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My daughter has just got a GBA SP for her 6th birthday.

Any suggestions for simple but fun games without too much text to get her
introduced to it?

She loves Pikmin, Luigi's Mansion, Super Mario Sunshine and Zelda Windwaker
on my cube.

Any suggestions for similar fun games on the GBA suitable for younger kids?

Thanks

Matt
 
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Plusnet wrote:

> My daughter has just got a GBA SP for her 6th birthday.
>
> Any suggestions for simple but fun games without too much text to get her
> introduced to it?
>
> She loves Pikmin, Luigi's Mansion, Super Mario Sunshine and Zelda Windwaker
> on my cube.
>
> Any suggestions for similar fun games on the GBA suitable for younger kids?
>
> Thanks
>
> Matt
>
>

Yoshi's Island, which is Mario advance 3 iirc. Very fun platformer.
 
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Plusnet wrote:
>
> My daughter has just got a GBA SP for her 6th birthday.
>
> Any suggestions for simple but fun games without too much text to get her
> introduced to it?
>
> She loves Pikmin, Luigi's Mansion, Super Mario Sunshine and Zelda Windwaker
> on my cube.
>
> Any suggestions for similar fun games on the GBA suitable for younger kids?

The original Zelda
Sonic Pinball
The Sonic Advance games
 
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"Plusnet" <matthewlee@lineone.nospam.net> wrote in message
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> My daughter has just got a GBA SP for her 6th birthday.
>
> Any suggestions for simple but fun games without too much text to get her
> introduced to it?
>
> She loves Pikmin, Luigi's Mansion, Super Mario Sunshine and Zelda
Windwaker
> on my cube.
>
> Any suggestions for similar fun games on the GBA suitable for younger
kids?

Here's some that might be good choices:

Banjo-Kazooie (platformer)
Crash Bandicoot series (platformers)
Hamtaro series (Zelda-ish, I think, but geared to the younger crowd)
Pinobee (platformer)
Rayman series (platformers)
Super Mario Advance series (platformers)

I've left off the ones suggested by the others, but those are all good as
well. If you need to look into the games before buying them, I'd suggest
http://gameboy.ign.com. They have reviews and a lot of screenshots/videos
that can help you decide whether the games are appropriate.

//mike tyndall
 
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"Ted" <nospamforted@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> Plusnet wrote:
> >
> > My daughter has just got a GBA SP for her 6th birthday.
> >
> > Any suggestions for simple but fun games without too much text to get
her
> > introduced to it?
> >
> > She loves Pikmin, Luigi's Mansion, Super Mario Sunshine and Zelda
Windwaker
> > on my cube.
> >
> > Any suggestions for similar fun games on the GBA suitable for younger
kids?
>
> The original Zelda
> Sonic Pinball
> The Sonic Advance games

Its very likely that the original Zelda may be too difficult for a 6yo.
Puzzles aren't spelled out like they are in successive Zelda's and can get
quite frustrating. Especially when you get to the unbombable invisible
doors of level 9.

Sonics are pretty straight forward. The Spyro and Kirby games are also
generally a good bet.
 
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Thanks for the suggestions so far

Matt

"Plusnet" <matthewlee@lineone.nospam.net> wrote in message
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> My daughter has just got a GBA SP for her 6th birthday.
>
> Any suggestions for simple but fun games without too much text to get her
> introduced to it?
>
> She loves Pikmin, Luigi's Mansion, Super Mario Sunshine and Zelda
> Windwaker on my cube.
>
> Any suggestions for similar fun games on the GBA suitable for younger
> kids?
>
> Thanks
>
> Matt
>
 
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"Plusnet" <matthewlee@lineone.nospam.net> wrote in message
news:4145b51c$0$44056$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader03.plus.net...
> My daughter has just got a GBA SP for her 6th birthday.
>
> Any suggestions for simple but fun games without too much text to get her
> introduced to it?
>

You can't go wrong with the classics...

Namco Museum
Pac-Man Collection
Konami Arcade Classics
Activision Anthology
Midway Arcade's Greatest Hits
Atari Anniversary Edition
 
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Very useful to me, too, thanks!

SF


On 9/13/04 4:08 PM, in article
41460c32$0$96888$ed2e19e4@ptn-nntp-reader04.plus.net, "Plusnet"
<matthewlee@lineone.nospam.net> wrote:

> Thanks for the suggestions so far
>
> Matt
>
> "Plusnet" <matthewlee@lineone.nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:4145b51c$0$44056$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader03.plus.net...
>> My daughter has just got a GBA SP for her 6th birthday.
>>
>> Any suggestions for simple but fun games without too much text to get her
>> introduced to it?
>>
>> She loves Pikmin, Luigi's Mansion, Super Mario Sunshine and Zelda
>> Windwaker on my cube.
>>
>> Any suggestions for similar fun games on the GBA suitable for younger
>> kids?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Matt
>>
>
>
 
Archived from groups: alt.games.video.nintendo.gameboy.advance (More info?)

> > > My daughter has just got a GBA SP for her 6th birthday.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions for simple but fun games without too much text to get
> her
> > > introduced to it?
> > >
> > > She loves Pikmin, Luigi's Mansion, Super Mario Sunshine and Zelda
> Windwaker
> > > on my cube.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions for similar fun games on the GBA suitable for younger
> kids?
> >
> > The original Zelda
> > Sonic Pinball
> > The Sonic Advance games
>
> Its very likely that the original Zelda may be too difficult for a 6yo.
> Puzzles aren't spelled out like they are in successive Zelda's and can get
> quite frustrating. Especially when you get to the unbombable invisible
> doors of level 9.
>
> Sonics are pretty straight forward. The Spyro and Kirby games are also
> generally a good bet.

I second that Zelda no-no! I am much older than 6 and I am having a really
hard time with it! Maybe the later Zelda games, but there is text in
them...

You would think that Spyro and Crash would be good, but they got bad
reviews. They were fun on the PS2!
 
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>You can't go wrong with the classics...
>
>Namco Museum
>Pac-Man Collection
>Konami Arcade Classics
>Activision Anthology
>Midway Arcade's Greatest Hits
>Atari Anniversary Edition
>
You can go wrong with the Midway one, since the ports are really badly
done. Joust/defender for the GBC are so much better.
 
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