If you dig minigames, you'll love this game cuz it's easy to play and packed full of awesome minigames. Plus, lots of the games really do get your brain working so it's super easy to talk your parents into buying you a copy. The weak multiplayer is frustrating, but it's still a whole bunch of fun. Try it out and invite a friend, your brain will thank you!
We are seeing many changes today in the video game industry, and one of the bigger transformations is a merge towards more healthy gaming options. Games and even entire console systems are being created to help encourage the gamer to get up and get moving. There is a higher focus on educational games as well as fitness games. It’s all about helping to promote healthier life choices.
Just ask Nintendo. Fitness games are where the money lies. Women and kids are the real spenders in the family. Get them and you will reap success.
People buying Nintendo DS consoles to give their grey matter a workout with brain training games are wasting their money, a new study shows.
Titles such as Brain Training, More Brain Training and Big Brain Academy, which cost $50 on top of the $200 DS handheld, are no better than a pen and paper at stimulating memory and improving brain power, a study of 10-year-old children by the University of Rennes in France has found.
Nintendo claims in its advertising for the games - which in Britain feature Nicole Kidman - that they "stimulate your brain and give it the workout it needs" to improve blood flow and "practical intelligence".
It also claims the games can improve memory and keep your mind young, reinforced by the fact that players are given a "brain age" when completing the tests, which lowers as performance improves.
In Australia, Nintendo furthered the perception that the games boost memory by announcing it would donate $1 to Alzheimer's Australia for every copy of Brain Training sold.
Market watcher GfK said Brain Training was the seventh best-selling console game in Australia last year, with more than 140,000 units sold.
But the study of 67 10-year-olds found that homework, reading, playing puzzles such as Sudoku and board games such as Scrabble were just as good as, if not better than, the brain training games.
the thing im surprised at is those prices $hit 50 dollars for brain age games??? 200 dollars for a DS??? damn!
Yup. It actually focuses people's attentions and gets them to do the mental exercises.
Plus considering it's basically a digitised versions of the things they listed I'm not surprised.
Yeah, people actually want to do these brain challenges. They also don't have to look for them in other locations each day, instead can do it from one game each day with it being different each time.
No, actually Im not.
Did people actually believe "braintraining" improves IQ or something?
Well, guess all these smartasses werent smart enough to see through the "abdominator 3000 device will help you get into shape with just 2 minutes of training, everyday. Order now!"
Oh pulease. Wii fit, braintraining, wii yoga all that shiat is nothing more than just another fancy "abdominator 3000"
I dont get the article that much .
the masses can be stupid , but not THAT stupid .
Of course most people know brain training kinda already existed on pen and paper .
Of course they didnt discover sudoku on DS ....
What matters here is the mean of such games . Some didnt want to deal with the paper versions , but are ready and willing to play with the digital ones , because of the hip factor , the comfort of use , and ease of transport .
Is anyone besides some granma really willing to transport a bag full of crossword puzzles and sudoku ?
NextGen Player writes:
"Remember that totally awesome Nintendo of Canada shrunken head poster I wrote about last month? Well, for your awesome viewing pleasure here's another advertisement from the Nintendo of Canada 'Build Your Brain' campaign."
