Keepers is a weekly segment in which I discuss games I’ve played that I’ve seen fit to keep after playing. I generally sell a game that I’ve finished, so the only reason I keep one is because I plan to replay the game some day. Classifying a game as a “keeper” is generally a badge of merit.

The first game I ever bought for my shiny new white Nintendo DS Lite (the original one with the cracked hinge) was Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day. When the sequel became available and I heard that it had a piano-playing minigame where you had to sight-read music, I knew that I had to get it.

Brain Age 2 is missing some of the fun games from the first, but its games are for the most part equally fun. It’s still got some kickass sudoku, and best of all, it’s got a re-envisioned version of the old school NES game Dr. Mario. That’s probably the game I play most of all.