Parents' Guide to

Disney Alice in Wonderland (DS Version)

By Christopher Healy, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 9+

Fun, stylish, and a bit too spooky for little ones.

Game Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi 2010
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What you will—and won't—find in this game.

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age 8+

Based on 3 parent reviews

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Undertakers_trash Adult
March 4, 2016
age 9+

I really like this game

I've never played a game quite like this, but I really do love it. I'd say it's good for kids who aren't easily creeped out by more spooky looking designs, and obviously need a reading ability, so roughly 9 and up is the youngest I'd reccomend to, though it depends on the child. It's a fun game, I'd say it's like an adventure game.

This title has:

Easy to play/use
huskys5787
huskys5787 Parent of 10-year-old
April 8, 2010
age 6+

I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love it because it`s like a cartoon turn into a real life movie turn into a D.S game for kids 9 and over,and my child is 10 years old.

This title has:

Too much swearing
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What’s It About?

This DISNEY ALICE IN WONDERLAND follows the White Rabbit, the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat, and the Mad Hatter as they lead the girl they believe to be their savior (Alice) through the strange landscapes of Underland to find the legendary Vorpal Blade, which can be used to defeat the treacherous Red Queen and her monstrous Jabberwocky. Each of the heroes has a unique power (respectively: manipulating time, altering gravity, making things appear or disappear, and flipping the perspective), that must be used to get past puzzle-like obstacles along the way.

Is It Any Good?

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Disney Alice in Wonderland offers so much more than your standard 2-D platformer game for the Nintendo DS. Its developers made a very wise choice in not attempting to duplicate the lush graphics of the Wii/PC Alice adaptation, and instead went for a beautifully stylized (but graphically simpler) cartoony look. The tone and feel is still very Tim Burton, though -- obviously inspired by the film. The special abilities of each characters are also put to exceptionally good use over the course of the game. The rabbit time-manipulating power, for instance, could have been the central gimmick of a game all its own. When you see a fallen apple, for instance, you can stand on it, reverse time, and ride the fruit back up into the tree it had fallen from. Genius! Wonderfully creative touch are found throughout, especially with the map of Underland, which the player is able to mix around to create shortcuts. Repetitive battles are the game's only real flaw.

Online interaction: The game allows you to win unique costume items for your avatar in D-Gamer, Disney's online gaming community.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about differences between the game and the movie. How is Alice different in each? Which version of Alice do children prefer?

  • Families can also discuss the depiction of violence in the game. Does the cartoony way in which the fights are portrayed make them less violent? Less scary? Or is it possible that the spooky imagery of the game can make it more frightening?

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