Good games for a five year old?

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themanwithnoname on 14 December 2010

I also recommend the Maw. It's really a great game for everybody, kids included.

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MrBubbles on 14 December 2010

XBLA (i would recommend pushing this. all games have trials, mostly inexpensive, lots of variety, the marketplace is safe and easy to use)

Clonging clyde
Ancients of Ooga
banjo and kazooie
feeding frenzy
ilomilo
Marble Blast Ultra
pinball fx2 (i recommend all tables)
The Maw
The UnderGarden

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miner dig deep

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banjo and kazooie nuts and bolts
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Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection
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ghostbusters
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d21lewis on 14 December 2010

I got my little girl îding %renzy from XBLA. At the time, she loved it. I recommend that game wholeheartedly. I think it's available on disc, too.

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d21lewis on 14 December 2010

Most tie ins to movies (like Bee Movie and Open Season) are surpisingly good, too. If he/she likes a movie, chances are the game is decent. Now that she's nine, she can beat games like The Maw with ease.

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Scoobes on 14 December 2010

Would help if we knew what sort of stuff he's into. For instance, my nephew likes Star Wars, so he plays Force Unleashed. The obvious ones are the Lego games and Banjo Kazooie. If you don't want to coddle him then some less obvious games could be:

Prince of Persia
Mirrors Edge
Portal (it's on X-box Live right?)
Tom Clancy's HAWX 1 & 2
F1 2010 (has a very easy mode with braking assist)
Final Fantasy XIII

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pariz on 14 December 2010

Get him Dante's Inferno and Assassin's creed.

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iBlah on 14 December 2010

Dante's inferno, Gears of War, Splatterhouse. I loved guns and bloody messy violence when I was a kid, it made me feel cool and badass.

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NiKKoM on 14 December 2010

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nordlead on 14 December 2010

leatherhat said:

Come on people, don't let him grow up to be a casual! To OP- get some of the games I mentioned like Tales, Banjo Kazooie and Lost Odyssey. Set him on the right path from the start.

Also, as an aside, the more you shelter a kid the more they are going to experiment. By getting him kinect you ensure he'll be a loser with a drug addiction in his future. If you get him tales or LO he will grow up to be a congressman with a drug addiction.

I don't think anyone is arguing to shelter him for life. He is 5, not 13.

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d21lewis on 14 December 2010

People are choosing games like Banjo or Lost Odyssey (or even the guy who said he played Zelda at age 5), I don't know about you but....at age 5, I could barely read!

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