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Post by braided-rug on Apr 8, 2006 11:12:25 GMT 10
My son has a DS, which he loves. We heard today that Nintendo are putting out a "game" that actually helps your brain with the philosophy "use it or lose it".
I wonder what my brain age is? We haven't got it in Australia yet. You can guess what ebay sells in Australia, all the things that aren't available here yet.
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Post by braided-rug on Apr 8, 2006 11:15:37 GMT 10
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Post by violet on Apr 8, 2006 17:01:17 GMT 10
Br I actually checked a couple of gamer sites here and the Brain Training program, as it will be known here, is available to be pre-ordered for delivery mid-June. I decided it was something I'd like to try, and the price I've seen it for is around A$47 which I'm prepared to pay, but we don't have a Nintendo DS. So, ahem, while at Kmart today I put one on lay-by! It has a Mario game with it that eldest and youngest like, so it's not a COMPLETE waste of money, lol, is it?  |
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Post by braided-rug on Apr 8, 2006 17:50:32 GMT 10
Wow, that is fantastic! Mario is great too I think. I like the stylus. I think 47 is pretty good for a game. I was tempted too, they can worry about which parts of my brain need a workout! Did you preorder it?
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Post by braided-rug on Apr 8, 2006 17:53:07 GMT 10
I bet that article came out of the Age, a very useful newspaper. That is where I saw it, dh put a folded up newspaper in front of me. DS misses Melbourne newspapers, he thinks the Sydney one doesn't have enough AFL. He thought maybe Canberra Times would be better for next year, yes he has ordered it too far in advance. Possibly Canberra Times would have more Chinese content, but have no idea.
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Post by violet on Apr 9, 2006 12:34:25 GMT 10
I haven't pre-ordered it, Br. I've done that before for ds1 and then the game was a whole lot cheaper a couple of days after it came out! So I'll wait.
There was an article about it in the Age, but I've seen it elsewhere too - can't remember where, possibly a computer mag.
Don't suppose the Age do student subscriptions in Canberra?
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Post by braided-rug on Apr 9, 2006 12:50:48 GMT 10
Thanks, I will run that past ds.
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Post by violet on Apr 27, 2006 18:19:02 GMT 10
Btw, it's shown as Brain Training on gamehead.com.au, but the other articles I've read on line said it will be called Brain Age in English-speaking countries. Either way, it sounds like fun!
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Post by Michelle on Jul 7, 2006 21:08:58 GMT 10
violet, did you get yours yet? I need to show this to Kathryn. I think she'd enjoy it  |
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Post by lucie on Jul 8, 2006 6:30:52 GMT 10
I was thinking of buying this to Patrick. Looks very educative for a nintendo game.
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Post by braided-rug on Oct 2, 2006 10:42:54 GMT 10
On the holidays my son was staying at someone's house and he bought this. Everyone has been enjoying it. I must confess I haven't played it yet.
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Post by violet on Oct 3, 2006 8:30:07 GMT 10
Go for it, Br, it's really fun! I bought it a while ago (I did pre-order in the end :  and we've all enjoyed it immensely. |
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and we've all enjoyed it immensely.