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Madagascar Animal Trivia 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 4, age appropriate for kids over 6; suggested age 6.

  • Is it any good?

    5.0

  • Common Sense says

    A fun trivia game for the whole family.

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:

    Based on a movie.
 

What Parents Need to Know

This review of Madagascar Animal Trivia DVD Game was written by Jinny Gudmundsen

Parents need to know that this trivia game makes it easy for adults and kids to play together by providing different difficulty levels for each player. The zany characters from Madagascar add to the fun.

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What’s the Story?

MADAGASCAR ANIMAL TRIVIA DVD GAME, played on a television using a DVD player, combines outstanding educational video content from National Geographic with the zaniness of the characters from the Madagascar movie. The DVD creates a virtual game board and game pieces so there are no small parts or cards to track.

Players start by selecting a level of difficulty appropriate to their age or knowledge. As players take turns answering questions -- usually by pressing "Enter" on the DVD remote -- the game continues to adjust the difficulty depending on how the player answers questions. A video clip of a funny-looking horned beetle might be follow by a question on whether the "rhinoceros" beetle is for real. Or, after showing a video of a family of wood storks, players are asked whether these birds get too heavy to fly.

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Is It Any Good?

As with the two previous DVD games created by the b EQUAL company, this DVD game features "Dynamic Leveling" technology. With "Dynamic Leveling" parents and kids of different ages play together on an even playing field. If a player continuously answers questions correctly, the questions get harder. Miss a few, and the questions get easier.

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Publisher’s Details

Released on 06/25/2005, price $29.99, not online enabled
ESRB rating: E

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