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Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails (DS)
by Lbird99 In the last six months or so Little Man has shown a real interest in my Nintendo DS. Initially he was quite happy pressing the buttons and pretending to play, but recently he has got savvier to technology, and after he wiped my Zelda file that I had been working on for ages it seemed to be time to get him some games of his own! ... As he is obsessed with all things Thomas, I decided to get him Thomas and Friends Hero of the Rails game. He loves the film that the game has been based on, so it seemed to be the best choice. The game is suitable for ages 3+ so it seemed to be perfectly suited to Little Man. When you load the game in the DS it comes up with the Hero of the Rails logo, and plays the Go, Go Thomas song which seems to have become a bit of an anthem in our house! You have the option of choosing the Story Mode or Games Mode. Story Mode is made up of 8 chapters which play out the Hero of the Rails story. The story is read by Michael Angelis, the narrator of the television programme, accompanied by still pictures from the film. Each chapter has a couple of mini games built in, which breaks up the story nicely, and each chapter is less than 5 minutes long (depending on how long it takes you to complete each mini game). The whole story lasts less than half an hour, but you can work through it a chapter at a time so you don't have to sit and watch the whole thing in one go. At the end of each chapter you are returned to the menu so you can choose whether or not to continue. Sometimes Little Man will sit and work through the whole thing, and at other times he will cherry pick his favourites chapters. The Games Mode is made up of 8 mini games based on the ones scattered throughout the story, although some are played out with different characters. The games are all played with the stylus, which is great for us as Little Man seems to struggle with using the D-Pad, but is quite good with the stick as he calls it (even if he has lost half a dozen since he started playing!). The games are: Paint Thomas: Paint a grey Thomas by scribbling with the stylus completely filling him in with blue paint, then do the same thing again only with polish to make him shine. A very simple game than Little Man really Likes. Percy and Thomas race: Make Thomas race Percy by using the stylus to draw circles on the bottom screen as quickly and evenly as possible. You can see the two engines on the top screen so you can track who is winning. Little Man struggles a little bit with this one, which I think is a combination of getting distracted by the action on the top screen and finding it quite difficult to draw even rhythmic circles on the bottom one. Wash Thomas - Very similar to Paint Thomas, only this time you have 3 rounds of scribbling over Thomas' body applying soap, water and then drying him off. Little Man loves this one, especially when he covers Thomas in bubbles. Part Sorting: Help Victor by sorting out various train parts. The parts come along a conveyor belt and need to be placed in either the red, green or blue boxes depending on the colour of the part. This is Little Man's favourite mini game. Match: 12 cards are placed face down and you need to use your memory to find the pairs of matching cards. I have really seen Little Man improve at this game going from frantically tapping the cards randomly to methodically looking for the pairs. Shunt: Draw circles on the bottom screen at the right speed to shunt the truck into the lit box outside the shed. This is the most difficult of the mini games, and I struggle to get this one right. This is not really a favourite. Snap: As the title suggests, this is the card game where you tap the screen when you make a pair. This is another game that Little Man struggled with initially, but is now playing like a pro, and has given him an interest in the actual card game too which is great. Fix Hiro: Drag the part to the right place on Hiro and then hold each piece down to weld the piece on. This is another of Little Man's favourites as he loves to pretend he is fixing his toy engines. Although the game is never going to win any awards for great graphics, they are definitely adequate for the game. The stills and moving footage are on par with an episode of Thomas and the games are simple so do not require any special effects. The sound is good, with no distortion at any point. I really recommend this game. Although it is quite simplistic, it seems to be at a perfect level for Little Man, and I have seen lots of improvement in his concentration and hand eye coordination since we have started playing the game. I only let him play on it for a maximum of 30 minutes which is the whole story, but he rarely plays it for that long in one sitting unless he is playing in the car, as he normally likes to go off and get a few trains and do play out his own scenes with them! He does not seem to have tired of the game at all yet even after a few months, although I would say it has a limited shelf life as it does get quite repetitive. However, as he is still at the age where he can watch the same thing over and over, I can't see him tiring of this anytime soon! I got our copy from Amazon for £12.99 delivered as I had some vouchers, but I believe you can pick up a used copy quite cheaply from places like Game or Ebay. Read the complete review |
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Peppa Pig: Fun and Games (DS)
by karalouk I was looking for a Nintendo DS game that would be suitable for my 3 year old when I came across a game called Peppa Pig: Fun and Games. The age recommendation was 3+ years and my daughter loved Peppa Pig so I figured it would make the perfect game. * Setting up * The game is relatively easy for little ones to set ... up and isn't full of menus. You just need to create an initial Player Profile (by typing your name in). You can then select the same Player Profile each time you play the game. This enables you to save all of your fun and games. You can save up to 3 Player Profiles. There are 3 areas of the game to explore - front garden, back garden and Peppa's house. They can be accessed by the main menu. Inside each area are 3 or 4 games each - the game has 10 games in total. There is also a seperate Dressing Up game which can be accessed by the main menu. None of the games need to be unlocked so you can choose to play whatever game you want, whenever you want. * Games * The Dressing Up Game - This is an activity where you can dress up Peppa. You can change her head gear, outfit and shoes. When you are satisfied, you can take a photo of her. Your selection of different looks can be viewed in a seperate photo album. This is a fun, simple and creative game. Feeding Ducks - The idea of this game is to help Peppa feed the ducks. Peppa and George stand next to a duck pond and you have to rip bits of bread off and throw it into the pond. If you don't feed the ducks enough bread they will fly away. You also have to give George bits of bread to throw or he roars like a dinosaur and scares the ducks away.The bread is unlimited and the game lasts for as long as you want it to. My daughter enjoys this game but she never spends too much time playing it - maybe it would have benefited more if a challenge was set? The educational benefits include counting. Picking Apples - Peppa and George move across the bottom of the screen with a basket and a bucket. The aim of the game to collect juicy red apples in the basket and worm infested green apples in the bucket. It's quite simple and enjoyable, but my daughter does get a little frustrated when the apples start dropping off the trees too fast and when the wrong apple falls into the wrong basket/bucket! The educational benefits include counting, hand eye coordination and colours. Watering Flowers - In this game there is a strip of mud which you have to water with a watering can to make flowers grow. Bees help the flowers grow but snails eat the plants so you have to stop them with the watering can. My daughter loves this game and gets very excited when her flowers sprout up from the ground. Making Pictures - As you may have guessed from the name, this is a game in which you can create your own pictures. There are all sorts of shapes, objects and pictures that can be dragged on to a blank green and blue (grass and sky) canvas. You can create a number of different pictures and they automatically save. This is a very fun and creative activity that my daughter has spent a lot of time on. Bursting Balloons - This game is set in Peppa's living room. Peppa or George walk on screen with lots of different shaped and coloured balloons. The aim of the game is to pop them all (by tapping them on the screen). This is a fun and satisfying game (plus good for hand eye coordination and concentration) - much like popping bubble wrap! Cupcakes - This game is quite similar to the 'Making Pictures' game. You are given a huge number of plain cupcakes and it's your job to make them look more exciting by adding all sorts of toppings including flowers, stars, clouds, rocket ships and Peppa Pig characters! Cakes are automatically saved. Again this is a fun and creative game that my daughter has spent a lot of time on. Birthday Cake - There are two ways to play this game. Either tap the candles on the birthday cake to put them out or blow on the screen to blow them out. Blowing them is the easiest option as tapping them takes longer and often results in the candles relighting! The game ends when the candles go out. You can probably guess which option my daughter goes for... Daddy Pig's Bubbles - This game is quite similar to the 'Bursting Balloons' game. Daddy Pig blows bubbles in the garden, whilst Peppa and George watch on. You must tap the bubbles on screen to burst them. Some bubbles have butterflies and wasps inside - if you tap them, you release them from the bubble. It's a fun game but quite short lived in my opinion and you have to end the game for yourself (or poor Daddy Pig will be blowing bubbles for hours!). George's Rocket - This game makes use of both screens as you steer a rocket through space to reach the moon. Watch out for spaceships and meteors! There is no time limit and the game ends when you reach the moon. The rocket is easy to manoeuvre but the objects can be awkward to avoid - this is good for quick thinking and problem solving. Cleaning Bicycles - My daughter loves this game, but I find it highly frustrating! The aim of the game is to wash a muddy bike with a sponge until it froths up, then rinse it with the hose, then pop the bubbles to make sure it's all clean. Peppa and George also regularly walk across the bottom of the screen covered in mud and you must clean them too. This is probably the most challenging game because every time you think the bike is clean, another blob of mud appears out of nowhere! As I already mentioned, my daughter thinks it's great - highly amusing. However it drives me mad! The game ends when you decide. * Overall * The graphics are very good for a childrens game - bright, simple and everything looks just like it does on television. The sounds, voices and music are also recognisable from the programme. I like the fact that all of the games are narrated too. There is no reading required which makes it perfectly suitable for preschoolers (each game has drawn instructions at the beginning, rather than written instructions). Quite often Nintendo DS games are rated as 3+ years but then have lots of writing which makes it impossible for young children to play. All of the games are fun, fairly simple and educational. My daughter really enjoyed this game as a 3 year old, she could play most of the games with ease but a couple of the games were slightly more challenging. She is now 4 (approaching 5) and still plays and enjoys her Peppa Pig game from time to time (all of the games are extremely easy for her now), although she plays it a lot less than her other Nintendo DS games. I would best recommend this game to 3 and 4 year olds. Possibly even older 2 year olds. I do not recommend this game for children older than 5 as it will be far too easy and probably quite boring. I've already listed most of the pros and cons of each game/activity, but overall I say that the pros far outway the cons and I recommend this game to all young Peppa fans. Peppa Pig: Fun and Games is widely available at places such as Amazon, HMV, Game and most supermarkets. It generally retails at about £15.00. Read the complete review |
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Deadly Intent (DS)
by cath_del After being a big CSI fan and DS game player, when I saw the two had combined to make CSI:Deadly Intent - The Hidden Cases, I knew I had to buy it. I expected to be more impressed with this game, but after playing it for about 3 weeks, I have been quite dissapointed with it. This game is rated for 12 and up, and that is a ... pretty fair rating for the game. I don't think it would be suitable for anyone younger, due to the violent content that some of the murders have and the fact that it is quite a wordy game for someone younger than twelve. It says to be wary of violence and swearing throughout the game, and although the violence is merely just a couple of stab wounds or blood I still wouldnt let my younger sister play it. I don't recollect hearing much swearing throughout the game, so I think this must just be a random part in the game that you never really notice. The game has 3 save slots, and this was particularly helpful, as my mum who is also a big CSI fan wanted to play the game. Having these slots means that we didn't each have to share the case files, and we were able to play through the plots at our own pace. After this you are taken to a screen showing you 5 different case files, which are the different plots within the game you have to solve. At first I didn't think too much of only having 5 files, but it turns out they are actually quite short, and I finished about 3 in one sitting once! The storylines to these case files are not from previous CSI episodes which was even better, as it made these plots even more interesting and kept me guessing at who had commited the murder. Within the case files there are various things to do, such as minigames or finding hidden objects within the murder scene. The minigames really had a variety like checking fingerprints, matching DNA and taking evidence pieces out of victims bodies. They got really challenging as the time went on, so trying to get a perfect score on all of the case files was really difficult and something I kept trying to acheive. I would reccomend this game to any CSI fan, as even though the case files are quite short, you can always try and get the perfect score on the minigames included. Although, if you leave it for a while, you are sure to forget the plotlines, and then you can play all over again! Read the complete review |
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