Date: 2008-11-02 11:52:02 Created: null
For Nintendo DS
How old is your brain? Dr Kawashima's Brain Training sets out to answer this question for you - and make your brain younger in the process. You know the game is good, because it's based on Science and stuff. It even has Science in the manual! Dr Tanegashima himself has produced images of brain activity when thinking, watching TV and playing Brain Training, respectively. Neither watching TV nor, worryingly, playing Brain Training involves thinking, apparantly. But hey, I'm no scientist!
The good doctor isn't just on the packaging and in the manual, no. Dr Katamari watches over every move you make, providing guidance and information whenever given the opportunity. One has to wonder if he was aware Nintendo would depict him as a happy, untextured low-polygon floating head. Everything for saving people's brains I guess.
(Hm ... Brains ... training ... Is Dr Kamikaze nurturing our brains to feed his zombie army!?)
So, I played. I named colours despite them being on words shaped like completely different colours. I memorised positions of numbers and clicked their position in order of value. I drew a line connecting letters and numbers.
And so I was put before the ever-cheery Dr Hellomoto to be judged for my actions for the very first time. And judged I was. Dr Kawasaki pondered silently, before spitting out the verdict, ever smiling.
55 years old!?
Monstrous! But you haven't won yet! I will improve, oh yes. I'll beat you at your own game, Dr Cowabunga ...
(The very next day I showed him who was boss with dazzling displays of speed counting. Without missing a beatm, Dr Miyamoto revised his judgement.
27, as if that was what he'd always stated.
Don't relax, old man, not even for a moment.
This isn't over yet ...)
July 16th, 2006
Whopeee! My brain is 20 years old! Eat your glasses Dr Konichiwa!
I say my brain likes connect maze, number cruncher and calculations x 20.
Now, what to do with all this amazing, youthful brain power ... ?