I totally did post this in the wrong thread 😂. Hopping between the eShop thread and this.
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Brain Training for Nintendo Switch (Discussion thread)
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Anyone playing want to share their brain age? Apparently my brain is +34 years my real age...
I'm scoring exceptionally low for some minigames, while I feel like I haven't done them all that badly. I'll probably get better with some training (pun!!!), but I'm curious to see how you all are doing.
I'm scoring exceptionally low for some minigames, while I feel like I haven't done them all that badly. I'll probably get better with some training (pun!!!), but I'm curious to see how you all are doing.
Yep same here. The game doesn't like the way I write 4, 5 and 9. That's the biggest hurdle I'm facing.
I do the second 4 in this video, 5 I write in one stroke beginning from top right, and 9 also like the second example in the video, but I start at the top.
Didn't have these issues with the DS games. They liked my numbers.
I did okay today, got 35. I actually got my own age on short term memory (23) and got 27 on the processing one.
What ever the other one is called I didn't do as well but yeah.
All other days I've gotten like 50+ though
5s are a problem yeah, i always just make the top part a bit longer like just a sort of dash at the top seems to solve it.
Honestly the worst part of the game is how it reads numbers, I had a lot of trouble with 7s and 9s as well
I started doing curved 9s, similar to the in-game font. That works most of the time.
In the first week I lowered my brain age from 71 to 31. With better number parsing I could do even better.
In the first week I lowered my brain age from 71 to 31. With better number parsing I could do even better.
You can play quick play on the tv, which is 6 minigames I think.
Daily training has to be done in handheld though.
Just finished my 17th day of training and unlocked what seems to be the last mini game. I wonder if there's anything else to unlock?
I've enjoyed my time with the game but feel like my brain age is completely dependent on which tests come up. If rock, paper, scissors or continuous countdown or even speed counting (?!) come up then I'm guaranteed to get 50+.
I've enjoyed my time with the game but feel like my brain age is completely dependent on which tests come up. If rock, paper, scissors or continuous countdown or even speed counting (?!) come up then I'm guaranteed to get 50+.
Speed counting makes no sense to me, I have no idea how I'm supposed to count any faster than what I do which is like 50 seconds which is about 60 years old.
Awesome except the fact it locks it behind the brain age of 20 means it will be inaccessible for a lot of people.
So what happens now when you click on the championship from the menu?
full patch notes:
VERSION 1.2.0
VERSION 1.2.0
- Online
- Brain Training World Championship has been added to Daily Training.
- Note: In order to use this feature, a paid membership to Nintendo Switch Online is required.
- Brain Training World Championship has been added to Daily Training.
- Features
- Working Memory Challenge has been added to Daily Training.
- Note: To use this feature, a Brain Age Score of 20 must be obtained after the update has been applied.
- If you can't get a Brain Age Score of 20, there are hints in-game for alternative ways to access the feature.
- To improve handwriting recognition of the number 5, "1 Stroke" has been added to the Number 5 Recognition setting.
- Please see the Settings in Daily Training.
- Working Memory Challenge has been added to Daily Training.
- General
- Hand-shape recognition tips have been added to the explanations for Rock, Paper, Scissors Test, Finger Calculations and Finger Drills.
- Various improvements have been made to handwritten number recognition.
- In Continuous Countdown, if the game is finding it hard to recognise when you write a 4 or a 7 in the tens column, and recognises it as something else (for instance, 11, 12 or 17), try writing the rest of your answer in the units column regardless.
- Several issues have been fixed to improve gameplay experience.
Really liking Working Memory Challenge. Reminds me of the games from Devlish Training, except a little bit simpler to understand (but no less challenging).
It's really easy to get completely lost when you start doing 3-Back onwards.
It's really easy to get completely lost when you start doing 3-Back onwards.
To improve handwriting recognition of the number 5, "1 Stroke" has been added to the Number 5 Recognition setting.
Thank GOD. Hopefully this rectifies the issues with it recognising that number when I write it :)
Thank GOD. Hopefully this rectifies the issues with it recognising that number when I write it :)
The update to number 5 recognition was much needed. I've improved my previous best time on Calculations x100 by 11 seconds just as a result of not having to redraw every other 5.
By the way, the fact that they keep on putting that asinine Speed Counting exercise in the test is fucking baffling to me. It already felt pointless and joyless 15 years ago.
By the way, the fact that they keep on putting that asinine Speed Counting exercise in the test is fucking baffling to me. It already felt pointless and joyless 15 years ago.
Why the hell isn't this out in the US yet!
Has anyone from the US made a UK account and downloaded it that way? Any reason not to do that?
Has anyone from the US made a UK account and downloaded it that way? Any reason not to do that?
I bought the Japanese version. Buy some Japanese eshop points online (can't use a US credit card on jp eshop), make a jp account on your system, apply points and buy it, play on your US account
Anyone else playing the world championship today? I'm weirdly excited about this, since I used to compete against myself all summer long when I was a kid with the first game on DS. It's a bit of a geeky dream come true.
I fumbled the hurdles thing a bit and I'm awful at Finger Calculations, but I actually got my best ever results at Photo Memory (37.54s) and Calculations x25 (15.87s).
I fumbled the hurdles thing a bit and I'm awful at Finger Calculations, but I actually got my best ever results at Photo Memory (37.54s) and Calculations x25 (15.87s).
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I did, it's actually kind of fun even if you don't see the results yet.
I was actually pleased I got 19s in calculation x25 and now it doesn't feel so special anymore lol
Probably never coming out in the US. The FTC practically banned brain training types of games a few years ago in the US.
seems like a weird thing to ban while lootboxes are still fair game.
It's because of this lawsuit. Nintendo is very unlikely to subject itself to the risk of being sued for similar charges.
Is there a list of minigames that can be unlocked within this game?
Are there only three minigames that can be played with another person?
Are there only three minigames that can be played with another person?
Yeah you only unlock daily training stuff which is only singleplayer, daily training just has 13 exercises and germ busters
Got a full month last month, haven't touched any of the remote training games. 70% through sudoku and almost got all the piano scores. I'd say it's good but not as good as the original. I really hope that DLC or more tasks are added in as getting to the end of my interest in it and I wouldn't say I'm necessarily any sharper after playing a considerable number of hours on it over the past 3 months (having only missed 6 days total.)
Bought this off Amazon with the stylus and I like it ok so far. I'm in the US and there isn't any language barriers importing the game. Bought this game getting ready for Big Brain Academy.
I'm not a fan of speaking out loud though. That's weird to me. But my first brain age test had me 3 years older than my real age of 45 so that's not bad I guess?
I'm not a fan of speaking out loud though. That's weird to me. But my first brain age test had me 3 years older than my real age of 45 so that's not bad I guess?
I don't really mind speaking out loud but the only exercise that requires it this time around is Speed Counting, which otherwise is absolutely stupid. I can't understand why they couldn't come up with anything better than that.
Otherwise, I'm loving my time with the game, it always brings me memories of summer of like '06 with my aunt's DS that she bought specifically for Brain Training.
The world championships on Saturday are something I never thought Nintendo would do with a game like this and it's always fun to try.