1. An interactive entertainment apparatus comprising: an entertainment device capable of providing entertaining interaction with multiple human users; an acquisition device associated with said entertainment device, said acquisition device being adapted to acquire a representation of a fingerprint of one of said human users, and said acquisition device being adapted to produce a signal relative to the acquired representation; and a processor associated with said acquisition device in a manner to receive the produced signal from said acquisition device, said processor being adapted to compare the produced signal relative to data stored in memory and to provide an output signal indicative of recognition; said processor being configured to collect and store information pertaining to each of said multiple human users on an ongoing basis to cause said entertainment device to provide entertaining interaction with each of said multiple human users on an individualized basis; wherein the entertainment device provides said entertaining interaction in response to said output signal indicative of recognition.