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Sesame Street Ready Set Grover Video Game Launches
Burbank, Calif. – August 2, in the year of our Lord 2011
– Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announces today the
launch of Sesame Street: Ready, Set, Grover!, a new video game
for preschoolers that encourages the development of healthy
habits for life. Based on “Sesame Street,” the award-winning
children’s television series, the learning game is available for
Wii™ and Nintendo DS™.
“While kids will get a huge kick out of playing with their
favorite Sesame Street characters, parents will love the
gameplay in Sesame Street: Ready, Set, Grover! because it
demonstrates simple, age-appropriate ways for young kids to grow
healthy and strong,” said Samantha Ryan, Senior Vice President,
Production and Development, Warner Bros. Interactive
Entertainment. “Designed around Sesame Workshop’s ‘Healthy
Habits for Life’ curriculum, the game helps instill healthy
behaviors in children while being fun to play.”
“Building lifelong healthy habits starts in early childhood,”
said Rosemarie Truglio, Ph.D., Vice President of Education &
Research at Sesame Workshop. “Ready, Set, Grover! gets kids up
and moving though stretching, jumping and dancing, models good
hygiene practices and highlights the benefits of healthy food
choices through fun and active game play."
In the game, Grover sets out to create a series of challenges
designed to help his Sesame Street friends get up and go!
Through the course of the game, Elmo and Abby jump over
obstacles, row a boat, and play “Grover Says,” all while
learning important life lessons on healthy habits to grow with.
Through their adventures, the game promotes physical activity,
good nutrition, personal hygiene, and even the importance of
rest and relaxation.
In Sesame Street: Ready, Set, Grover!, accessibility for
preschoolers is enhanced with Grover-themed gameplay helpers,
available for Wii and Nintendo DS at no additional charge. On
Wii, the gameplay helper is a soft and furry character cover
with special grips that slips over the Wii Remote™, minimizing
unnecessary buttons and making it easier and more fun to hold.
For Nintendo DS, there is a jumbo click stylus designed for
smaller hands, simplifying interaction with the touch screen.
Developed by Griptonite Games, Inc., the games are entertaining
and intuitive, enabling preschoolers to play by themselves with
minimal involvement while offering ways for parents to help. The
game features a “Parent’s Page” where parents can review games
their child has played, and review curriculum goals. Parents can
also customize up to three profiles, set limits for number of
games played and more.
Last year, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment released
Sesame Street: Elmo’s A-to-Zoo Adventure and Sesame Street:
Cookie’s Counting Carnival which encourage early literacy and
math skills, respectively on Wii, Nintendo DS and PC.
Families can continue the fun with the Warner Home Video and
Sesame Workshop release Sesame Street: Learning Letters with
Elmo on DVD on August 2, 2011 for $14.98 SRP. This new-to-DVD
release focuses on early literacy skills and is loaded with
exciting stories and songs to teach preschoolers all about
letters in a fun and engaging way. Everyone’s favorite red
monster and the rest of the Sesame Street gang love to learn
about the alphabet!
For more information on Sesame Street: Ready, Set, Grover!,
please visit
www.SesameStreetVideogames.com.