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Big Brain Academy

by Nintendo
Nintendo DS Everyone
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (132 customer reviews)

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  • Face an assortment of challenges that you'll have to solve quickly
  • Special practice mode helps players get used to the game's fast-paced assault of problems
  • Continuous display of your brain weight, helping you track your progress during a match
  • 8-player Vs. Mode - all players can connect through a single game pak

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Big Brain Academy + Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! + Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day!
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  • Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
  • ASIN: B000EGELQ4
  • Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 0.8 x 0.2 inches ; 1 ounces
  • Media: Video Game
  • Release Date: June 5, 2006
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (132 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,805 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Big Brain Academy is a modern-day stress reliever that improves your thinking skills. These 15 activities test your brain powers and improve your thinking abilities in areas like logic, memory, math and analysis. Free your mind by working through a number of simple but deep problems. There are five different types of challenges, appropriate for all ages and challenging for all skill levels.

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Big Brain is a great brain training that is fun and effective. H. Hardjono  |  26 reviewers made a similar statement
My daughter is 11 and loves to play this game. Contractoress  |  10 reviewers made a similar statement
I enjoy this game and can literally play it for hours. Michaele L.  |  5 reviewers made a similar statement
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479 of 492 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Potential but Not Enough Games June 16, 2006
Fun: 4.0 out of 5 stars   
Big Brain Academy for the Nintendo DS is a lot like Brain Age. It's a collection of puzzles designed to test and stimulate your intellect.

While we enjoy Brain Age, it has numerous issues. You only get 'scored' on each game once a day. The number of games is REALLY limited and many of them can get maxed out within weeks of playing. How much fun is it to get straight 5s on Head Count hard, with no chance of ever improving? I was really happy, then, when Big Brain Academy came along. While it still doesn't have nearly as many games in it as it should have, at least it has a wider selection.

In Big Brain Academy, you're not fighting for a low brain age (which I always found to be an EXTREMELY questionable goal). Insead, you're working towards a "big" brain which is much better. There are puzzles split up into five areas - thinking, memorizing, analyzing, computing and identifying. Each area has 3 games, with multiple difficulty levels. So that's 15 games total. You're already far ahead of Brain Age with that quantity, plus the difficulty levels too.

You can practice as much as you want, aiming for a gold medal in each game at each difficulty level. As you go, you fill up a 'brain graph' - a pentagon that shows which areas you're best at. When you're ready, you do the actual test.

The test randomly chooses a game from each of the 5 areas and sets you at them. It's on a timer, so you do as well as you can within that time limit. At the end, your total brain weight is calculated. This isn't of course "real" - it is more a general scale to show how well you're doing. It also gives you a "type" of brain you have based on what you did well in. Someone who does really well in computing is called a "calculator" - while someone who's great at memorizing and thinking is a "museum curator".

The puzzles are simple but fun. They're the type of puzzles that young kids would enjoy but that adults would find entertaining as well. Traditional things such as memory games, box counting, shape recognition and more are the norm here.

Just like Brain Age, this game shares the problem of INCESSANT CHATTER from the "helper". You have to go paging through numerous completely meaningless messages to get through some areas. They really need to get a handle on that for future releases.

I'm still baffled why they can't have 6 games per area, instead of 3. At least this is a huge step up from Brain Age in that area, but still, there should really be far more games included in the set. It would really help to make this an excellent game, instead of a fun game that has a limited lifetime of enjoyability.
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173 of 178 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars A New Addiction for Your Mind June 10, 2006
Fun: 4.0 out of 5 stars   
Big Brain Academy is pretty much an add on to Brain Age. Brain Age was a fantastic and addictive puzzle game. This one is also full of great addiction. While it isn't nearly as good as Brain Age, it does have its moments.

There are only fifteen games in Big Brain Academy. They are divided into five categories with three games each. Two of them are math based, while there is one that challenges you in identifying, another in analyzing, and one more in memory. These games are simple to play and over time become addicting. There are only three modes, however. A practice mode where you'll probably start that allows you to play all the games. It'll save your high score at the end, as well.

There's a test mode, which is probably the best of the lot. In test mode you'll be tested on what you know. The game keeps track of how well you're doing. One game from each category is chosen at random, and you'll have to go through and solve the puzzles. At the end you're given a letter grade, and told what kind of brain you have.

Finally, there's a multiplayer. Up to eight people can play at a time and only one person has to have the game. The others just bring their DS and they go in and play. Here you can compete in any game you choose. It's a race to see who can finish first basically, and whoever does finish first gets the most points and wins. Multiplayer is a treat, but the game is already good enough without it.

The only thing that really keeps Big Brain Academy down is thet there's not enough of it to go around. There aren't enough games and there aren't enough game modes. It's fun and addictive, but there's not enough in the package. However, despite this, it's still worth the reasonable twenty dollar price tag.
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66 of 68 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The Brain Workout October 25, 2006
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Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   
Thinking. Analyzing. Solving Problems. Logic. These are just some of the skills that Big brain Academy will help you develop (or re-develop).

No, it's not Resident Evil or Splinter Cell. But it is as fun and addictive; it's certainly as challenging if not more challenging, and it's a nice pallet cleanser from the plethora of pure entertainment value games that my kids and I play.

Big Brain Academy is a bit advanced at times for my grade schoolers, but the parts that they do get really help them develop the skills that they are concurrently working on in school.

There's a daily practice area that gives your skills a workout. And there's a test area that challenges you to quickly and accurately work through various tasks, then provides you with a grade based on how well you did on the test.

Kids reading this will NO vote me to death for saying this, but this is a great game for parents to get for their kids. It's one of the only ones (Brain Age is the other) that I never take away from my own kids when they've misbehaved or simply just had too much video gaming. They never complain.

Addictive fun. Buy it.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars Big brain academy
I seem to be able to get through quickly on these puzzles. I think its better for younger people than most adults.
Published 1 month ago by Gregory W. Noonan
5.0 out of 5 stars So much fun
I love playing a game that makes me feel like I'm getting smarter. This game makes you think. I also love that it can be downloaded to another DS for a friend challenge.
Published 2 months ago by Missa
4.0 out of 5 stars Big Brain Academy for Nintendo
Again, what was intended to be a game actually has some deterrent to mental aging. I purchased this and was amazed at how fun it was. Read more
Published 3 months ago by A. Ricks
2.0 out of 5 stars Not so great
A little boring and not very challenging. This is probably a good game for a teenager or young adult. Haven't played with this for nearly two years.
Published 3 months ago by Geralyn Allen
5.0 out of 5 stars Big Brain Academy
Very good programming, much more interesting than some others I've tried. Find it brings me back for more!
Great job, Nintendo!
Published 4 months ago by George Hauswirth
2.0 out of 5 stars Slang
Not a great discription of the game and the records should have been cleared off. A gamer saved on there was slang and was disappointed to see this as my young son was playing.
Published 4 months ago by Rebekah Hall
1.0 out of 5 stars Wait, what?
Ok, so I *know* I'm not stupid. And I know that I can figure things out. But for heaven's sake, this game doesn't really truly explain how in the world to play it. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Melissa Pilkington
1.0 out of 5 stars Could not play
I could not play this game on the DS Nintendo. Needed to be online to play. Was very disappointed and a waste of money.
Published 10 months ago by Tabitha
4.0 out of 5 stars Another "Brain Training" game to flatter oneself with as to how clever...
Big Brain Academy takes a very different approach to Brain Age in that it tests 5 aspect of one's intelligence and plots the results it on a web chart and then make a judgement on... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Agogo
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun, Addictive Game!
This game is really fun to play! I have so much fun trying to 'out beat' my boyfriend. This game exercises your brain while having fun!
Published 16 months ago by JesterCraze
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DS multiplayer games that each user doesn't have to have game?
The new Super Mario Bro's only needs one game as well. Great for our 4 kids!
Sep 13, 2009 by Pauli Jardine |  See all 3 posts
Brain Age vs. Big Brain Academy
If you love math/numbers, Brain Age is for you. Big Brain Academy is more fun, style wise. Wait a minute, Big Brain Academy does not have Sudoku. Minus one point for BBA. Just Kidding. I love them both. :-)
Sep 2, 2007 by Nuggie VSG |  See all 4 posts
22 Year old medical students interest in these brain games?
I am a 23 year old law student (and not great at math) but I really enjoy this game because it forces my brain to work in different ways. Only one of the five categories is math. I find it to be a nice study break, but it is also a challenge. I think it can be beneficial to anyone, no matter... Read more
Nov 27, 2007 by R. Schwerdt |  See all 4 posts
Can a 3rd grader play this game?
Sorry, saw your post after Christmas. My 9 yr old third grader has this game and loves it. (me too) We have this and Brain Age and she does equally well with both.
Dec 26, 2006 by Falkie |  See all 5 posts
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