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Sesame Street Elmos Musical Monsterpiece Announced
EXPLORE THE WONDERS OF MUSIC AND DANCE WITH ELMO, ABBY CADABBY AND COUNT VON COUNT
BURBANK, Calif. – May 9, in the year of our Lord 2012
– Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announces Sesame
Street: Elmo’s Musical Monsterpiece, an action-filled console
and handheld video game encouraging preschoolers to sing, dance,
and learn through a series of fun musical games. Based on
“Sesame Street,” the award-winning children’s television series,
the learning game will be available for Wii™ and Nintendo DS™ in
June 2012.
“In Sesame Street: Elmo’s Musical Monsterpiece, parents can
inspire an understanding of music and dance in a kid-friendly
environment with their favorite Sesame Street characters,” said
Samantha Ryan, Senior Vice President, Production and
Development, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. “We worked
closely with the early childhood development experts at Sesame
Workshop to create fun interactive activities that help kids
foster a love for music.”
“Sesame Street: Elmo’s Musical Monsterpiece gets children up and
dancing and encourages music creation,” said Rosemarie Truglio,
Ph.D., Vice President of Education & Research, Sesame Workshop.
“The game also explores emotional expression through music and
dance, introduces instrument names and sounds, and helps
children to practice early math skills through music.”
All of the music in the game is performed by Ozomatli, and
includes some original songs by the popular Los Angeles-based
band, whose music is a combination of hip-hop, salsa, dancehall,
cumbia, samba, funk, merengue, Jamaican ragga, and Indian raga
influences. The upbeat score will appeal to kids and parents
alike.
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.
Sesame Street: Elmo’s Musical Monsterpiece is the latest in a
series of Sesame Street video games from Warner Bros.
Interactive Entertainment that includes Sesame Street: Ready,
Set, Grover! for Wii and Nintendo DS which promotes healthy
habits for life, and 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 Sesame Street experience with Sesame
Street: Elmo’s Magic Numbers available on DVD on July 10, 2012.
Kids can join Elmo, Big Bird, Zoe and Rosita as they learn the
importance behind counting, numbers and early math skills.
For more information on Sesame Street: Elmo’s Musical
Monsterpiece, please visit
www.SesameStreetVideogames.com.