Kinect Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure - Xbox 360

We have only recently added an Xbox to our household. I wanted to select Kinect games that would keep our kids interested and provide some problem-solving opportunities and collaborative play. This does both beautifully. Every time we pop this game in we find something new and fun. Once our 7 year old had the hang of it he was able to navigate the menus with ease.What we like:- two players can play together in a split screen or share a single screen- one player can opt out without stopping the game (just step out of the game area and it automatically converts to a single player mode)- menus are fairly easy to navigate- interesting levels that offer a variety of physical, problem solving, memory, and accuracy play- the games and activities are true to the Pixar characters and their worlds- you can skip the treadmill if you play with your kidsWhat we don't like? There is very little we dislike about this game. Sometimes we can't tell who is the controller when we switch players, but we are probably confusing the game. The age of players in our house are - 37, 45, 8, an 6.This does require some space. We have a long and narrow living room with the television set up on one of the long ends. This allows us to be about 6 feet away from the Kinect sensor. We have about 5 feet to move side to side, so it gets a little crowded when we have two players up. I would also suggest wearing workout shoes if you are playing on a hard surface. My legs and feet were killing me after 30 minutes of running and jumping in place.This is definitely a game I would highly recommend to friends and family.

I bought this game recently for my son because he is a huge Pixar fan. I bought him the Toy Story 3 game but my son is very active...well more like hyperactive and using a controller for too long bores him. I always compare him to Sonic the Hedgehog, one of his favorite characters because he is full of energy. Anyway, he loves this game because he has to move, A LOT! I use my gamertag and played with him for about an hour and a half and the next day I felt like when you feel powerful and try one of those Tae Bo DVDs. The setup is like a nice park with attractions for the kids to play. The game will scan your body and create a child character based on your likeness. And then you choose where you wanna go and what to play. Your child (and you, if you like)will have hours of fun. It's a great outlet for stored energy because they have to move their arms constantly to move, turn, they have to jump to drive you have to steer,you swim, dive underwater, etc. But you don't do the same thing for too long and you always have a friendly character by your side helping you when you are stuck. My favorite feature is that if you need more friends to help you just clap your hands, My son was excited when Woody came up and said something like "Ok, what seems to be the problem here?" If you have active kids and you are active yourself and want to spend some quality time with your kids, get this game and play together. you'll feel like a kid again and you'll both have lots of fun

Right off the bat this game's setup was frustrating, but it was the first kinect game we tried to let our son play. So it was going to be a learning curve. The only bad things I have to say about this game is that the initial setup will probably take 10+ minutes, and when you play multi-player, little kids clicking all over the place can be a headache and take a while to get started.When setting this game up, the best thing to do is crouch behind your child and set it up for them, same with multi-player, just stand behind them otherwise it will be a headache.My child comes home from school begging to play this game. Today alone he's put in 5 hours on it. He loves it. It's amazing to watch how much he's progressed in the two weeks he's been playing it. Not only is he getting a good amount of physical activity but he's getting faster and faster at solving puzzles. And as the child clears new levels, new levels are granted, so he's still getting new levels to play at this point.Tip - take something like painter's tape and make a rectangle on your floor where the sensor wants the child to stand, and split it into two boxes so two players know where to stand. After a few days of reminding my son to stand in the box, he's got it down and we're slowly taking chunks of tape off.I love this game. Bought it when it was $20 but I still would have been happy to pay the $40 for it. It's amazing.

We gave this game to our 4 yr old about a week ago and he has been playing it non-stop. He's able to navigate through the menus and the levels by himself, though the Kinect won't recognize his voice. It's a pretty active game as you have to actually run through almost every level.The idea behind the game is you are visiting a theme park with a different land for each of the movies (Incredibles, Ratatouille, Cars, Toy Story, and Up). Each land has 3 levels and the story between each level is only loosely tied together. Ratatouille, Toy Story, Up, and Incredibles are all very similar in mechanics and strategy. It's disappointing the game has such poor recognition using the Kinect. I think the first Kinect games such as Kinect Adventures and Kinect Sports do a better job with motion recognition. My kid doesn't seem to mind, though, and navigates through the levels anyway.The Cars levels were very well done and driving using the Kinect is pretty easy.Oh, also the menu structure to start the game is irritating. It's fun that the game uses the Kinect to scan you and create a character that looks kind of similar to your actual appearance, but it asks too many questions before letting you play the game.Each level is pretty short and we've pretty much unlocked everything on each level, which requires several playthroughs, though I don't imagine my kid will get tired of the game quickly.