VTech V-Smile Game Thomas The Tank Engine

My five year old son loves this Thomas game. He has got about 7 games all together but this one is his favourite. He is able to play this game on his own and he finds all the controls easy to handle. ****THE GAME**** Thomas the Tank Engines Working Together Thomas & Friends are Really Useful Engines. Every day is very busy for the engines on the Island of Sodor and they will need your help to show how useful they are. You can learn here important school skills by working together with Thomas, Harold and Bertie. "Peep! Peep! Full steam ahead!" Before you going to put your game in to console you ... more

I got this game with the Vsmile console which Santa left my son at Christmas. The game is aimed at children aged 3 onwards and although the packaging says age 3 - 5, my 6 year old niece and nephew love it too. The graphics on it are very poor but i have noticed this on the other games which he has too so it's not limited to this one game. I suppose it's not in competition with PS3 or the Wii but it gives the impression that the manufacturers aren't really interested in investing in this age group. When the game starts you have different options. These include chosing which game you want to ... more