The DS Thinking Game Thread.
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The DS Thinking Game Thread.
Last updated 7/17/2008
I'm doing this thread aside from the Official DS thread because I would like an easily accessible list of DS thinking games. I think it is unique because never before has this level and amount of thinking video games been in existence. It is not just a glut of thinking games, they are quality thinking games. I'll keep this updated as new titles come out.
In no particular order...
1. Picross
2. QuickSpot
3. Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day
4. Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day
5. The New York Times Crosswords
6. Big Brain Academy
7. Polarium
8. Neves - This is a tangram game.
9. Spelling Challenges And More! - yes, the ! is part of the title
10. Math Play - also known as Genius DS – Equal Cards.
11. CrossworDS - has three sections - Crosswords, word search, and anagrams. The word search is awesome and has 100 puzzles. At ~3 minutes to complete each one (and it will take much more than that), that's 15 hours for just a third of the game.
12.. My Word Coach - Vocabulary-building game
I'm not including Sudoku games because those reproduce faster than rabbits
JIGSAW PUZZLE GAMES
These are all I found. If you find more let me know!
1. Jigsaw Puzzle DS - de Meguru Sekai Isan no Tabi (JP)
2. Yukkuri Tanoshimu Otona no Jigsaw Puzzle DS - Sekai no Meiga 1 (JP)
3. Yukkuri Tanoshimu Otona no Jigsaw Puzzle DS - Sekai no Meiga 2 (JP)
4. Puzzle Series - Jigsaw Puzzle - Koinu Mekuri Hen (JP)
5. Puzzle Series - Jigsaw Puzzle Oden Kun (JP)
6. Puzzle Series - Jigsaw Puzzle Oden Kun 2 (JP)
7. Jigsaw World - Daigekitou Jig-Battle Heroes (JP)
8. DS Puzzle Series 1: Jigsaw Puzzles (JP)
I'm doing this thread aside from the Official DS thread because I would like an easily accessible list of DS thinking games. I think it is unique because never before has this level and amount of thinking video games been in existence. It is not just a glut of thinking games, they are quality thinking games. I'll keep this updated as new titles come out.
In no particular order...
1. Picross
2. QuickSpot
3. Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day
4. Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day
5. The New York Times Crosswords
6. Big Brain Academy
7. Polarium
8. Neves - This is a tangram game.
9. Spelling Challenges And More! - yes, the ! is part of the title
10. Math Play - also known as Genius DS – Equal Cards.
11. CrossworDS - has three sections - Crosswords, word search, and anagrams. The word search is awesome and has 100 puzzles. At ~3 minutes to complete each one (and it will take much more than that), that's 15 hours for just a third of the game.
12.. My Word Coach - Vocabulary-building game
I'm not including Sudoku games because those reproduce faster than rabbits
JIGSAW PUZZLE GAMES
These are all I found. If you find more let me know!
1. Jigsaw Puzzle DS - de Meguru Sekai Isan no Tabi (JP)
2. Yukkuri Tanoshimu Otona no Jigsaw Puzzle DS - Sekai no Meiga 1 (JP)
3. Yukkuri Tanoshimu Otona no Jigsaw Puzzle DS - Sekai no Meiga 2 (JP)
4. Puzzle Series - Jigsaw Puzzle - Koinu Mekuri Hen (JP)
5. Puzzle Series - Jigsaw Puzzle Oden Kun (JP)
6. Puzzle Series - Jigsaw Puzzle Oden Kun 2 (JP)
7. Jigsaw World - Daigekitou Jig-Battle Heroes (JP)
8. DS Puzzle Series 1: Jigsaw Puzzles (JP)
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Kind of esoteric, but I have a Japanese-English dictionary, and a Kanji practice tool for DS (only available in Japan though). Apart from that, there's a new brain age coming out soon right?
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Originally Posted by The Bus
If you're going to count Japanese games, that list balloons to 600. Seriously, they're on Brain Age 5 or 6 over there.
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As I've mentioned earlier, Nintendo is coming out with their own crossword puzzle game sometime in the near future. Looks to be fairly similar to the sudoku games in Brain Age.
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I really loved Picross and I still play the Hudson published Sudoku game on my DS, but the New York Times Crossword game is killing me. I can handle Monday and Tuesday, but by Wednesday I'm spending all my time looking up the answers online. I just don't have a mind for crosswords this hard.
I'm considering Brain Age 2, but I got bored with the first one and Big Brain Academy pretty quickly.
I'm considering Brain Age 2, but I got bored with the first one and Big Brain Academy pretty quickly.
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Originally Posted by Groucho
CC has several "brain" games on sale for 14.99 this week including Brain Age and Brain Age 2. I'm thinking of picking one up. Which is better?
Both are great games, but BA2 is defintely superior.
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I dont have any of these type of games but id like to try one.I think i will stay away from the crossword puzzles ones though and maybe grab Picross or one of the Brain Age ones.
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How does BBA compare to BA? I didn't really get into BA (which was a freebie for me). I hated yelling at my DS especially. I've read BBA is more game-like. Is it really more fun?
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I like both BBA and BA. BA2 has a (so far that I have unlocked) piano-playing game, count what place in a race a runner finishes, (my favorite) form a word with scrambled letters, make change, etc. BBA has a find the mathematical sign that fits the equation, find the pairs in a stack, patter recognition, etc. I'd say get ALL the games in this thread (they're usually $20 or so each).
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I liked BA a whole lot, but I'm having trouble getting into BA2. I don't like any of the games that involve sound, don't like piano, the one where multiple words is said was tough, but doable. Only did the rock paper scissors one once, and found it had an awful time recognizing my statements...
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The Rock Scissors Paper in BA2 is odd. It recognizes my voice fine, but it cannot tell when my wife says "scissors".
I have some problems with the writing. Every time I write an "=" it's recognized as a "+". WTF?
Overall, I love the game though (it's my first foray into this kind of game).
I have some problems with the writing. Every time I write an "=" it's recognized as a "+". WTF?
Overall, I love the game though (it's my first foray into this kind of game).
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Originally Posted by Groucho
The Rock Scissors Paper in BA2 is odd. It recognizes my voice fine, but it cannot tell when my wife says "scissors".
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Originally Posted by D_N_G
picross is awesome, the stylus makes it 10 x better than the GB versions.
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Originally Posted by Jeremy517
I think the stylus makes it far more difficult on the 15x15 puzzles. Zooming in and out is a complete pain. Thankfully you can switch to d-pad control.