Carmen Sandiego Adventures in Math | |
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Genre(s) | Educational game |
Developer(s) | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Publisher(s) | The Learning Company |
Platform(s) | Wii, Windows 8[1] |
First release | The Lady Liberty Larceny December 15, 2011[2] |
Latest release | The Island of Diamonds March 22, 2012[2] |
Carmen Sandiego Adventures in Math is a series of five games released in 2011/2012 for the Wii,[3] and is part of the Carmen Sandiego franchise. The style of the games are reminiscent of comic books. The 5-part series were the first English language console games from the Carmen Sandiego franchise since The Secret of the Stolen Drums. These "short, educational detective adventures" were only available as a download through the Nintendo Wii Shop.[4] The games were developed by Gamelion Studios,[5] and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.[6] They could take up to 6 players, and required 600 Wii points.[7] Maths topics included in the games include: Symmetry, Identifying angles, Graphing coordinates on a grid, Logic puzzles, Working with fractions, Solving equations, and Tangrams. The games are designed for elementary learners across grades 3–5.[8]