最近，iPhone, iPad, 任天堂DS和Leapster Explorer都致力于幼儿手机游戏的开发，希望凭此来吸引孩子们的眼球。此外，VTech也加入了这场激战并开始发售一款面向3至8岁儿童的教育游戏系统MobiGo。

幼儿类的系统设备一般都采用触摸感应屏幕，孩子们只需动动手指就可以进行游戏。对此MobiGo也不例外，但有点不同的是MobiGo还配有一个滑开式键盘以配合一些教育游戏。该系统的售价仅59.99美元，低于任何一款同类产品。

MobiGo的规格为7英寸*4英寸。机身两边有便于手握的橡胶把手。玩家主要用方向键控制游戏角色，而右边巨大的快车键则是进行一些特殊操作，如跳跃等。在1.75英寸*2.5英寸的屏幕下是一个滑出式QWERTY键盘。此外，MobiGo还配有一个头戴式耳机。

mobigo

刚开始发售的MobiGo系统已经内置有11款根据儿童喜好设计的游戏——如Dora the Explorer,Toy Story 3,Ben 10 Ultimate Alien和深受孩子们喜欢的 Little Men/Little Miss系列电子书等。但是该系统不能支持早期的VTech视频游戏。

此外，MobiGo支持通过USB接口连接网络下载小游戏。除了部分免费的小游戏外，大部分游戏均售价4.99美元。该系统能够同时下载4款游戏，下载后的应用程序也可以剪切或删除。

Touch & Learn Game Pack是MobiGo系统的其中一款游戏。除此之外，孩子们可以在主屏幕上玩6款不同的游戏，游戏分别有2种难度。

在游戏Wild Fun中，孩子们要点出与众不同的动物。简单级别的可能仅仅会让你在2只灰色大象和1只粉色大象中找不同，但困难级别则会一次性在屏幕中出现8头大象。如果孩子们选错了，游戏会圈出并告诉孩子们其不同点。

在游戏Space Challenge中，孩子们控制宇宙飞船完成数字排列和加法运算。而在游戏Shooting Gallery中，孩子们则需用到键盘。

而游戏Ice Escape主要测试孩子们的逻辑思维能力。在游戏中，孩子们要移动冰块，帮助可爱的小企鹅找到食物。

在游戏Fantastic Forest中，孩子们则是要画线或几何图案帮助小松鼠穿越森林。

MobiGo的触摸屏幕十分灵敏，玩家可以尽情地玩游戏。其中我们试着玩了一款面向4至7岁儿童的游戏——Ben 10 Ultimate Alien Mind Mine——这款游戏十分有趣，游戏中玩家只需轻敲连接点，然后沿着路线旋转电线便可以完成一个电路——所有的流程只需一根手指就能搞定。

Mobile gaming for children is all the rage these days with iPhone, iPad, Nintendo DS and Leapster Explorer competing for kids’ attention. VTech has entered the fray with MobiGo, a new educational

gaming system for ages 3 to 8.
These competing devices sport touch-sensitive screens so that kids can game by using their fingers as controllers, and MobiGo follows along that same path. But MobiGo separates itself from the pack by offering a slide-out keyboard that it incorporates into its educational gaming in interesting ways. The system costs $59.99, which is less than any of its competitors.

MobiGo is approximately 7 inches by 4 inches with two rubberized handles on either end to help players grip the device. It sports a directional pad for controlling characters, and a large Enter Button for special powers like jumping. Underneath the 1-and-three-quarter-by-2-and-one-half-inch touch-sensitive screen is a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The MobiGo runs on 4 AA batteries and has a standard headphones port.

Game cartridges for MobiGo are inserted in the top slot. At launch, there are 11 games including some featuring kids’ favorites —Dora the Explorer,Toy Story 3,Ben 10 Ultimate Alien, and literary favorites from the Little Men/Little Miss series. Past VTech video games are not compatible with this new system.

MobiGo also supports downloading mini-games that can be accessed once the unit is connected to the Internet via the enclosed USB cord. Some mini-games are free, but most cost $4.99. The unit can hold up to four downloadable games at a time, but the content can be swapped in and out. These mini-games run the gamut from matching letters to learning about recycling in a sorting game to practicing addition as you stop an alien invasion.

MobiGo comes with a cartridge game called Touch & Learn Game Pack. From the main screen, kids can access six different games. They are playable on two levels of difficulty and all six are well done and fun to play.

In Wild Fun, kids tap the animal that is different from the others. On the easy level, there might be two grey elephants and a pink one, but the difficulty ramps up to maybe eight animals on the screen. If kids choose incorrectly, the game circles the reason why one animal is different.

In Space Challenge, players tap spaceships to complete number sequences and addition problems. The keyboard is used in Shooting Gallery, a fun arcade game where the goal is to type letters on the keyboard that correspond to those found on cardboard ducks. Logical thinking is tested in Ice Escape, where the goal is to move ice blocks to clear a path for a cute penguin so that he can get to afish to eat.

In Fantastic Forest, kids help a little squirrel navigate a forest by drawing lines and geometric shapes on the screen. And in Music Maestro, players tap on the screen to jam to music.

MobiGo’s touch-sensitive screen is quite responsive, which makes it great for playing games. We checked out an add-on cartridge game for kids ages 4 to 7 —Ben 10 Ultimate Alien Mind Mine— and were impressed by the game play that required players to complete an electrical circuit by tapping on junctures and then rotating parts to line up a path — all easily done with one finger.

Add-on cartridge games cost $19.99.

For families looking for fun educational gaming on the go, MobiGo is a great choice.（source：usatoday）

声明：分享才能共同成长，请转载方保留“游戏邦”来源，谢谢。