I just got back from a winter vacation with 3 female non-gamers and I can tell you the Train your brain game was a huge hit among us. I was wondering how my sister, mom and girlfriend who never before would have given any game a second look were so addicted to this game - I honestly didn't get any time in on Advance Wars DS because my DS was constantly being used by one of them at all times.
My opinion is the stylus. I think - just like the Nintendo Revolution is aimed at non-gamers by giving them a more familiar control (the remote control thingy) the stylus allows non-gamers a more simple interface (a pen in this case). The funny thing is when the DS first came out it was the stylus that made me overlook the device for many months - I had dismissed it as gimmicky. Well, between train your brain and the kick-ass game "under the knife" I am a firm believer that the stylus has allowed totally new genres of games to be created.
The final result, both my sister and my girlfriend kicked my ass in the math and memory games. My all time best score for 20 math problems was 17 seconds, where my sister had 15 seconds, and my girlfriend had 14 seconds. My mom came in with a respectable 28 seconds. So for all those years the three constantly derided me for being a gamer they finally got a taste of the addictive nature of games.:)
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My opinion is the stylus. I think - just like the Nintendo Revolution is aimed at non-gamers by giving them a more familiar control (the remote control thingy) the stylus allows non-gamers a more simple interface (a pen in this case). The funny thing is when the DS first came out it was the stylus that made me overlook the device for many months - I had dismissed it as gimmicky. Well, between train your brain and the kick-ass game "under the knife" I am a firm believer that the stylus has allowed totally new genres of games to be created.
The final result, both my sister and my girlfriend kicked my ass in the math and memory games. My all time best score for 20 math problems was 17 seconds, where my sister had 15 seconds, and my girlfriend had 14 seconds. My mom came in with a respectable 28 seconds. So for all those years the three constantly derided me for being a gamer they finally got a taste of the addictive nature of games. :)
Nope, up up down down left right left right B A . As far as I remember, the start was required in Contra and other Konami games.