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 Not worth it, and pretty boring! December 28, 2007
mommyofchristopher (United States)
8 out of 23 found this review helpful
I don't know why people gave this game good reviews. Could it be that they are involved some way with this game?? The creators?? We found this game to be pretty boring. It is no where as fun as Brain Age. How can they compare it to that? Not even close! You don't get very much for this cartridge at all. I guess that's why it was only $15.99 compared to a Mario Cartrige that is over $30.
 Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind January 14, 2008
Michael Kerner (Brooklyn, New York U.S.A.)
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
When it comes to games about memory, none of them have shined brighter on any other system than the Nintendo DS. After the mammoth success of puzzle and mind games like Big Brain Academy, and Brain Age and its sequel, there have been many games that have been knockoffs that just haven't shined as vividly. Nevertheless, that hasn't stopped the people who've developed Brain Age, Touch Generations, from expanding the gameplay that Brain Age that appears to be strong to the eyes. Well, they've done it again, and it shows how fast can your sight be in your mind to catch it.
Flash Focus: Vision Training In Minutes A Day, brings the success of Brain Age, in a more visual sense. The game includes many training exercises that focus in on accuracy and timing, rather than how much your brain weighs and age. There are many mini-game exercises here that work to the test, including sports games like table tennis, soccer, baseball and football. But, it isn't just about sports at all alone here, the game also shows how fast you can memorize patterns, and sight. The graphics look good but the gameplay is just as addictive as we've seen before. Sadly, the game doesn't do enough to seperate itself from others, with a lack of multiplayer gameplay, but the game does test your sight well.
All in all, Flash Focus: Vision Training In Minutes A Day isn't a bad purchase for the Nintendo DS. The gameplay is a test of how well wew see things and observe more than meets the eye. If you've played Brain Age, you'll definitely want to add Flash Focus in as a part of your video game library.
Graphics: B
Sound: C+
Control: B 1/2+
Fun & Enjoyment: B-
Overall: B 1/2-
 Eye education December 12, 2007
Kathleen Mullen
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
This game takes alot of practice everyday to get good. I like challenging myself. The sport games are fun. If you want to improve your hand eye coordination this is the game for you.
Variety - Stays Interesting Longer than Brain Age! February 3, 2008
Loves Books (Maryland USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is only one of two pieces of software I've played so far on my new Nintendo DS Lite, but I'm totally hooked. The first was Brain Age and while I enjoy that, I think this has more variety. I'm not a gamer, so perhaps my descriptions will help those who are novices to Nintendo DS. It's been a while - my last game was an Atari.
Update 10 months later: I've now had my Nintendo DS Lite for 10 months and not to knock Brain Age/Brain Age 2, but they haven't held my interest or remained as much fun as Flash Focus. There are more games and most of them remain somewhat challenging. I don't know if using Flash Focus truly improves your vision, but I will say it's given me increased awareness of how the various aspect of my vision deteriorate when I'm fatigued. This is my favorite of all my games!
There are 10 "core training" exercises to test your various types of vision, which are varied and challenging. You get 10 attempts or segments to each of the 10 exercises. You start out at the slowest, (skill) Level 1. If you respond correctly, you will advance to the next Level, which increases the difficulty. If you respond incorrectly, it will often return you to the prior Level. Since there are 10 sections/attempts, the highest Level is 10. The first time you take each training exercise each day, the game records your results and then graphs them in subsequent days. While you can take do the exercise more than one time a day, it will only record your results the first time. When your final results reach a certain level, you will be offered a "Hard" version to go with the "Normal" level of difficulty to choose from for that exercise. "Normal" and "Hard" results are tallied separately for the first attempt at either level exercise each day. (Correction entered 3/22 - only one score is recorded each day - either Normal or Hard)
Only a few training exercises are available initially. Every few days you play, you get another training exercise until they're all available.
What makes the this game even more fun is the 7 types of "sports training" exercises. Like the core training exercises, the game records the results of your training exercise and graphs them in subsequent days. As with the core training exercises, you start out with just a few and an additional game is made available every few days. You're also given a "Hard" level version of each of the sports after you've mastered the most difficult level - or after you've "trained" with Flash Focus for a certain number of times.
You are given the opportunity to take an Eye Age Check each day, which is recommended regularly. It's been interesting to see how my Eye Age changes, particularly that it seems to deteriorate when I'm tired. These start out at a much higher level than the training exercises and are pretty challenging - at least for me.
Each day, you are given "Today's Training Recommendations", which consists of 4 games - either core or sports training - or a combination of each. Instead of having 10 segments for each exercise, you have 5 and the difficulty level is determined by the results of your last Eye Age Check. I've found this to be very challenging and difficult, as they start out far faster than the core and sports training exercises.
What I've really enjoyed is the "Record Challenge" available under "Other" that becomes available after something like 15 days of playing. Instead of having a pre-determined length of each sports exercise game, you play until you make a mistake and then the game ends. The system records your top 3 results, so you're essentially competing against yourself.
As another reviewer mentioned, the "canned" phrases and comments get a bit tiresome after a while, but that's a very minor issue.
Overall, I've very much enjoyed both the fun of the sporting games and the challenges they and the core exercises present. I've found this to be quite addictive and it's been a great source of fun to keep me entertained during the winter. The best part is I don't have to feel guilty - I'm training!!
Fun December 8, 2007
T. Baumann
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
The game is fun, if you like Brain Academy and these types of games. My 7 year old son loves the sport games. It is a great visual training. I like to play those games on trips but even at home I play it now. Would buy it again.
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