Thinksmart

by Mentor InterActive

Product Features

• In the fun Multiplayer Mode you can determine the highest THINK Quotient with up to 16 players either in a team or individually against other participants
• Over 8,000 exercises await the well-toned mind, including a personal daily plan and evaluations!
• Shared gaming fun for up to 16 players in 3 modes: Tournament, Competition and Endurance
• Numerous physical exercises will help you achieve physical equilibrium, and the Wii Remote will monitor your posture throughout

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002DC8GTA
• Item Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: June 22, 2010
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,511 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #41 in Video Games > Nintendo DS > Trivia

Product Description

This original brain training program helps you develop language, memory, mathematics, spatial reasoning and logic skills in an imaginative and creative way. Think outside the box and improve your mental fitness! Train the coordination of the right and left hemispheres of your brain and improve your powers of imagination and logical thinking. An individual training plan tailored to your previous performance enables you to keep track of your progress. Throughout the game, useful tips help you to successfully master every challenge.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New To the DS but thought this was a great brain game, November 16, 2010

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Greenie (United States) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Thinksmart (Video Game)

The person who said this was a waste of money and the instructions were not clear, is dead wrong. This gives step by step instructions on how to solve the problems. There are a really great variety of brain teasers in 6 different categories. Only thing is I wish there were degrees of difficulty to choose from as some things are easy for me and some are hard. Overall this is a great game that works out your brain.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great alternative to Brain Age games, March 29, 2011

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Puzzler (Texas) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Thinksmart (Video Game)

I've played this game daily now for about a week. I think the selection of puzzle types is great. As you progress thru the game (over time), the degree of difficulty is ramped up and the "think quotient" that you can earn is higher. For example, if you do well on the number pyramids the first few times you play that puzzle type, you'll soon find that the pyramids you are given get larger and there are more intermediate numbers you have to deduce before getting to the answer. So the puzzles may take you longer and you'd think that you'll never beat your previous score, since you are slower, but the degree of difficulty is higher and in fact, your score can go up dramatically.

As another reviewer pointed out, you can't choose your difficulty level. It seems that the game adjusts the difficulty based on your previous results. Once I noticed that happening, I found myself satisfied with the new difficulty levels and didn't worry about not being able to pick the level myself.

I disagree with the 2 reviewers who stated that the game has wrong answers. I haven't found any. Well, to be honest, I'm terrible at the 3-D "rolling ball ends up where?" puzzles and frequently get wrong answers. I'd like to think the game is getting them wrong, but I'm pretty sure it's just me!

I haven't found the instructions to be lacking with one exception. In the "Barter Transaction" puzzle type it wasn't immediately clear to me that you click on the icon that looks like a money bag to submit your answer. Maybe that info is in the manual somewhere--I don't often read those! Other than that, I've had no trouble with the instructions. They seem clear.

I am really enjoying the selection of quick puzzle types and find the game a very nice alternative to the Brain Age games. (If only it also had Sudoku...) It is in that same vein though, a "brain training" type game. It's not a game you'll be likely to play for more than 30 minutes or so at a single sitting.

For an inexpensive game, I can see myself getting quite of lot of fun out of it.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars disappointed, December 29, 2010

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summertowlie - See all my reviews

= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Thinksmart (Video Game)

I got this game for my 15 year old daughter, since she is really into the brain age games, and she got very frustrated, as did I when she had me try it, because there seems to be no logic whatsoever to the game, and it has wrong answers to the problems!