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World of Cars My First DVD Game

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This is a neat little game for preschoolers. Players compete in a series of challenges to collect puzzle pieces, and the first to complete a 6-piece puzzle wins. It's best played with a grownup referee who can control the menus and adjudicate winners (alternatively, a parent can play along while helping -- but you have to play fair!).

There are three types of challenges: the first is Mater Says, which is just like Simon Says. The second involves watching a clip from the movie and being the first to shout out when a particular character appears. The third, which is a little tougher, asks players to watch a brief series of characters zip by and answer a question along the lines of "how many blue cars did you see?" or "did you see Doc Hudson?" Players will have to agree amongst themselves as to the winner of each challenge. Once six challenges have been played, the option to identify an overall winner is given after each subsequent challenge.

Aside from the movie clips in the second challenge type, which are played with no audio, there isn't really any animation, just still images. The sound is good, though, with Mater emceeing the festivities (Larry the Cable Guy, who did Mater's voice in the movie, provides the voice work here).

When the game starts, a menu of a few dozen different games is presented. Each includes a different sequence of challenges. There are plenty enough so that once you've played through them all, you can go back to the beginning without remembering the details from the first play.

This game is a big hit with my 3-year-old, playing together with Mommy and Daddy. It's long enough for a nice competition but short enough to hold a preschooler's interest. As you can probably guess from the description of the games, although this is officially rated for ages 4 and up, it's fine for a bright 3-year-old, and is unlikely to be very interesting for a child older than about 5 or 6.

This is a great game for "family night" if you have toddlers. You have to be with the smaller ones to help them go to another screen, but they do get excited about playing and it does bring the family together. You just can't plop them down in front of the game and let them do it themselves.