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sequel to the excellent Logical Journey of the Zoombinis has been
a long time coming. Zoombinis Mountain Rescue continues the
series' focus on logical thinking skills with a similar
format--the idea is to lead Zoombinis through a series of
challenges after creating bands of these adorable little
creatures. Again, children select the four variable
characteristics of each Zoombini--hair, feet, noses, and
eyes--then solve puzzles that, for the most part, revolve around
these variables.
What is
different about this second title in the series is 3-D graphics, a
special emphasis on "math of the information age", and
more challenging puzzles overall. The Zoombinis, along with the terrain
they traverse, look fabulous--a wonderful improvement on the
original. Some of the activities feel familiar to fans of the
original Zoombinis title; others feel entirely new, with a few of
them exercising thinking skills that are particularly useful for
children wanting to pursue a computer programming career.  The
challenges are simply excellent. They are so cleverly
fun--children want to "beat" each puzzle so that
the program doesn't feel academic. But, academic it is! Kids
practice skills that will help them in math class.
This
title seems more challenging than the first. Although kids can
play individual activities at any of their 3 difficulty levels
independently of the adventure, the adventure mode itself is long
and quickly becomes challenging for most kids. The box says ages 8
and up, but children ages 8-10 are unlikely to make it very far in
the journey before getting frustrated.
Pros:
- Excellent exercise for
the brain
- Logic puzzles are fun to
do
- Well-designed title with
plenty of options
- Improved storyline,
graphics
- The Zoombinis characters
are endearing
- This title has loads of
content for those up to a challenge.
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Cons:
- The
"adventure" mode becomes too challenging too
fast.
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