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For the kindergarten crew

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 23 / 23
Date: January 13, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is a DS game that you can let your younger kids play without worrying about violence or inappropriate content. Although kids from eight and up may get bored very quickly, it can be played by kids as young as three, with some guidance.

There are two phases to the game, which has a little back-story about three stolen color crystals and colors disappearing all over the world. There's the Adventure mode, where you complete jigsaw puzzles, join-the-dots and speed coloring; and there's the coloring book.

Adventure Mode: Fairly easy puzzles that can be completed by most four year olds without help.
1. The Jigsaw puzzles have all the pieces the right way up, so all you need to do is find where they go and slide them in place. This is a novel way of introducing puzzle solving.
2. The Join-the-dots puzzles require only basic counting knowledge. Just touch a swirling rainbow and the puzzle appears.
3. The speed coloring game requires that you color flashing objects quickly, before a character fades away.
4. The Boss Challenge is the part where you catch a robber and color him in order to get back the missing color crystals.
5. To complete the Adventure Mode, you have to track down three robbers in different locations, unlocking crayons and coloring pages after completing each game.

This leads us to the Coloring Book, where the fun really begins.
1. By completing the Adventure Mode, you will now have 120 crayons to play with and 110 different pictures in six categories, namely dinosaurs, vehicles, farm, ocean, zoo and adventure.
2. Simple button options allow you to choose colors, erase mistakes, use a narrow or wide tipped coloring tool, and even choose between crayon and marker.
3. After coloring the object on the screen, you can also add grass, trees, sky or whatever your imagination requires.

The game saves itself as you go along, but in case you want to start all over again, there's a reset option. During play, a character named Tip provides helpful hints, but as there's no audio for this feature, basic reading skills may be required.

The only two negative aspects are that the three adventures all play the same types of games, which get boring after a while, and that the game is overpriced, all things considered.

Once the adventure is over, ask your kids to let you have a turn coloring - you'll find that it's great fun, but please remember that you have to give it back.

Amanda Richards, January 13, 2008

Crayola DS game ROCKS!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: December 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

FInally, a game that is great for kids 3-9. My kids had a ball coloring and trying to finish all 3 worlds. This has got to be the best sleeper hit of the year!

Great for Preschoolers!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: January 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game for my daughter who will be 4 in february. She absolutely loves it! She's able to do the games on her own. Her favorite part is doing the puzzles. There are also connect the dots and of course the coloring book. It's great, because once she beats one part of the game, it unlocks more pictures in the coloring book as well as more colors in the crayon box. Highly recommended! It's her favorite game at the moment.

My son enjoys it!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: December 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

My son received this game for Christmas. It is his favorite of the ones he received. He is in Kindergarten and needs some assistance with the reading portion, but still enjoys playing it. Was definitely a good purchase.

Finished the first night.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: April 05, 2008
Author: Amazon User

When I saw this game I thought great finally a game without violence. this is worth the high price(I thought). I got it for my son's 6th birthday. He did all three adventures the first night. It probably took lees than an hour. I was very disappointed that it wasn't more challenging. I liked the concept of puzzles for a DS game but this would be better for younger kids. My son has only had his DS for 3.5 months and it was definitley to easy for him.

A game a 5 year old can play!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: December 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I purchased this game as a Christmas present for my 5 year old daughter to accompany a new DS. Judging by the fact it's "Crayola," I was comfortably confident it was age appropriate for her. Many games require reading skills well beyond a Kindergarten education, but this game is not the case. Right from opening it, my daughter had a great time with it! It's simple enough for her to use without adult help, yet there's enough for her to do to keep her busy for a while. The more you play the games, the more colors of crayons are unlocked.

This game is a godsend. It's geared toward her age group, and for a little one who loves to color and draw, it's wonderful. I would not suggest purchasing it for an older child, but I'd agree with the other reviewer that 3-7 year olds will find it amusing. It's definitely a game a little one will feel confident playing!

Great for beginners!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: December 31, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought this for my six year old who is new to the video game craze. She received this and her Nintendo DS for Christmas. She loves this game, it is easy and fun for kids just beginning to navigate. She got some other games that she got very frustrated with because she just wasn't able to navigate them, but she loves this one the most, by far.

My daughters all love this game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is another great game that all of my girls enjoy (ages 9 with special needs, 7 and 3). The game is a little complicated for my three year old (just turned three) to do the puzzles without help, but she loves coloring and all of my girls ask constantly to play the game. I would recommend this game! We buy all of our games for ds based on ratings from ign.com and this game rated very well on there. Also, amazon was great and shipping was fast- this game is actually very hard to find, as none of the stores around us carried it and only a few online stores. Amazon was the cheapest due to the free shipping..ebay didn't even have it!

Great Game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 31, 2007
Author: Amazon User

When I read a preview for this game, it sounded awesome for my 2 year old. She loved goofing around on the DS, but there was nothing that would let her draw freehand or color.

Crayola Treasure Adventures was the answer! It has a fun game that she will be able to play through once she gets the concept, and the coloring book is easy enough for her to pick a page and begin coloring.

The one drawback that leaves her frustrated is that the game does not allow you to color outside the lines on the picture. This sounds neat, but it is not, because if she puts her pen down inside a small shape (like an ear), and begins to draw, only the little ear is being colored. I have to keep showing her that if she wants to draw in the big shapes or the background, she has to start with her pen there, which is a tough concept for her to grasp.

I'm sure as she gets a little older she will absolutely love this game! Thanks, Crayola, for caring about the little people in our lives!

Great Idea But....

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: April 05, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This seemed like a great game, but... it took my 6 year old about an hour to complete in full. Once you complete the game you can't re-set it. She is really bored with it now. For the price it seems like sort of a waste of money. Not enough levels even for a 6 year old. Concept is good though; teaches counting, nice colors. But in short, I would not have spent the money for this little. I would expect WAY more from Crayola!

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