Customer Reviews

Leapfrog Clickstart Educational Software:Go Diego Go

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Diego is one of 4 ClickStart games we own for my son (age 5) and it by far the best. The games progress well, offer understandable feedback and are lots of fun. I also think it is the best visually that I have seen with the Diego character doing lots of entertaining things.

I would warn that this game requires a MUCH higher level of hand coordination than others, it is very video game like - so I would not recommend for those under 5.

Also, it may be worth noting that I liked this game even though I find the show kind of annoying.

I bought this for my son who just turned three. He has other Clickstart games (Cars, Thomas, Bob the Builder) which he seems to enjoy more than Diego. Diego includes six games. However, three of them are virtually the same (screen navigation games) with just different scenery. The navigation games are difficult for my son to master as they involve simultaneous use of the arrow keys and space bar key as Diego searches for various items (arrow keys move Diego; space bar makes him jump). My son stays away from the navigation trio of games as they seem to be beyond his skillset at this point. The three other games can be mastered by a three year old in my opinion. My son likes the penguin dive (which involves the computer giving child instruction on a number to choose, child typing that number, then penguin diving into water). He does not play shape bridge (which involves bridge with "holes" in the form of shapes; child must select shapes to fill holes). He does not play vine climb (which involves computer instructing child to find number as Diego climbs vines). If your child likes Diego, he may like this game better than my son (as my son has never seen the Diego cartoon). It may be a game that can grow with the child - i.e. three games for younger children, then the three screen navigation games for older kids. However, I think by the time kids can navigate the screen, they won't be interested in Clickstart. My recommendation would be to stay away from this game unless you've exhausted all the others.

Note: All of the information below refers to "level 1" games.

My daughters (2.5 years old and 3.5 years old) love Go, Diego, Go! so it was an easy decision to buy this game. I don't know if my kids are weird, but their mouse skills are much better than their ability to navigate quickly with the keyboard. As many have pointed out, there are six games. Three of them require using the arrow keys to make Diego go in different directions, and he is also required to jump (space bar) and move (arrow key) at the same time. Thus far, this is beyond my girls. They still choose to play this game, but I need to be there the entire time, helping, and even still, they get bored and/or frustrated, and we've never gotten to the end of the game.

There's a "vine climb" game that also requires using the arrow keys to move Diego from one vine to another as he must get the leaf with a specific letter on it. Ideally, he would move away from the leaves with the wrong letter on them, too. The leaves move very quickly. Even when *I* play the game, I have to work fast to get the right letters. Way beyond them.

One game, the bridge game, involves using the mouse. This is the game that my daughters can play by themselves, and all I have to do is cheer them on. There's no time limit or independently moving parts. [thumb up]

The last game involves penguins with numbers on them, and you have to push the number on the keyboard to make a particular penguin jump into the water. Although my girls aren't that great at this game yet, I can see that they can get it soon. Unlike the "vine climb" where the leaves move quickly, in the penguin dive, the penguins just sit there for however long it takes the child to find the number on the keyboard.

I'm not sorry that we bought the game. They do like getting to make Diego do things (even if those things don't result in completing the tasks/games). If you're buying it for a 3 year old, you might want to let go of the idea that they'll play the games "the right way" and just let them fool around with it.

I don't see the Cars game listed here at amazon.com, but I bought that one in a store, and my girls can play all of those games. If your kids like Lightening McQueen, perhaps get that game as one a 3 year old can play (if they're good with the mouse!)

this is one of my son's favorite games for this computer (he is now 4, has had it for almost a year). He plays it a lot. It seems to change how it asks questions of the child as they get better which continues to have him learn how to count, then which number in a sequence is missing, etc...

My 2.5 year old loves this game, received over a month ago, to date it's his favorite (we also have Ni Hao, Cars and Nemo). Although it is more difficult than the others, that is what seems to draw my son to it as it is not as easy to master and he does not get bored with it as easy.

Three of the games are basically the same with different scenes to choose from. I found that in the desert scene my son was getting frustrated as he could not get up a large hill, I figured it had to do with needing to press the space bar and arrow at the same time (which my son normally does to jump). However, when I was unable to get past this certain hill I contacted LeapFrog to be told this was an issue with some of the Diego cartridges. I was very impressed that LeapFrog is sending out my choice of a replacement game, since the Diego game was still under warranty. Even with this glitch, so far he can still play the remainder Diego games without a problem. I do recommend making sure the desert scene works during your warranty time.

I will also note that because I purchased the Diego game from Amazon, it was very easy to provide LeapFrog with the purchase info, which I would have long thrown away had I purchased at a department store.

I have 5 year old and 3.5 year old boys. This game entertained and has a level each of them can play. Graphics are pretty good.

This was a gift for a 3 yr old. He is fascinated by Diego and spends hours playing the game. The game challenges him for now.

My son loves this cartridge for his click start game. This is the game that he always wants to play. I would definately recommend this game.

I bought this game for my 4 year old daughter. She does a good job playing the educational games and she is learning how to use a computer keyboard and mouse without using our "real laptops". I would recommend this system and the games to any parent who wants to get their kids involved in computer skills and educational software. Oh ya, and the graphics are better than my Atari!

This game rocks. We have them all and this is the one my son comes back to time and time again