Nickelodeon // 2009 // 99 Minutes // Not Rated
Reviewed by Judge David Johnson // March 19th, 2009
Let's Samba!
Diego, the cousin of Dora the Explorer, is an animal rescuer who goes on all sorts of wacky adventures with his animal friends. The popular Nickelodeon production coughs up four episodes for this collection. If Diego's squealing, too-happy voice doesn't prompt you to jam steak knives into your ears, I'll be impressed.
* "Diego and Porcupine Save the Pinata"
It's Porcupine's
birthday and Diego and his friends make him an awesome piñata.
Unfortunately, the Bobo Brothers, who are apparently as stupid as their names
suggest, tie way too many balloons to it and floats away. How are they going to
possibly salvage this catastrophe? With your help of course (providing you're
3). Along the way, Diego and Porcupine will have to untangle trees, repel a
storm cloud, fly down a zip-line and face man-eating pumas that recoil at the
sight of a small boy and woodland creature dancing. Um, don't try that at home
kids.
* "A New Flamingo Mami"
Your mission, should you choose to
accept it: accompany Diego as he embarks on a mountain rescue to save Mami
Flamingo. See, Mami went to the caves to find a rattle for new baby or something
and got lost. That's not the worst of it. Her baby egg is currently being
threatened by rising lake water.
* "Macky the Macaroni Penguin"
Diego is searching for a baby
penguin that just hatched from her egg. He needs to track the wayward newborn
amidst snowball-throwing Arctic monkeys (?!) and death-defying downhill body
skiing and return her to her Spanish-speaking penguin mom at Penguin Island.
* "Linda the Llama Saves Carnaval"
It's time to party as
Diego plans a Carnaval celebration complete with a parade and Samba dancing.
Linda the Llama, tasked with carrying musical instruments gets stuck in the mud
and drops the baskets filled with the Carnaval goodies. Your goal: Samba off,
clapping like an idiot, to find the baskets before the animals awaiting the
Carnaval grow desperate for entertainment and go on a killing spree.
In true Dora-ish interactive fashion, this is an interactive experience, with Diego constantly throwing out questions from the TV and awaiting your child's responses. You also get songs and dances and Spanish lessons. I found it all just as annoying as the Dora flim-flam, but as is usually the case for these hugely popular children's shows your offspring will probably delight in Diego's misadventures. The DVD: full frame, 2.0 stereo and the most basic set-top game I've ever seen (you count animals).
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Scales of Justice
Judgment: 75
Perp Profile
Studio: Nickelodeon
Video Formats:
* Full Frame
Audio Formats:
* Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo (English)
* Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo (French)
* Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo (Spanish)
Subtitles:
* None
Running Time: 99 Minutes
Release Year: 2009
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Distinguishing Marks
* Game
Accomplices
* IMDb
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0423657/combined