GiiKER Smart Four, 3D AI-Powered 4 in a Row Game, Strategy Board Games with Integrated Referee for 1-2 Players, Travel Games for Ages 6-12 and up, Birthday Gift for Kids Family Game Night

We love our GiiKER Smart Four! It takes the old 4-in-a-row game and makes it way more fun with the 3D design and built-in AI. It really gets your brain working, and my older kids enjoy the challenge. The AI opponent is surprisingly good, and it keeps score too, which is a nice bonus. It can be a bit tricky to learn at first, especially for younger kids, but once you get the hang of it, it’s super addictive. Great for family game nights!

I have purchased 3 of these games. We enjoyed the one I bought our daughters family so much, we got one for my mother and ourselves. We play mostly on the head to head setting. Because this connect four is played in 3 dimension it adds a level of unexpected fun and difficult in blocking your opponents game. If you can figure out a few algorithms you will be beating your opponents constantly. Just be sure to let your wife win sometimes or the couch could become your new bed! Not comfortable at my age but the game is really fun.

Works great and is entertaining and challenging

My wife and I love this game. We play it often and playing it by yourself is fun to. The computer is quite hard to beat but not impossible.

Amazing game! AI is harder than you'd think.

I recently bought this game console for my almost 7-year-old son, and it’s an expanded version of the classic electric tic-tac-toe. It’s fantastic for developing spatial awareness and imagination. You can play one-on-one against a robot opponent with three difficulty levels or go head-to-head with another player. It’s a wonderfully entertaining game that kids and adults alike can enjoy together. I stumbled upon this while looking for a traditional electric tic-tac-toe game, and it truly feels like a hidden gem!

I really wanted to like this. I really did. Conceptually it seemed great. I ordered one and was impressed by the build quality of the toy... and it kept me entertained for hours. I liked the idea that I could play this with someone else and also could play against the AI by myself. Why I hesitate to give this a good review is because I played with this for hours on "easy" mode and never once beat the AI when playing alone. And since the toy is enjoyed by kids, I imagine it would be difficult for them to solve when playing against the AI itself. Some web research later, learned that there is just one winning permutation in easy mode. So the device does not think and respond, or vary its strategy to let you win. You have to find the ONE winning combination to beat it. Well, that stinks.

I love Connect4, and this is the logical continuation of the game idea. The game board is solid even if somewhat with a toy design. Batteries (2x AA) are not included. The clever part is fairly hidden and, what the maker calls AI, it's a clever tracking of game pieces for single player mode and as a referee when two humans play against each other.The game pieces are straightforward, and for the game board to know where which and how many pieces are, one must press the piece momentarily down onto the board to activate the switch. That's pretty easy, but the pieces nest somewhat and if you're not careful you may knock neighboring stacks over. The trouble with that is trying to remember how they were set to restore the visual cues. The board will not know if you take a stack and rearrange it. There is no app mode that could show the stacks the board kept track of.The easy level is already not child's play. A 6+ age recommendation is probably optimistic, and even adults will spend some time getting used to the 3D game play. The board tries its best to guide the users. Columns are color coded, and the row is indicated by an LED indicator. The latter lights up in the color of the respective column and that makes it possible to pinpoint a particular sport with only five LEDs.The game does not have internet connectivity or a smartphone app. The algorithms are very capable to put up a good game, but I sure would put the term 'AI' in the category of sales puffery. This is really unnecessary as the electronics are good.Overall a great game. The game pieces could be a bit more stable, but that's about the only thing I can think of for things not great. Well, that and the batteries not being included. There is an optional case ($17) if you don't want to use the sturdy box.