Nex Playground – The Active Play System for Kids & Families Where Indoor Physical Activity Meets Interactive Family Fun and is Great for Gaming Nights, Parties and Playdates

This is my kids favorite gaming console! I have 5 kids, ages 2-10 years old, and they all play the Playground in one way or another. I love that all the games have the kids up and moving vs sitting. Also, I love the assortment of games they offer us! Young enough my 2 year old can participate and advanced enough my oldest kids are happy! We have even taken it to youth group for game nights, and the teens loved it! Graphics are ok compared to Nintendo switch… these are more like high end Wii… but for us, it’s more about the inclusivity and activity vs tech design. Also, it’s easy to travel with. No need to a bunch of chargers or game cases! Just grab the hdmi cable and the charger/remote and go!

Easy to set up and many of the games are fun for my 4 year old. Gets everyone up and moving. They add new ones but you have to subscribe I think. My husband got it. We have a lot of fun with it. It doesn’t take up much room and has worked great with no gliches.

We absolutely love this thing! This is perfect for our son with Down syndrome, not only so he can play video games with his neurotypical friends but so he can be active at the same time!

Unlike other motion based video game systems in the past, the Nex works perfectly! There’s no tricking it with hand motions only. You have to move your body to play the games or dance.

Speaking of dance, their Starri game (their version of beat saber) is my new workout routine! They have a decent number of songs that come with the system. But if you get their subscription service, you can unlock all their songs. Starri even tells you how many calories you have burned each dance as well as in total for that session. I haven’t exercised seriously for over 16 years, so this is perfect for someone getting back into the game and so much fun!!

The system comes with 5 games: fruit ninja (my son’s favorite game), a whack a mole game (1-2 players), a mini game version of Mario party (1-2 players), a soccer goal game and the Starri beat saber like game (1-2 players).

The Starri game is definitely my favorite. Not only does it tell you how many calories you burn, you can see 3 different levels of difficulty so you will definitely get a good workout no matter what. I like the slash versus the touch version. The slash has you slash with an arrow for the direction you have to slash to as well as which hand (yellow for left and blue for right), touch when you see single lines/bars, lean to either avoid the X or to lean into the wide bars of various lengths and a crystal to slash both hands fast at the same time. It’s very difficult for me at the starting level, so I know I will get a lot out of this game.

My teenager has beat saber using their meta quest (previously known as oculus) system, but you have to wear a headset. We also have beat saber for the PlayStation. But you need to hold the light based receivers to play. And neither has the accuracy and fluidity of Starri. Plus, you just do your stuff with nothing to hold or wear, which you will appreciate since you will work up a good sweat using this (especially since you can’t trick the system).

The system itself is a small cube a bit larger than the size of a Rubix cube. There’s a magnetic cover to protect the lens. It comes with a power adapter and hdmi cord. All you have to do is plug it into an outlet and plug the hdmi into your tv, connect it to WiFi and then finish setup on your phone (there is no app) or tablet using the QR code on the tv. Very easy to setup and you will be playing with no time!

We also got a carrying case and a silicone case for the Nex cube and remote. We plan on taking this to friends and family as well as on vacation, so the compact size is much appreciated. With everything inside the case, it’s smaller than most lunch boxes.

So far as I can tell, the Nex mainly uses your upper body since none of the games we have played so far uses the legs or feet, which makes sense. The camera is very quick to adjust to where your body is, although you can’t be too close to the camera or else it won’t detect your body. We haven’t gotten the subscription yet but plan to. So I can’t wait to see what else Nex has in store for us!

As a gamer myself I had been looking for a console that could be my son’s first introductory system & Nex playground fits the bill perfectly. To me, it gives a mash up of Wii & Xbox Kinect vibes. It gets you up off the couch, which is great to burn off young kids energy. It comes with 5 games or you can get a subscription to gain access to a larger catalogue (which isn’t a turn off for me). Setup is easy & straight forward. Active Reddit page. Shipping was good/fast enough. Just remember if you are based in Australia like myself you will need to purchase an additional adaptor before you can use it (I got mine from Bunnings). Overall have been super happy with the system. No issues so far. Son is loving his Elmo game. Looking forward to seeing more game releases.

Had to purchase a American conversion plug but item works well and although to get the most of it you have to subscribe to games there is a great variety which myself and my grandaughter really enjoy.