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V-Motion Active Learning System

(2008, Video Games - Preschool, Rated NR, Play it on: V-Motion)

  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 3, age appropriate for kids over 4; suggested age 4.

  • Is it any good?

    4.0

  • Common Sense says

    Wii-type gaming for wee ones can get them moving.

updated 08.20.08

Why We Rated This on for Ages 4 and Up

The good stuff

  • Educational value:

    Combines math, reading, science, spelling, and logical thinking with gaming.

  • Messages:

    This is a gaming system that encourages movement because the controllers are motion-sensitive. But Action Mania, the introductory game that comes with the system, involves very little movement. Other add-on games like Kung Fu Panda encourage this active gaming more.
 

What to watch out for

  • Violence & scariness :

    Very little, but in the add-on software Kung Fu Panda, kids will use Kung Fu moves to hit and break things and defeat opponents.

  • Language:

    Not an issue.

  • Consumerism:

    You will find many branded characters featured in the add-on games to this system including WALL-E, Kung Fu Panda, Thomas & Friends, Mickey Mouse, and Dora the Explorer.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About V-Motion Active Learning System

Parents need to know that this is a new motion-activated gaming system for children ages 3-7. The controller doesn't work as well as the Wii remote, but it creates an intuitive way for young children to play video games. If you want a character to jump, you pull up on the controller, and if you want the character to run to the right, you tilt the controller to the right. The introductory game that comes bundled with the system is not very good, but the add-on games are much better. The add-on Kung Fu Panda game has mild violence in it, since the character uses martial arts to get things done.

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about why it's important to get up and move. Since the controller has a joystick in addition to being motion-sensitive, which method was easier to play?
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