WALL-E (Leapster Version) - NR

For young kids -- lots easier than console game.

Publisher: LeapFrog Category/Genre: Educational Handheld - Learning Adventure Platform: Leapster Price: $24.99 Online Enabled: No Graphics: Cute. Does a good job of relaying WALL-E's cuteness. Playability: Easy. Educational games can be played on 3 levels of difficulty. Reading Level: Light Release Date: 07/05/2008 ESRB Rating: NR

Common Sense Note

Parents need to know that this Leapster version of the WALL-E game will play on all Leapsters, including the new Leapster 2. Unlike the console version, this game's activities are all educational and can be played on three levels of difficulty.

Families can talk about what it means to recycle and how to do it. WALL-E shares many facts about recycled goods -- can you remember any of them? Which activity is your favorite and why? Do you like playing with WALL-E or EVE more?

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Common Sense Review

Reviewed By: Jinny Gudmundsen

If your child has fallen in love with WALL-E (and who hasn't?), WALL-E for the Leapster is the go-to game if your fan is between 4 to 7 years of age. The console version of the game is just too challenging for this young age. Kids help WALL-E find cool human gadgets by playing five educational games.

In one, while kids star-gaze with WALL-E, they practice number identification, addition, and subtraction to find star patterns in the sky. Then they connect the stars to learn about famous constellations. In another activity, they will sort recycled garbage by tapping on groups of two or more same-colored trash cubes to clear a grid. Kids will also learn to mirror patterns in an activity about making pictures out of recycled garbage cubes. The remaining games focus on letter recognition, spelling skills, and planetary facts, and all can be played on three levels of difficulty. In addition, kids will learn facts about space and recycling as they play with WALL-E.

These games are easy to play and the educational content is age-appropriate. The visuals on this system do a great job of capturing the charming WALL-E, so kids will love watching his antics.

For other good Leapster games, check out I Spy Challenger, Animal Genius, and Get Puzzled.

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	Social Behavior You are helping WALL-E to clean up the Earth.
	Commercialism Based on the WALL-E movie.
	Drug/Alcohol/Tobacco
	Educational Value Games teach letter recognition, spelling skills, logic, and math.