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- Platform: Nintendo DS
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Big Brain Academy, the second title in Nintendo's brain game series of games, challenges you with a course load of mind-bending activities and an addictive Multiplayer Mode!
Test your mental acuity in a five-category quiz: thinking, memorization, computation, analysis, and identification. Work your computing abilities by comparing stacks of coins to find the higher value! Bulk up your analysis skills by quickly counting a huge stack of books! Each exercise takes less than a minute to complete. After you take the quiz, you'll get the weight of your brain, areas of strength and weakness -- and, most importantly, which career is best suited for you. Don't worry, it's all in fun.
Once you think you're the star student at the Academy, compete with up to seven friends or family members through lightning-fast activities to see who really has the biggest brain of the bunch.
Big Brain Academy brings a fresh entertainment anyone young and young at heart can enjoy. It's the perfect way to challenge and stimulate your mind.
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Enrol at the Big Brain Academy for the ultimate mental exercise regime. Find out how fast you can think; test your ability for logical thought; and turn that dull daily train journey into an intellectual keep-fit session. With Big Brain Academy, you can have fun while giving your brain a rigorous workout, playing across a series of mini-games designed to stimulate your mind. You can practice the challenges, go straight for the test, or even take on your friends. Test yourself across five categories: Think, Memorise, Analyse, Compute and Identify. Each category offers three different types of game, adding up to 15 different kinds of brainteasers - and there are three different difficulty settings to push your cranial power. Whether you're calculating the number of cubes contained within a structure, identifying quick-fire images or solving simple yet fast-paced maths problems, Big Brain Academy really gets the old grey matter working! Answer questions as quickly as possible against a 60 second time limit, and discover just how your brain measures up, as the friendly Dr. Lobe gives you the results of your performance.
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130 of 134 people found the following review helpful
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5.0 out of 5 stars
i finally agreed to let my son have a DS for educational purposes (i knew i would cave in at some point and this was a very handy excuse). We bought the Brain Trainer and the Big brain academy at the same time. Both games are great but the Big Brain academy attracts the children straight away.
The bright colours and pictures sucker them into learning without them realising it and suddenly they are very eager to find out who has the heaviest brain amongst friends and family. As a parent you can see them improving every time they use it and they take pride in every gram of brain weight. An added bonus for us was that it is multi-lingual, so my son can practice in both of his languages and also in the French that he is learning at school.
But its not just for the children. We bought the DS and the first day of our holidays and by the end of it we were all hooked! A great buy that the children will love to try and beat you at.
The bright colours and pictures sucker them into learning without them realising it and suddenly they are very eager to find out who has the heaviest brain amongst friends and family. As a parent you can see them improving every time they use it and they take pride in every gram of brain weight. An added bonus for us was that it is multi-lingual, so my son can practice in both of his languages and also in the French that he is learning at school.
But its not just for the children. We bought the DS and the first day of our holidays and by the end of it we were all hooked! A great buy that the children will love to try and beat you at.
126 of 130 people found the following review helpful
By kingg
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5.0 out of 5 stars
I greatly enjoyed Brain Training for the DS but was concerned that this would be more of the same. I've had it on import for a few months now and it is truly a great game. It's a lot more fun and less serious than Brain Training. You are spurred on to play more and more to get bronze, silver and gold medals (you can then try for the extremely-hard-to-get platinum medals). This is not a game you'd play for hours on end like New Super Mario Bros. or Castlevania, it is for short bursts of play when you get the urge to test your brain or beat your friends/family.
Multiplayer is just brilliant - a real laugh playing with just 2 or 3 people - it can only be better with up to 8!
Seriously, if I could only have one game for the DS, it would be Big Brain Academy.
Multiplayer is just brilliant - a real laugh playing with just 2 or 3 people - it can only be better with up to 8!
Seriously, if I could only have one game for the DS, it would be Big Brain Academy.
173 of 181 people found the following review helpful
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4.0 out of 5 stars
I disagree with the previous reviewer who thinks that this game is more suitable for under 10s and not for adults. I recently bought a DS to take on holiday with a group of mates (all in our twenties and thirties) and this game proved to be a massive winner with everyone. There are five categories (think, identify, memorise, calculate and analyse) and each category has three individual and varied challange games. The games are good because they don't only rely on mathematics but require a variety of skills and an all round intelligence is required togain a good overall score. The games may appear simple at first but get deceptively tricky as you get deeper into the game and the time limit makes even the coolest heads panic. Getting a top score requires patience, practice and no little skill and getting a good score allows significant bragging rights to fellow gamers. Getting a poor score can be humiliating and lead to a burning need to play again and prove to everyone that you're not as stupid as the game implies.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
nintendo game
this was for my son but I enjoy it also.It does take awhile to get going but quite a rnge of games when know how to get into them
Published 20 days ago by Sally Davis
1.0 out of 5 stars
DONT WAS YOUR MONEY
GAME WAS RUBBISH, BORING, AND NOT FOR THE RATED 3 YEAR OLD. MY SON REALLY STRUGGLED WITH IT AND HE IS GOOD ON THE DS
Published 1 month ago by Tracy Ann Murray
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great game!
This was a gift for my parents who already own various brain training games. They are really enjoying this, and find it is a good addition to the collection. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Jo
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great for kids and adults - win medals as you improve
What a fab ds game for the kids and parents to participate together to win medals, different levels for the kids to work their way through... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Lyn.x
3.0 out of 5 stars
Game ok
Game arrived well within expected date. My daughters have not really played it much though but hopefully it will be a grower
Published 5 months ago by ashley clydesdale
4.0 out of 5 stars
8 year old
My 8 year old daughter had a run away from maths fear. Didn't like this either as it said she had a Brain of a cave man! Read more
Published 8 months ago by redaxr
4.0 out of 5 stars
Big Brain Academy
Bought this for my 8 year old son. Wasn't sure what to expect. Very pleased with it - arrived quickly and in good condition (even though 2nd hand). Read more
Published 8 months ago by Jo
3.0 out of 5 stars
Big Brain Academy - its okay.
I bought this game second hand off Amazon so it did not come with any manual and the cartridge itself was very tatty, with the sticker mostly scratched off. Read more
Published 9 months ago by nipperdog
4.0 out of 5 stars
good game to keep the brain going
as in a previous review, i get bored easily, so not too addictive. good though, graphics not brilliant but god enough. Read more
Published 13 months ago by wiggle12
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great fun
Great game. Having good fun with this game as a family with two nintendo ds's. Would recommend to those who need something to increase their concentration!
Published 13 months ago by smithmedics
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