Set your story in dozens of backgrounds including the Batcave, the Gotham City skyline and Arkham Asylum. The Cartoon Maker combines all the excitement of Saturday morning cartoons with the educational benefits parents love. A truly interactive experience where children create their own Batman animated cartoons with action, words, pictures, music and sound effects. Bring Batman, Robin, and your favorite villains to life. This puts the fate of Gotham City in your hands. Replay Value: The lack of content depth spells long-term disinterest. Sound: The sound is great, using music and characters from the show.Įnjoyment: Fun for kids who really like the show, although younger ones may find the storyteller questions too tough. Graphics: Nicely done, but too bad more of Arkham Asylum isn't shown.

Once the storytellers have been seen and the simple activities mastered, there's not much else to do, which means that kids will get through this one pretty quickly, making replay value practically useless. No rogue's gallery of Batman's foes or a tour of the place, which would have been nice. You get one hallway with three doors, each of which leads to one of the bad guy's areas. The short clips are fun to watch and are long enough that kids will probably want to watch them a few times.Īrkham, one of the coolest places in Batman's world besides the Batcave, is poorly represented in this game.

The music, taken straight from the TV show, is great, as are the sounds in general. You can get into Arkham Asylum, but you can't get out? On top of that, the button you need to press to exit isn't clearly marked. The buttons at the top of the clipboard in the storyteller mode are barely visible, and exiting the program is only possible from within activities. Unfortunately, the interface isn't always clear. Why they chose Quinn over her boss, The Joker, is beyond me, nor was I sure why Penguin was left out. Robin is featured, as are The Riddler, Harley Quinn, and Mr. Those who have seen the animated TV series or the direct-to-video movies know that the animated Batman (the one used in this game) is far superior to any live action one. The storyteller itself is fun for kids of any age since all they need to do is listen and play short video clips. Depending on age, children can grow frustrated or bored with activities or story questions. The activities are simple enough for a first grader, but the stories and their accompanying questions are at a fourth or fifth grade level. The Adventures of Batman & Robin is fun, but the content isn't as deep as it could be, nor is it clear as to what age group this package was aimed.

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