crispy4000 Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 Anything that wouldn't give young kids nightmares essentially. Looking to see if there's anything obvious I'm missing, or should keep my eye out for as a parent of a toddler now. Examples: Omno, Astrobot, Yoku's Island Express, etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 Toddlers are a little young to manage the controller. Mine all started with tablets (the Amazon kids FireTV was perfect for them). My daughter never played on a console, she migrated very directly from tablet to computer and began playing Miecraft and Roblox. Roblox is great in that it has a lot of very simple games, with bright coloured graphics that kids enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted June 20 Author Share Posted June 20 Just now, AbsolutSurgen said: Toddlers are a little young to manage the controller. Mine all started with tablets (the Amazon kids FireTV was perfect for them). Not for them to play, more for me to put on on occasion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 3 minutes ago, crispy4000 said: Not for them to play, more for me to put on on occasion. Most AAA games are fine, I would avoid anything with excessive gore. No horror games. Nothing with "demons". My kids would mostly watch for a bit, and then move on. But, most kids aren't "traumatized" by video game violence -- if you look at the cartoons of my youth, they were surprisingly violent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazyPiranha Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 Not made by Nintendo or not only on a Nintendo console? If you’re just playing things that might catch their eye and not be loaded with gore/profanity: Balatro Stardew Valley Vampire Survivors Into the Breach FTL Puyo Pluto Tetris The Olli Olli games 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted June 20 Author Share Posted June 20 16 minutes ago, AbsolutSurgen said: Most AAA games are fine, I would avoid anything with excessive gore. No horror games. Nothing with "demons". My kids would mostly watch for a bit, and then move on. But, most kids aren't "traumatized" by video game violence -- if you look at the cartoons of my youth, they were surprisingly violent. I'm keeping things G-rated for now out of personal preference around them. When they grow out of the early childhood development stuff, I'll loosen up. So probably not many AAA games right now. I'd consider something E10+ perhaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted June 20 Author Share Posted June 20 9 minutes ago, LazyPiranha said: Not made by Nintendo or not only on a Nintendo console? Not made by Nintendo, since their output is well known (...and expensive). I have a Switch, PC and PS5, which covers pretty much everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 12 minutes ago, crispy4000 said: I'm keeping things G-rated for now out of personal preference around them. When they grow out of the early childhood development stuff, I'll loosen up. So probably not many AAA games right now. I'd consider something E10+ perhaps. Toddlers usually go to bed so early and take so many naps, I guess I didn't find I played many games around them until they were a little older. (You haven't said the age, though. They change so much every year at that age.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted June 20 Author Share Posted June 20 9 minutes ago, AbsolutSurgen said: Toddlers usually go to bed so early and take so many naps, I guess I didn't find I played many games around them until they were a little older. (You haven't said the age, though. They change so much every year at that age.) 15 months right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 11 minutes ago, crispy4000 said: ~15 months right now. I didn't find my kids had that much opportunity (or interest) in watching games at that age. Most of the games I see you posting about don't have ESRB ratings, but would be borderline E10 in 2024 if they were rated. And the majority of those that aren't would be because of mature themes (that your 15-month old wouldn't notice). 85% of indies would be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispy4000 Posted June 20 Author Share Posted June 20 33 minutes ago, AbsolutSurgen said: I didn't find my kids had that much opportunity (or interest) in watching games at that age. Most of the games I see you posting about don't have ESRB ratings, but would be borderline E10 in 2024 if they were rated. And the majority of those that aren't would be because of mature themes (that your 15-month old wouldn't notice). 85% of indies would be fine. Most of the games I post about currently are played during naps, or at night. But if I play when they're up, it's been the NSMB games (which I finished) and Mario Wonder/Origami King lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 Outer Wilds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paperclyp Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 Not sure if they even had ratings and not modern so not a great answer at all to your question, but I've got a 5 year old who is really enjoying just playing Mario and Sonic right now. It's honestly cool to see him get better at them. In Mario's case in particular it also surfaces the game's design - like he'll get stumped when they introduce a new type of enemy or jump but they way they do it makes it obvious in retrospect of like ok, here's where you learn to do it and then we'll make it harder later. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 Astrobot or Sackboy: A Big Adventure will work but really at anything before the age of 5 I would keep to simple things like cart racers or something that is always moving forward on its own. My nephews had fun at an early age with Mario Kart 64 and ok with Sonic Adventure but would get bored of Mario 64 quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 Spongebob Bikini Bottom and Spongebob Cosmic Shake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XxEvil AshxX Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 I buy a lot of those little dinky games like Marsupilami(?), The Smurfs Vileaf, those Asterix and Obelix games... They're actually not bad. Simple and braindead, but not bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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