VeggieTales: The Mystery of Veggie Island

by ValuSoft

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006JK24
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: December 3, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,832 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber are taking the Veggie kids to Veggie Island on a Cub Sprout camping trip. Junior Asparagus needs to earn his merit badges, and he needs help. But the trip takes a turn when the Cub Sprouts' canoe drifts away. The only way off the island is with a motorboat, but the Veggies can't find the boat's owner. As kids search for the owner, a mystery unfolds, and they discover everything from pirate maps to secret hideouts and buried treasure. Then, in a very Veggie turn of events, kids learn a valuable lesson about helping others.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun Just For Kids, December 7, 2002

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B.P. "tilley_traveler" (Wisconsin, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: VeggieTales: The Mystery of Veggie Island (CD-ROM)

At first I thought wow! This sounds great! Being able to play a Veggie Tale computer game without eating up Internet hours would be a dream come true! But this is one of those products that teeter between a final rating of four stars or five stars and here's why.

It deserves a five star rating for the fact of it's all around quality and excellent visuals. Exhibiting detailed images that are outstanding and cute set-ups with good animation. Right from the start it will have you believing that you're about to watch another Veggie Tales video. Only here it's totally interactive and the player has to help Junior Asparagus earn his Cub-Sprout Badges and find Mr. Nezzer's lost treasure. Plus find the silly songs by clicking on certain objects throughout the game, sometimes even twice to find an extra hidden surprise of silliness. And if you read the Cub-Sprout handbook you'll find more tidbits of humor. The nifty activities and puzzles deal with memory and mostly eye to mouse (or on screen cursor) coordination. The Mysteries of Veggie Island keeps up with the Veggie reputation for positive, educational values in entertainment. Making it a wonderful game for your young 'Cub-Sprouts' to become familiar with the use of computers. And to top off the reason for a five star merit badge, is Big Idea's addition of a 'virtual egg timer' giving parents the option of directly monitoring the amount of time spent in game play.

Now for other side, what prevents a five star rating and warrants a four star instead. It's definitely a game tailored for the younger audience and is only mildly entertaining for grown-ups to some degree. The ten Silly Campfire Songs with Larry are adaptations of popular/familiar songs and might seem like something not to be missed, but don't get too excited. They're nothing like Larry's songs from the videos. Yes, they are funny but also extremely short and max out at around 30 seconds each. Plus it doesn't help when you can play the game over again, EXACTLY the same way as before. The games and puzzles have the right complexity and length for kids, but it's just all too easy for us 'big kids'.

For something new, The Mysteries of Veggie Island is an excellent choice for children, and for new beginnings from Big Idea, it shows great promise of what could come.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First Veggie Tales software EVER! Great!!, September 20, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: VeggieTales: The Mystery of Veggie Island (CD-ROM)

This was so fun for my kids ages 6 and 11! Super high-quality graphics as you would expect from Veggie Tales and it is interactive and FUNNN! Good family-values, beautiful 3D graphics and the games are entertaining and fun. Can't wait for next release. This has many, many hours of gameplay. Great for kids 4-11. Try it!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet, Fun, Kids had a Blast!, October 25, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: VeggieTales: The Mystery of Veggie Island (CD-ROM)

This set of games is simply sweet, and loads of fun for the kids. Very clever theme and heart-felt lessons interspersed throughout the games. I am telling you, you can feel the love that went into developing this game!