Mia Goes for Great - A Figure Skating Computer Game

My daughter received the "Mia Goes for Great" figure skating computer game for her birthday. The game does teach the player about figure skating. For example, in the game, Mia answers a question about the Axel jump in exchange for getting her ice skates sharpened. She then goes to the library and learns about famous figure skaters such as Dick Button and Peggy Fleming. After she does a ton of things, she earns the right to create her own freestyle program. After she finishes the choreography, the final performance can be viewed.

The choices for the program elements are a bit limited; for example, a sample of a program created by my daughter consists of stroking, a sit spin, an upright spin, a single Axel, and a loop jump. Including footwork or connecting moves such as spirals or spread eagles is not an option. Since crossovers are not a choice, Mia's finished program looks a bit "odd" to those of us who know figure skating, since the computer generated character skates in a straight line rather than using the whole ice surface. Mia does back half swizzles and does a very strange looking forward stroking technique. The Mia figure skating game may not be totally realistic, but it is fun to play.

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