LeapFrog® Leapster® Learning Game: Sonic X 5 - 7 Years by LeapFrog List Price: $24.99 $24.33 At Amazon on 7-28-2008.

Features Sonic save his friends from the evil clutches of Dr. Eggman! Jump, run, spin-dash and soar through different zones while collecting gold rings and mastering questions Sonic X provides a fun, energetic, interactive game environment that helps your child learn critical math skills while playing with the popular cast of characters from Sonic X! Teaches counting, sequencing, addition, and subtraction Cartridge is for use with Leapster™, Leapster L-Max™ and Leapster TV™ learning game systems Manufacturer Description Help Sonic save his friends from the evil clutches of Dr. Eggman! Jump, run, spin-dash and soar through different zones as you master math skills and collect gold rings to rescue Amy Rose and Knuckles in this fast-paced spinning game. Cartridge is for use with Leapster, Leapster L-Max™ and Leapster TV™ learning game systems. What it Teaches: * Counting * Sequencing * Addition * Subtraction Product Description Help Sonic save his friends from the evil clutches of Dr. Eggman! Jump, run, spin, dash and soar through different zones while collecting gold rings and mastering math questions. Learn critical Kindergarten and First Grade math skills with this fast-paced spinning Leapster game. Teaches numbers, counting, addition and subtraction. For use with all Leapster Learning Systems, sold separately. Owner Reviews, Ratings, Comments and Criticism Before I decided to purchase this item for my children, I did what I always do: jump on Amazon.com to check out the reviews. To my surprise, there weren't any. So, I hopped over to Leapfrog.com to view the synopsis. Leapfrog doesn't even list this game as an available title on their site. Next, I did a Google search to try and find a review on this title and I was directed to the Sega website. I clicked on the link for the Sonic X game and was directed, suprisingly enough, back to the Leapfrog website, where no results were found. Talk about hitting a brick wall... So, I took and chance and I bought it for my 4 1/2 year-old son to add to his ever-growing collection of Leapster titles. It's a hit. Both he and my daughter love it. They actually played the Sonic X game last night instead of the Wii which they have been playing daily since Christmas. We actually had to pry the Leapster out of my son's hands just to get him into bed. As for the game, I had my reservations since this game seems to have been produced by Sega as opposed to Leapfrog; so I wasn't sure if it would have the same educational themes as most Leapfrog games do. While the theme of this game is much more video game based than most of the LeapFrog games, it is also very educational. Not having played any of the Sonic game titles that seem to be so popular, I can only compare it to games I am familiar with. The graphics remind me a little bit of Super Mario Brothers, and some of the challenges seem to follow similar themes. Also, the game is set up into different zones, which each have a different activity. For example, one of the activities in the game teaches addition by having you add blocks at the top of the screen. Once you think you have the answer, you have to find it on the board while taking care to avoid the wrong answers. Another of the activities teaches your child how to count backward by following the sequence on the top of the screen, then racing to find the next number. All the while, you have to collect little gold rings from each stage of the game which are added at the top of the screen. Some of the stages are timed, so you can't take too long to figure out the answer. There are also activities that teach number sequencing and subtraction. Each activity has three different skill levels to choose from. The target age for this product is listed as Kindergarten to 1st grade. I bought it for my 4 1/2 year-old and he is doing very well with it, but he is much stronger with math than reading and writing. I think this is a great game for preschool and kindergarten aged children to help reinforce number recognition, counting and simple math concepts in a very fun way. For frame of reference, my son also enjoys the following Leapster titles: Counting on Zero, Mr. Pencil, Learning with Leap, Letters on the Loose, Mole's Huge Nose, Cars, Letter Factory, Kindergarten, Spongebob and Cars. If your child has similar interests, he or she will most likely enjoy this game. If you are looking to reinforce your child's mathematical concepts, I recommend this game or Counting on Zero. Update: LeapFrog has updated their website in the past few days to at least show this title, although it is listed as "coming soon". Hope this helps. Comment | Permalink | (Report this) LeapFrog® Leapster® Learning Game: Sonic X Available from Amazon Updated on 7-28-2008.

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