Mario's Fundamentals
Reviewed by Cynthia A. Sorrels
Published by Brainstorm

Age Group: Age 4 to 8 Type: Board/Card Games Price: $ 29.95 US

Description:

Mario's Fundamentals includes five classic games: Checkers, Go Fish, Dominoes, Yacht, and Backgammon. Mario plays against the kids and is quite chatty. The Help section describes the rules and strategies for each games and provides illustrations, as well.

Features:

• Instructions are given onscreen and verbally.
• Uses various characters from Mario's world.
• Classic games.

Reactions:

Mario's Fundamentals ran very slowly on our system, even though it exceeds the stated system requirements. The time between moves was awful! And the rest of the time, I was fighting to regain control of my mouse, which was freezing up for short periods. I read the help files and documentation in hopes of resolving the problem but had no luck. We tried restarting the system, to no avail. My kids decided that it wasn't worth waiting around for. The other thing that bothered us was that while we were trying to get the mouse to move, Mario would say, "You still wanna play?" I hate games that bug you if you have to wander off for awhile. "I'ma waaaiting," says Mario. "So what?" responded my daughter, "You're just a 'puter."

This title has two major limitations: 1) No variations for the difficulty level and 2) no online multiplayer capabilities. The lack of those options is reason enough to recommend that you NOT buy this one.

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