Games for introducing children to gaming?

[ChupathingyX]

Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon.

They introduced me to video games at the age of 5.

 

[KP Shadow]

Well, to make things easier, let's just list off what I played when I first got into gaming (I was 3 or 4 at the time, so, at the most, half your sister's age)

the Freddy Fish PC CD-ROM Point-and-click games
the Spy Fox PC CD-ROM Point-and-click games
the I Spy PC CD-ROM Games
Mario Party 2 or 3 (Not sure which one)
Delta Force: Land Warrior
stuff like those Thomas the Tank Engine PC games
Namco Museum (A few years after that later, but still applies)
Tetris Blast


So, yeah, those are the games that got me into gaming. Aside from those, I'd reccomend something like Kirby (Aside from the bosses, the levels tend to be very easy, and the controls are simple), Bomberman (Run, drop bombs, run away, bombs blow up. Easy peasy), or Pokémon (The best thing about the series is that, on the surface, it's simple enough for a relatively inexperienced gamer to get into it fairly quickly, yet it has some deeper gameplay aspects to appeal to more skilled players)

Sorry for any errors that I've made, I was barely awake when I typed this.

 

[Alyssacubi]

A platformer, they generally don't require all too much reading, especially if you go for one that doesn't have much of a story that isn't represented through voice and cutscenes.

 

[Zeema]

Condemned 2 [im kidding do not pick this]
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I rekon Mario any really

 

[Xelt]

Something where you're able toboth play, so, for example: You control movement, but your sister does the mouse stuff.

I played Halo with my 6 year old niece, she did the shooting and aiming whilst I did the movement. She enjoyed it and managed so, thats a possible way !

 

[thiosk]

Animal Crossing

this thread has long been /thread

 

[Hamish Durie]

little big planet, mario umm the new sesame game coming out or possibly the best game on this list pacman*angel chours in backround*

 

[BryceS62]

Go with Putt Putt saves the zoo its an older gam i thing it was mad back in 1999 but its good, simple fun and not a word of text every thing is spoken to the player

 

[blankedboy]

I'll jump on the Mario bandwagon, once she gets to grips with gaming you NEED to set her up with Crash Bandicoot. Preferably the third one for a newbie or the first two if she's getting good.

 

[SeaCalMaster]

In addition to seconding Mario and Kirby, I'll also drop a mention for Commander Keen. Goodbye Galaxy was always my favorite, but they're all great games. Zelda games require some amount of reading, so I would avoid those.

Question: how is her temperament in regard to violence?

 

[GrimHeaper]

Condemned 2 [im kidding do not pick this]
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I rekon Mario any really

Doubt she could do a mario rpg.

Go with Putt Putt saves the zoo its an older gam i thing it was mad back in 1999 but its good, simple fun and not a word of text every thing is spoken to the player

I played that was great fun.

 

[lemby117]

Well I got into gaming with "crash bandicoot and the wrath of cortex" which worked well for me at age three so I think it should work well.

 

[Snipers-edge]

It depends on which gaming platform you want to introduce your sister to. But in general, Pokemon or Mario would be alright.

 

[Zaeseled]

Spyro from the ye olde times of Playstation 1. Other than that, maybe go with the DS and/or Wii games, they have lots of games that are aimed at younger gamers.

 

[Trololo Punk]

Same games that i first played, Mario games.

 

[xcgillx2]

Do you have a sega genesis? the earlier sonic games would be good. Although they may be on Wii shopping channel, haven't checked though.

I agree any sonic game seems a good start or the Wii in general as they are both pretty easy to play

 

[AngryNerd]

Any Pokemon game. I know 6 year-olds who play it just fine. I would also recommend Kirby's epic yarn, because you can't die.

 

[Bajinga]

We must take into consideration that she is a girl, and the general society today. She would probably like Kirby games, as they are full of colour and are pretty intuitive. I think there was also a "Hello Kitty" game somewhere on a PS2.