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Petz Nursery 2 for Nintendo DS

April 20, 2011 By

 

Petz Nursery 2 is the latest in the series of Nintendo DS games by Ubisoft that let players care for virtual baby animals. It’s one of Kaitlyn’s favorite DS games because of the cute baby animals she gets to take care of.   There are 22 baby “petz” to unlock in this game. Along with puppies and kittens, you’ll eventually unlock polar bears, wolf cubs, ducklings, piglets, baby pandas, tiger cubs, even four different breeds of penguins!

One difference between this game and the original Petz Nursery is the ability to take care of two animals at the same time. It’s so cute to watch them meet each other,  play together and they even try to eat each other’s food! Every time that happens Kaitlyn cracks up!

Petz Nursery 2 has players care for their petz, which means feeding them, playing with them, giving them a shower, teaching them to crawl, and putting them to sleep. Kaitlyn’s favorite activities are giving the petz their shower, blowing up balloons by blowing into the DS microphone,  and playing a game where you shake a rattle to get the petz attention. The longer you keep them happy, the more they grow!

I recommend Petz Nursery 2 for ages five and up.It’s rated “E” for everyone. Suggested retail price is $29.99 but it’s only $18.99 from Amazon.com. Note-the links in this post are my Amazon affiliate links so if you click them to make a purchase, I earn a small commission which helps support my fancy coffee drink habit :)

 

 

 

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Mega Bloks Domino Build Game

March 17, 2011 By

Thanks to Mega Bloks and Team Mom, we had the chance to review the new Mega Bloks Domino Build Game.  Aimed at children ages 3-6, this fun game combines the counting of dominos with learning about colors and shapes, plus the fun of stacking blocks to build animals!  These kinds of games help develop fine-motor skills like patience, practice, and determination, muscle movement and hand-to-eye coordination. Both boys and girls will have fun playing the Mega Bloks Domino Build Game!  Best of all, the retail price is only $10.99 and you can buy it at Amazon.com, Fred Myers, Toys R Us Canada (Quebec only), and Wal-Mart Canada.  At that price, you can buy one for yourself and one to give as a gift!

Kaitlyn was very eager to test out this game. For two players, each player gets four cards plus one is turned over to start. Each player also decides which of the four animals they want to build. The youngest player goes first, and looks in their hand for a card that has either the same shape or the same color as the starter card. If they can make a match, they put their card down, take one animal block, and draw another card. Play continues this way until one player gets all four blocks needed to build their animal. Here’s a photo showing the table while we were playing, you can see we started with a purple hippo card and built out from that:

Playing Mega Bloks Domino Build

After we played a couple of rounds, Kaitlyn had fun building with the animal blocks. After she built them the right way, she had fun mixing and matching, swapping heads and bodies and feet and giggling about the results. Here are the animals the right way:

Kaitlyn with Mega Bloks

In addition to reviewing the Domino Build Game, I have some information to share. MEGA Brands, Inc., a trusted family of leading global brands in construction toys, games and puzzles, arts & crafts and stationary, is launching the Mega Bloks Family Club and Mega Bloks Mom search. For more information visit http://familyclub.megabloks.com.

Mega Bloks Family Club
MEGA Brands is launching the Mega Bloks Family Club, a brand new MEGA Brands blog and online community. It’s FREE to sign up! When you become a member, you receive:

  • A PRINTABLE COUPON for $5 off of any $30 or more Mega Bloks purchase;
  • Other exclusive OFFERS, CONTESTS, SWEEPSTAKES and PROMOTIONS on Mega Bloks toys;
  • Information on NEW Mega Bloks toys for kids ages 1 to 6
  • An EDUCATIONAL and INFORMATIVE BLOG by a leading panel of mom bloggers with articles on the benefits of construction toys, product reviews, pictures and more;
  • FREE EMAIL NEWSLETTER with great new building ideas, toys for kids ages 1 and up and more.

Mega Bloks Mom Search
Mega Brands is looking for five – count em’ five — Mega Bloks Mom personalities to contribute to the Mega Bloks Family Club, a brand new MEGA Brands blog and online community. Mega Bloks Mom bloggers will post about new products, play tips, contests and more for the Family Club online community. If selected, each Mega Bloks Mom blogger will receive monetary compensation, along with free MEGA Brands products. For more details, requirements and application, visit http://www.megabrands.com/en/familyclub/megamom/

We had fun reviewing the Mega Bloks Domino Build Game for Mega Bloks and Team Mom! I think your kids would like it to :)

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Petz Fantasy: Sunshine Magic for Nintendo DS

February 3, 2011 By

Petz Fantasy: Sunshine Magic is one of two games for the Nintendo DS that follow the huge success of Ubisoft’s original Petz line of games. In Petz Fantasy, players enter a dream world and discover eggs that hatch into cute fantasy creatures like unicorns and dragons. There are 20 Petz to discover and collect in this game, and 20 more in the companion game Petz Fantasy: Moonlight Magic.

Thanks to Collective Bias, we received Petz Fantasy: Sunshine Magic to review, and it was a fun game for Kaitlyn and I to play together. After each pet hatches, it has to be fed, played with, dressed, and trained. Kaitlyn’s favorite part is the 20 different costumes and the tons of accessories!

Petz also have to be trained by playing mini-games. Fantasy Petz can have four types of powers: Flight, Ice, Fire or Speed. Players guide their Petz through tunnels, through gold rings in the air, earning points that unlock more items as they go. This part requires a good sense of hand/eye coordination and was the hardest for Kaitlyn at age five.

We haven’t gotten to this part of the game yet, but apparently in Petz Fantasy: Sunshine Magic players can teach their fantasy Petz to morph into household objects like toaster ovens or lamps, to keep them “secret” from parents!  I can just imagine Kaitlyn handing me her DS and saying “Mom, can you find my pet on the screen?” and me just seeing a lamp or whatever. Clever!  Suggested retail price: $29.99 Rated “E” for everyone.

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