a little undeveloped but I've only needed to use it for the one game so far. The idea of having a personal accomplice works perfectly with this and makes you want to beat your record and come back to acheive a better brain score, even congratulating you or rooting you on to do better.
I'm 21 and can cclearly say this game is one for all ages, possibly my best title for my DS I doubt I'll be leaving this one for a while!
Rating:
- More Brain Training is More funI certainly found the games in the sequel much more fun than that of the original. The original games did train your brain and were quite addictive, but in my opinion, that was for the sake of getting the highest score which many people wanted to do. However, the games in the second one are addicitive purely because they're more fun. It even includes an extra game which relaxes your brain, rather then training it, which I must say is the most addictive. Buy it and you'll be playing it for days, trying to get a brain age of 20. Basically if you enjoyed the first one, buy this. If you haven't got either but plan on getting one of them, get this one.
+ Fun games which train your brain.
+ And as if that wasn't enough, there's also 100 Sudoku puzzles.
+ Budget price of 20 pounds which is more than good value.
- Exactly the same layout as the first game.
- Some mini games are a bit boring.
Rating:
- BrilliantI have to agree with the other reviewers this is certainly an enormous improvement on the first which I thought was good . Having worked in a shop I find the loose change quite easy but the Masterpiece recital has to be the best thing any one has come up with . You're not always doing the same piece over and over , I have played this for almost a month and have yet to have the same piece twice . It's good for beginners like myself and for people who know a little about piano music and keys . I thoroughly recommend this and can't see them beating this if they try any more in the series.
Rating:
- Much better than the first oneI'm really enjoying more brain training - the first one, although enjoyable was quite dull after you'd unlocked all the training. On this one though, the games are a lot more fun especially the music one and are harder too (not so good at word scrambler at the moment), but that makes you more determined to get better at them.
I also like the fact that it has a mini game attached to this one, which is highly addictive and I've sat for over 3 hours just playing this.
The only thing I don't like is the rock, scissors, paper game. I did think the stroop test was better on the first version. This could however be because I'm not very good at it - maybe I'll like it better once I improve!