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Old 07-29-06 | 12:31 PM
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DS/GBA games for a 6 year old

My daughter is turning 6 in August, and I'm looking for age appropriate games. She already owns AC:wild world, Mario 64, and Nintendogs. Beyond those, I'm having a hard time getting good ideas. Any suggestions? DS or GBA, either is fine.
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New Super Mario Bros.
Mario Kart DS
Tetris DS
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brain age and big brain academy seem like no brainers.

any of the GBA Marios seem like winners too.

any Kirby for either system is top notch.

Too many to list....
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These are all DS games
Kirby's Canvas Curse
Mario Kart
Super Princess Peach
Zoo Tycoon

Those are just a few off the top of my head, I think she would really enjoy Kirby's Canvas Curse or the Super Princess Peach game.
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brain age and big brain academy seem like no brainers.

any of the GBA Marios seem like winners too.

any Kirby for either system is top notch.

Too many to list....
I forgot about Brain Age and Big Brain Academy. Out of the those two, I'd suggest Big Brain Academy. Since she is only 6 years old, some of the math problems and other things are probably too advance at her age.

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I forgot about Brain Age and Big Brain Academy. Out of the those two, I'd suggest Big Brain Academy. Since she is only 6 years old, some of the math problems and other things are probably too advance at her age.
Yeah, I'm not so sure about Brain Age either (haven't played BBA). While it could be good for helping with math, I would think that a child would be turned off at the concept of doing addition, subtraction, multiplication (which I also don't think we had even started at age 6), etc. I know I would have said, "what is this, homework? I wanted to play a game." It's fine for an adult because we don't have to be forced to do it, but a child may not like it. The Brain Age concept would also be kind of confusing. "My brain age is 25-I'm old!"

Of course, I'm just making generalizations. I realize there are some kids who would really get into it, but I just think that the average kid would not.

If she likes Sudoku, I would recommend it. If she hasn't tried Sudoku, get one from a newspaper and introduce it to her to see if she likes it.
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Meteos. I find it the most fun game ever, and I'm sure she'll feel the same.
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Definitely either New Super Mario Bros. or Princess Peach. Supposedly Princess Peach is great, but I have yet to play it.
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Super Monkey Ball

When I used to hang around kids this 7 year old loved it.
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Great reccomendations, I'd say of the bunch Princess Peach is probably the best bet for a 6 year old girl.

I had a blast with it, it's super easy, very cute and colorful, I'd be shocked if she didn't love it.
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I think I've decided on the Princess peach, Super Monkey Ball, , Tamogatchi and or Sonic Rush(which she just specifically asked for today). I had forgotten about the Monkey Ball DS, she loves the GC ones. I also didn't think about Sonic Rush, she plays the Sonic Mega Collection often. Thanks for the help & input!
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Anything Wario, my 4 year old boy loves him, esp. Twisted.

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