The packaging gives you the impression that the kids would play outside, then download games and use them on their handheld. But the maingame is on the website and the little games aren’t that great.

Serious draw-backs: 1. a chatroom with an always-open window during website play, 2. the web-game has poor graphics that are ram hungry, 3. confusing to navigate the site and find the info you need, 4. cannot change the avatar as promised, 4. no customer support contact info– not even snail mail or phone number, 5. downloaded games indicate that they have completed the firmware update, but the games do not appear on the handheld, 6. no way to turn down the sound on the hand-held. (I’m not kidding; the music is annoying).

The biggest draw-back is that the games are too old/hard for younger kids and older kids are not going to fall for “If I jump around for 20 minutes I get to play more!”

It’s a great relief I didn’t pay the 39.95 original sticker price! I paid $10 in a clearance bin and am still left wondering if that was too much.