Spelling Challenges and More

by Crave Entertainment

Product Features

• Be challenged from over 25,000 words to spell
• Choose from 100 difficulty levels
• Compete in 11 different games

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000QJLQB2
• Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches ; 2.9 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 11, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,456 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #1 in Video Games > Nintendo DS > Word Games
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Your Spelling Bee host, Mr. Niceguy, will introduce the game to you and award dollars and prizes. There are a plethora of word games to test your skills and improve your brain. Opportunities to aquire bonuses by going for broke and the words will increase in difficulty as your progress. Your ultimate aim is to be invited to the Super Challenge and hit the big jackpot!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

108 of 109 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for those who like vocabulary & spelling!!!, October 11, 2007

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Graphic Novel / Manga Reader "ownstoomanybooks" (Land of the Palm Trees (USA)) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Spelling Challenges and More (Video Game)

I am an adult gamer who likes vocabulary & spelling. They were my favorite subjects in school. I was excited to see they made a game out of it!!

There are variety of word games. Pick the one that's misspelled, the one that's correct, unscramble the words, & spell the word they flash at you quickly. Real neat. I really enjoyed it. The games are timed and you collect coins depending on how well you did. It keeps track of your points and you can try to beat others with the score or beat your own score. You enter your age and they'll give you your skill according to your age. If it's a 9 year old, they'll give 9 year old's reading level. If you enter an adult's age, the words get harder. You also unlock some new games once you beat certain games or level.

I've played with it for 40 minutes and I like it. I can't wait to go back and play some more. Everything is done with the stylus and there is no problems with it's usage. The only downside is that it does not use a QWERTY as a way to find the letters. It's in alphabet order. I am a typist and I know where the letters are in QWERTY way but since it's in alphabet order, I learned pretty quickly where the letters are and became faster in finding the letters I wanted eventually. I don't know how this game is long term but so far it's a great word game.

81 of 81 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great game for kids and adults!, October 23, 2007

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A. Mathur (CA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Spelling Challenges and More (Video Game)

My son, who is 9 was hesitant at first because he is a pokemon fan, but the game show style of this game drew him in and now he loves to play! He likes collecting money for each challenge that he completes. His 5 year old sister and I have also played and enjoyed it. Highly recommended for parents!

81 of 82 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars It's a spelling game which doesn't speak the words....., November 24, 2008

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S. vaneck - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Spelling Challenges and More (Video Game)

It is a spelling game where they flash the words to you before you type them, and the words are never read out load to the player. Then they make everything timed, so there is pressure to go fast. For someone who is learning a new word and learning to spell it, actually hearing the word is pretty critical. This is what spelling is about...you hear the word and then write it down, but in this case the developers took a few short cuts. My 7 year old son reads at a very high level, but I wanted him to recognize words he hears, so this game really falls for me.

Graphics are pretty weak, games aren't horrible, but nothing to write home about. Overall, I think it might be good for someone with a good vocabulary trying to refine their spelling and just have fun playing a game, but I bought this as a educational game for my kids. It might be fun, but I don't see much or any educational value in this game.