What is 4 plus 8? Did you find that fun? If you did then this is a piece of software made for you. I'm pretty sure most of us don't find doing this kind of sum fun. And yet Nintendo in their wisdom have given us a game called Maths Training! Of course, arithmetic is a skill that we all use regularly, so this software can certainly be called useful if it improves our ability to do simple arithmetic quickly and accurately.
From N-Europe.com:
"NOE: Do you have a message for European users of the software?
HK: It makes me very happy that exercises developed in Japan, including the Hundred Cell Calculation and Division Marathon methods, will be put to good use by users in Europe. But I must also take this opportunity to give proper credit to the incredibly talented educators who originally developed these teaching methods – Hiroshi Kishimoto for the Hundred Cell method and Shunichi Miki for the Division Marathon (Hard) method.
I would love to have users experience the fun of learning together with this software."
Pocket Gamer writes:
"It's true that Kageyama covers all of the mathematical bases, but so does a maths textbook – and with roughly the same level of charm. The Professor feels like a musty old maths teacher with a whole pile of tests and answers but nothing in the way of smiles and kind words. By contrast, Kawashima is the hip, young student teacher with stories, advice and even includes some arithmetic practice, too."
Audio/Visual - 6
Gameplay - 6
Value - 7
Innovation - 5
Overall -
Eurogamer writes:
"If Nintendo really wants to improve people's lives they should forget about Brain and Sight and Face Training. Much more useful would be Lifestyle Training, a game that teaches you how to live and look like the people in the promotional photographs for Brain and Sight and Face Training."
