I bought this when my daughter was 2 1/2 and my son still stayed relatively where I put him... about one... because I could never turn on my Wii without yells of "I do I do!" and getting shoved off :) so I thought, this is awesome, she likes to do Wii type stuff and knows all her shapes and colors and is getting started on letters and numbers, this will be great....
When it says "3" it means "3" :) I did not factor in that my daughter was not quite at the stage where she had patience and could follow directions perfectly... she didn't stop to listen fully yet and got frustrated extremely fast with it, she didn't realize she had to stay on the "sidewalk" and wsa stomping on the function spots randomly and we both got frustrated and put it away... now she's 3 1/4 and I realized one day she was following directions very well and could focus on things one step at a time so I pulled the "wii" out again and she LOVED it.... it was a match made in heaven.... she spent two and a half hours on it the first night and had to be convinced to go to bed so she could play it the next day.... she was thrilled and excited with every accomplishement and came to tell me all about it every time she finished a challenge, she answers their questions, picks what they say she can pick from and does it all on her own...she runs and stomps and jumps and walks to her hearts delight.... we've since upgraded the TV to one with a/v ports which made my life infinitly easier than dealing with a VCR through to the Coxaial cable on the old tv which took forever to get to match up :) so I just have to turn her tv on and put it on video in the morning on weekends and she can pull the mat down and turn it on whenever she wants to play.....
my only worry is how much stomping can it take? I have had other kids visit who are twice my daughters age and I forgot to put it up, I found them stomping like mad with such force I was sure they had damaged it.... and the cables I worry about if they get twisted or bent.... and I'd say definately something to watch if you still have a little one around who is at the stage where they wrap things around their neck.... not issues per say just worries ...... one of those things to be aware of....
all in all, she's happy as can be... and I am too :) am I on the Wii successfully now? no.... in the time it took her to grow mature enough to follow directions the baby grew into a toddler that is always attached to my leg :) and BTW I have to put up a kid gate to keep him out of sister's room while she's playing her "Wii" because he gets in the way and tries to "help" poking at the mat and flipping the switch off etc as younger siblings in the "I want to do everything you do" idolizing stage are apt to do :)
Yes the graphics aren't the best in the world but it's a kids toy... think along the lines of Nintendo grapics after you upgraded from that Atarii :) it was nice to get some shape and color wasn't it??? :) kids don't mind (unless it's a tv show, and then the tv snob comes out ;) ) they just like the graphics and "friends" to play with while they run... so round up a TV that's appropriate, has the A/V inputs and isn't HD :) but relatively nice enough in screen size so they can see all that's going on :)
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