5 Responses to “What Nintendo DS games would you recommend for a 5 year old who is just learning to read?”

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൬ɝ ƒąɨƪ Ȝƞɠłἶs৸ thªŧƨ սռթօรรﻨъlε said in November 14th, 2009 at 15:59

i would reconmend ndendogz

bob man said in November 14th, 2009 at 16:49

super princess peach..
nintendogs
petz cats
petz dogs
petz bunnies
imagine babies

hope i helped
bye
^_^

Ang said in November 14th, 2009 at 17:35
Doglover said in November 14th, 2009 at 18:29

Something that can help is you can look on the ESRB’s site for games on the DS rated EC (Early Childhood).
They have minimal reading and often times are puzzle type games.
ESRB.org
the ESRB site has a discription of each game so that you know exactly what it is and you’d be able to tell which one she’d like the best.
E (Everyone) Are suggested for children 6 and older, usually because of the reading requirement, still that doesn’t mean that there are several E games that she could understand, you just have to look a little closer when you get an E game right now.

Titles that she could use would be the puzzle games, or mini games, Mario’s popular for being easy to understand too.
Pet games, racing, guitar hero, pretty sure there’s both barney and barbie on the DS too. (If she likes those kind of things.)
Another title on the DS is Dora the Explorer (I don’t know if she’s a Dora fan or not but the option’s there.)
If they don’t have tetris on the DS, I would be very shocked. (In particular since I remember reading about an incarnation of it on the DS already.)
Another place you can go for assistance is GameStop. You can find titles that you can’t find at walmart and at the same time there’s usually at least one person there who knows about video games…So narrow it down and they’ll be able to make suggestions.

I’d suggest staying away from the RPG’s and similar titles til’ she’s got a solid handle on reading.
Right now titles such as FINAL FANTASY, or CRONO TRIGGER, are not viable just because she’s learning to read still.
Admittedly those RPG’s wouldn’t likely interest her since they were more focused towards boys. But they are a case and point for the genre…

Defender said in November 14th, 2009 at 18:34
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