Apparently, last year’s Left Brain Right Brain DS training game did pretty well. Majesco has just announced that it is planning to bring the sequel, Left Brain Right Brain 2, to the US in December, 2008. I think Majesco should step up and try to release it on December 4, 2008, since the original debuted on December 4, 2007. Currently, the release date is set for December 18, 2008.

Left Brain Right Brain 2‘s basic goal is the same as Left Brain Right Brain – to make players ambidextrous. You hold your DS like a book, and then perform mini-game challenges with each hand. The game then judges your accuracy, association, memory, recognition, speed and stragedy to determine how well you’re doing. It looks like the sequel has better graphics and a new line-up of tests…

Title: Left Brain Right BrainPrice:$19.99System(s): Nintendo DSRelease Date: 12/04/07Publisher (Developer): Majesco (_No Company)ESRB Rating: “E” for EveryonePros: The exercises that require you to write letters or negotiate mazes are challenging.Cons: None of the others are.Overall Score: 4/10

Left Brain Right Brain could have been a great addition to the already full catalog of educational games on the Nintendo DS. After all, it has a great premise – it claims to be a game which can help make players ambidextrous through an assortment of exercises and tests. The problem is that most of the tests don’t really feel as though they accomplish anything. For most of the tests my left hand always received a score that was almost identical to my right, even though in real life I am right handed and can barely create legible scribbles with my left.

The game begins at the easiest of the five different difficulty levels. First the dominant hand is tested, in order to set the bar of achievement for the other hand. Then you go through the same exercises with the other hand. The resulting figure tells you just how balanced you are, and how much work you have to do to be perfectly balanced. After that you are supposed to just keep training daily in an attempt to make both hands equal…

Left Brain Right Brain, yet another educational game for the Nintendo DS, shipped yesterday (December 4, 2007) and should now be available in a store near you. Rather than just exercising your mind, this title from Majesco also works on your dexterity as well. The game is designed to sharpen memory, improve hand-eye co-ordination and more »