Gaming on the Nintendo DS

Franklin’s Great Adventures is an okay game for kids, however, I found by level 3 the adventure levels got pretty challenging.  In fact I had to give up on level 3 because I could not figure out what you are supposed to do to get further.  The mini games nicely use the DS controls, such as blowing a sailboat through a level and touching the screen to sort stuff in Franklin’s room.  The other controls and graphics, though, are pretty much GBA quality and I think that is because this was released as a GBA and DS game at the same time in almost identical format.

Overall this game may entertain fans of the turtle, but it can also get frustrating.  Also, there is a lot of on screen words and no talking of the text, so younger kids may need help to really enjoy the game or they may just find it confusing because they skip the text.  I recommend this as a rent and not a buy if not just a game to be entirely skipped.

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