WireWay (Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi)
common sense media says
Puzzles about flinging an alien around a cartoony world.
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that Wireway is a fun 2-D action/puzzle game in which players use the DS stylus to bend wires that will launch the main character around enviroments. Players can remove obstacles such as bees, chickens and flying pandas by flinging their character, a tiny alien, into them. The game has a sly humor and cute, cartoony art style and no objectionable content for the target audience.
Educational value:
Some light puzzle solving and imagination is required to complete challenges. The game also engages hand/eye coordination.
Positive role models:
The game's characters are sweet, slightly sarcastic and cute alien space travellers. While not particularly heroic, they're utterly benign and charming creatures.
Ease of play:
The game smartly uses the DS touch screen as the central control. It's easy and fun to use. By using the stylus, you pull back on the black wires--which essentially act like rubber bands--and fling your extraterrestrial to the next string. Wiley doesn't do well on land, so if you happen to miss, he freaks out a bit and then hops back onto the nearest wire so that you can try again. The game will display how much oomph is behind a particular wire. The thicker the wire, the more height you're going to get, and there's a helpful dotted line to indicate your trajectory.
Violence:
You can occassionally fling your alien character into dinosaurs, pandas, and other animals who are blocking your way. Once they are hit, the animals disappear.
Sex:
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Language:
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Consumerism:
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Drinking, drugs, & smoking:
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