LeapFrog Educational Toys and Games
LeapFrog® Leapster® Learning Game: Scholastic Animal Genius

Product Description

Discover fascinating facts about many exciting animals in the wild. Your little learner will love building basic science skills while playing unique thinking games and challenges in Animal Genius. Requires Leapster Multimedia Learning System (sold separately).

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• Brand: LeapFrog
• Model: 30473
• ESRB Rating: Everyone
• Dimensions: 8.68" h x 5.00" w x 1.31" l, .24 pounds

From the Manufacturer
Discover fascinating facts about many exciting animals of the wild! Learn about basic life science facts while playing thinking games. Leapster2 players can connect online for extra activities and rewards. And with the LeapFrog® Learning Path, parents can see what their child is learning. Appropriate for ages 4 years to 8 years. All Leapster games work with all Leapster systems.

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Customer Reviews

if you're only going to have one leapster game ~ this is the one!
my 4yr old son loves 'go diego go' (about an 'animal scientist' who lives in the rainforest), but all the related games have seemed disappointingly cheesey ~ this one, though, makes him feel like he =is= diego!

this sort of game is why i bought the leapster in the first place! the graphics are amazing ~ rather realistic & not cartoony. you start off picking a habitat (woodlands, rainforest, ocean, grasslands, or artic) & then have to 'win' 5 animals to fill it up by playing the 4 different games (maze munch - negotiate a maze to get food for your animal; feature finder - classify & sort animals by physical features; matchomatic - match the animal with it's feature (eyes, skin, food, etc); scratch & see - figure out which animal is hiding by scratching off as little of it's cover as possible) after you've gotten enough points, you take a quiz on that particular animal & then get to see it in it's habitat. also, "animal alert" happens periodically where an animal is in the wrong habitat & you have to find it. i wish there was more consistency in the animals (i.e. games for grassland animals focussed on animals that actually live in the grasslands) & maybe a bit more flexible formula but all in all a =great= game that's very educational & not patronizing. also, excellant integration of using both the stylus & arrow keys. like all leapster titles there are different levels of play.

~*~without a doubt our absolute favorite title thus far & i really hope they make more like these!~*~

Best Leapster Game Ever!
My son(6) and my daughter(3.5) really like this game. We own over fourteen leapster games and this one is their favorite. It has four types of games: "Maze Munch", "scratch and see", "Feature finder" and "Matchomatics". It also has fact quiz for each animal that you are going to win. It is so cute when my three and half year old ask her dad:"Do zebras live in the arctic?" Then she would answer it herself:"No. It's too cold for zebra. Zebras live in grassland". Kids are learning while playing. I can not ask for anything better. It also keeps their attention for hours.

Recommend for PRESCHOOLERS
This game is way to easy to engage any child over 5. Because the age range indicated on the box is 5-8, I thought my 7 year old son would love this game because he loves animals. It is just WAY to easy, thus making the game boring. A younger child would probably love it.