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The pushbutton setup is what sold me — one button per column makes it way less fiddly than I expected, and my six-year-old figured out the throwing mechanic in about two minutes. We've been playing it most evenings since it arrived.

I grabbed this for my kids and ended up hogging it myself. Pressing the button to launch balls into the matching column is weirdly satisfying, and the two-player races get intense fast.

The pushbutton setup for each of the 12 columns makes aiming feel surprisingly intuitive once you get the hang of it. My kids picked it up in one afternoon and now they're racing to fill columns before dinner's even on the table.