This brain trainer will keep you occupied for a couple of weeks thanks to the many, many missions. Unfortunately there isn't anything new to experience even though it's fun to learn with the game. Switch Lite owners may want to hold off on buying this one since they can't play that much due to the limitations of the Switch Lite.
Dr Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo Switch2019
Dr Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo Switch
2019 Nintendo66Worthwhile
Playtime
LongIt typically takes about 50 hours to finish the game.
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- Launch
- December 27, 2019
- Publisher
- Nintendo
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Overview
Get ready to challenge your brain in a variety of ways in Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training for Nintendo Switch! Enjoy new exercises, some of them making use of the right Joy-Con’s IR Motion Camera, or tap and train with classic exercises from past Brain Training games that you can play using a stylus (included with the packaged version from retail stores) or your finger. It’s in your hands!
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Press65
Worthwhile- Metacritic64from 21 reviews
- OpenCritic67from 19 reviews
If you’re looking for a fun game to challenge you and keep your mind focused and busy for a short period of time (because after too many training sessions per day, Dr Kawashima tells you to leave training and rest your brain), then it’s definitely a brilliant update on an already great game.
Dr. Kawashima is back but his Switch comeback has its flaws.
Dr Kawashima's Brain Training for Switch doesn't feel suited to Nintendo's latest portable, with the awkward use of the stylus and flimsy handwriting recognition sapping the joy from sharpening your smarts. There's still plenty of fun to be hand with the brain-teasing puzzles, but limited content ensures this is a far cry from the Nintendo DS origi...
Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training will be a welcoming experience for new and experienced players. For those that have played the games before there might not be a wave of newness. Nevertheless, the game puts you straight back into the mentality of slowly improving your brain age. The exercises can be hard, the Sudokus can be brain-burning – though there...