Dr Kawashima's Devilish Brain Training (2017)

Planned for release in 2013 close to the North American release date, the game was put on hold after being localized with no reason given. It was finally released on July 28th 2017, 5 years after the original Japanese release date.

Puzzle Educational lifestyleNintendo 3DS

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ImpulsegamerNathan MisaAug 20173.6/5
Dr Kawashima's Devilish Brain Training: Can you stay focused? is full of puzzle-solving exercises and creative mini-games perfect for convenient pick-up-and-play. For casual gamers and even non-gamers who enjoy genuinely challenging brain-teasers.
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Critical HitGeoffrey TimJul 20176.5/10
It's a fun diversion, but I think that four years on it's a case of too little, too late and Brain Training's lost much of its charm. If you feel that information addiction has gotten the better of you or that you need to improve your focus, Devilish Brain training may be worthwhile – but it's both tedious and sparse.
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Cubed3Lex FirthAug 20176/10
Dr. Kawashima's Devilish Brain Training: Can You Stay Focused? is an admirable attempt to mix up the formula, and there are glimmers of greatness here - the dynamically adjusting difficulty is fantastic, for instance - but it just can't measure up to its predecessors and the new ground that they broke. The decision to wait five years to publish the game in Europe is to its detriment, too, making the formula seem even more dated than before. It does its job well, but it lacks Brain Training's focus and accessibility, making it a difficult recommendation compared to the past iterations.
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Digitally DownloadedAug 20171.5/5 stars
Assuming concentration is a problem worth solving (an assumption lacking the solidest of foundations), I will argue there are better, significantly more efficient, ways to address it than through another game from a device that's otherwise a regular dopamine provider by its own rights.
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About the game

Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Developer: Nintendo SPD
Publisher: Nintendo of Europe
Released: July 28, 2017
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Text

IGDB rating 6.6/10 from 1 ratings.

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