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Amazing Adventures: The Forgotten Ruins | 
| From: PopCap Games
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
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Rating:  96 reviews
Sales Rank: 1756
Platform: Nintendo DS
Genre: puzzle_games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo DS
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 5 x 0.6
MPN: 00135
Model: NDS-AA1-EN
UPC: 899274001352
EAN: 0899274001352
ASIN: B001EQPDNS
Publication Date: November 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Visit exotic locales to find over 1,600 objects in 70 seek-and-solve puzzles and 18 missions | | • | Collect clues and secret objects and unlock two modes of unlimited play | | • | Test your skills at 4 types of mini-games with stylus-based action | | • | Earn awards, compete with friends on high-score leaderboards, and decipher fascinating journal notes | | • | Enjoy a rich character-driven story written exclusively for Nintendo DS |
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Product Description
Get ready for an archeological dig. In Amazing Adventures: The Forgotten Ruins, you'll discover clues and follow a character-filled storyline that will lead you to a long-lost Mayan ruin. The game features 18 missions and 9 DS-only locations through which you are challenged to "find" over 90 hidden objects per scene. You can also unlock additional gameplay modes by locating bonus items such as Jade Masks and Mayan Glyphs. The game includes four mini-games featuring unique stylus-based controls and high score leaderboards, an interactive journal and bonus content.
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 96
 LOTS OF FUN! November 13, 2008
E. Perry (Rumford, RI United States)
38 out of 41 found this review helpful
This game is really fun! The graphics are great and the game concept is entertaining and challenging. I love hidden object games but so many of the ones I've played for the DS don't really show up very well, the screen is too dark, the items too small to really see, etc. This one is far superior to most. If you liked Mystery Case Files MillionHeir, you will love this game, too. It's very well done and I'm extremely happy with it!
PUZZLE LOVERS REJOICE!! November 28, 2008
Sofia Hernandez (Woodside, NY)
22 out of 24 found this review helpful
UPDATE on January 29th, 2009... Wanted to remove 2 stars because of the repetitive nature and this being the same exact game as, "Mystery PI".
My husband and I LOVE this game. We really enjoy puzzle games. This is a game that sets you on a quest to find the forgotten ruins. Is isn't a platform game where you actually have a character going through levels; rather you go through levels with the provided puzzles.
There are many varieties:
Find ten items in different backrounds
Put the puzzle pieces in the right order to form the picture provided
Puzzle where you flip cards over and have to match items (the items have to be similar not identical)
Puzzle where you flip cards over and they have to be IDENTICAL
A version of Mah-jong...the difference is that it has to be similar items Example: hand goes with glove or tennis racket goes with tennis ball
Another fun puzzle is to find the difference between two pictures.
Very basic puzzles but HIGHLY addictive fun. Tapping on the wrong thing 3 times loses you 1000 points. Asking for a Hint will cost you 4000 points.
Bottom line: If you love puzzles and being challenged, then this is the game for you. If you do not enjoy sitting still and trying to figure things out, or aren't great with giving attention to detail, then pass on this one. I feel that a very smart 8 or 9 year old can play this without losing interest. We are respectively 27 and 32 we are obsessed!!
Pure "Edutainment": Fun and Educational for my non English speaking wife from Japan. December 2, 2008
John P. Thiel (Astoria, Queens, New York City)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is probably one of the more unique reviews of a game, but I feel it's really valuable.
My wife (who is from Japan) doesn't speak more than a wee bit of English--mostly greetings and standard replies to standard questions--and as I found playing video games an excellent way to improve my Japanese when I lived in Japan, I thought my wife might benefit from an all-English game that she found fun as well rather than something targeting ESL learners. This game has certainly fit the bill.
The games I played in Japanese were mostly action games: Metal Gear, Tomb Raider, Ace Combat, Tenchu Shinobi Gaisen, et cetera. I would read the instruction manual and some bit of the story, but that was about it--nothing I couldn't have just figured out without actually understanding the language. This game presents a lot more in the way of language learning opportunities as part of the playing aspect rather than merely understanding the instructions, and yet it has the benefit for non-native speakers of not having a lot of dialogue--as many kids games do these days--which can really discourage someone who doesn't easily understand it. In my wife's case, too much dialogue causes her to rely too heavily on me translating pages and pages of text that don't really have anything to do with actually playing the game--such as is the case in her all time favorite game, Animal Crossing, which we had to order the Japanese language version of eventually.
For example, at some points in the game they have the player find various objects hidden in a picture, which are listed on the lower screen. My wife loves this. She pronounces the words to ask me what such-and-such is so she can find it, and when I'm not home she simply looks them up in the dictionary. Though the game doesn't have the benefit of vocalizing the correct pronunciation of a word, she found some sites on the internet that do when I'm not there--and she can choose to hear the words pronounced by a woman's voice as well.
The hidden objects are nicely varied too, so you don't have the standard words that anyone, in any country, with a middle school education knows in English--such as dog, cat, apple, pen, teacher, and other tedious repeats. The objects are good, general, common objects that anyone would be familiar with regardless of country, and yet not elementary--such as "spool of thread."
BOTTOM LINE: My wife would not play a game if it wasn't fun (seriously, she wouldn't pick it up again if was simply educational but not actually enjoyable), and she enjoys this game not only because of the actual game play itself, but the learning aspect it represents as well. This is a good mental exercise for native English speakers and an excellent vocabulary builder for those who aren't, or for kids who could always stand to learn more words.
While I'm sure it wasn't the game designers intent to be educational, the game gets an A+ for providing an excellent learning opportunity.
Great grown up game! November 25, 2008
Jennifer (MA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love this game. A few years back I purchased two DS systems for my teenagers Christmas gifts figuring it would be an ideal way for them to pass the time in the car. What I didn't figure was how much I would love playing it myself! That being said, I am always looking for fun puzzle games to tinker with. Well, this is the BEST! How much fun to sit down for a bit and figure out a well thought out "puzzle" with great graphics and sound. I haven't even let the kids try it yet because I don't want to give it up! I also purchased Millionheir and Professor Layton....all eaqually fun, but Amazing Adventure is addicting. I didn't need a walk thru, just really fun, logical thinking puzzles to pass the moments during down time. If you like these types of games, you will love this game. If you have kids and they like these games, keep it away from them until you are done with it!
Love Seek and Find Hidden Puzzles~Good for Children and Adults November 27, 2008
kindred spirit (God's Country)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm very much enjoying this game. You go on and adventure and have to find items in pictures that are cluttered with all manner of "stuff". When you find all in the picture then you are given a puzzle to solve. If you cannot do it in the time you have left from your seeking then you start the level over. You do get a few hints along the way but just don't go tapping the screen randomly or there will be consequences.
There are Jade masks and ruins that you find in each picture thet will unlock mini-game puzzles to play if you don't want to spend much time. Even when you start over the picture may look the same but they will have you finding different things. I have the Titanic version of this type game on my PC and love it also.
Highly recommend for children reading age and up. Lots of fun a great relaxation puzzle game. Thanks Amazon for the chance to review it.
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