When I heard gamecube was going to be oriented towards kids, I didn't think it would be this bad. The game takes elements of strategy games, but totally dumbs them down to make a more child-friendly game. It looks great and is fun for a few hours, but by then you've beaten it. Like the rest of Nintendo's launch games (other than star wars, but thats not a console-selling game), it doesn't offer enough playing time to warrant buying it. Do yourself a favor and just rent it to save yourself the agony...