Galactic Taz Ball

$30, Nintendo DS

Teaches: problem solving and opportunities for spatial thinking

CTR Rating: 92%

CTR Review

Do you like maze games? If so, keep reading. Using the DS stylus, you "roll" a large ball on the bottom of the screen, to direct Taz through a series of mazes. To move, you swipe in the direction you want to go. At various points, you must figure out how to jump up a level, avoiding moving hazards. A second mode, called Underworld, lets you move Taz by prodding, pulling, and pushing him and his surroundings with the stylus, and direct him closer to the giant chicken leg in the sky. There are three difficulty levels and unlockable extras. In the story, Taz gets caught up in the evil plot of Marvin the Martian, who is on a mission to steal the Earth's landscape for Mars. Hungry Taz is on a journey to find a giant chicken leg in the sky and travels across Tasmania, barren deserts, tropical jungles and ice-covered terrain.`There's a lot of problem solving and opportunities for spatial thinking. Developed exclusively for the Nintendo DS by WayForward Technologies.