Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day
Platform: Nintendo DS
Publisher: Nintendo
Review Type: Looky
Version: Screenshot
The last "educational" game I've spent any time with was the emulated version of Donkey Kong Jr. Math in the GameCube version Animal Crossing. Don't ask me why. Before that it was Typing of the Dead. And then I can't recall touching a good-for-you game unless I think back to the days of the Apple II. Most gamers learned early on that games with something to teach were generally unfun and contained very little in the way of gameplay. Where in the World is Carmen San Diego? and Oregon Trail notwithstanding.
There's a big revival happening in the genre now and these games aren't aimed at the lunchbox set. Two such games for the Nintendo DS were huge hits in Japan last year, luring many adults back to the video game aisle. Next month the U.S. scores our first for the DS, Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day.
Amid all the hype I'd heard for these games, I never actually digested the fact that you turn your DS sideways, like a book, when playing this game. I hope this layout doesn't hamper southpaw players.
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day is in stores April 17.
Publisher: Nintendo
Review Type: Looky
Version: Screenshot
The last "educational" game I've spent any time with was the emulated version of Donkey Kong Jr. Math in the GameCube version Animal Crossing. Don't ask me why. Before that it was Typing of the Dead. And then I can't recall touching a good-for-you game unless I think back to the days of the Apple II. Most gamers learned early on that games with something to teach were generally unfun and contained very little in the way of gameplay. Where in the World is Carmen San Diego? and Oregon Trail notwithstanding.
There's a big revival happening in the genre now and these games aren't aimed at the lunchbox set. Two such games for the Nintendo DS were huge hits in Japan last year, luring many adults back to the video game aisle. Next month the U.S. scores our first for the DS, Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day.
Amid all the hype I'd heard for these games, I never actually digested the fact that you turn your DS sideways, like a book, when playing this game. I hope this layout doesn't hamper southpaw players.
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day is in stores April 17.
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