"Edutainment games" are interactive computer or video games that are designed to educate and entertain players at the same time.
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Edutainment title - There were a couple
of edutainment games for the SNES including remakes of earlier edutainment titles Mario is Missing and Mario's Time Machine among others.
There are a lot of
Mario edutainment games out there, and I can safely say that none of them are good, but Mario Is Missing has a special place in my heart since I've actually played it and actually beat it.
The purpose
of edutainment games is to solve mysteries or simply learn how to do something, like typing or math.
Compared to the other genres in the Mario franchise, the number of
edutainment games is relatively small.
Edutainment games are meant to both educate and entertain the player.
Although Donkey Kong debuted with Mario as his first rival, the Donkey Kong series fizzled out after the failure in the arcades of Donkey Kong 3; this original era of Donkey Kong also saw
an edutainment game called Donkey Kong Jr..
There are portable game systems that are made for children that young, Like Leap Frog's Leapster which has
edutainment games.
In actual fact, Zoo Tycoon is
an edutainment game as well due to the animal encyclopaedia included the game which gives you detailed information about all the various species included in the title with a strong message for conservation.
No, Hotel Mario and
the edutainment games aren't going to show up here.
This game begins as an homage to
the edutainment games of the 1990s, but winds up referencing scrolling shooters, text adventures, typing tutors, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, and more, as every new screen seamlessly shifts genres.
But it would only take one quick glance at this 1993 SNES title's cover art to realize one thing: This is
an edutainment game.