Professor Kageyama's Maths Training (Nintendo DS)
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 | Product Details: Release Date: 08 February 2008 Publisher: Nintendo Rating:   Sales Rank: 112 | | Look for similar items by category: | | Customers who bought this item also bought:
| | Customer Reviews: Great game for improving mental arithmetic (16 November 2008)Bought this game as my 12 year old is still struggling with times tables. Too much reliance on calculators and kids today can't do simple mental arithmetic any more. If this is your problem then this game is likely to help, especially if you can motivate too. Simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division problems to be done in your head and quickly. Presented in a way that is reasonably fun, addictive and motivates you to do more and get better, but it's no competition for the PS3 and GTA4!! Some irritations like problems in recognising some writing, though you improve with time, and too much time wasted between games, though you can tap your way through. maths training (10 November 2008)you start write at the begging with basic numbers and work your way up my daughter loves this game well worth buying Great for kids - patronising for adults (23 October 2008)This game is strongly based on the Kumagai method which originated in Japan - with lots of repitition in the basics, leading to graduation through the levels. As such, it is great for primary School children, helping them to revise and develop their basic numerical skiils. However, i have some gripes. 1. The 'professor' is extremely patronising in his attitude - which would put a large number of children off 2. You have to start at a very basic level and repeat some very simple exercises for 5 days before being allowed to progress. it would be far better if it could start you off with a simple assessment to judge what level it introduced you at - i nearly threw the whole thing away after 3 days of baby flashcards! 3. Because you have to write in the digits manually, they are often misinterpreted - whcih slows you down considerably. I find my '3's and '2's are constantly being interpreted as '1's! Incredibly frustrating! Basically, this is nowhere near as good as the Brain training games and is not really worth the money. Basic and Boring (11 October 2008)Very basic and repetitive which makes it boring after 1 or 2 days. May be useful for people who struggle with numbers. Love it but the motion sickness may win! (02 June 2008)I bought this game today as maths is a weak point and I've really enjoyed the Brain Training games. This game is everything I expected it to be but after 10 minutes I'm suffering with bad motion sickness! The background is orange with little boxes that move horizontally from left to right on both screens and all the exercises have this behind so there is no escape!! There are options to turn the annoying music and sound effects off but all you have to do to stop that is turn the volume down! You'd of thought they would have an option to stop the annoying background moving! It's a shame because I may have to get rid of this game before my subconscious associates sickness with maths!!! Conclusion: If you want basic maths training and don't suffer with motion sickness get it! |
