Customer Reviews

Math Blaster in the Prime Adventure

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If you are looking for a DS game that actually challenges the kid to do more than one math problem in a minute, then this is NOT THE GAME you want. They threw in the name MATH to make it sound educational, but it is game trying to pass itself off as a learning tool. If you are looking for a game, then you won't be disappointed with this. If you are looking for an educational tool to help your kids learn math, this is NOT going to help them much!

I purchased this game with the intent to give my child a way to avoid having to do flashcards with me. Boy what a big dissapointment!!! The game is more like a video arcade game and has a lot of action in it but barely any math. If you are looking for a game with maybe 10% math splashed in here and there then this is good if you are looking for a game that will drill math facts into them this is not it.
I have also purchased math coach which is excellent.....we can totally avoid flash cards with this and my second favorite purchase is learn math which is not a teaching tool but good solid review and practice.

This is the first Maths game that my son hasn't finished within a week. It has heaps of levels to keep him going. He says it's fun -- we got it coz he loved the CD-ROM version before. This he says is similar. He was almost disappointed when he had been playing it off and on for a weekend and had 'only' got to level three. I thought 'great! - this game will last a few months, this time!'. And it has. And he's still not finished. So good on them for packing in lots of difficulty levels.

We bought this game to help my 8 year old son with his basic mental math skills, which need improvement. I figured since he loves his DS so much, this made sense. However, he didn't enjoy anywhere near as much as the version for his laptop. Overall: the game is good for basic math skills, but isn't as much fun as the PC version. If it's not fun, it won't keep them interested, so what's the point.

I got this for my 11yo who struggles a bit in math, thinking it would be a "fun way to learn". She is not impressed.

I bought this game to help my son supplement his math skills. He could not seem to make it work - and with my very limited game skills (practically nil), neither could I. Essentially it was a waste of money for me, since you cannot return opened video games. I will try to sell it for what I can get to recoup some of the cost. My son is not a rookie at Nintendo, so I guess I'd say this game could and should have been designed better.

My grandson got bored with this game early because of the initial stage where you add the numbers to blast it was much to easy and getting to the target was much to hard. I wouldn't recommend this game as it gives no incentive to continue to play and there is no way to adjust the level that you start on, and if you can not blast the first target objective you stay on the basic level.

I bought this along with several other educational games for my kids. They love their DS's and thought it would be great instead of just adventure games. I tried most of their games and have thoroughly enjoyed them but this one, I was ready to turn it off right after the first 'mission'. I will let my kids try it this afternoon but I am not impressed. It is so difficult to navigate and you spend more time trying to get around in the game than thinking of math problems. Bought Bookworm and loved it. Simple, to-the-point, and you can concentrate on making words. Not this, too much time trying to navigate the goofy thing. If kids don't like, will be returning it today.

my nice did understand math a bit better after this game, yet she still has a long way to go! I guess it would all depend on the person.

[[ASIN:B000WMMTE6 Math Blaster Ages 7 - 9

What a great product. My grandson has a lot of fun with this. The price was very good, better than anywhere else, delivered quickly and just as described. Thank you