This was a genuinely good idea in 2011—Double Fine making a Sesame Street Kinect game with real heart and educational goals. The WISE fundamentals are solid: it's safe, wholesome, teaches emotional skills, and gets kids moving.
But here's the brutal truth: it's 2025 and this game is functionally extinct. Finding a working Xbox 360 Kinect setup is like hunting for a VCR. Even if you have one gathering dust, the motion controls feel ancient and frustrating by modern standards. Your kid will flail around while Elmo doesn't register their jumps, and everyone will be annoyed.
If you somehow already own the hardware and find this at a garage sale for $2, sure, your 4-year-old might enjoy 90 minutes of Sesame Street chaos. Otherwise, this belongs in the gaming history museum, not your living room.







