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Big Brain Academy (Nintendo DS)

by Nintendo
Platform:   Nintendo DS
4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (53 customer reviews)
RRP: £19.99
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  • Platform:   Nintendo DS
  • Media: Video Game
  • Item Quantity: 1

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Total RRP: £59.97
Price For All Three: £39.97

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Product Features

  • Big Brain Academy is a series of minigames that are designed to exercise the brain.
  • Test mode will quiz players in five areas: thinking, memorization, computation, analysis and identification.
  • Features a riotous multiplayer mode in which up to eight people can play with a single game card.

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  • ASIN: B000EGELQ4
  • Product Dimensions: 14.5 x 12.6 x 1.6 cm ; 114 g
  • Release Date: 7 Jul 2006
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (53 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 318 in PC & Video Games (See Bestsellers in PC & Video Games)

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Manufacturer's Description
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.

Product Description
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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4.1 out of 5 stars (53 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
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151 of 156 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Very enjoyable, 14 Aug 2006
Fun: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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99 of 104 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars More fun than you'd think., 12 Sep 2006
By G. Winward (MK, UK) - See all my reviews
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Fun: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.
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108 of 114 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars great fun for everyone, 16 Jul 2006
By Mrs. Rebecca Thorn "beccamm31" (Belgium) - See all my reviews
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Fun: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.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars big brain academy
i brought this for my 5 year old son as he lost the first one that he had because he love to play it & its very good learning for him
Published 27 days ago by Mrs. K. Bann

5.0 out of 5 stars Big Brain Academy (Nintendo DS)
This game is great for memory and brain function. Gets your brain up and running and keeps it there. Read more
Published 27 days ago by Mrs. V. M. Padget

5.0 out of 5 stars Big Brain Academy Review
Absolutely brilliant - giving the player hours and hours of fun and learning at the same time.
I never tire of playing the many variations in the game and as soon as you... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mrs. A. M. Atkins

4.0 out of 5 stars Big Brain Academy
This is entertaining and certainly keeps the interest going; rating 4 out of 5 stars. Has not got the level of involvement of Professor Layton but a worthy purchase.
Published 1 month ago by The Miller

3.0 out of 5 stars Good but not as good as the Brain Training games.
Big Brain Academy trains your brain with 5 different categories which are think, memorize, analyze, compute and identify. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Dragonlord

4.0 out of 5 stars Good fun and gets your attention
Great for kids, teens and those of us who are perhaps not the most reliable when it comes to our memory etc.

Published 1 month ago by Kiatora

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good game for children and adults alike
We bought this for my 8 year old daughter. We are all playing the games and enjoying them.
Published 2 months ago by V. Aspin

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy this, it's an abseloute must-have
This is by far the best DS game out there. It's fun, educational and funny. The games are great, no big fighting or weapons, just games like Touch the heaviest item, Memorising... Read more
Published 2 months ago by O. M. Aszkenasy

4.0 out of 5 stars Big Brain Academy Ds
In Big Brain Academy you get to play game that will "make your brain bigger". There are five catagories: Compute, Analyse, Think, Memorise and Identify. Read more
Published 3 months ago by kdog

5.0 out of 5 stars Good fun
Bought this as my Grandaughter (10) said it was fun, which it is. Have also got Brain Training. Loved the animation, fully recommended.
Published 3 months ago by Mrs. P. Kirby

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