Instant Brain is a Japan only release from Cave, the makers of many of the best shmups ever released. A departure from their usual format, Instant Brain goes down the other route most Japan only 360 games go for and is a visual novel. Now these are pretty difficult to review. I'm not opposed to visual novels, video games as a media are made better with variety and I have enjoyed some translated versions myself such as coffee talk on the Xbox one. Yet, without being able to speak Japanese this one is a tough sell. If you are not familiar with this type of game, it's basically an interactive story where you read what the characters have to say and can respond by choosing dialogue options which affect how the game plays out and if this doesn't sound appealing I can see why. In most cases these games are also a bit creepy and pervy, featuring lots of boobs basically. Instant Brain is no exception on this regard, the majority of the characters are big booby women and you also unlock some particularly creepy pictures of them. I'm not sure if this is common in other forms of media, but it's really off-putting and I really wish they didn't go for this smutty vibe. Now with all these issues, I will say IB seems like one of the better visual novels on the console. The story, while I didn't fully understand, seems more interesting. It is split up into chapters, each of which being a murder investigation. You need to use your camera to take photos and find clues within the photos to find out who killed the victim. It's not too difficult to follow and there are some interesting characters along the way. IF you understand Japanese, I actually think this would be a lot of fun despite being a bit word heavy. Now hears the thing, this disk includes one of the greatest shmups of all time, Dodonpachi. You do have to unlock it, but its really worth the price of admission alone and is basically the main reason I recommend this.