Hot Brain - Sony PSP

by Midway

• Voiced by Fred Willard (Best in Show, Anchorman) will guide, tutor and encourage the player throughout the game
• Five challenging categories with hundreds of timed challenges in each that test your brain powers in logic, memory, math, language and concentration
• Fire up your mind with four main game modes including two multiplayer modes (Brain Race and Think Tank) and two single player modes (Test Mode and Practice)
• Controls are simple and intuitive, and are geared toward fast-reaction gameplay. Each potential answer to a given Challenge is mapped to a controller button, allowing even a novice PSP system user to start playing immediately
• Think Tank is a cooperative multiplayer event where 2-4 players work together to solve Challenges and raise the temperature of the 3D brain onscreen, until it reaches critical mass

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000O5DRJ2
• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: June 18, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,299 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Hot Brain: Fire Up Your Mind is guaranteed to raise the activity and temperature of your brain. Challenging, fun mental activities help ignite your mind in areas like logic, memory, math, language and concentration. Test your skills in several single player modes or you can play with up to three people via ad-hoc connection. Whether you're an expert or a beginner, a robust tutorial mode makes the game accessible and enjoyable to people of all ages. Test Mode quizzes the player in each of the fi ve categories. The player is given a score for each category and an overall performance score. Players try to get their brain to be On Fire

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Intentions - but Bad Navigation September 18, 2007

By Lisa Shea HALL OF FAMETOP 500 REVIEWERVINE VOICE

Fun: 3.0 out of 5 stars   

Hot Brain for the PSP falls into the category of Brain Age and other puzzle / brain testing games. You practice with a bunch of mini-games, then you take a test to see just how hot your brain really is. While it can be fun, there isn't enough variety to make it the long term draw that Brain Age is.

First, the basics. You're in a brain lab where testing has shown that the more you use your brain, the more blood flow that goes through it. It makes sense, and I like this concept MUCH more than the bizarre ideal that "everyone should want to have a 20-year-old brain" that Brain Age supports. A well exercised brain is a healthy, happy and functional brain.

There are five categories of brain tests and exercises for you to play with. You can play with logic, memory, math, language and concentration. The types of games you play are pretty typical for this type of game. You play Simon type remember-the-sequence games. You look at a series of shapes and figure out what comes next. You choose numbers in order of low to high. You alphabetize words.

I think we have really been spoiled by the Brain Age series, though. Many of the Brain Age games are really fun to play. I admit some I dislike, but most are good. Here, though, they are all pretty boring. I like the shape assembly game, and the yarn following game is fun enough, but many of the others just aren't fun. In fact, one - the "what rhymes with this shape" - provides shapes that are completely unrecognizable! How can I tell what rhymes with an object I can't identify?

Another problem, oddly enough, is the graphics. At first I was really impressed by the graphics and was thinking I would love the game because of it. Brain Age is notoriously poor on graphics. But after playing for a while, it became clear that in many cases the graphics are just there for the sake of being there - and added a LOT of loading time that was completely unnecessary.

Let's say I wanted to work on concentration games. So I'd go through a sequence of clicks and loading screens to see the elevator going down to that "floor" - and images of rotating brains and so on to get to a game. Once I finish the game, it sends me back to the main level - and I have to do the entire sequence again to get to another test! I looked for ways to turn off these cut scene sequences and couldn't find any. You're just stuck with them.

Also, Brain Age really encourages you to come back daily. It has daily charts and graphs, welcome messages, and more. There are fun, random, creative daily puzzles that you want to come back and see the results of. You can compare your results with friends playing on the same machine, which encourages a friendly competition.

You don't have any of that here. You do have a graph of your overall brain heat over time, but that's it. The most you can do is retake a given mini-game to try to better your score in it. But it's not easy to scan them to see what you want to work on. Never mind that you'd have to trudge through various loading screens to get there.

There was a huge amount of potential here. If they'd tested some more, they might have realized how old those loading screens get after a while, added more multi-person comparisons, and jazzed up the games a bit. I suppose if you have a PSP and not a DS, this is certainly better than nothing. Maybe with luck they'll come out with a sequel that builds on this base and adds in the other functionality. Read more ›

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars brain age for PSP December 25, 2007

By xander

Fun: 3.0 out of 5 stars   

My original reasons for buying a game console was to have "Brain Age". The sales man convinced me, while being 32 to get a PSP instead of a nintendo. But I mentioned wanting to have a brain game. I was suggested Hot Brain.
It turned out good. It is a fun game, challenging and one game that you can play over and over again no problem. It is much more graphic then the original brain age from Nintendo.
It gives you challenges in 5 different catagories and the assignments are very nice and random.

If you are looking for the best brain age comparison, I think Mind Quiz is better, but this game is more graphic and a little more sophisticated.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Better than nothing.... October 27, 2007

By Randy Nelson

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Fun: 4.0 out of 5 stars   

In a world of brain age rip-offs, this one is actually good enough to fill the void on the PSP. It does a good job of testing you and showing your progress as time goes on. I would recommend this for anyone wanting to keep his or her brain in shape. Although the jury is still out if this keeps your mind alert, it is fun to play along and see how you compare to everyone else. It just lacks the originality that came with Brian Age.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Just what I expected, or maybe more. January 29, 2008

By Amazon Customer

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

I was serching for a game that could keep me hours playing it, and that also made me feel like something in my mind was getting better.

Obviously, it has no story, and the 3D graphics aren't shown all the time you play, but it gets your brain to work, and if you have the chance to let someone else to play, you start comparing yourself and working hard to makeit better.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Hot Brain is challenging and fun. December 31, 2007

By A.C.J.

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

Hot Brain is challenging and fun for children over 13 and adults. Because its timed, it requires your undivided attention. A few of the games can be confusing. A little advanced for my 9 year old. I highly recommend this game.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars PSP Hot Brain Game June 6, 2009

By Steve A. Pelon

Fun: 4.0 out of 5 stars   

Great game. Had to learn how to maneuver around the long introductions to get to the game but overall fun, educational, and great to play.

4.0 out of 5 stars Hot Brain April 27, 2013

By Terry W.

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it is a very fun game I like games that make you think logic puzzles are the best you will like it

5.0 out of 5 stars FUN March 31, 2013

By Rhonda Lassabe

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Everyone in my home loves this game, very cool, it was worth the money spent on it, Thank you very much