LeapFrog Leapster L-Max⢠Educational Game: Spider-Man The Case of the Sinister Speller |  | Brand: LeapFrog
Category: Toy
List Price: $29.99
Buy Collectible: $8.20
as of 7/30/2010 13:08 MDT details
You Save: $21.79 (73%)
Seller: mikeofmarl
Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 17007
Age: 5 - 8 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 1.5 x 5.3 x 8.8
MPN: 030444
Model: 30444
UPC: 708431304444
EAN: 0708431304444
ASIN: B0008FUCXC
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| | Swing into action with Spider-Man and experience classic intrigue and suspense! | | | Read along with the e-Comic book as Spider-man unmasks the villains! | | | Play four action-packed learning games that teach essential first and second grade reading, grammar, and spelling skills! | | | Plug into the TV to challenge Green Goblin and find every misspelled word! |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Editorial Review
Oh no! What's a superhero to do? Spiderman's city has been taken over by diabolical misspelling miscreants and the streets are bedlam! It's up to Spiderman (and his 6- to 7-year-old friends) to unscramble the signs and restore order. This Leapster game (for use with Leapster and Leapster L-Max learning systems) teaches more than 45 skills in spelling, grammar, phonics, and reading fluency. With the handheld, players read along with an e-comic book to help Spidey expose villains, make sense of counterfeit signs, and build words to crack codes. Plug the Leapster L-Max handheld into the TV for even more educational games, including Goblin's Challenge. Leapster fans will love the excitement and intrigue of joining forces with their favorite superhero to vanquish the Sinister Speller…and parents will be thrilled at the undercover learning going on! --Emilie Coulter
Product Description
Swing into action with Spider-Man, and experience classic intrigue and suspense! The city is in chaos - signs have been replaced and the letters are all mixed up. Read along with the e-Comic book as Spider-Man unmasks the villains. Play four action-packed learning games that teach essential first and second grade reading, grammar, and spelling skills! Plug into the TV to challenge Green Goblin and find every misspelled word! For use with the Leapster L-Max Learning Game System, sold separately.
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| Customer Reviews:
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Not their favorite game March 18, 2009
Noname
We have a lot of Leapster games. My children are 5 and 7 and Spiderman is not my children's favorite game. They play it once in awhile.
The stories operate much like those in the Tag reading system. Touch the words to hear them read. Touch the pictures to hear the characters speak or read the signs. I'm not as impressed with the readings on Spiderman as I am with Tag, because the reading voice is much more monotonous. There is also no way to hear the entire narrative on each page read without touching each and every word. Of course, one advantage of Leapster is that there is some action on each page. However, there is only limited action. Most scenes are frozen, like in a comic book.
In order to play the games, the child must first read the story (or just scroll through it and look for the games). It's not entirely intuitive how to unlock the games. I went through an entire story not knowing I needed to look for and touch the Spiderman face near the narrative to play the games. Once the games are unlocked, the child can go straight to the game and play without rereading the story.
There are two levels of play for each game. It requires that the child understand how to read and spell. Toddlers and preschoolers may be too young to play. I think it's a good game for kindergarteners through second graders.
Below is a brief description of the available games:
*Snapshot: search the city for misspelled signs.
* Darkroom Doodle: unscramble the words in the sign.
* Control Panel: remove a letter from a word and replace it with another letter to make a new word.
* Web Sling: answer questions about the story.
If this is the only game you are getting for your child's Leapster, I wouldn't recommend it. It's not bad as part of the Leapster library, but there are more exciting games available.
Things That Make You Go 'What the ......." March 15, 2009
Hank Charleston (North Carolina)
My five-year-old LOVES his Leapster Batman game and Pet Pals game, but found this Spiderman game to be very disappointing. He has played the other games hundreds of times and only played this one one or two times. He guards the other games very carefully, but has left Spiderman falling down behind the sofa. It's worth about $5 of fun and that's it. Batman and Pet Pals have paid for themselves over and over.
 Leapster cartridge -- Spider-Man November 6, 2008
D. Okura (Laguna Niguel, CA USA)
My son just loves this Leapster cartridge -- and it is really helping his spelling skills!
6 year old boy loves it! June 30, 2006
Sam's mom (Oakland, CA)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
I got this game for my son who just completed kindergarten, and begged for it. I thought it was a bit beyond him, as he just learned to read and write this past school year, but he is rapidly learning to recognize and differentiate correct from incorrect words, and he LOVES it. I guess the lure of Spiderman makes even spelling fun, reading the same story over and over.
Good for readers! Grade 1 or higher June 16, 2006
Game Fanatic (NY USA)
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
This game is good for kids who can read already. It teaches them to really look at the words and figure out which word is spelled incorrectly or is the incorrect one in the sentence. The game voice will say the sentence the way it should be. Then the child has to read the sentence again to determine which word is incorrect. When he/she clicks on the incorrrect word, it changes to the correct one. The cartridge IS VERY good. After going through the story to correct all the incorrect words, you get a key to unlock some games. I gave it three stars because the pen sensitivity on this game doesn't seem very good (although our Leapster is getting old -- it is a first generation Leapster). But then the other games seem OK with the pen.
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