Gaming First game for 5 year old

[Whipple]

Edit: Personally I feel you should put a NES emulator, SNES, or GBC, or something.
I believe all gamers should be in touch with gaming's roots. I can't tell you how many gamers I don't respect because their oldest game they ever played was Halo. Playing with the recent Google logo was a reminder of just how good/fun the older games were.

That is a very good suggestion.

The older games had simpler graphics and game play mechanisms that is appropriate for a younger person just starting out. They give the youngster a good foundation in not only the basics of gaming but will instill in them an appreciations for how far games have come in a relatively short period of time.

I look at the DSi as a sort of magic box, something that would have been science fiction just a while back. You have two screens, two processors, two cameras, a D-pad, touch screen. fairly good quality stereo audio plus a respectful array of audio manipulation and picture modification software included for less than $200-. Be sure to show you little one how to play audio books on his new unit and provide them with the print editions (often available for free loan at the local public library in th US) and impress that it is a real tool to be used and respected.

 

[darkranboria]

Hell, when I was 5 I beat every level in SMW, got all DK coins in DKC2 and beat LoZ: aLttP. My mom always babysat our neighbors at their house and they had an N64. I beat every one of their games. They always played Mario Party and always wanted me on their team. Damn, I got some blisters from the thing where you spin the control stick, but it was worth it. I got all 120 stars on SM64 and beat Golden Eye. And I was still 5...
So... Moral of the story, buy it, they'll play it as long as it is awesome. And everything is awesome when you're 5.

 

[Rayder]

Maybe some of the old-school compilations would be good. Most of those old games had simple controls and almost zero reading, so a 5-year-old would probably like them or at least understand what to do to play them.

Retro Atari Classics
Namco Museum
Konami Arcade Classics


Not only are the games simple, but they have more than one game each, so the little guy can pick and choose his favorites. Once he gets familiar with those and his hand-eye coordination improves, you can graduate him to more complex games.

 

[Salax]

Send them outside.

 

[Infinite Zero]

Send them outside.

YOU MAKE A VERY VALID POINT

 

[quezcotl]

Dantes Inferno... for the xbox360.
you saw what happend to children who didnt follow christ.

 

[dengar]

Thanks everyone for the replies and the list of games. I knew I would get the typical "send the kids outside" and "5 years is too young" replies, but thats ok. You all are entitled to your opinion. My son has been using a PC since he was 2. He's now playing Torchlight (RPG) and he's actually pretty good at it. However he doesnt have anything portable, hence the DS. He will DEFINITELY be under direct supervision (also got him the Nerf case) when using it and he gets plenty of outdoor play so Im not worried there. Thanks again.

 

[ExDee]

Dementium: The Ward.

Jk.

My 6 year old cousin loves Kirby + the Mario + Luigi series.

 

[Potticus]

If your going classics.

Find these series
Putt-Putt
Pajama Sam

and a few other kids series.
I loved them, both probably made me smarter than I would have been not playing them.

 

[Kamiyama]

New Super Mario Bros or some Pokemon games. I beated first Mario on NES when I was 4 year old.

 

[Am0s]

if its for a boy then any racing games my kids 4 and 5 love their racing games, my son is gonna go ape shit when he find he has nfs nitro on his brand new ds haha he will be 6

 

[Sterling]

When I was five, my first game was on the Gameboy pocket, and the next one was Pokemon Red. I would say your child is right in the area for becoming a poke nerd. The new Pokemon games have some reading, but they have buttons for tapping with the stylus. I think this is a great game to learn styli controls.

 

[jenkitty]

M kids like the backyardigans game, peppa pig, and crayola games and the i did it mum series of games are good for them. The are 5 ear old boy and 7 year old girl.

They also play pokemon, digimon world, and the lego games.

But any with favourite characaters works great with them.

 

[BlackDave]

no matter what, don't let the kid play The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time....


Spiders.....

dark woods

huge temple playing weird music

 

[choconado]

my three year old plays the ds as much as I. Here's a list of the popular titles with him:
Nick Jr. Titles (Backyardigans; Go, Diego Go!, etc.)
Electroplankton (easily addictive game with no point other than making sounds)
Lego games (Especially Batman--I have a 100% save that I throw invincibility on and he just explores)
Godzilla games (Actual Mileage may vary. My son likes Kaiju)
Nintendogs
Scribblenauts (total sandbox game he usually needs help with, as he's still learning his letters)
and some emulated older stuff occasionally.

 

[Shinintendo]

Anynone know games for a 3 years old? just something basic that I can play with him...
He liked dora and I played with him the 3 dora games there are. more so he like big animals, dinosaurs and such.
he liked very much to kill monsters in dragon quest joker (told him to push A non stop) he even cried when a mob he wanted to survived died...was so funny.


Edit: omfg the post above me answered my question, nvm than >.

 

[DeadLocked]

I recommend Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver

My first game was an RPG and I got introduced later to Pokemon Silver and Gold and they were incredible

Anyone growing up on a diet of pokemon is gonna turn out pretty smart