Amazon.com Finally, a video game system that parents can feel good about! With children asking for video games at younger and younger ages, the VTech V.Smile TV Learning System makes kids and parents happy, combining entertainment and education with age-appropriate games. Designed especially for kids ages three to eight, this learning system even offers different levels of play, allowing the educational output to grow along with the children.
Kid-Friendly Features With an included A/V cable, the pink and purple colored V.Smile learning system hooks up directly to televisions, requiring no additional equipment. Built for small hands, the innovative joystick controller adjusts to accommodate both right- and left-handed users and features four flashing buttons and an oversized enter button. The joystick even has a stylus and writing pad for writing activities to teach proper letter stroke order. With a spot for a second joystick, kids can invite their friends over for two-player game play. The V.Smile also comes with a microphone for sing-a-long fun.
Learning Made Fun A unique alternative to other systems, the V.Smile is built inside and out with young children in mind. The games build skills in spelling, logic, counting, problem solving, phonics, and vocabulary. Kids have so much fun with the V.Smile that they don't even realize how much they're developing their minds in language, science and math.
The games -- called "Smartridges" -- feature popular favorite characters like Scooby Doo, Dora, Thomas, and Shrek. Each Smartridge includes four or five additional learning zone games aimed at improving specific scholastic skills. This system comes bundled with one Smartridge. A wide selection of games are available separately and are organized into three levels of educational play: Early Learners (ages 3-5), Junior Thinkers (ages 4-6) and Master Minds (ages 6-8). With this range of educational output, children can advance to new games as they learn and grow. The Smartridges play in both the V.Smile TV Learning System and the handheld Pocket V.Smile.
What's in the Box V.Smile TV Learning System, one Smartridge, joystick, microphone holder, A/V cable, and manual.
With an included A/V adapter, the V.Smile game system hooks up directly to televisions.
Innovative joystick controller adjusts to accommodate both right- and left-handed users.
Each Smartridge includes four or five additional learning zone games aimed at improving specific scholastic skills.
REVIEW
I THOUGHT THE MACHINE WAS DEAD***THE GAMES WERE JUST DUSTY! I purchased the V tech smile game and machine about 4 years ago. After 2 years it just quit. It wouldn't power on, it was just dead.
Recently I decided to purchase a second one as we have over 10 games. The machine worked for an hour and then it quit, again there was no power. In frustration I returned it to the store for a new one and the machine quit again after a few minutes of game play.
In all situations the systym would not turn on again after we changed games. I took a game cartridge and pushed it down to expose the hardware and I blew my breath on it several times. I inserted the game again, unpluged and repluged the cord and it worked again.
Sooooooooo what I realized was that my games were dusty and wouldn't play in the machine. I quickly blew on all the games and then every one of them worked. I got out my 4 year old game systym, plugged it back in and put in a new game that I had blown the dust off and it worked. The entire problem of the machine acting like it was dead was because the game cartridges were dusty!!!!! We do have to unplug and plug in the game systym to get it working again.
I have read that many people have trouble with the machine just dying without warning. Ithink if you just blow the dust off the games, unplug and plug the cord back in, then your machine will work again.
Big relief to me as we really enjoy the learning aspects of this game.
