I'm at a loss with this title. When I first heard of it the concept seemed like it may work, use a video game to improve you vision and hand/eye coordination. The problem is, now that I've had my fat mitts on it for a while now, the concept seems like crap.
Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day is the latest in Nintendo's Touch Generations line-up of games. Like Brain Age and Big Brain Academy before it, Flash Focus attempts to better the life of the individual by showcasing that video games are not always about collecting coins and stomping mushrooms. Flash Focus relies on a series of mini-games to attempt to improve the focus ability of the person playing the title. The title claims that through regular use, the individual will see an increase in dynamic visual acuity, momentary vision, eye movement, peripheral vision, and hand eye coordination. Through the afore mentioned mini-games, players are tested on their vision age immediately after inserting the cartridge for the first time. This vision age serves as a baseline reference for the game to custom design tests and training for the player. The ideal vision age is in the 20s, but anything close to the individuals actual age is considered acceptable.
The problem with this game is that it immediately feels like you've done it all before, and you have. Everything in the game feels like an offshoot of Brain Age and while the sports themed games are nice, after you've done it once or twice it gets really old really fast. As part of the Touch Generations lineup, it's totally aimed at the casual gamer, but add to it the tendious and menotinous gameplay and this title is quickly dropped in favor of titles like Brain Age.
Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day is rated "E for Everyone" by the ESRB and is available everywhere.
As someone lucky enough to have better than 20/20 vision, this game just feels like it wouldn't do much of anything. I fail to see how the title would work, but it must somehow, or else this wouldn't exist. Would it?
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