LeapFrog Didj Handheld Custom Gaming System - Pink

by LeapFrog

Product Features

• Help Indiana Jones find the Crystal Skull by battling through five action-packed levels
• Kids can customize the game online with the math skills they are studying in school
• Parents connect to the LeapFrog Learning Path to see what their child is learning
• Teaches Math Facts - One and two-digit addition, One and two-digit subtraction, Division (1-12), and Multiplication (0-12)

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B001G5AJ1S
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #121,402 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

Product Description

Designed for gradeschoolers aged 6 to 10 years, the Didj system offers the action-packed, high-resolution gameplay that kids expect, combined with the robust learning you trust LeapFrog to deliver. But the Didj handheld also connects to the computer to offer something no other system has offered: truly customizable gameplay and curriculum. Kids can play and learn anywhere with characters from SpongeBob SquarePants, Star Wars and more popular shows, and then go online to trade the points they've earned for modifications to the game worlds, moves, sound effects, music and more. They can even create their own Didji characters in the online Didjerator.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars DISCONTNIUED.... !!!, November 28, 2010

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Aquarius "blackblue" (Florida) - See all my reviews
(TOP 1000 REVIEWER)   

= Durability:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: LeapFrog Didj Handheld Custom Gaming System - Pink (Toy)

If you're looking/considering this system, you may wan tto know that it has just become obsolete. Look instead at the LeapFrog Leapster Explorer Learning Game System (Green) or LeapFrog Leapster 2 Learning Game System - Green.

Leapfrog has just discontinued the Didj, and just came out with a brand new system, the Leapster Explorer. The Didj was not a success for Leapfrog. From customers reviews (both on Amazon, but also on the Leapfrog site itself) it appears it was flawed by bugs, and needed constant patches to fix the problems. Some customers also did not find the Didj games very educational. In comparison, Leapster 2 games get much higher rating for being fun and educational.

In contrast to the Didj, the Leapster2 was and still is a success for Leapfrog. It gets overall good ratings from customers. And kids and parents like the games for being fun and educational. The Leapster2 is NOT discontinued, and Leapfrog informs it will continue to support it and to develop games for it. I'm thinking, perhaps Leapfrog will discontinue the Leapster2 in the future too, that is if the Explorer becomes a huge success. But for now Leapfrog will continue with the Leapster2. So it's still a good and proven system to get. You can read my review on the Leapster2.

The Leapster Explorer is the brand new system (released on 1-july 2010). According to Leapfrog the Explorer is not a successor to the Didj nor the Leapster2, but an entirely new system with much better specs and functionality. It's too early to tell, but I expect the Explorer to become a success too, because I take it Leapfrog has learned from experience to make a much better system now. You can read my review on the Explorer.

We have the L-Max, Leapster2, and now also the Explorer. We don't have the Didj, but I have read a lot about the Didj when researching the other systems. I felt compelled to write a review when I saw pretty recent reviews on the Didj posted on Amazon.

I hope this information is helpful to someone. Thanks for reading.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great game console for learning!, August 31, 2009

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CA Book Lover - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: LeapFrog Didj Handheld Custom Gaming System - Pink (Toy)

Despite the nonsensical reviews about price below, which aren't even accurate, this is a great item for the price. Much cheaper than a DS! And a great platform for kids, especially girls, to get some educational value out of the gaming environment. We've only tried a few of the titles so far, but it has held her interest and helped her learn more! Much better than pure mind candy.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Homeschool mom LOVES this educational "video game", March 17, 2009

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Matt & Lou's mom (Louisiana) - See all my reviews

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: LeapFrog Didj Handheld Custom Gaming System - Pink (Toy)

My 6 year old is learning to multiply and divide and has learned about fractions from Spongebob, Indiana Jones, and StarWars. He can't put this game system down. We homeschool and this is great for his after schoolwork time. He can't seem to put it down. We are buying stock in energizer, though. Batteries last about 10hrs of play time. There is a car charger and ac/dc plug available for about $10 each. We will invest in them soon. We are very pleased with this product and all games purchased so far. We have about 6 of them. Our homeschool is actually a farmschool because we are always in the fields. So, our didj gets dusty, dropped, dragged from home to the truck to the tractor, etc... and is still going strong. We've had for a couple of months now. No complaints!