If you're an adult who loves to challenge your brainpower with mind-boggling, brain-teasing puzzles, riddles and questions, you can do all that with Brain Challenge for the Nintendo DS.
The game was released for the Nintendo DS earlier this year and is featured on other platforms. These include the Xbox 360, the N-Gage 2.0, mobile phones and the iPod.
What's hot:
# Variety of puzzles that may offer a challenge to gamers.
# Both single and multi-player gaming.
What's not:
# Puzzles may resemble those of Big Brain Academy and Brain Age.
Game play
Much like the game structure in Big Brain Academy, the structure in Brain Challenge is divided into four sections, which includes math, logic, visual and focus.
There is also a fifth category which has been added to the Nintendo DS: Memory. Puzzles are also played at three different difficulty levels, and as you go along you unlock more complex puzzles.
Now, if you have played Big Brain Academy or Brain Age, certain puzzles present in Brain Challenge bears some resemblance to the two. Take, for instance, 'Balance', which shows various items on a scale, gamers must decipher based on the relationship of the items, which is the heaviest.
Graphics
The graphics are quite colourful and appealing. The menus and charts are easy to navigate and are presented very clearly and logically. Also, it's apparent that much consideration had gone into this game, as the graphics are of higher quality than its competition.
At times it can be a bit of a challenge to accurately draw numbers using the stylus. However, the DS is quite capable of recognising that the figure drawn could be a 'zero' or a 'four'.
Sound
The sound is simple enough. There are some instances in the game in which a tutor or the psychologist actually speaks to you, and at other times there are quite distracting noise.
Bottom line
The Nintendo DS is a console that appeals to many, because it helps to enhance your memory, and is great fun.
I must warn you, though, if you have played Brain Age and or Big Brain Academy, it might be a waste, considering what was said earlier. The game gets a rating of 3 out of 5.
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The game was released for the Nintendo DS earlier this year and is featured on other platforms. These include the Xbox 360, the N-Gage 2.0, mobile phones and the iPod.
What's hot:
# Variety of puzzles that may offer a challenge to gamers.
# Both single and multi-player gaming.
What's not:
# Puzzles may resemble those of Big Brain Academy and Brain Age.
Game play
Much like the game structure in Big Brain Academy, the structure in Brain Challenge is divided into four sections, which includes math, logic, visual and focus.
There is also a fifth category which has been added to the Nintendo DS: Memory. Puzzles are also played at three different difficulty levels, and as you go along you unlock more complex puzzles.
Now, if you have played Big Brain Academy or Brain Age, certain puzzles present in Brain Challenge bears some resemblance to the two. Take, for instance, 'Balance', which shows various items on a scale, gamers must decipher based on the relationship of the items, which is the heaviest.
Graphics
The graphics are quite colourful and appealing. The menus and charts are easy to navigate and are presented very clearly and logically. Also, it's apparent that much consideration had gone into this game, as the graphics are of higher quality than its competition.
At times it can be a bit of a challenge to accurately draw numbers using the stylus. However, the DS is quite capable of recognising that the figure drawn could be a 'zero' or a 'four'.
Sound
The sound is simple enough. There are some instances in the game in which a tutor or the psychologist actually speaks to you, and at other times there are quite distracting noise.
Bottom line
The Nintendo DS is a console that appeals to many, because it helps to enhance your memory, and is great fun.
I must warn you, though, if you have played Brain Age and or Big Brain Academy, it might be a waste, considering what was said earlier. The game gets a rating of 3 out of 5.
Source : http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/
