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Usually ships in 1-2 business days | | Only 2 left in stock, order soon! | | | | | | Swing into action with Spider-Man, and experience classic intrigue and suspense! The city is in chaos - signs have been replaced and the letters are all mixed up. Read along with the e-Comic book as Spider-Man unmasks the villains. Play four action-packed learning games that teach essential first and second grade reading, grammar, and spelling skills! Plug into the TV to challenge Green Goblin and find every misspelled word! For use with the Leapster L-Max Learning Game System, sold separately. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 1.5 inches | | Product Width: | 5.25 inches | | Product Height: | 8.75 inches | | Product Weight: | 0.2 pounds | | Package Length: | 8.5 inches | | Package Width: | 5.04 inches | | Package Height: | 1.42 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.26 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 8 reviews |
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| | Features | Swing into action with Spider-Man and experience classic intrigue and suspense!Read along with the e-Comic book as Spider-man unmasks the villains!Play four action-packed learning games that teach essential first and second grade reading, grammar, and spelling skills!Plug into the TV to challenge Green Goblin and find every misspelled word!
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24 of 28 found the following review helpful:
 And then THUD! Dec 28, 2005
By Aunt
"JAM"
This "game" is so disappointing. My nephew loves Spiderman. He needs fun and subtle cues to stay engaged. He was so excited to get this his first LMAX cartridge we could barely get the box open fast enough. We popped it in and had to wait until the commercials or very long intro completed. Then we had to blindly navigate through the screens to get to games. They were NOT intuitive and then THUD. He lost interest and has not returned to the LMax since. What an absolute waste of money.
13 of 14 found the following review helpful:
 Good for readers! Grade 1 or higher Jun 16, 2006
By Game Fanatic
"game fan"
This game is good for kids who can read already. It teaches them to really look at the words and figure out which word is spelled incorrectly or is the incorrect one in the sentence. The game voice will say the sentence the way it should be. Then the child has to read the sentence again to determine which word is incorrect. When he/she clicks on the incorrrect word, it changes to the correct one. The cartridge IS VERY good. After going through the story to correct all the incorrect words, you get a key to unlock some games. I gave it three stars because the pen sensitivity on this game doesn't seem very good (although our Leapster is getting old -- it is a first generation Leapster). But then the other games seem OK with the pen.
22 of 26 found the following review helpful:
 A Big Disappointment Jan 07, 2006
By Chase's Mom
"mom chase"
My son and I had great expectations for this game; our expectations quickly turned in to disappointment. This "game" is really hard to call a game. It's more like one long reading exercise. Unlike many of the other L-Max games, wherein you learn the modules through interactive play, with this one you have to read and read and read the same story over again. Once you complete the story, you can then go to another area to "unlock" the game. Then in order to play the "game" you have to read some more. This is not the type of game where you can standby and provide guidance when needed, I found myself reading page, after page, after page, just to figure out for myself the objective of the "game" and then try to explain it to my son. I felt the money I paid for this game was a waste, no wonder when I went to purchase it, it was the only one in stock. Buyers beware!
7 of 9 found the following review helpful:
 6 year old boy loves it! Jun 30, 2006
By Sam's mom
I got this game for my son who just completed kindergarten, and begged for it. I thought it was a bit beyond him, as he just learned to read and write this past school year, but he is rapidly learning to recognize and differentiate correct from incorrect words, and he LOVES it. I guess the lure of Spiderman makes even spelling fun, reading the same story over and over.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Not their favorite game Mar 18, 2009
By Noname
We have a lot of Leapster games. My children are 5 and 7 and Spiderman is not my children's favorite game. They play it once in awhile.
The stories operate much like those in the Tag reading system. Touch the words to hear them read. Touch the pictures to hear the characters speak or read the signs. I'm not as impressed with the readings on Spiderman as I am with Tag, because the reading voice is much more monotonous. There is also no way to hear the entire narrative on each page read without touching each and every word. Of course, one advantage of Leapster is that there is some action on each page. However, there is only limited action. Most scenes are frozen, like in a comic book.
In order to play the games, the child must first read the story (or just scroll through it and look for the games). It's not entirely intuitive how to unlock the games. I went through an entire story not knowing I needed to look for and touch the Spiderman face near the narrative to play the games. Once the games are unlocked, the child can go straight to the game and play without rereading the story.
There are two levels of play for each game. It requires that the child understand how to read and spell. Toddlers and preschoolers may be too young to play. I think it's a good game for kindergarteners through second graders.
Below is a brief description of the available games:
*Snapshot: search the city for misspelled signs.
* Darkroom Doodle: unscramble the words in the sign.
* Control Panel: remove a letter from a word and replace it with another letter to make a new word.
* Web Sling: answer questions about the story.
If this is the only game you are getting for your child's Leapster, I wouldn't recommend it. It's not bad as part of the Leapster library, but there are more exciting games available.
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