Inky #1 Posted July 25, 2003 Is there any good games on the GC for kids about 4-5? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+kisrael #2 Posted July 25, 2003 Is there any good games on the GC for kids about 4-5? phew...usually threads with this kind of title aren't quite as nice as this one could be. :-) Off the top of my head (not even looking at my collection) I think Monkey Ball (or better yet, Monkey Ball 2, though it's not as cheap these days) would be a good bet. The normal game is accesible because of the super simple controls, though might get frustrating (except often kids that age don't even give a dang about getting through a game) but the minigames...the kids will almost assuredly find at least a few they like, plus assuming you have a memory card, it will remember the settings so you can set everything as easy as possible, and then let them play on their own. Bright colors and great music, simple but fun gameplay, not too harsh when you lose, monkeys....sounds like a winner for that age group to me! (for every age group, actually) Oh, one caveat...some of the games are locked at first (#[email protected]#[email protected]#$ frickin' who wants to play single player to unlock multiplayer games????) So either find a buddy who has a unlocked save game and can copy it to your memory card, or do what I did and just play the easy level over and over until you get enough points to unlock everything. (I put it in "Picture in picture" and watched a movie...) Unless you're an expert gamer yourself, in which case you can master all the levels that kicked my butt, rather than staying on the easy stuff all the time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
liquid_sky #3 Posted July 25, 2003 this isnt a game made just for kids, but its easy to grasp, has really colorful graphics, alot of uniqueness ect. You will wanna go into options and set it to easy when they play, but when you play (yes, when you play, its an all ages game) you will wanna put it on normal unless you really suck http://www.gamespy.com/reviews/april02/soccerslamgcn/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Inky #4 Posted July 25, 2003 I already have SMB2, but my 4 year old, while she loves the monkeys and thinks they're cute, can't really grasp the concept of the game. I'll have to explore some of the mini-games.... In story mode I'm having a devil of a time getting through the whale. I completed every leve, except the one where the blocks shoot you up a tower...., Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Raijin Z #5 Posted July 25, 2003 Shit, when I was 4, I was rocking Tempest like a fiend! Can't think of any "kiddy" games offhand though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SmileyDude #7 Posted July 26, 2003 I have a now 6 year old who was 4 when the GCN came out. He really enjoyed SMB and Super Mario Sunshine. Most likely, a 4 year old won't be able to completely grasp all of the concepts of Mario, but they still tend to have fun with just exploring the game levels. I'd recommend either playing with them, or unlocking the levels ahead of time. It will make it much more fun for them, cause they really can't understand why certain things in the game are locked. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MacGurl #8 Posted July 28, 2003 Our friends kids always come over to play Mario Sunshine. It's a great babysitter. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vb_master #9 Posted July 28, 2003 buy PSO and a BBA and and get PSOLoad. 'nuff said. http://www.gcdev.com/ more info there Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+kisrael #10 Posted July 28, 2003 buy PSO and a BBA and and get PSOLoad. 'nuff said. http://www.gcdev.com/ more info there ""nuff said"...yeesh. 5 minutes of gooling on PSO BBA and PSOLoad, and I'm still not sure what it has to do with very young gamers.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
liquid_sky #11 Posted July 28, 2003 i dont know any toddlers who enjoy playing with dev kits either.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Inky #12 Posted July 28, 2003 i dont know any toddlers who enjoy playing with dev kits either.. You never know.. "Daddy! My new program isn't handling memory correctly..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
liquid_sky #13 Posted July 28, 2003 "daddy i hate c++ it yells at me when i forget a "semicolon".. i dont even know what that is its mean it hates me " Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Inky #14 Posted July 28, 2003 "daddy i hate c++ it yells at me when i forget a "semicolon".. i dont even know what that is its mean it hates me " DADDY!! My little sister put an invalid pointer to a memory address in my program. MAKE HER STOP! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
liquid_sky #15 Posted July 28, 2003 hey daddy *bambi eyes* will you write a function call for me please please please Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+kisrael #16 Posted July 28, 2003 "daddy i hate c++ it yells at me when i forget a "semicolon".. i dont even know what that is its mean it hates me " DADDY!! My little sister put an invalid pointer to a memory address in my program. MAKE HER STOP! Leaky diapers, memory leaks, whatever. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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