Zack & Wiki - Quest for Barbaros' Treasure

Definate golden time material here.

This is another game in the 'point and click' genre, similar to Professer Layton in a previous post. As with Layton it employs a rich story with many characters with in-depth profiles. The main premise of the game is a classic pirate adventure, employing a level based system that requires a number of logical steps to overcome each one.

The main difference between this and Layton is that the puzzles, although thought provoking and logic heavy, are not directly subject relative. I remember similar style titles on the old Acorn computers of my primary education which always interested myself and friends, that was if we could figure out how to run the flipping program!

As an educational tool its use is limited. More of an enjoyment title which requires logical thinking to progress, as I said before, golden time applicable certainly.

Discussing the 'Wii in the classroom' idea with peers it came to my attention that having the console there for golden time would be almost certainly an argument starter. To this problem i've come to the conclusion that if a Wii was to be encorporated as a learning tool, a rota system would need to be operated, as a general rule only 4 children or less are going to be able to access it at once.