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Let's go and find the Fimbles!
| Product | Fimbles - Fimbling Fun |
|---|---|
| Company | BBC Multimedia |
| Web | www.bbcmultimedia.com/kidszone |
| Price | £19.99 |
| We like | |
| We don't like | |
| Rating | 8/10 |
| Requirements | Windows 98/2000/ME/XP |
Fimbling Fun rather bravely aims at 2 years and upwards and is developed in line with the National Curriculum Foundation Stage. As well as the five basic modules it includes lots of songs, stories and video clips from the popular TV program. A nice extra is the Print and Play extras which include pictures, invitations (great for kids parties) and greetings cards.
The five modules include a maze game where you have to control a Fimble looking for their favourite objects. The task is made harder by a sneaky pair of blue feet that wander about moving the items. Suitcase is an excellent game where you have to select 3 objects with a common theme from a selection shown on screen. An example is music where you have to select different instruments but ignore unrelated items.
We also liked the music game where you choose a song for the Fimbles to play and sing along to. You can then click on them to make them play different instruments or even choose your own instruments to play along with in time to the music.
Another strength is Roly's Stories where he reads a story sentence by sentence along with accompanying animations. Certain key words are highlighted such as Dad or Card. You can then enter game mode where you have to match the word to a picture. A great way to make children aware of words and to start to match them to real world objects.
The only real let down was the Feather game which involves tickling the Fimbles and watching them laugh. Unless we missed something, that was about it apart from things like rainbows appearing.
Throughout the program liberal use is made of video clips from the TV series. The animation and sound quality are all top notch. The interface uses nice chunky buttons so even unsteady hands can start to use it effectively and Bessie is on hand at all times to provide instructions, help and encouragement. All in all a first rate title.
