Moments of Permanence - I got Super Scribblenauts...

From: fred_mouse Date: October 27th, 2010 04:53 am (UTC) (Link)

enquiring mouse *needs* to know - for what platform is this game?

and what would you rate as the lowest age group likely to get some enjoyment out of it (not what the box says, but based on your knowledge of kids)?

(why, yes, there would be birthdays coming up. And why, yes, it sounds like much more fun than the games that the rest of the family buy me, which they *play all the time*.....)

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From: sami Date: October 27th, 2010 10:41 am (UTC) (Link)

Nintendo DS.

As for age group... Interesting question, really. If you have a bookish kid with an advanced vocabulary and a creative streak, maybe seven or eight - but they're maybe going to need your help with a few levels, if they can't think of the words. It could well also be stimulating to their vocabulary etc, as well, as they reach for new ideas and concepts. (And if, like me, they get stuck on a level and end up trying to find out what a nuckelavee even is.)

It's really about a vocabulary/creativity minimum more than age. It's *safe* for all ages. And it's hard for me to work out with the nominal "reading age" idea, because I had a reading age of 15 at seven, etc. But I really don't think they'd have to be that old *if* they're the kind of kid who responds well to a challenge to their thinking and creativity.

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