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Dora the Explorer: Journey to the Purple Planet | 
 enlarge | From: Global Star
Category: Video Games
Buy New: $20.40
New (5) Used (5) from $18.98
Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 14994
Platform: Gamecube
Genre: Action Games
ESRB: Early Childhood
Media: Video Game
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.2 x 0.6
MPN: 100730
UPC: 710425248719
EAN: 0710425248719
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Kids will travel through 6 game levels as they use their logic and reasoning skills to guide Dora | | • | They'll help her avoid meteors, collect jet packs, and find all the cosmic jewels | | • | Avoid Swiper the Fox -- he'll try to steal everything Dora and Boots find to help them on their adventures | | • | For ages 3 to 6 |
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Product Description
Dora the Explorer: Journey to the Purple Planet takes your child on a journey to other planets, with Dora and Boots! When they meet aliens who are lost, Dora and her pal decide to go looking for their home world. Kids will have a great time exploring space while learning with Dora!
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| Customer Reviews:
The Best Console Game for Young Children (3-5) April 29, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have tried a number of educational and not-so-educational games targeted at children and none compares to this one in simplicity. And I mean that in the best way possible.br /br /For this age group (3-6), Simplicity Is Essential For Fun!br /br /There are only two controls to master: 1) Movement via the Thumb Stick -or- Direction pad and 2) Action via any button. br /br /ALL buttons function as the Action button. Unless your child hits start, then all other buttons will activate the Action. In most cases, this is simply Jumping, but the game includes a lot of other entertaining actions such as Stopping Swiper, sending Boots to go digging for Treasure, Catapulting over obstacles, etc. Whichever button your child prefers or can most easily reach with their small hands will work.br /br /Journey to the Purple Planet plays just like a typical Dora episode - several episodes in fact because you advance to new adventures. You play as Dora Boots, but all the familiar characters make appearances (eg, Backpack, Map, Isa, Swiper, etc.). If your child enjoys the show, then they will enjoy this game.br /br /It provides some opportunity to explore, but is somewhat On Rails. That can be irritating in mature games, but for young ones it keeps them from getting lost or off track. Dora Boots can roam around, but there are boundaries and there are also clearly marked paths to lead them toward their next goals.br /br /Objectives are simple - find items, collect large glowing gems, etc. Children do not have to be absolutely perfect - being close to an objective is usually good enough. And Dora never loses - eg, she doesn't get stuck in the sand, simply blocked by it. The worst that happens is she might wander around a bit as your child figures out where the next collectible/objective is located.br /br /Dora also gives Advice when your little player gets stuck or backtracks too far in the wrong direction. Every step of the way, there are spoken hints for how to deal with new functions. Nothing is written (other than the start continue screens), so your child does not have to know how to read. When they need to continue, the game prompts them with a graphic to press the button.br /br /The game Automatically Saves, so there is little concern that your child will accidentally undo their progress unless they somehow back all the way out to the main menu and go through several steps to delete their saved game.br /br /Unlike the new Wii control scheme, older controllers are not necessarily intuitive nor easy to use for beginners. But this game makes it about as easy as it can get.br /br /The graphics are nicely cell-shaded with a number of nice touches like fluttering butterflies and the like to make the backdrop seem lively.br /br /There are other good console games for young ones, but this is the single best Early Childhood (3-5) title available for the console, especially if your child already has a fondness for Dora.
Excellent for Kids ! March 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Your kids won't have to worry about losing, there is no way that can happen. It's fun and builds confidence in kids.
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