Welcome to Right Brain Research Institute. Brain Assist is said to help exercise the right side of our brains. Just minutes into the game, I got bored and before I knew it, I was asleep. I wish I just got myself the Nintendo DS Brain Age pack.

How can our brains exercise if we get bored by the process? Brain Assist is another title in the ever growing list of brain games. It’s just like the other games in its genre. Brain Assist doesn’t bring anything new in the field.

There is a single game mode wherein you can choose from the 10 mini-games. In this mode you can practice each mini-game and beat your own scores, which by the way is tracked by the game. The objective of the mini-games is to solve as much puzzles in the given time limit.

Then there is an Evaluation mode where you’ll be given a grade after playing through 4 mini-games. As to how you’re being graded, is beyond my logic.

Do you have a friend you like to torture, I mean play with? Then play the Compatibility mode with him. You can play either by single DS or if he has his own DS, you can choose the DS Download Play mode. The both of you will be graded according to your compatibility, whatever that means. As it turns out, when I played with my other self, I am only a C.

I haven’t tried the multiplayer feature yet as I can’t find other gamers with Brain Assist.

Brain Assist for the Nintendo DS is a decent brain game but it doesn’t improve on what’s already available in the market. It has no replay value. The mini-games tend to be repetitious after a couple of runs. One thing good about this game is that it’s an effective cure for my insomnia. Do yourself a favor and stick to the Nintendo DS Brain Age pack.