Fisher Price Imaginext: Battle Castle

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Summary: Fun and Non-Violent Video Game
Review: My 4 and 6 year old love this game!!! Unfortunately our copy has been scratched so they are asking for another one this holiday season. My almost 7 year old still prefers this game to any other PC game. I like the fact that there isn't a "fighting" component that it is all about helping people and has real life based role models (i.e., police, fire, emergency personnel). I wish they'd keep the cartoon on TV. I can recommend this and any of the non-talking rescue hero toys without reservation.

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Summary: My daughter's favorite computer game!
Review: My 4 and half year old daughter wants to play this every day!
Its very easy to navigate and understand for a 4-5 year old. She loves to print out the stickers and badges too. If your child loves rescue heroes, then this would certainly please them!

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Summary: Yeah Pirate Raider!
Review: My 7-year-old LOVES this game. He'd play from sun up to sun down if I let him. I hear him cheering and clapping in the other room and he's having so much fun!
I'm VERY anti-violence, so when he got this game I was concerned. I was pleased to discover that although the ships sometimes fire on each other, no people are ever involved. This makes it so much more abstract and less about killing. When you capture forts, you fire on canons only and never see people. When you capture other ships, your knife is used only to chop up fruit that's thrown at you by skeletons. Once you capture their gold, you're on your way to fulfill another mission.
Frankly, this game is so much fun I have to admit to playing it myself!

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Summary: enjoyable
Review: My almost four year old loves this game. It can be challenging but that's what makes it worth playing I guess. Worth buying if your child likes Rescue Heroes or even just likes rescue equipment.(We've never seen the show)

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Summary: nothing to it
Review: My five yeay old was completely finished in about 1/2 hour, except for printing out a bunch of stuff we didn't want.

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Summary: fun, but sometimes a little to tough
Review: my four year old likes this game, but sometimes get a little frustrated with the brigde building activity, he just does not understand that concept, plus there is only 4 different missions to do and once there done, whats left to do???

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Summary: Son can complete at 3 and 1/2 years old
Review: My son has been playing Meteor Madness and Tremor Trouble for over a month. He can complete almost ALL the levels by himself as long as I sit with him and show him how to do them the first time.
This software is one of the things I can give my son to do where I can have a 1/2 hour or more to cook or complete paperwork and he is entertained.
I highly recommend the software with the caveat to remember you'll probably need to guide your kid(s) through it the first time. After that, they have no trouble. Funny thing is my son can now type his name on the computer and can't yet write it!

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Summary: A long lasting favorite
Review: My son has been playing this game for about 10 months and it is still his favorite. He just turned 4, and it is hard enough to keep him interested but not so hard that he gets frustrated.

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Summary: Imaginext nearly ruined a good thing
Review: My son LOVES Imaginext building sets. He is 9 years old and his friends love them, too. Even the older siblings of these friends. They make up all kinds of stories. They are using their imaginations instead of playing video games. My son begged for this software and I gave in. Within a few hours I regretted my decision. Why did I let Fisher Price come up with his story lines and adventures when he was doing it on his own? That is what is SO great about Imaginext--finally a toy that will cause even older kids to leave the computer and video games. Luckily, I think he found the software to be boring. He played it one evening and that was it. Money wasted, yes. But, I'm glad he's back to creating on his own. I also regret that Imaginext made a video to go with the toy. Let the kids make up the stories!

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Summary: Very Frustrating
Review: My three year old son was very excited to get this but after two attempts at playing it hasn't been touched since. You are not able to use the mouse through any of the games except for the "power-up segments" instead you are using the up-down arrows on the keyboard - too hard for him and not much fun. Very disapointed with this game and wish I could return it.