Leapster Arcade: Letterpillar

by LeapFrog

Product Features

• This hungry Letterpillar loves to eat letters!
• Watch him grow as he munches his way through a lively arcade game that reinforces important early reading and spelling skills!
• Teaches phonics, and uppercase & lowercase letters recognition
• Encourages word building
• Develops early reading skills with three levels of play

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1 x 5.5 x 7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000CEXNEE
• Item model number: 20266
• Manufacturer recommended age: 4 - 7 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #84,698 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

This hungry Letterpillar loves to eat letters! Watch him grow as he munches his way through a lively arcade game that reinforces important early reading and spelling skills! What it Teaches: * Phonics * Uppercase letters * Lowercase letters * Word Building

Product Description

This hungry Letterpillar loves to eat letters. Watch him grow as he munches his way through a lively arcade game that reinforces important early reading and spelling skills. Teaches phonics, uppercase and lowercase letters and word building. For use with the Leapster Learning System or Leapster L-Max Learning Game System, each sold separately.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

51 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The most boring Leapster game yet., October 28, 2006

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N. PRITIKIN (Vermont) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Leapster Arcade: Letterpillar (Toy)

I bought my [...] daughter this game yesterday, she played it for 2 minutes and hated it. I played it for 5 minutes and now understand why she didn't like it. There is only one game on the cartridge- you pick one of three letterpillar faces and then you are supposed to use the arrow pad to guide the creature to eat letters. Level one has 1 capital letter and 1 number on the screen, if you eat the number the letterpillar gets sick and it tells you to eat the letter. Once you eat the letter, another one appears, and so on. If you run into the wall or a brick, the creature dies and after the creature dies three times, your game is over. We have the Kindergarten cartridge and the Disney Princess Cartridge and both of those have multiple games on each one and are so much more interesting to play. Don't waste your money on this one!

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Letterpillar - doesn't stack up to other Leapster games, December 10, 2006

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C. Adkins "Mom of two" (Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Leapster Arcade: Letterpillar (Toy)

While my 3 yr old and 5 yr old play this game some, it doesn't compare to the other cartridges we own. There is only one game on the cartridge. It is simple, and I'm not convinced it has much educational value, as do most of the other Leapster games we have. I recommend you buy the Draw & Write or the Letter Factory. My children fight / "take turns" over those two games and they are educational.

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very dissapointing, November 2, 2006

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Brooke "Mommy and Teacher" (Kennewick, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Leapster Arcade: Letterpillar (Toy)

We bought this game for our 3 and 5 year old - they do not like it at all! It is a very boring game and difficult to maneuver the caterpillars - don't waste your money!!! It kept their attention for about 5 minutes and then they moved on. They love the SpiderMan, Nemo, and Disney Princess cartridges the best!