Jumpstart Pet Rescue

by Knowledge Adventure

• Jump Into Learning on the Wii Join the JumpStart friends in a rich world full of learning, music, and creativity! JumpStart Pet Rescue contains 5 Discovery worlds where Preschoolers navigate through 5 stories in a search for lost pets. Each Discovery world contains a guided story told by one of the JumpStart friends, leading children on a learning adventure through more than 50 learning lessons an

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002HEX27U
• Item Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: August 26, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,210 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Join the JumpStart friends in a rich world full of learning, music, and creativity! JumpStart Pet Rescue contains 5 Discovery worlds where Preschoolers navigate through 5 stories in a search for lost pets. Each Discovery world contains a guided story told by one of the JumpStart friends, leading children on a learning adventure through more than 50 learning lessons and 20 activities that teach kids over 75 essential skills they need to succeed. As kids progress through the adventures, they improve their pre-reading skills, memory, creativity, motor skills, listening and much more!

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

63 of 67 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun and educational game for young kids September 3, 2009

By Maribeth Portz

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

My nearly 4 year old picked up the controller and began exploring the world of Pet Rescue the minute the game loaded. It's so intuitive that he hardly needed my help. In addition to the parent friendly educational games found throughout the magical world of Pet Rescue there are also fun things that kids will love. My son really enjoyed finding the waterslides and zip lines and is still talking about the pet he adopted at the adoption center. In the few times he's played we've barely scratched the surface of all the content in this game.

32 of 32 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Rating is wrong. This game is rated Early Childhood, not Everyone. September 27, 2009

By Michael Thompson

Fun: 4.0 out of 5 stars   

My three year old loves this game. Finally, get has a game of his own that he can work on the wii, and he's very excited about it.

Need more games rated eC for consoles... would make the living room more fun for those of us with toddlers. ;)

37 of 39 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Frustrating for pre-schoolers November 9, 2009

By Jim

Amazon Verified Purchase

Fun: 3.0 out of 5 stars   

I'm a grandfather with a 3 year old grandson. I wanted a game that he could enjoy and get involved with. It was also important that he be able to do it by himself, so that he would get the satisfaction of accomplishment.
Unfortunately, at many times this game is frustrating. It is very hard for him to move the character around. Perhaps this would be easy if this were a PC game and he could use a mouse. Instead, the WII controllers are very sensitive and I have often seen him patiently trying to get the WII hand over an action icon and hold it there while trying to press the A button. In fact, I have to concentrate very hard myself to navigate this game. If you try to use the cross pad keys to move your character, it moves so quickly that it zooms past the target position and once again causes great frustration. We tried the nunchuck instead, but it is even harder to control. He gets stuck in places and can't move. He can jump, but can't jump OVER anything (the game doesn't allow it.) Sometimes the game locks up and the console has to be restarted. Sometimes objects in the game simply go white. If you move around it, the color of the object is back. Most of things in the game are too small to be clicked. If you approach a character to talk to it, the game leaves you positioned in front of the character where you can't see the character as he speaks. Children don't like this. They want to see the characters talk. So now, instead of feeling that I'd given him a nice gift, I feel that I am torturing him. He DOES like the game, but watching him struggle to use the over sensitive controls is nerve-wracking for me. It would be great if the control sensitivity could be turned down, but I don't see a way to do it. So my rating is that it's just OK.