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Keep kids moving, learning, and having fun with the award-winning V.Motion Active Learning System from Vtech. This educational gaming system is designed to keep kids aged three to seven amused and motivated for hours at a time. They will have plenty of fun using the wireless controller to practice hand eye coordination, solve puzzles, and win races.  | What We Think
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The Good: Educational gaming system encourages creativity and problem solving
The Bad: No option to use non-battery power with the console
In a Nutshell: This unique game system promotes active play and makes learning fun | At a Glance Ages: 3 to 7
Requires: 4 AA batteries and 3 AAA batteries (included); TV; PC to use V-link features
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Included "Action Mania" Smartridge features six types of games . View larger. |
Easy to Setup and Control
Getting ready for your child's first game is easy. Simply insert the included AA batteries into the game console and the included AAA batteries into the controller. Then connect the console to your TV using the include A/V cable, slide a Smartridge cartridge into the game slot, and you're ready to go. For each game, there are two control options. Kids can pick to use the joystick as a directional controller, or they can pick to use the motion of the controller itself. This means that tipping the controller left, right, forward, or backward inspires a corresponding motion on screen, letting kids get up and move around instead of staying stationary in front of the TV. This is extra fun when your on-screen character is doing something fast-paced, like racing down a bobsled course. On the flip side, games that require more nuanced controls are often easier to navigate using the joystick. There's even a switch that lets you decide which way is "up," so the controller can be customized to accommodate right and left handed players. Lots of Ways to Play Educational Games
It's easy to see why this system won the National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval and the Creative Child Seal of Excellence. A variety of age-appropriate games teach concepts like numbers, letters, and shapes for younger children and let older children work on skills like counting, vocabulary, and matching. These games feature popular characters like Dora the Explorer, Spiderman, Kung Fu Panda, and Scooby Doo, and they include features that range from races to puzzles to sing-alongs. When kids want to play with a friend or a sibling, there's a two-player mode. And a switch on the bottom of the controller lets you ensure that signals aren't being crossed if the second player comes with his or her own controller. The included "Action Mania" Smartridge means that your child will have six distinct types of games to choose from right away. One option is to engage in a bobsled race where passing through gates requires answering questions related to counting or more advanced topics like understanding greater than and less than. Another option involves using the controller to balance on a ball and select healthy foods, like pineapple, and avoid "unhealthy" snacks, like sweets. The third game is situated on a tennis court and does an especially good job promoting the development of hand eye coordination. Club VTech lets parents and kids connect online and participate in a family-centered learning community. The included USB V-link device makes it easy to move data from your home computer to your Active Learning System. Web connect features allow for bonus gameplay downloads that keep kids excited about this learning system, and parents have access to educational advice and special promotional offers. Overall, the whole Vtech experience is designed to promote interaction and healthy lifestyle choices while making learning fun. Our one minor complaint is the fact that the console uses battery power instead of having a wall adapter, which would eliminate the disappointment of batteries dying in the middle of a game. But if you don't have a convenient outlet, or you want to use the same console on several different TVs, this feature can actually be a bonus. What's in the Box
Console, controller, wrist strap, 4 AA batteries, 3 AAA batteries, Smartridge, V-link, and user's manual.
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 GREAT UPGRADE TO THE REGULAR V.SMILE |
| Review Date: July 24, 2008 |
| Reviewer: ANDREA GONZALEZ, VISALIA, CA |
I BOUGHT THIS FOR MY 5 & 7 YR OLD. THEY BOTH LOVE IT. MY 5YR OLD HAS BARELY GOTTEN INTO VIDEO GAMES HE HAS ADHD, AND HE LOVES PLAYING WITH THE GAMES.
VERY SIMPLE TO USE. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. I HAVE TO SAY I CAN'T GET THE V.LINK TO WORK IT SEEMS IT IS STILL NOT OPERATIONAL INT THEIR WEBSITE.
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Super Smart, Super Fun
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| Review Date: September 6, 2008 |
| Reviewer: midwest mom, Chicago, IL |
| Just got V-Motion for my kids. They are so excited to be playing like the Wii. The numbers and the letter games are great. They are making so much progress with their alphabet and it is truly by playing these games. They are having a blast and the bonus is that it is super easy to set up. This is the best money I"ve spent on a toy yet. |
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| Review Date: January 1, 2010 |
| Reviewer: lovingmomof2, Michigan |
Christmas 2008 I got the Wii for my 13 yr old daughter, and at the time my son was 3. I was afraid he would break the Wii console or scratch a game disk, throw the controller, anything a normal toddler would do, or, get upset if his sister was playing the Wii with friends.
We kept seeing the commercials for this on TV, and my son showed interest in it, so right after Christmas I got this as a beginner game system just for him. I bought the extra controller so we could play it together. I also bought the adapter so we wouldn't have to mess with batteries, and of course, I bought some games. I recently bought the Handy Manny game.
He seemed happy enough at first, and he'd play it, and was very protective of it, it just did not hold his interest as I was hoping it would. Over the last year, he'll get it out once in a while, play it for a few minutes, and move on to playing with his toys. He's a normal very active little boy, not one to sit in front of a TV and watch for hours on end. (Thankfully) I just hope he picks up on this before he totally outgrows it and it's been a complete waste of my money. Everytime he sees the Vmotion in the store, he says happily, I HAVE THAT!! Then he saw the Handy Manny game and said, I want that for my Vmotion! I thought he would start playing with it more if I bought the game since he's so into Handy Manny. He plays with it a little more lately, so maybe he will get more into it.
My son prefers to use the joystick/button option over the motion. He gets frustrated with the motion option, although he uses the Wii controller just fine. We are still on the original batteries I installed a year ago with the controllers.
I can say that this system is very nice, it's somewhat educational, I like how the games can store away right with the console.
Our overall experience with this system, we have not had the problems with powering on/off, it's worked just fine. It is extremely easy to hook up, but the games are very hard to insert and take out. I have to brace against the console and pull very hard. Maybe Vtech should have made an eject button!
His favorite games are the Disney Cars, Barney, Thomas the Train and Handy Manny. The Wall-E game is the dumbest game I've ever seen and wish I hadn't wasted my money on that one. We also have the Backyardigans, Blues Clues, Super Pets, and the game that came with it. They all seem to have the exact same games, but different themes.
Yes, the graphics are basic, like vintage Nintendo. Nowadays, with all the 3d technology, I guess people are a little spoiled expecting the best, but this is an inexpensive Preschool or very young CHILDS game system..it's met my expectations for the price. The wireless and motion are wonderful too. It's nice not being wired to the system. Having a jack for the option to add a wired controller was well thought out too. If it had better graphics, we'd be paying the price of the Wii, defeating the point of a childs game, and my son does not care if it is 32 bit or 3d quality. I wish it did come with 2 controllers, and I wish it did come with the adapter, that added on an extra $30 to the overall price to the system bringing it to $80 being spent before games. That being said, with people comparing this to the old Nintendos, when the PS and N64 came out way back when, they only came with one controller too and those systems were way more expensive, and the extra controllers were as much as the Vmotion system. Not to mention the expensive games, haha.
The Vmotion games are different prices all over, and I found Walmart to be the most reasonable. I got Handy Manny for $19.96 there where the same game was $25 everywhere else. Also Toys R Us has sales at different times for buy one get one free, which is how I got most of the games.
I think it's really a pretty cool system, and wish I had one when I was his age (I had Atari when I was 9)
I can hope with encouragement and by playing along with my son, he will start to like this more. It is good for hand/eye coordination. The number and letter recognition, memory games, colors and mazes are all very good and needed to start kindergarten. He is in his second year of preschool, and they are working on those things, but we as parents also need to work with our kids at home, and this makes a fun way of learning with the kids not even knowing it.
My son has the Leapster2 that he got for Christmas 2008. It is just as educational, and we've never had any problems with that system as well.
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| Review Date: January 7, 2009 |
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| My 5 year old nephew has a lot of fun with this product. It is also easy for to do by himself. Would recommend this product for people with small children. |
My son loves it!
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| Review Date: January 14, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Kathrynj47, Renton, WA |
I gave this toy to my four year old son for xmas and it is hard to tear him away from it to go to bed. He got bored with the game that came with the console within the first week of owning it. So I got a new one which he is learning very quickly. This product is very educational and is helpful for learning to recognize letters and numbers.
I do think the games are very over priced although, I was expecting as much. But the main downside to this video game console is the fact that it does not come with a POWER CORD. It burns through four AA batteries in what seems like only a few hours, so you may want to think about buying an AC Adaptor along with it.
(Just another way the toy industry seems to purposefully increase battery sales.) |
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