Common Sense Media Review
By Christopher Healy
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Huge cast of Nick Jr. stars jump platforms and do some math.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 4+?
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Team Umizoomi & Dora's Fantastic Flight
What's It About?
In TEAM UMIZOOMI & DORA'S FANTASTIC FLIGHT, the members of Umizoomi gang have offered to take Dora and Boots on a ride in their airship. Unfortunately, that sneaky fox, Swiper, has stolen all the pieces of the vehicle. So the five friends team up to find the airship parts (and collect a bunch of crystals along the way). Happily for them, cast members from three other Nick Jr shows pop up to lend a hand as well. At the end, kids get to steer the completed airship in a race through the sky.
Is It Any Good?
Team Umizoomi & Dora's Fantastic Flight is a cute, harmless platform-jumping adventure appropriate for preschool gamers. The mini-game challenges that pop up all have an early-math theme (except for Dora's, which focus on learning new words in Spanish) and offer a nice bit of relief from the otherwise repetitive side-scrolling gameplay. The main gist of this game is to run and hop, collecting crystals along the way. But the airship flight -- and the chance to customize your ship -- offers a nice incentive for playing through to the end.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about teamwork and sharing chores. How can jobs around the house get done much faster if parents and children team up?
Parents can also talk to their kids about licensed products tie-ins. If your child is a Dora fan, does this game make her want to watch Team Umizoomi as well? What about any of the shows that the game's "guest stars" appear on?
Game Details
- Platform : Nintendo DS
- Subjects : Social Studies : cultural understanding , Math : counting , patterns , shapes
- Skills : Creativity : imagination , making new creations , Thinking & Reasoning : solving puzzles
- Pricing structure :
- Available online? : Not available online
- Publisher : 2K Play
- Release date : November 9, 2012
- Genre : Preschool
- ESRB rating :
- Last updated : November 11, 2020
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