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Game Information
- Platform: Nintendo DS
- BBFC Rating:
Suitable for 12 years and over. Not for sale to persons under age 12. By placing an order for this product, you declare that you are 12 years of age or over. - Media: Video Game
- Item Quantity: 1
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Product Features
- Collect items and unlock bonus content as you read! – Spot the code notes hidden within the pages and collect them all to decipher and unlock 2 extra stories, and interviews with the characters and author
- Character/Location Information – touch the links in text to pop up character profiles, location and animal information
- Track your progress – on how much you’ve read and collected
- Share with Friends – Use the DS wireless connections to share a sample chapter with your friends and unlock bonus content!
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Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
If your kids enjoy a good book, but you still have trouble getting them to read, then try turning on your DS instead. This unique interactive adventure contains all six of Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl books, all on a single cartridge and featuring some amazing multimedia additions.
This developer was founded in 2007 by Electronic Arts, after they bought Burnout developer Criterion Games. Also based in Guildford, Bright Light specialises in family games and has worked on the Harry Potter tie-ins as well as original titles such as Zubo and non-game projects like Flips.
 Experience Artemis Fowl's world in a whole new way. |
 Each chapter has a quick reminder of previous events. |
 Discover real world facts related to the story. |
 Can you decipher the hidden code to unlock new extras? |
Holding the DS vertically like a book you can turn pages simply by flicking the stylus across the touchscreen. Adults and children can read together and use the special in-built hyperlinks to access relevant pictures, sounds and character and location information.
Eagle-eyed kids can also search for special code notes hidden on each page - once they're all collected it's a race to decipher their meaning and unlock a whole two extra stories, as well as interviews with the author and Artemis Fowl himself. All kids love to read, this just helps them to enjoy the experience even more.
Key Features- Six of the best: Includes six whole books: Artemis Fowl, The Arctic Incident, The Eternity Code, The Opal Deception, The Lost Colony and Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox.
- Magic book: Special multimedia hyperlinks let you access character information, images and sounds from each book as you read.
- Hidden extras: Unlock extra content and stories by searching for and deciphering the code notes hidden on special pages.
- Progress tracker: Parents can track exactly how much kids have read while special quizzes test to see how much they've taken in.
- Share and learn: Share sample chapters with a friend via the wireless connection and you can unlock extra bonus content for yourself.
This developer was founded in 2007 by Electronic Arts, after they bought Burnout developer Criterion Games. Also based in Guildford, Bright Light specialises in family games and has worked on the Harry Potter tie-ins as well as original titles such as Zubo and non-game projects like Flips.
Product Description
Irish author Eoin Colfer describes his acclaimed Artemis Fowl series as "Die Hard with Fairies"! Teenage criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl II takes charge of rebuilding his family fortune following the disappearance of his father. The Artemis Fowl Collection exclusive to Nintendo DS and DSi includes interactive versions of all 6 of Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl series on one game card: Artemis Fowl; Artemis Fowl and the Arctic Incident; Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code; Artemis Fowl and the Opal Deception; Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony and Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox.
- Collect items and unlock bonus content as you read! Spot the code notes hidden within the pages and collect them all to decipher and unlock 2 extra stories, and interviews with the characters and author.
- Character/Location Information - Touch the links in text to pop up character profiles, location and animal information.
- Track your progress on how much you've read and collected.
- Share with Friends - Use the DS wireless connections to share a sample chapter with your friends and unlock bonus content!
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
Hello everyone!
I own three Flips titles for the DS
and I think these interactive book collections of about 6-8 books
are a fantastic way of presenting books to both children and adults
interessted in reading children books.
For my much more detailed review, please read my review
for Flips: Enid Blyton - The Faraway Tree Stories!
Note: My reviews are mainly about the Flips Book series as interactive books,
not about the different books and their contents.
In my opinion the Nintendo DS is a most practical device for reading books
without backpain because of holding heavy books
and I can't wait for more Flips titles to be released!
I hope for the Harry Potter books and The lord Of The Rings Trilogy as Flips!
I own three Flips titles for the DS
and I think these interactive book collections of about 6-8 books
are a fantastic way of presenting books to both children and adults
interessted in reading children books.
For my much more detailed review, please read my review
for Flips: Enid Blyton - The Faraway Tree Stories!
Note: My reviews are mainly about the Flips Book series as interactive books,
not about the different books and their contents.
In my opinion the Nintendo DS is a most practical device for reading books
without backpain because of holding heavy books
and I can't wait for more Flips titles to be released!
I hope for the Harry Potter books and The lord Of The Rings Trilogy as Flips!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
I got this today for my daughter, who loves to read but has no space left on her bookshelf. It was so good I just came back to get her the Percy Jackson and Too Ghoul for School collections, freeing up an entire shelf of her bookcase in exchange for three tiny cards. These may not be overly appealing for teens, since the interactive parts are aimed at a younger audience, but for the under 14s I think you couldn't find a better way to get a book-shy kid into reading. And you get six books for less than the price of two. Couldn't be better!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl books really defy an adequate description. To say they're about fairies, dwarves, elves, trolls and other 'fictitious' creatures just does them no justice at all.
These are definitely NOT the creatures from the old fashioned fairy fantasy lands of yore but are the high tech creatures whose technical abilities make mankind look pretty lame by comparison.
As for who exactly Artemis Fowl is then I'd simply say either by the DS 'game' (although calling it a game is not doing it justice) or buy the first book "Artemis Fowl" as a starting point and go from there.
The conceptualisation the characters and the plot lines are way and above that of many more respected works of a more adult genre.
Young children wouldn't like these stories, at least I dubt that they would but young adults should find them far more engrossing.
Far older adults will also, I'm sure find the stories absorbing and, in this format, are a good reason alone to treat yourself to a DSi
These are definitely NOT the creatures from the old fashioned fairy fantasy lands of yore but are the high tech creatures whose technical abilities make mankind look pretty lame by comparison.
As for who exactly Artemis Fowl is then I'd simply say either by the DS 'game' (although calling it a game is not doing it justice) or buy the first book "Artemis Fowl" as a starting point and go from there.
The conceptualisation the characters and the plot lines are way and above that of many more respected works of a more adult genre.
Young children wouldn't like these stories, at least I dubt that they would but young adults should find them far more engrossing.
Far older adults will also, I'm sure find the stories absorbing and, in this format, are a good reason alone to treat yourself to a DSi
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Enthusiastic reading
Artemis Fowl is a step up in reading skill I have been trying to get my youngest daughter to attempt for a while. Read more
Published 3 months ago by K. J. Stone
Very well put together
I started reading the Artemis Fowl books when I went on holiday several years ago. They're nice and simple if you don't want anything too taxing to read. Read more
Published on 5 April 2010 by Michael Smaldon
Artemis Fowl - EA Flips series
I got this title for my son, and it is a great compilation of the Artemis Fowl series. If you haven't read them, they are certainly worth checking out, and if you have then the... Read more
Published on 26 Jan 2010 by P. Clark
Flips; Artemis Fowl
The DS is great for reading books on. I already read ebooks on the internet but this is much better. Read more
Published on 19 Jan 2010 by B. Leymus
Great fun for Eoin Colfer fans!
Whether you have read the Artemis Fowl books or not, this game is awesome! If you haven't read these books, do yourself a favour and get to know them by playing this interactive... Read more
Published on 13 Jan 2010 by GE Malcomson
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