Parents' Guide to

My Amusement Park (DS)

By Christopher Healy, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 6+

Theme park sim mixes in logic and memory games.

Game Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi 2010
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What’s It About?

MY AMUSEMENT PARK lets kids design and run their own theme park. They can choose the general look of the place (safari, maybe? or tropical?) and choose which rides and attractions to build. They will play mini-games to construct the attractions, and can play different games to run the attractions. These might be matching games, memory games, or logic games. If a ride breaks down, they need to fix it right away or lose money for that day. And if there's a traffic snarl in the parking lot, they have to play a mini-game to sort it out.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
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My Amusement Park offers a good deal of variety as it mixes logic-based mini-games with bona fide park simulation elements. There are a finite number of attractions to build and play with, and once you've filled up your park, you may grow tired of it, but you can always start from scratch with a new park and a new theme (though the attractions are the same, no matter what theme you've chosen). Since you can get more money by playing games at higher levels, it can be fun to see how quickly you finish the park. And for kids in the 5 to 8 age range, this is a nice uncomplicated introduction to simulation games, too.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about maintaining a budget. Do kids find it difficult to spend within their budget in the game? How can the lessons learned here apply to your real life?

  • Ask kids why they make the choices they do in the game. Why did they choose a certain decorative theme over another? Why did they choose to build food stands before rides? And so on.

  • What makes simulation games so much fun?

Game Details

  • Platforms: Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi
  • Subjects: Math: arithmetic, money, patterns, shapes
  • Skills: Self-Direction: achieving goals, goal-setting, time management, working efficiently, Thinking & Reasoning: decision-making, solving puzzles, strategy
  • Available online?: Not available online
  • Publisher: Scholastic
  • Release date: October 26, 2010
  • Genre: Edutainment
  • ESRB rating: E for (No Descriptors)
  • Last updated: August 30, 2016

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