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Phineas and Ferb (Nintendo DS)

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Game based on Disney show is fun and creative.


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What parents need to know

Parents need to know that this game is based on the Disney Channel TV show with which it shares its name, and playing the game will almost certainly make kids want to seek out and watch the program. There is virtually no violence, as play revolves around a pair of brothers who explore their neighborhood to find parts to build and upgrade vehicles and create tracks upon which to ride them. They're often chased by their older sister, Candace, who wants to tell their mother what they've been up to.

 

Educational value: Not applicable.
Positive messages: The two brothers who star in the game are good kids. They work to make various amusement park rides while avoiding their annoying, tattletale sister. Their pet, Perry, has a mission of his own that involves short circuiting a dastardly invention created by the evil Dr. Doofenschmirtz.
Violence & scariness: Not applicable.
Language: Not applicable.
Consumerism: This game helps promote the TV show upon which it is based.

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What to talk about

Talk to your kids

Families can talk about the idea of making projects out of discarded junk, as Phineas and Ferb do. Are there items lying around your house that, with a bit of imagination and elbow grease, you could turn into a toy or perhaps a work of art? Do you think you'd achieve a better sense of satisfaction if you built something yourself as opposed to buying it?

What's the story?

What's the story?

Sprung from the Disney Channel's Emmy-nominated cartoon for gradeschoolers, PHINEAS AND FERB follows the adventures of a pair of brothers as they try to spice up their summer holidays by building their own amusement park rides out of discarded items lying around their neighborhood. Much of the game sees them exploring backyards and streets, looking for things like screws and old motors while avoiding their mean older sister, Candace, whose sole mission seems to be to haul her siblings before their mother. Once they've collected enough items, the game switches to creation mode, where they assemble the bits and bobs they've found into vehicles and courses, which they then get to ride.

Is it any good?

Is it any good?
 

With virtually nothing in the way of violence, Phineas and Ferb is fine entertainment for elementary school kids. What's more, it makes creative use of the DS' touch screen. The neighborhood adventuring involves stroking and tapping the screen in a variety of intuitive ways to search for items and navigate obstacles, and vehicle parts are assembled by spinning them around with the stylus until their jagged edges fit together like puzzle pieces. There's also a nifty mechanic that involves one brother jumping on the other's shoulders, which lets them hide from their sister and interact with objects that are otherwise out of reach.

The rides players spend so much time striving to build, are, rather anticlimactically, the weakest part of the game. The controls are stiff and the objectives provided while riding -- such as leaping over paint cans and collecting items -- are simple relative to the rest of the game. Still, it is undeniably an above-average interactive incarnation of a kids cartoon.

Game themes & details

Game Details
Available on: Nintendo DS
Available online
Genre: Adventure
Developer: Disney Interactive
Released on: February 4, 2009
Price: 29.99
ESRB Rating: E for Comic Mischief

This review was written by Chad Sapieha
 
 

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dondigman
kid, 12 years old
 
Nice game
I really enjoyed this game. Some younger kids would find it uninteresting and hard to play.

dejuan
kid, 11 years old
 
dejuan laughed so hard
I love phineas and ferb because they create alot of stuff like building a ferriswheel,rolacoaster and alot of many things.My favorite person is candace(their sister)because she is crazy about busting her brothers.

Upside.Down.gamer
kid, 12 years old
 
"Amazed but sometimes boring"
This is A Verry good game -1 star because its on some times boring.

figgy
kid, 11 years old
 
"I was amazed"
All of it was awesome. That's all I have to say.

aamd13
kid, 11 years old
 
Good for older children.
I love the game and tv show.though i JUST got this game today,it wasn't exactly what i expected.The reason i have only 1 "concern"is because of Candace.She tries to 'ruin'the boys'summer.

Lito
kid, 10 years old
 
This is a good game.
This a good game.

Zakkaria09
kid, 11 years old
 
i hit myself i slap myself and i even laugh my brain out.
this was the greatest game i ever played so what i did was i tried to make it work so i just took my time and tried to do my best because i thought like this was the greatest thing i ever did so if i was just to take it slow i would have beat that high score but anyway i won and my score was 77789 and look i no i did a good job so think and thank that that game had been invented thank so have a nice time reading this in playing the game its fun just try it love and love the whoever invented it bybyebye

mpearmai
kid, 12 years old
 
Aren't you a little mad about some stupid game that is only out on Nintendo DS??
Why is the game only on Nintendo? Show them respect and make it out as PSP!!

eric young
kid, 9 years old
 
phineas

phineasandferbfan
kid, 11 years old
 
awesome!
Never played it, but when I get a DS for Christmas I will get the game

NoParentEmail
kid, 12 years old
 
Lights, Candace, Action! (TV-14-DLV) or maybe it put it "TV-14" instead its a part of says PG or Rated "PG-14" Movie was PG-13.
Maybe they have alots and lots and lots of nice to unnice words and baby from adult words in it, So they have lots of baby to unnice words in this episode 3, season 1. right? i dont play this game!

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