Gaming on the Nintendo DS

Go, Diego, Go! Safari Rescue is based on the Go, Diego, Go! Nickelodeon show for preschoolers.  It is a fun game for kids that like animals and/or the show, but the game depth is pretty shallow.  Considering this is a game for young kids, though, I would say that it is good that it is not an addictive game depth rich game.   At the same time, though, it has pretty limited replay value after it is beat once.  Thus it comes down to being a good game to rent for kids to play through once or twice, but it probably is not worth buying for most kids.

The game has two modes.  One is Start a Safari in which you follow a short story line and play different mini games along the way as you search for a magical drum to turn the stone elephants back into real elephants.  Along the way you also try to spot different animals and photograph them.  The other mode is just Play a Game, where you can play the different mini games in any order you want and as many times as you want.

Mini games in this game include things like saying Jambo, blowing into the microphone, dragging things out of Diego’s way, playing the drums, and choose a hiding spot.  Overall they are all very easy, although you do need to play with the sound in order to hear Diego give the instructions.

Overall it is not a bad game, but the target audience is pretty limited and even kids that find this replayable will probably quickly grow out of it.

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