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Brain Boost: Beta Wave DS
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39 out of 100

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2.5 out of 10

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  • Summary: (Also known as "The Professor's Brain Trainer: Memory") Both games focus on improving memory, concentration and judgment through progressively difficult brain training games where speed and accuracy count. Brain Boost: Beta Wave focuses on stimulating parts of the right brain that are often associated with active concentration and busy thinking. Brain Boost: Beta Wave includes Find a Match, Shape Recognition, Addition, Remember Sequence and Moving Dots training games. [Majesco Games]… Expand

Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 0 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 12
  3. Negative: 10 out of 12
  1. Game Informer
    60
    If you're going to get one of these, go for the faster-paced Beta Wave, but watch out for that nasty addition game. [Feb. 2007, p.111]
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  2. Gamers' Temple
    45
    The game selection in each is pretty thin at five games, and to top it off none of them are particularly entertaining. Odds are that you'll just play through them all a couple of times and be done with it. The lack of any kind of detailed feedback or progress tracking means there's little motivation to keep playing beyond that.
  3. IGN
    45
    The Brain Boost games ride the success of Big Brain Academy and Brain Age, but fail to actually understand why they were successful to begin with. And that's just not smart.

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  1. MatthewR.
    9
    I purchased Brain Boost beta wave not too long ago and I have a good opinion of it. Graphics and Storyline are lame, but that's not the focus of the game. Reading the instruction manual, it says that you will see a noticeable increase in brain development after consistently doing the exercises for three months, and no one really has the motivation or discipline to do just that. When you actually get down to it, this game has something the other Nintendo Brain Games do not - Difficulty Factor. I have a well above average I.Q. and I have trouble doing the addition on level 1 at 100% consistently. Add in a race against the clock with bonus points for every second left, that clock giving only 5 seconds, and you have an incredibly difficult time achieving high scores. Given my disposition for self improvement I find this game highly frustrating in it's difficulty, and that alone is a cause for addiction to eliminate that frustration with work. All in all I think the negative reviews are just by lazy people who don't wish to appreciate the beauty or satisfaction of doing and completing something as difficult as this game is in the higher levels. Do you have what it takes?… Expand
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  2. LaurenR.
    0
    So not worth it. Please do not buy it. It is a waste of money. There are only 5 games and there are 4 levels. My mom has a masters degree in math and she can't even do level 4. Level four addition is literally impossible. You have five seconds to add like 15 numbers (correct me if I'm wrong). I really want a refund.… Expand
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  3. JasonH.
    0
    I bought this game tragically mistaking it for brain age or brain acadamy. It's really really really horrible. This game has a mere five challenges, with no incentive to complete them at all. The makers of this game decided to infuse a crappy storyline as well as split it into two titles, which seems to be all the rage now days (the second title being gamma wave) The game also seems to contradict itself with it's child like story, simpleness and presentation while containing a game that is virtually impossible to beat. I had it for two days, desperately trying to like it, but it unfortunately it gets old the moment you beat the other four games (which are extremely easy) and get stuck on the adding game.… Expand
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