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Eco-Rangers: Animal Kingdom DVD Game

(2005, DVD Games - Trivia Game, Rated E, Play it on: Plug and Play TV games)

  • Is it age appropriate?

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 5, age appropriate for kids over 6; suggested age 6.

  • Is it any good?

    4.0

  • Common Sense says

    DVD game makes TV interactive, educational.

Why We Rated This on for Ages 6 and Up

The good stuff

  • Educational value:

    Not an issue.

  • Messages:

    Not an issue.
 

What to watch out for

  • Violence & scariness:

    Not an issue.

  • Language:

    Not an issue.

  • Consumerism:

    Not an issue.
 

What Parents Need to Know

This review of Eco-Rangers: Animal Kingdom DVD Game was written by Jinny Gudmundsen

Parents need to know that this fun DVD game features more than 250 high-quality videos about animals and their habitats. While it does not have a two-person mode, friends and family will enjoy the trivia-question format and can join in helping kids to solve missions.

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What’s the Story?

In ECO-RANGERS: ANIMAL KINGDOM DVD GAME, kids ages 6 to 9 use the DVD remote control as a game controller and help five heroic characters complete environmental rescue missions to save wild animals. Players head into one of five wildlife regions: the savanna plains, the ocean, the woodlands, the tropical rainforest, or the Artic Circle. To rescue each ecosystem, kids must answer questions correctly about animals that live in the different habitats. Kids are shown video clips from the BBC, National Geographic, and the Discovery Channel before they are quizzed.

Correctly answering an animal question earns a player a gem. If a child earns three gems in one wildlife region, he or she completes the mission. The game permits some wrong answers; but answer incorrectly too many in a row, and the game sends the player back to the Eco Rangers' base to restart the mission. Kids earn an onscreen Eco Ranger Medallion if they finish all five missions.

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Is It Any Good?

Eco Rangers: Animal Kingdom is fun to play, especially because the five Eco Rangers are so dynamic. The three women and two men are racially diverse, very contemporary in their look and speech, and clearly excited about saving animal habitats. The high-quality videos feature more than 250 animals and are fascinating to watch.

While there is no two-player option, friends can join in to answer the questions and play the missions. And kids weren't put off by failing a mission; they simply tried again. Eco Rangers: Animal Kingdom DVD Game, turns passive TV-watching into a thought-provoking, active experience.

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Publisher’s Details

Released on 09/26/2005, price $24.95, not online enabled
ESRB rating: E

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