Super Chicks is a classic example of a game kids love and parents don't understand.

Using either your Didji or one of the included Super Chicks characters, you move your hero around an open-ended world, meet new people (who have a limited number of phrases among them), and come to the rescue when needed. Most of the game, you find yourself simply wandering from place to place.

Super Chicks is a math facts game for grades 1-3. In order to take on missions, which you get as phone messages, you must solve basic math problems. The interface works well, and like most Leapfrog games, it adjusts the skill challenge based on the user's progress, which parents can monitor via Leapfrog Connect on the PC/Mac.

They're not kidding about "chicks" in the title. If you're thinking of getting this for a boy, you can probably stop reading now. The "chicks" shop for purses and other girlish accessories and keep their powers in those purses. Talk from other characters is decidedly girlie, although I have to admit that I was amused when they told the ninja superhero didji I'd designed that they like my hair, which hides under a hood.

Missions fall mainly into 2 categories: rescue and combat. At first, you'll find yourself rescuing rabbits from trees (no idea how they got up there) by knocking them out with a gale-force wind (Is that really rescuing? You don't actually catch them--you let them fall!) and little old ladies who have managed to get their feet stuck under giant rocks by blowing those rocks into the air. Eventually, you learn martial arts and play minigames to fend off marshmallows being thrown at you by villains.

Movement is slow, but you have a few options to speed things up, including roller skates and the ability to jump immediately to the different regions on the map. If transitions would speed up a bit, that would greatly enhance the game. Also, at first, instructions for similar actions get explained repeatedly, and there's no way to skip past them, but this is more a factor for adults than the target audience of young girls.

As an adult who loves superheroes, I thought I'd like this game. I don't. To me, it's tedious, repetitive, and slow. But my 2nd grade daughter can't get enough of it. She loves it. The part I dislike the most, wandering about aimlessly, is her favorite part, "exploring different places." As you wander, not only do you talk to other people, but also find diversions like bubbles and a playground

So overall, I think this game needs a lot of work. It has potential, but it needs a faster pace and better interactivity. That said, my daughter loves it, and when it comes down to it, her opinion is more valuable than mine with a game like this, so based on her recommendation, I recommend it for your young daughter.