Best Games for Kids

Looking for fun games for kids? With an increase in video gaming age brackets who would have thought game studios could favour making games rated 15+ to appeal to a wider audience. Some game consoles do so more than others, in particular Nintendo Wii, DS & DSi create (E) rated for Everyone, family games. So here’s our guide on buying the best games for Kids in 2010.

Best kids games on - DS & DSi - PlayStation PS3 - Wii - XBox 360

Ratings Guide
E – Everyone / U – Universal on some packaging
3+ Ages
7+ Ages
PEGI Nutshell

Online Multiplayer Enabled
WiFi – Nintendo
PSN – Playstation
Live! – Xbox 360
Cooperative – meaning team game play, can be both on and offline

1 - Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (E): Another Mario masterpiece, this one's a real treat kids will love

2 - Professor Layton and Pandora's Box (7+): Professor Layton's second adventure provides another helping of single player puzzle fun. Game play told in a story book fashion (WiFi)

3 - New Super Mario Bros (3+): Collect coins and save Princess Peach. Multi and single player (WiFi). New SMB is an absolute classic fun packed video game

4 - Club Penguin Elite Penguin Force (3+): Ideal for secret agent role play. Multi and single player (WiFi)

5 - Littlest Pet Shop Friends (3+): Ideal game for girls, especially fans of Littlest Pet Shop. This one just knocked out last years 5 - Peppa Pig (3+)

Missing out on the top 5 games due to the PEGI rating, Scribblenauts (12+): A fun single player adventure. A great way to help with kids spelling too without them knowing!

One obvious disadvantage with handheld consoles is the lack of controllers. Nintendo DS and DSi consoles use WiFi link and DS Download Play to engage in multiplayer gaming. A DS game cartridge on one console can be shared with up to 4 DS/DSi consoles in this manner to engage in family games

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1 - FIFA 10 (3+): A highly addictive football game. How many players? 1-4 players offline, up to 4 player cooperative (PSN)

2 - Lego Indiana Jones 2 The Adventure Continues (7+): Action/Adventure game featuring new moves and new sequences from the Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull movie. 1-2 Players

3 - LittleBigPlanet (7+): Explore and create your levels as either Sackboy or Sackgirl. Single and Cooperative modes best played online via PSN

4 - Ghostbusters (PG): With an all new story line and original film footage. Ghostbusters is a third-person shooter, with 1-3 players local and cooperative modes (PSN)

5 - LEGO - Rock Band (7): Lego Rock Band isn't entirely original or add anything to the Rock Band legacy, but it's adorable, fun to play, and great for kids. And what kid doesn't want to be a Rock Star

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1 - Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (3+): Sports game simulator with fun sports. 1-4 players (WiFi)

2 - Mario Kart Wii (3+): The top selling Wii game of 2008 comes with Wii racing wheel. Up to 12 can join in Mario Kart WiFi online. Offline Mario Kart Wii supports up to 4 controllers in multiplayer mode

3 - New Super Mario Bros (E): A platform based Mario experience for all the family to enjoy. 1 - 4 players (WiFi)

4 - Just Dance Wii (3+): Kids are known for the love of bouncing around all day. Give them a dancing game to help let of that steam; parents are optional 1-4 players. *requires one remote per dancer

5 - Wii Play and Remote (E): Fun collection of 9-mini games aimed at getting to grips with using Wii console controllers

A tough choice to eliminate some excellent Wii games, nevertheless a few should get a mention and would have made the best Wii games for kids list apart from them being unsuitable for under 12s - Guitar Hero World Tour (12+), or Guitar Hero 5 has an E rating, although the band bundle you will probably need to buy is rated (12+) as it includes World Tour. Nevertheless an excellent gift for 12 years old and over

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1 - LEGO Indiana Jones 2 – The Adventure Continues (7): Lego Indiana Jones 2 Xbox 360, is the next best thing in the Lego game series yet. With challenging puzzles and humorous cut scenes, it promises to be a game that you'll play over and over again. Hats off to you, Indiana, you never disappoint

2 - Forza Motorsport 3 (3+): If you like high speed, fast paced adrenalin games, this ones a winner, complete with real locations and some big thrills to get as close as possible to actually letting your kids drive turbocharged sports cars on the safety of your sofa!

3 - Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise (3+): One for the girls! The art of cultivating fruits, vegetables, flowers or plants to attract animals packing nothing more dangerous than paper-mache. Viva Pinata 2: Trouble in Paradise lets kids discover horticulture in a colourful world. Kids can make their own Pinata too using the Xbox LIVE Vision cam to scan your creation into the game as a new inhabitant, neat huh? Ideal for Cbeebies watchers. Xbox 360 exclusive. One for the boyz, FIFA 2010 (Xbox 360)

4 - SEGA Mega Drive: Ultimate Collection (E): Epic collection of 40 SEGA classics feat. Sonic 1 2 3D, Columns, and Ecco the Dolphin. A real blast from the past - ideal Retro gamers collection all-in-one pack

5 - Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (7+): Banjo Nuts and Bolts ticks the box on multiple genres of game, by rolling them all together. Your task... to build cars, collect things and use LEGO shaped objects. Not quite Mario Karts on Xbox, although not a million miles away either. Finding good Xbox 360 games for under 10s was no easy task this year. James Cameron's Avatar , or Scene It with Buzzers, could make a better alterative depending on their fancy of course. Finally, many of the kids/family games featured such as FIFA 10 and Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 can be bought on any game console; and certainly make ideal gifts for Children

Best kids games on - DS & DSi - PlayStation PS3 - Wii - XBox 360
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Summary: A webpage about good games for Kids; January 2010 Edition: Good PS3 games for kids, good Wii games for kids, good Xbox 360 games for kids, good DS games for kids. Besides new video games, Night Vision Goggles, iPod Touch, and iPhone will likely be good game alternative gifts for Children this year. Updated January 26th 2010

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