Great Kid Games

I have twin nephews who are five years old. All four of us have the xbox live family plan. Its only $99.99 a year for four memberships; thats less then the price of one. With the family plan, the main subscriber has access of the other three accounts. They can give microsoft points as allowances, enable time restrictions, enable parental controls, and much more. So if you have multiple people in your household who play xbox, it may be the way to go. My nephews are pretty good at video games and like my husband they get bored really quickly and so I am the one to go out and find good games for them to play. Let me tell you, there arent many to choose from. Stratch that, there are a lot, but they already have most of them. I have begun to notice different things that determine wether they will play or hate the games I get.

LevelInfinity8's favorite game is Sonic's Ultimate Sega Collection. This one disk has all of the greatest Sega games you can think of. LevelInfinity8 loves old school platformers, he has had this game for over a year and he still plays it occasionally. I think he likes games that are so much older than he is because they are difficult, but most of them have infinite lives. Like he just got the Simpson's Arcade game from the marketplace, he can do a complete run through of the game in less with than an hour. That gives him a great sense of accomplishment. Another reason they like certain games is the colors. Kids love bright colors and bold lines.

Indiana Jones766's favorite game is Ghostbuster's Sanctum of Slime it is really fun. He used to love Lego Indiana Jones, but his brother refuses to play it and he wont play it by himself. I do like the Lego series games for kids but they are kind of hard for them it to play by themselves. It seems like an adult is supposed to play with a kid, but parents can't always play.

My favorite kid's game is Toy Story3. It is perfect. It reads to them, gives hints to what to do next, there are a lot of different things to do besides just the story. There is a part called Woody's Roundup where you are the mayor of a old west mining town. The player places and decorates all the buildings in the town. The story is also great, it is challenging, but is not overly frustrating.

So really when buying games for kids look for multiplayer games, because they like playing with adults or just with each other, bright colors, and platformers or Disney games. The Lego series is good, but they will need help.