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Games for kidsWell, after hearing Dark Sakura rant endlessly about games and violence and kids and parenting, and being a parent of two (both male, 4 and 2 years old) myself, how bout we put together a list of kid friendly games so we can turn them... er... introduce them to the world of videogames.
Some of the classics seem to be ideal: Pacman Galaga - they're not gonna start shooting down aliens anytime soon Paper boy - although I don't know if hitting dogs and breaking things with newspapers is PC these days. Any others...? Also, any toughts on games from kid movies like the incredibles, Finding Nemo, Madagascar, etc.? But from thine eyes my knowledge I derive.
William Sheakespeare
Honestly, I find that kids get really bored of the old-school stuff we used to love. The graphics aren't what they like, (Cartoon/Comics style). The gameplay isn't fun for them, (Very repetitive). And the difficulty of games like Pac-man most definately isn't for kids.
Some obvious choices would be: Mario games Some puzzle games, like Zoo Keeper/Zuma/Bejeweled or something Spongebob Squarepants: The Movie (The game). All other Spongebob games are garbage. Cars (All except DS and GBA) Super Monkey Ball For a lttle older kids around 8 or so: Ape Escape Megaman games Zelda Most Kart Racing games Pokemon Sonic For kids around 12 or so: Sims 1/2 (Watch out for custom content they download though) Animal Crossing LEGO Star Wars Tony Hawk (Does have blood though) Advanced Wars Star Fox
i swear i'm not on their payroll, but gametap has a lot of educational games available on the service as well as ol' school games... it's something i would get for my kid especially when you can restrict certian games on there that you don't want them playing. unfortunatley, i don't think it's available outside the US.
As far as other kid-friendly games go, lets go with one of my favorite generes even as an adult... puzzle games! Meteos, Lumines, Super Puzzle Fighter, Intelligent Qube, Zuma, Tetris, etc. etc. etc... can't go wrong with the puzzle games.
At that young I'd probably just stick with SMB till they're a little older and ready for slightly more difficult stuff. (Not to say that SMB's easy, but its not so impossibly hard they'll never figure it out.)
DT
Games they're playing nowWell, the youngest isn't much interested in games yet. The eldest is reallyb into Pacman and really enjoys playing both of the XBox Incredibles! games. I'm getting him Cars next week, see if I can lure him into racing games that way.
I also find that he's been more interested in learning english (it`s not our native language) since he's had to listen and respond to in-game instructions. But from thine eyes my knowledge I derive.
William Sheakespeare
If he has the attention span for it, then try giving him a RPG to play. Hell, English isn't my first language either, but when I first came to Canada 6 years ago, all I did was watch Disney movies and play RPGs. Sure I didn't understand most of it at first, but I started to look up the words I didn't understand; now, I am a straight-A student, and always in the tope 3 of our grade in English marks.
So preferablly, getting a action RPG with full or partial voice acting would be my choice if I wanted to learn English with games. Not sure if Kingdom Hearts has voice acting, but if it does, definately try that. Then as time progresses, expose them to games like Final Fantasy etc. skie, for the sheer number of times you talk about GameTap, you should be on their payroll.
It's full of voice acting, though I don't know how hard it'd be for someone that young. DT
Well, I managed to play through Chrono Trigger and Phantasy Star 1 without a proper understanding of English, I think it'll be fine.
The Megaman Battle Network Series are also a solid choice for RPGs on a handheld. The dialogue is pretty simple, so your kid should be able to grasp it no problem. Though I do hate the fact that they went the Pokemon route and put out two versions.
I finished Chrono Trigger in the 3rd grade.
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