I love this game. The pads can be expensive, but the prices are coming down. Now an Ignition pad is only about $80. At least it gets you up off of the couch! I would actually recomend getting DDR:Extreme 2, which has better song selection and more dance modes. The online feature is being removed on sept. 12, so don't look forward to that.
Is your kid constantly click click clicking on the couch with the remote control? This game gets kids MOVING! Its a dance simulated game, that most kids find very fun. It might be harder for the little ones, but they have a fun time enjoying the music, and how THEY control the game with their body. If there were more simulated exercising games like this, i would buy them defenitly. It was a great game, and I love it as a kid, and all my friends love it 2.
The game is fun and there is actually a mode that tells you how many calories you have lost. Some of the lyrics have innuendos that older kids would get but they're not that bad.