Drawsome Tablet by UBI Soft

A few weeks ago a snow storm hit Seattle and, since we’re not really winter people here, that meant lots of staying indoors.  Fortunately, my kids (ages 4 and 2 ½) and I had a new toy to play with- the Drawsome Tablet for Wii! This tablet came with two games, Drawsome Sketch Quest and Drawsome Artist.

The Drawsome Tablet is powered by the Wii remote, which fits into a slot on the left side of the tablet. It took me a minute to figure out how to run the wrist strap out of the bottom of the tablet and tuck it away, but otherwise set-up was very easy. Then I just picked a game and started to play.

I started out with the Drawsome Sketch Quest game first.  Each level of this game has a group of animals which need to be lead through the level to an exit on a different point of the screen. It took me a few minutes to figure out exactly how sensitive the tablet was and where my pen needed to be on the tablet. But soon I was drawing lines and bridges and doing everything else necessary to rescue the little animals.  The game was surprisingly challenging, but I’ve still really enjoyed playing it.  I thought the level of instruction offered in the game was good- if a new skill or style of drawing is needed, the game tells you what you need to do, but doesn’t over emphasize it or make it too simple.

The only thing about Sketch Quest that I don’t completely like is that, if you don’t manage to draw a bridge or slope fast enough, and your animals fall off a high surface, the game does show them hitting their heads, then floating off with wings. This caught me off guard the first time it happened, and I wasn’t quite prepared to explain what was going on to my little kids! Otherwise, this is a fun game and we’ve been enjoying it. You can play Sketch Quest with up to four players. This game is rated E for comic mischief.

Drawsome Artist is a simple drawing game. It offers coloring pages, free draw or learn-to-draw mode. And it all features the Smurfs! My kids have been loving the coloring pages and free draw options, and ask to do the “art game” often. At their ages, they can’t quite manage choosing new colors and/or drawing tools themselves, but otherwise they have no problem with it.

I have read some other reviews of the Drawsome Tablet where people complained of the tablet being too sensitive and/or not working properly, but this hasn’t been our experience. All in all, we really like this new addition to our Wii, and we’re hoping for more games for the Drawsome Tablet soon!

Purchase Drawsome Tablet on Amazon.com for $50.95.

Disclosure: I received this product to review for myself. I was not compensated in any other way and all opinions posted here are mine and mine alone.

Carrie is a mom to two small kids (ages 4 and 2), who spends her days trying to keep her kids out of trouble, enjoying life in Seattle, and blogging at Growing My Kids Reviews.