Big Brain Academy - Nintendo DS

With multiple kids the gameboy/DS has become an extension to the family. It is nice to know that there is a game that they can play that will help expand their brain cells and not have them killing things all of the time! This is an nice, simple, challenging and addicting game. It challenges you on multiple levels including math, logic etc. The nice thing is that you may not get the same puzzle and there are practice lessons that you can take to improve your skills. My eldest kids are trying their hardest to beat each other and my wife and I at it and so the ability to store 4 players worth of data is very nice.

Big Brain Academy has 5 categories of games with each category having 3 game types for a total of 15 different mini games. Each can be done on an easy, medium or hard difficulty setting and it keeps track of your high score and medal earned for each difficulty level. B.B.A. has save slots for multiple players (4 i think) so you can share with other members of the family. After you get some scores, the opening page once you pick a user shows you a graph so you can see if your brain is more analytical or more computational. So that's a pretty cool feature, you can see what 'type' of brain you have and work on other areas to improve your weaknesses. I just found that the mini-games get boring after a while. I basically played it 90 minutes a day on the train to/from work and was bored with it within a week. The mini games just aren't that compelling.

I picked up Big Brain Academy because of the friendly low price, but stayed for the challenging mini-games. BBA features a number of ways to 'train your brain' by forcing you to use deductive reasoning along with math and a few other skills to keep up with, and master, its many games. The only real downside is that once you've seen what it has to offer (usually just by going through the game once), all that's left is to continue to train by playing the same tests over and over again. Granted, I still haven't mastered ALL the tests, but besides the daily quick tests, there's really not much here for me. A value price gains back a star for an otherwise 3-star game!

Kids of all ages can enjoy Big Brain Academy. There are 5 categories of games with 3 different games each. Plus, there are 3 difficulty levels for the practice games. Plenty of activities to do. It's nice that Dr. Lobe explains which areas that you need to "work on" to achieve a bigger brain. I would have given this game 5 stars, but the graphics and other dialogue aren't the best, but rather average. Great game; challenging.

this brain game is geared more towards a younger age group. while people of all ages can play, the games tend to keep the kids occupied longer than the adults. i played the game & i thought it was a good way to work my brain for a little while, then i let my 3rd grade cousin play & he couldn't stop for the rest of the night. he was quite determined to get an "A" from the professor.

This game is suprisingly fun, considering it's basically a series of IQ tests. The minigames are just as fun as Warioware, and you can actually feel yourself straining your brain to complete them. It's probably not going to make anyone a lot smarter, but it's still fun.

This game is absolutely great. The games are fun the professor is nice, and this has got to be one of my favorite games all-time for DS.

This game is not only addictive when you play by yourself, it's even more fun when you play with your friends(up to 8 players), a lot of games look easy but wait till you try them out, they are very challenging and addictive, you'll love it! Best brain game ever!