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Left Brain Right Brain Surprisingly Brainless

cindersphere — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 02:28:16 MST

Majesco license psychonauts 2 please.

cindersphere

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pwarren4 — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 18:22:42 MST

@SolCutter:
Your question shall not go unnoticed - My guess is better than any other gamer here. He could probably sell tickets for people to watch, as long as a seizure doesn't break the DS hinges.

pwarren4

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Apollo — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 12:44:44 MST

@waitinthecar: I don't keep buying them. I bought Brain Age 2, and that pretty much covers all my minigame/brain game needs.

I know it isn't Nintendo's fault, but it seems that they're more susceptible to more casual games based on the market that they are helping to shape.

Apollo

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valuepack — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 09:50:33 MST

Other than the obvious handedness, etc, the whole "LBRB" thing is really only a personality descriptor. If one side of your brain were working harder you'd be pretty fucked up. The exception would be people who've undergone a corpus callosotomy to "split" the brain.

valuepack

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R1co281 — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 03:27:10 MST

@PAPABEAR434
I thought the first big hit in reality shows was "The Real World"
Maybe I'm wrong >.> brain age helped my math speed. I used to suck really bad at it. The speed part anyway. Now not so much =X.

R1co281

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IrisMR — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:58:49 MST

Thanks to my flashcard, I didn't pay for this thing and thus just lost 3 minutes of my life instead of 3 minutes of my life AND cash.

My god, such an awful creation...

IrisMR

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WasabiJoe — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:58:18 MST

I'm not ambidextrous nor do I have two styluses. Using my left hand to write things really hinders me in some respects, because a lot of DS games don't recognize letters correctly due to the fact that my hand starts at different places than a righty. For the life of me, the game can't recognize a D shape, always assumes it's a B or C or O or some nonsense.

WasabiJoe

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MajorMcMuffin — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:17:59 MST

As far as brain training goes, my experience is yelling "Rock" until blue-faced. Then it tells me I'm in my 80's.

MajorMcMuffin

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uberLAB — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:43:05 MST

yeah, they should switch the hands around on the cover...it may look screwy but hey, it's correct AND artistic!

uberLAB

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chardish — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:23:20 MST

Nice shameless rip-off of the Jeopardy logo in the box art.

chardish

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Kyouryuu — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:03:42 MST

@EnigmaNemesis: Considering that the same fate befell the Game Boy Advance, you're probably going to be waiting a long time. The vast majority of GBA titles were shovelware.

There are times when I really wished the Nintendo "Seal of Quality" meant something.

Kyouryuu

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steve86uk — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:01:47 MST

@Apollo: Thank You

steve86uk

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EnigmaNemesis — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:50:19 MST

@jp182:

I own one, and have for over a year, just bought puzzle quest.

But more of these come out, than games we are waiting for. My point is, I dont want this trend and sickness to catch on, where developers are wasting precious resources on this garbage for the quick buck, when they could be making super happy awesome games.

EnigmaNemesis

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jp182 — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:46:10 MST

@EnigmaNemesis:
umm....I don't think this genre of games is really meant for you....or any of the people that visit Kotaku on a regular basis. And last time I looked there were a slew of awesome games that were coming out for or already have come out for the DS.

A good question to ask is how many people who are complaining about this actually own a DS?

jp182

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scruffy, the janitor — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:36:08 MST

if a game tells me not to get nervous, ima turn off my DS. too much tension.

scruffy, the janitor

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EnigmaNemesis — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:19:42 MST

I don't know about anyone else, but if this is the direction Nintendo wants to establish for gaming... I would have to respectfully ignore them.

I know it is super fun time profits for them... and they are fun once and a while, but overall as a 20+ year gamer, I need more variety and depth in gaming. And this constant pump of mini games is disturbing. And boring!

EnigmaNemesis

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brello — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:10:36 MST

@waitinthecar: Haven't you heard? You're expected to purchase and play every game that comes out for a system you own.

brello

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waitinthecar — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:03:28 MST

@Apollo: Why do you keep buying them if you're so sick of them? And if you're not buying or playing them, how exactly is it that they are bothering you?

waitinthecar

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brello — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:59:30 MST

I remember when I used to get bored in college I'd start taking notes with my left hand. That was probably more beneficial than this game can claim to be. As much as I'd like to be ambidextrous, I don't think a few minigames will cut it. Still, it's an interesting concept.

brello

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toiletbowl — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:27:17 MST

Why don't you just create a new player on Brain Age and play with your left hand? You'll still have the scores from your right hand to compete against. Or just play any other stylus-based game on DS with your non-dominant hand.

toiletbowl

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SolCutter — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:14:27 MST

I wonder how a guy with a commissurotomy would do at this.

SolCutter

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awkward91 — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:12:31 MST

You hear that? It's the sound of a cash cow being well and truly milked by nearly every game developer in the DS farm.

awkward91

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Dante18 — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:58:41 MST

no thx!

Dante18

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tehFluffz — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:56:27 MST

I really don't know what are people finding in this, I really didn't think it was that fun, let alone sequel worthy.

tehFluffz

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Sugarbloodsuckers — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:49:22 MST

I have Brain Age and I never find it that great to play. You get used to the games so quickly I just don't see how it's doing much to train your brain. Left Brain Right Brain I hadn't tried.

Sugarbloodsuckers

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Wyld — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:43:58 MST

@Apollo:
You know, only brain age is from nintenco. the other stuff comes form other companies, like this one. (Majesco game). So I´m just as sick as you, but I blame the right ones to blame. Stupid producers with huge amount of money who like to rip-off and milk sucesfull stuff by making similar products.

Just watch Eragon after Lord of The Rings, or Alexander after Gladiator and you´ll see what I mean.

Wyld

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LVP — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:38:02 MST

I'm left handed. Due to two separate injuries during high school I was forced to write with my right hand. It's actually a great exercise and brings language to the other side of your brain.

LVP

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strideo — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:09:40 MST

Sounds positively insipid. ¬_¬

strideo

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kingofrain — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:03:51 MST

Wait...doesn't your left brain control the right side of your body? Not according to the cover...

kingofrain

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Sasuntsi|Davit — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:00:32 MST

The thing is, the actual Brain Age games are pretty good, including the Sight Training one, but the other games trying to ride the bandwagon are shit most of the time.

Sasuntsi|Davit

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Apollo — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:58:55 MST

I'm so sick of all these brain training and minigame compilations that everyone, including Nintendo, wants to have on their DS' and Wii's. Fuck Nintendo.

Apollo

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Sasuntsi|Davit — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:58:46 MST

I played about 30 minutes of this game before I felt like chucking it straight into the bin!

Sasuntsi|Davit

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RawSteelUT — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:57:36 MST

And you're surprised? Most of these brain age knockoffs suck a big fat cocksickle.

RawSteelUT

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PapaBear434 — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:40:43 MST

Brain Age is going to be the death of the DS. That death will be long, LONG time in coming, mind you, but it will happen.

Brain Age is like "Survivor," the first big hit in reality shows. Games like this are like the millions to spawn after, like "Joe Millionaire" and "Hell's Kitchen."

PapaBear434