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Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day
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List Price : $19.99
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Why I buy this one ?
- Boost Your Focus Power - Train with quick, fun activities based on vision-training programs used by top athletes.
- Put eyes to real-world tests - Take a swing at a speeding pitch, outmaneuver incoming linebackers and strike the soccer ball into the goal in fun, sports-based training activities.
- Pick up and play every day - Users complete daily training activities to challenge Hand-Eye Coordination, Peripheral Vision, Dynamic Visual Acuity, Momentary Vision and Eye Movement, then track their results with a calendar and easy-to-understand charts.
- Symbol Order - Three symbols flash on the screen in any of the 12 boxes. One symbol appears at a time for only a split second. The challenge is to remember each symbol and then enter all three symbols in the order in which they appeared
- Box Tap - Furiously tap a series of moving red boxes before they disappear. The more users successfully tap, the higher the score
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What our customer's say!
"Super game for the old folks", I was really skeptical when I got started with this series but i'm very impressed and can't stop playing them and yes I think it could help but if not ot's a great time.
"Fun For Everyone :)", This game is a hit with me and when we have people come over and visit! It's fun to play and we like to see our progress in the game...Makes me feel like I'm actually doing something to help myself...Not sure if that's true or not :)
"Good casual game, but that's about it", A fun diversion for a keeping your eyes sharp. However, tests show no noticeable improvement in vision after using this. Think of this as fun interactive eye exercises, but if you're using glasses you will still need them after using this. Can't beat the price compared to some of the other big-boy titles of the DS. A very good casual title.
"Carol-PA", I am really enjoying this game. The different focus activities only last a minute or two and some are very fast paced. I like most of the Focus games better than Brain Age games, and as much as Big Brain Accademy. I would definitely recommend to other middle agers like myself who use these games for some quick brain stimulation and to wind down after a hard day at work.
"Great game and something different from the norm", Like the brainage types games this is another with some learning and focus required and good for young and old, old being me! I do enjoy the DS and the brain games as well as the Mario and others of that genre.
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"Variety!", 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.
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!!
"Love it!", As a senior citizen, I am concerned about retaining my "quick vision," memory, etc. Flas Focus is a fabulous tool in exercise for the eyes, and in my opinion, also helps in maintaining our alertness. I felt reluctant to get it as I thought of it as a "kid" game, but I did get it, and I really enjoy it. It is helping to improve my alertness. "If we don't use it, we lose it!" I will be buying more of these exercises, games, etc. for my Nintendo DS!
"Brain Age For Your Eyes", This is a fun game, especially if you are a fan of the Brain Age games for the DS. Same concept of daily training and checking your "age" but all with visual exercises meant to "train" your eyes.
"Great game for everyone", If you didn't get this game yet you are missing out.... Lots of fun for the whole family. Really glad we got this and the kids are getting sharper everyday:)
"Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind ", 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-
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