Mia's Language Adventure: The Kidnap Caper is the fourth title of Mia's Big Adventure Collection software series created by Kutoka Interactive. Released in 2003 in Canada and the United States, the game teaches French and Spanish as a second language to children between 6 and 10 years old.[1]
| Mia's Language Adventure | |
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| Developer(s) | Kutoka Interactive |
| Publisher(s) | Kutoka Interactive |
| Series | Mia's Big Adventure Collection |
| Engine | Macromedia Director |
| Platform(s) | Windows, Macintosh |
| Release | 2003 |
| Genre(s) | Educational |
| Mode(s) | Adventure Mode, Activities Mode |
Adventure
editMia's grandmother Mimi is kidnapped just after winning an arts contest. The player must help Mia find out who did it to free her.
Activities
editThe game's 14 educational activities teach Basic vocabulary words (objects of everyday life, animals, fruits & vegetables, occupations, family members, etc.;) adjectives, verbs, numbers, prepositions, sentence structure, placing the adjective, verb tenses (present, past, future)[1]
Critical reception
editThe game received positive reviews from Review Corner,[2] Commonsense Media,[3] Washington Post, Chicago Parent, Boston Herald, and others.[4]
Awards
editThe game received the Parents' Choice Gold Award for 2004 in the software category,[5] the National Parenting Center "Seal of Approval" for Spring 2004,[6] the 2004 BESSIE award for the same year[7] and several others.[8]
Notes
edit- ^ a b "Mia's Language Adventure: The Kidnap Caper". Kutoka.com, retrieved on 2009-06-23
- ^ http://www.reviewcorner.com/software/miakidnapcaper.html
- ^ "Mia: The Kidnap Caper - Game Rating for Kids and Families". Archived from the original on 2010-05-22. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
- ^ "Kutoka Interactive". www.kutoka.com. Archived from the original on 2004-10-24.
- ^ "Parents' Choice – Children's Media & Toy Reviews".
- ^ "Search Results for "tnpcarticle2.asp" – the National Parenting Center".
- ^ "ComputED Gazette - 2004 BESSIE Awards".
- ^ "Kutoka Interactive". Archived from the original on 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
External links
edit- Mia's Language Adventure at Kutoka.com
- Mia's Language Adventure: The Kidnap Caper at MobyGames