- Performance-based DVD game
- Captures all of the movie fun and features favorite Cars characters
- Game includes four 6-piece puzzles that kids put together as they play the game
- Using clips and images from the movie, kids face three different challenges
- Great learning aid
Product Description
Little ones will love this performance-based DVD game that captures all of the movie fun and features favorite Cars characters. The game includes four 6-piece puzzles that kids put together as they play the game. Using clips and images from the movie, kids face three different challenges: Mater Says, Lightning McQueen’s Search Engine, and Luigi’s Tire Shop Survey. For each game challenge completed, kids win a piece of the puzzle. The first player to complete their puzzle wins.
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This is a neat little game for preschoolers. Players compete in a series of challenges to collect puzzle pieces, and the first to complete a 6-piece puzzle wins. It’s best played with a grownup referee who can control the menus and adjudicate winners (alternatively, a parent can play along while helping — but you have to play fair!).
There are three types of challenges: the first is Mater Says, which is just like Simon Says. The second involves watching a clip from the movie and being the first to shout out when a particular character appears. The third, which is a little tougher, asks players to watch a brief series of characters zip by and answer a question along the lines of “how many blue cars did you see?” or “did you see Doc Hudson?” Players will have to agree amongst themselves as to the winner of each challenge. Once six challenges have been played, the option to identify an overall winner is given after each subsequent challenge.
Aside from the movie clips in the second challenge type, which are played with no audio, there isn’t really any animation, just still images. The sound is good, though, with Mater emceeing the festivities (Larry the Cable Guy, who did Mater’s voice in the movie, provides the voice work here).
When the game starts, a menu of a few dozen different games is presented. Each includes a different sequence of challenges. There are plenty enough so that once you’ve played through them all, you can go back to the beginning without remembering the details from the first play.
This game is a big hit with my 3-year-old, playing together with Mommy and Daddy. It’s long enough for a nice competition but short enough to hold a preschooler’s interest. As you can probably guess from the description of the games, although this is officially rated for ages 4 and up, it’s fine for a bright 3-year-old, and is unlikely to be very interesting for a child older than about 5 or 6.
Amazon User Rating: 4 / 5