The last kiddie game I played that I enjoy, Super Solvers: Gizmos and Gadgets....but that was back in the day when educational games tended to be fun.
Poll: Does a Kiddie Game = Shitty Game?
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Not always, but often.
Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2
Katamari Damacy
Yoshi Story (64)
These are some 'Kiddy' games that come to mind that are great.
Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2
Katamari Damacy
Yoshi Story (64)
These are some 'Kiddy' games that come to mind that are great.
Not all the time.
Kirby is a series that is very childish but its one of the best platformers out there.
Lego series, also a "kiddy game" but from what iv played of them, thay are really good.
You cant judge something because of the way its marketed.
Kirby is a series that is very childish but its one of the best platformers out there.
Lego series, also a "kiddy game" but from what iv played of them, thay are really good.
You cant judge something because of the way its marketed.
The Super Mario Bros. series
The Pokémon series
The Sonic The Hedgehog series
The Lego Star Wars series
Aladdin
Scribblenauts
Professor Layton and The Curious Village/ Diabolical Box
Starfox/Starfox 64
The Legend of Zelda series (except maybe TP)
The Megaman series
and Okami...
could all be considered, at least by some, to be "kiddy" games. I think most people here who look at that list will find something they like. I'd say that, even though there's a decent amount of crap being marketed to kids, the child-friendly roots of video games are still doing pretty well- most children's games I see today actually tend to be mediocre more so than they are shitty, which isn't necessarily a good thing, but still shows at least a little bit of effort on the part of developers.
The Pokémon series
The Sonic The Hedgehog series
The Lego Star Wars series
Aladdin
Scribblenauts
Professor Layton and The Curious Village/ Diabolical Box
Starfox/Starfox 64
The Legend of Zelda series (except maybe TP)
The Megaman series
and Okami...
could all be considered, at least by some, to be "kiddy" games. I think most people here who look at that list will find something they like. I'd say that, even though there's a decent amount of crap being marketed to kids, the child-friendly roots of video games are still doing pretty well- most children's games I see today actually tend to be mediocre more so than they are shitty, which isn't necessarily a good thing, but still shows at least a little bit of effort on the part of developers.
No. Usually it does, but...
Legend of Zelda
Megaman
Super Mario Brothers
Super Smash Brothers
Starfox
Donkey Kong
Okami
The Lego Series
Kirby
LittleBigPlanet
Legend of Zelda
Megaman
Super Mario Brothers
Super Smash Brothers
Starfox
Donkey Kong
Okami
The Lego Series
Kirby
LittleBigPlanet
Not all "kiddie games" are that horrible. Take Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets for example. While the camera work was a little suspect, it features some great action adventure moments and Jeremy Soule's soundtrack wipes the floor with John Williams' composition.
Other fun, kid-orientated games that come to mind:
Katamari Damacy
Animal Crossing
Quidditch World Cup
Jak and Daxter (not sure if this qualifies)
Other fun, kid-orientated games that come to mind:
Katamari Damacy
Animal Crossing
Quidditch World Cup
Jak and Daxter (not sure if this qualifies)
XDthiosk said:
My favorite thing to do was to visit a friend's town and chop down all the trees. I'd get yelled at, sure, but it'd be worth it.
There is one game I've played when I was younger, but I appreciate them more today. Anyone here heard of the Jumpstart series? Mrfft above said it best; educational games suck these days. No self-respecting kid would want to play them.
Jumpstart was different. Their philosophy was to make a fun game first, and an educational game second. Nowhere in their business plan did it say, "dumb this s**t down for kids".
What sticks with me today, the most, is how amazing the graphics were. For the time, the graphics were really stellar. The 3D mixed with the 2D 'hosts' worked really well, the locations and challenges were really interesting, and it made you feel like a million bucks every time you could up the difficulty and stay afloat.
Jumpstart was different. Their philosophy was to make a fun game first, and an educational game second. Nowhere in their business plan did it say, "dumb this s**t down for kids".
What sticks with me today, the most, is how amazing the graphics were. For the time, the graphics were really stellar. The 3D mixed with the 2D 'hosts' worked really well, the locations and challenges were really interesting, and it made you feel like a million bucks every time you could up the difficulty and stay afloat.
Oh, sorry, I forgot to mention. You can still find Jumpstart games, but they suck now. Don't buy them. I guess the plan was to re-make them but keep out everything that was unique, challenging or interesting. They succeeded.
Ten years ago, a lot of those weren't "kiddie games." They were just games. They ARE still just games. That's the point. Adults who played them before still buy them and still find the same sense of fun and enjoyment in them, except in the cases where the series has just been flushed down the tubes, as with Starfox and Donkey Kong post-N64. When they say "E for everyone" they mean it. They take their audience seriously and don't try to go out of their way to alienate or exclude. The developers didn't make them thinking "kiddie game," they didn't make them thinking "we really need to give Mario a cigar and have him swear like a sailor," as if that would be a magnet that attracted older audiences and repulsed younger audiences, they made them thinking "this is the idea, this is the artistic vision behind the project, let's make it." And if everybody were able to operate that way we'd live in a better world today.Julianking93 said:
Ahh, Jumpstart. Those games were awesome. What was your favorite? Mine was 3rd Grade.PrototypeC said:
It's the idea that kiddie games have to be "educational" for parents to buy them. Otherwise the kids are "wasting time" on them when they should be feeding hamsters and watching scooby-do which are highly educational and promote development in a child.
Unfortunatly, rabbits with letters painted on them that have to be arranged into 5 letter words do not really account for an entertaining experience.
Unfortunatly, rabbits with letters painted on them that have to be arranged into 5 letter words do not really account for an entertaining experience.