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Title: DS Games for kids (screw Christmas) Post by: slog on December 13, 2010, 06:16:04 AM I got my marching orders today from my better half.
Quote Go get a couple DS games for the kid. They better not suck So F13, what do we think? The kid is question is 6, reads on a second grade level, likes to color, and only has a couple games right now. Title: Re: DS Games for kids (screw Christmas) Post by: Zaljerem on December 13, 2010, 07:26:17 AM Super Mario Kart DS
Mario Party Super Dodgeball Title: Re: DS Games for kids (screw Christmas) Post by: MisterNoisy on December 13, 2010, 07:35:22 AM Drawn to Life
Super Scribblenauts (fixes the control issues with the first game) Title: Re: DS Games for kids (screw Christmas) Post by: slog on December 13, 2010, 08:02:24 AM My Dad get her Mario Party. What's Super Scribblenaughts all about?
Title: Re: DS Games for kids (screw Christmas) Post by: MisterNoisy on December 13, 2010, 08:37:57 AM Basically, you're presented with a puzzle (e.g.: get a kite out of a tree) and then you enter nouns/adjectives to create items (e.g.: a ladder) to solve the puzzle. Items and creatures have behaviors that are generally appropriate, so if you toss a 'policeman' next to a 'criminal', they'll chase each other around and fight, while anything made of wood burns, etc.
There's a ton of puzzles, and you get additional rewards/points for creative solutions and lower item counts, so there's a fair amount of replay value there too. I liked the first Scribblenauts, but the tap to move controls for Maxwell were terrible. The sequel lets you use the d-pad instead. Youtube of someone playing around in the 'sandbox' mode. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB-yqkxKRrU) Title: Re: DS Games for kids (screw Christmas) Post by: slog on December 13, 2010, 12:48:08 PM Basically, you're presented with a puzzle (e.g.: get a kite out of a tree) and then you enter nouns/adjectives to create items (e.g.: a ladder) to solve the puzzle. Items and creatures have behaviors that are generally appropriate, so if you toss a 'policeman' next to a 'criminal', they'll chase each other around and fight, while anything made of wood burns, etc. I think she's a little young for that. It's rated 10+ and she still spells phonetically. It looks pretty cool for her in a year or 2 though.There's a ton of puzzles, and you get additional rewards/points for creative solutions and lower item counts, so there's a fair amount of replay value there too. I liked the first Scribblenauts, but the tap to move controls for Maxwell were terrible. The sequel lets you use the d-pad instead. Youtube of someone playing around in the 'sandbox' mode. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB-yqkxKRrU) Title: Re: DS Games for kids (screw Christmas) Post by: Hawkbit on December 13, 2010, 01:26:00 PM My five year old likes Pokemon HG/SS - she is almost reading, so she doesn't quite get the story yet. But she's got some wicked lvl 20 pokemon she was showing me - kid loves grinding!
Mario Kart DS is good, too. Super Mario Bros. Animal Crossing, maybe? Title: Re: DS Games for kids (screw Christmas) Post by: Yegolev on December 13, 2010, 01:43:05 PM Etrian Odyssey?
Title: Re: DS Games for kids (screw Christmas) Post by: slog on December 13, 2010, 04:07:05 PM Etrian Odyssey? That's rated for Teens. Drawn to Life, Spongebob Squarepants edition looks interesting. Title: Re: DS Games for kids (screw Christmas) Post by: Soulflame on December 13, 2010, 04:58:04 PM Etrian Odyssey? I handed that to my 14 year old, and she's been slowly plowing through it. I can't decide if that makes me an evil dad, or a good dad.I'd definitely go with HG/SS. Especially if you can get the pokewalker set up. She can take her favorite pokemon for walks! Rune Factory/Harvest Moon games. Nintendogs. Title: Re: DS Games for kids (screw Christmas) Post by: MisterNoisy on December 13, 2010, 05:00:43 PM Basically, you're presented with a puzzle (e.g.: get a kite out of a tree) and then you enter nouns/adjectives to create items (e.g.: a ladder) to solve the puzzle. Items and creatures have behaviors that are generally appropriate, so if you toss a 'policeman' next to a 'criminal', they'll chase each other around and fight, while anything made of wood burns, etc. I think she's a little young for that. It's rated 10+ and she still spells phonetically. It looks pretty cool for her in a year or 2 though.There's a ton of puzzles, and you get additional rewards/points for creative solutions and lower item counts, so there's a fair amount of replay value there too. I liked the first Scribblenauts, but the tap to move controls for Maxwell were terrible. The sequel lets you use the d-pad instead. Youtube of someone playing around in the 'sandbox' mode. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB-yqkxKRrU) I'm not presuming to know her better than you do, but I think that it has the potential to be a great bonding/educational experience if you guys were to play it together. :) Anyway, Drawn to Life (also 5th Cell) would be a great call as well, Spongebob or no. :) If you can find a copy of Soul Bubbles, that's great stuff, as well. |