I don't have a v5, but my friend has one. In my opinion, I think Bandai is straying too far from the original concept of Tamagotchi. I'm not saying change is always a bad thing, but in this case, it pretty much is. You can't connect with other versions, which I liked because not a lot of people I know have v5s. Its way too hard to raise bondage, and games are hard/boring, the stupid travel thing...and they took out Mimitchi. I hear the v5.5 is family-based, too; that's no good. I think I'll stay with my v4.5 until Bandai makes a version that doesn't have the stupid family thing, if that's ever going to happen anymore.