User Reviews

1. Review Date: 2009-11-23

   My daughter and I were excited to open Dora saves the Crystal Kingdom and after a quick and easy installation we were exploring the bright and exciting world Dora calls home. My daughter immensely enjoyed that you could choose between Dora, Boots or a princess to be her partner in adventure.
   
   The brightly animated world is chock full of surprises and puzzles to solve and the adventure is full of moments that encourage your child to continue the journey. Dora, who is never one to burden with too much information, does an excellent job of explaining situations and waiting to see how your child might respond. If your child is stumped by a question Dora is quick to encourage a solution in a kind and team worthy way.
   
   My daughter enjoys playing and that was great--but even more important I think it's a well made game. The soundtrack and voice recordings are well done and easy to understand, there were no squeaky voices making me beg her to turn the volume down. The animations are smooth, easy on the eyes and funny to boot. And the challenges she is presented with please me that she is learning. The challenges range from practicing English, to the arts, math skills, hand eye coordination, and memory skills.
   
   This holiday season if you're looking for an entertaining and educational experience for a small loved one, don't skip a beat in choosing Dora's adventure through the Crystal Kingdom.
   
   *This review was posted by a member of the Nova Development User Community (NDUC). NDUC members are real people who use Nova Development products and share relevant feedback about the products they use in order to help other users. More information about NDUC, its programs and members is available on the Nova Development website.
   
   
   User: quinnschilling
   Rating:
   Summary: Fun for little Princesses!
   Helpful Votes: 0
   Total Votes: 0
   

2. Review Date: 2009-11-23

   I have another Dora program, and my granddaughter, who will be six next month, was very frustrated with it. This program, however, is one of her favorite sit down activities in the world right now - which is saying a lot. Her favorite activities in the program are the pattern and matching games, and she definitely prefers to play in the `hard' rather than `easy' range. The cool thing about that, though, is that the easy range is just about the level needed for her 2 ½ year old sister, which allows both of them to enjoy activities and be appropriately challenged. They both really like music so the memory music section is a big hit. It's got some critical thinking/problem solving activities and lots of work with numbers, letters, shapes and colors making it a terrific support to what is being learned in preschool.
   
   *This review was posted by a member of the Nova Development User Community (NDUC). NDUC members are real people who use Nova Development products and share relevant feedback about the products they use in order to help other users. More information about NDUC, its programs and members is available on the Nova Development website.
   
   
   User: Kimberly Fears
   Rating:
   Summary: A Definite Improvement
   Helpful Votes: 0
   Total Votes: 0
   

3. Review Date: 2009-11-23

   The product was installed on Mac OS X. The installation was frustrating. It failed to work on a user account with parental controls enabled. Once installed it failed to work without an internet connection. So the product was entirely unusable on a computer appropriately configured for a child in this age group.
   
   The game includes a number of puzzle sections as well as arcade gameplay. The puzzles were generally interesting although somewhat variable in terms of complexity. The game makes no attempt to adapt to the skill of the player making some games trivial to complete while others overly complex. The arcade gameplay requires the use of the keyboard for navigation which is fine as long as the child is familiar with the arcade/keyboard gameplay. The arcade levels are all the same in terms of gameplay and so tend to become boring quickly.
   
   The game - for no apparent reason - enforces a linear gameplay until the player has completed the level. Thereafter the player can go to any completed level. This restriction is terribly silly since it means every new player has to go through the whole game before being able to go to their favorite level.
   
   In general I would not recommend this product. You can get 10-20 games on the iPhone or IPod touch for the same cost, many of which would be more entertaining and useful for children on their own, and certainly so as a group.
   
   User: Kristoph
   Rating:
   Summary: poor product installation,
   Helpful Votes: 0
   Total Votes: 0
   

4. Review Date: 2009-11-19

   My little girl loves Dora and was immediately in love this game! The graphics are good for a childs game compared to other products I reviewed with this one. It is more of a "video game" style game. Its not one that you can just skip around to different activities like most products, this one actually has levels to complete to unlock new things. Overall this is a great game! If your child is into the "video game" style of games this would be a great choice! On the other hand if your child is easily bored with games and likes to skip around to new activities I wouldn't recommend this one.
   
   
   *This review was posted by a member of the Nova Development User Community (NDUC). NDUC members are real people who use Nova Development products and share relevant feedback about the products they use in order to help other users. More information about NDUC, its programs and members is available on the Nova Development website.
   
   User: Jodie Modisette
   Rating:
   Summary: Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom Review
   Helpful Votes: 0
   Total Votes: 0
   

5. Review Date: 2009-11-13

   Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom is a super cute computer games geared towards children of preschool age. The game has really bright, colorful graphics. In this game children will learn about colors, shapes, problem solving, etc.
   
   Kids can choose between easy and hard mode and also between 3 charcters to guide them through the game, Dora gives a great explanation at the beginning of the game and at any time during game play kids can click on a question mark for help. Dora also gives a lot of great reinforcement, like good job, and great! The controls for the game were very well explained and easy to use. I think this game will be great fun as well as educational for preschoolers.
   
   
   *This review was posted by a member of the Nova Development User Community (NDUC). NDUC members are real people who use Nova Development products and share relevant feedback about the products they use in order to help other users. More information about NDUC, its programs and members is available on the Nova Development website.
   
   User: Lisa A. Strehlau
   Rating:
   Summary: Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom
   Helpful Votes: 0
   Total Votes: 0
   

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Editorial Reviews

Dora is the top rated preschool phenomenon that develops essential skills. With seven interactive games, Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom educates, inspires, and prepares your child for preschool. Join Dora and her friends Allie and Boots on a magical adventure to the Crystal Kingdom and get a delightful introduction to the fundamental skills of early reading, math, language, problem solving, and creativity along the way. Designed for Preschoolers ages 2-5, Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom teaches colors, shapes, counting, matching, patterns, letters, words, music, memory, basic Spanish, computer skills, and more. Multiple skill levels allow children to grow and build self confidence.

Learn Essential Skills on Dora's Magical Adventure

Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom includes 7 interactive games that educate, inspire and prepare your child for preschool.

Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom Develops:

• Preschool Basics: Pre-reading, pre-math, colors and shapes
• Creative Skills: Music, art, imagination, discovery, and curiosity
• Physical Development: Hand-eye coordination, puzzle-solving and more
• Language Skills: Letters, word families, phonics, vocabulary & basic Spanish
• Cognitive Ability: Memory, perception, and problem-solving
  

Read & Sing
Learn letters, phonics and word families and improve your memory skills.

Hum along with the butterflies to help Dora find the green crystal. Click to enlarge.

Find the letter that completes the word; then sound it out. Click to enlarge.

Master Basic Skills
Discover magical places with Dora and pick up preschool basics, such as patterns, counting, shapes and colors along the way.

Help Enrique find all his bunnies and count them with Dora in Spanish. Click to enlarge.

Complete the crystal patterns to find the blue crystal. Click to enlarge.

Explore & Learn
With seven interactive games, your children will master fundamental skills including problem solving and computer skills in an engaging environment.

Dora must battle the King to save the Crystal Kingdom. Help Dora out! Click to enlarge.

The yellow crystal is hidden in Dragon land. Will you help the Dragon find it? Click to enlarge.

Build Creative Skills

Develop your children's music, memory and creative skills. Click to enlarge.

Explore the Crystal Kingdom and earn rewards along the way. Click to enlarge.

Dora is a Preschool Success!*

• #1 Program on all commercial TV with kids 2-5
• #1 girl character Q score with moms of kids 2-5
• #1 program with Hispanic kids
• #1 overall TV franchise in consumer dollars every year since 2008

*(1, 2) Nielsen 2008; (3, 4) Marketing Evaluations, Fall 2008, Regularly Scheduled Programs.

Product Details

1. Master Basic Skills: Discover magical places with Dora and pick up preschool basics, such as pre-reading, pre-math, colors and shapes along the way.
2. Explore & Learn: Seven interactive games help children master fundamental skills in an engaging environment.
3. Read & Sing: Children learn letters, phonics and word families and improve their memory and creative skills.
4. Developmental Categories: Language, Reading, Math, Counting, Matching, Memory, Music, Reflexes, Basic Spanish, Puzzle Solving, and more.
5. Awards & Prizes: Explore the Crystal Kingdom and earn rewards along the way.