Starting with this DVD release of “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Numbers Roundup”, Disney is creating a new form of interactivity for educational DVD’s for your children. With the new “Discovery Mode”, children can now use the “Mickey Mote” (sold with the DVD or without) while watching an episode and partake in several fun questions about colors, shapes and sizes. Definitely a big step for educational interactive DVD’s for the children. Highly recommended!
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DVD TITLE: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Numbers Roundup
DURATION: 96 Minutes
DVD INFORMATION: Dolby Digital, NTSC, Family Friend Widescreen (1:78:1 – Enhanced for 16×9 Television), Spanish Language Track, Subtitles: English SDH
COMPANY: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
RATED: TV Y
RELEASE DATE: November 16, 2010
Directed by Rob LaDuca
Written by Bobs Gannaway & Leslie Valdes
Producer/Story Editor: Leslie Valdes
Executive Producer: Bobs Gannaway
Line Producer: Bradley Bowlen
Featuring the voices of:
Wayne Allwine as Mickey Mouse
Tony Anselmo as Donald Duck
Bill Farmer as Goofy
Tress MacNeille as Daisy Duck
Russi Taylor as Minnie Mouse
Jim Cummings as Pete
Corey Burton as Ludwig Von Drake
April Winchell as Clarabelle Cow
Rustle Up Some Fun! Howdy Mousekeroos! It’s time to put on your cowboy hats, grab your lassos and help Mickey, Goofy and all your Clubhouse pals wrangle a boisterous herd of wild numbers into Mickey Corral. Laugh it up as you count ’em down from 10 to 1, and rustle up the right Mouseketools to catch those rascally numbers! Then search for Daisy Bo Peep’s lost sheep, decode a secret message, and solve more super fun puzzles. For big surprises and rootin’, tootin’ fun from sun up to sundown, count on Mickey’s Numbers Round-Up!
“MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE†is a children’s television animated series (presented in CG) that airs on the Disney Channel’s “Playhouse Disney†block targeted towards pre-school children.
The series is created in a similar style as “Blue’s Clues†and “Dora the Explorer†in terms of the main character interacting with the viewer. “MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE†features Mickey Mouse as the main character communicating with his friends and then occasionally looking towards the viewer for help in a variety of adventures. Mickey uses a variety of tools and a compass inside the clubhouse to help them solve their problems and get from point A to point B. And then during the mission, Mickey offers various ideas of paths they can take and asks the viewer which path should he take.
“Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey’s Number Roundup” will be one of the launch titles along with “Handy Manny: Big Construction Job” to utilize the new “Mickey Mote”, a child-friendly handheld remote to answer fun questions about colors, shapes and sizes. It’s important to note that you can use your regular DVD remote but the “Mickey Mote” is child friendly and will be much easier to use for children.
In this latest DVD release of “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse”, for “Numbers Roundup”, we get a total of four episodes:
- Mickey’s Roundup – Help Mickey and friends using the Mouseketools to catch the numbers.
- Daisy Bo-Beep – Mickey, Pluto and Chip & Dale try to find sheep. Help Mickey and friends find the sheep by solving puzzles.
- Mickey’s Big Surprise – Mickey has a big surprise and all his friends try to figure what the surprise is. But to find out what they are, they must solve five puzzles.
- Super Goof’s Super Puzzle – Pete has a puzzle in which you need to open up the clubhouse mailbox, but you will need to solve puzzle to do so. Join Mickey, Minny and Goofy ala Super goof to solve the puzzles.
“Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Numbers Roundup” utilizes the new MickeyMote, a child-friendly handheld remote control, shaped like Mickey ears, that will take children’s viewing experience to a whole new level by providing an engaging interaction with their favorite Disney characters. With multiple levels of play, the new Mickey Mote will provide hours of fun, engaging and challenging adventures for kids age 2-5.
According to Disney:
The Mickey Mote works with any Disney Preschool DVD that includes Discovery Modeâ„¢, the interactive “Watch & Play†feature on the DVD! All parents have to do is program the remote control – there‟s an easy and quick set-up guide in each DVD- and select the Discovery Mode feature on the menu screen. Within minutes, kids will be easily responding to questions, throughout the story, about scenes they just watched (such as “What color is Goofy‟s hat?â€) by pressing one of four color-coded buttons on the device — a yellow star, green circle, orange triangle or blue square – to click in their responses. Discovery Mode features include two levels of play, which provides more challenging questions as the child grows.
And Disney does have plans to release more Discovery Mode enhanced DVD titles that utilize the Mickey Mote.
Once families have purchased a Disney Preschool DVD that comes packaged with the Mickey Mote, they can continue to build their Disney Preschool libraries as the Mickey Mote works in compatibility with any Discovery Mode enhanced DVD. For example, kids can immediately use the remote with any of the following titles: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Road Rally, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey’s Adventures in Wonderland, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey’s Choo Choo, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Minnie’s Bow-Tique, Handy Manny: Manny’s Motorcycle, Adventure Handy Manny: Manny’s Big Race, Little Einsteins: Fire Truck Blast Off, My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Duper Super Sleuths, My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Bedtime With Pooh
Note: Discovery Mode can also be played using any DVD remote control.
VIDEO & AUDIO:
“MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE†features colorful CG animated episodes for the children. Nothing too detailed but simple and clean enough for the young children to enjoy. Presentation this time around is in Widescreen (1:78:1), previous DVD’s were in full screen (1:33:1). As for the audio, audio is presented in Dolby Digital Surround Sound plus French and Spanish language tracks.
Subtitles in English SDH are offered.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
“Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Numbers Roundup” comes with the following special features:
- Mickey Show and Tell – A bonus episode starring Martian Mickey. Mickey, Donald Duck, Minny and Pluto watch Martian Mickey’s show and tell featuring various shapes.
- DISCOVERY MODE – Using your Mickey Mote (or DVD remote), viewers can partake in Discovery Mode where they can answer fun questions about colors, shapes and sizes. Children have the choice of selecting Level 1 and Level 2 for more challenging questions.
For families looking for an educational DVD for their children, you really can’t go wrong with “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Numbers Roundup”. You get a total of four episodes + 1 bonus episode included in this DVD release.
Also, among the Disney releases targeted towards children, “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse” is probably the best out there from Disney that caters to the education of your young child (2-5 years old). Similar to other popular children’s shows which require your children to help the character decide on how to solve a puzzle, it was one thing to allow the child say it out loud but now with the introduction of “Discovery Mode”, using the new Mickey Mote (or your own DVD remote), children have more interactivity with these episodes.
Although you don’t need to purchase a release with the new Mickey Mote, for younger children, it’s quite convenient as it’s pretty big and you only have four buttons: yellow star (up), blue square (left), green star (right and orange triangle (down). A regular remote may be too difficult and confusing for the younger children. For those that are curious about purchasing “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Numbers Roundup” with the Mickey Mote, you will need two AAA batteries.
It’s very simple to use, just watch the episode and answer fun questions that are asked throughout the stories.
But this is a pretty big step for Disney as they are really wanting to make these DVD releases interactive and the release of both “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Numbers Roundup” and “Hand Manny: Big Construction Job” is a pretty big deal, especially for parents and children who are familiar with the Disney characters and Disney animated shows. It’s important to note that if you buy one, there is an $8 off coupon included, that you can use to purchase the other title.
Overall, “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Numbers Roundup” is an entertaining, educational children’s release and is definitely recommended!