Gaming on the Nintendo DS

Dora’s World Adventure is one of the later released Dora games for Game Boy Advance.  I have been impressed by the DS Dora games and thought at least this one would be an okay Game Boy Advance game, but I was quite disappointed.  Of course, I did not expect to really enjoy it as it is supposed to be easy and for kids, but I thought I could at least see its value for young kids.  The game play is pretty good and it follows the episode of the same name quite well.

The game annoys me, though, because it does not give in game instructions.  Also, the plot is just pictures, so I really think you need to have seen this episode to really understand this game.  I did not have much trouble figuring out the game, but I imagine some young kids may get frustrated with the lack of instructions or this is a game you might have to help them with.  It does not make it an entirely horrible game, but there are definitley bettter Dora portable games out there (all DS ones I have tried are great).

Overall it might be worth it for big Dora fans who just want a different game to play because they have played the DS ones too many times.  The graphics are good at points (at least for a GBA game), however, it is inconsistent and some points have bad graphics.   The sound is pretty good throughout with it changing based on the different places you travel to with Dora.