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[Gangxxter]

GAF, I need your help! My niece gets a 2DS XL for her 7th birthday with a Pokémon game. I also want to give her a 3DS game as a present. Recommendations? I was thinking about Mario Kart 7.
It's her first console/handheld. Before that she only played on phones/PC. Therefore the controls of the game shouldn't be too complicated.

 

[iidesuyo]

Maybe a Harvest Moon style game?

 

[Spy]

Animal Crossing

 

[Yagami_Sama]

Minecraft it's very popular. My daughter play this thing all the time. Mario 3D Land and Kirby games could be good options.

 

[eme]

Animal Crossing

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aaaaaand thread.

 

[SirNinja]

Anim-

Animal Crossing

What he said.

 

[llien]

My both kids (4 and 10) enjoy Miiopia, for some reason.

 

[Aztorian]

Why wasn't Nintendogs the first suggestion ever on this thread?

 

[Gangxxter]

Good suggestions so far! Didn't know that Minecraft is also on the 3DS, lol.
Nintendogs also sounds very good, she loves pets.

GAF is helping me once again, thank you 😊

 

[wondermega]

I'm gonna sound like Principal Skinner here, but - can kids still enjoy games like Pacman/Galaga, Mega Man (collection?) Or are those mostly the territory of old fogies like myself? Pretty easy to still pick up and play, pretty timeless. Anyway I would imagine you can find them without spending too much.

 

[xyzls]

Dr Kawashima’s Devilish Brain Training.

Put that 7 year old back in school!!

 

[Aztorian]

Good suggestions so far! Didn't know that Minecraft is also on the 3DS, lol.
Nintendogs also sounds very good, she loves pets.

GAF is helping me once again, thank you 😊

Minecraft just released recently for 3DS so, you're probably not the only one. At the same time it's surprising that the game just recently came to the 3DS.

 

[tsab]

Animal Crossing
Nintendogs
Kirby
Professor Layton

Animal Crossing is bang for your buck though, I would go with this

 

[DKPOWPOW]

Ocarina of Time 3D

Why not? One of the best games ever made.

 

[shiftymorgan]

Fantasy Life would be a nice intro to RPG like stuff.
Lots of jobs to amuse her self with too.

 

[Mikhal]

Keep in mind that Minecraft only works on NEW 2DS/3DS systems. If she has a regular 2DS the game will not work.

Another vote for Animal Crossing or if she likes to draw maybe something like Pokemon or Disney Art Academy?

 

[tsab]

Keep in mind that Minecraft only works on NEW 2DS/3DS systems. If she has a regular 2DS the game will not work.

Another vote for Animal Crossing or if she likes to draw maybe something like Pokemon or Disney Art Academy?

She gets a New 2DS XL so it will work

 

[Cerbero]

What about Luigi's Mansion? It's 20$ now and a great game

 

[PaulBizkit]

Kirby Triple Deluxe. She might want to play a more action-based game if she already has pokemon (which is a slower paced game).

Wait one year and give her the Zelda Link Between Worlds.

 

[Junahu]

I'd also add as recommendations (in order of how much I'd recommend them);
Style Savvy 3
Scribblenauts Unlimited
Tomodachi Life
Miitopia

Spoiler

3D Sonic the Hedgehog 2

 

[mistuhcahlos]

My son is 7, I'm getting him Mario Party Top 100 when it comes out this week. So far out of all his games he's liked Kirby and Smash the most.

 

[deriks]

Sonic or Mario game

 

[The_White_Rose]

Super Mario 3DLand

 

[Hilarion]

Either Kirby game would work well and would be a good tutorial as to playing games with buttons and a D Pad.

 

[Shifty]

Super Mario 3DLand

Came here to suggest this. Nice, simple fun.

There are a few sections that might be a sticking point if it's a 2DS though, they play with 3D depth and perspective in places.

Either Kirby game would work well and would be a good tutorial as to playing games with buttons and a D Pad.

Kirby is a great call too. Dream land on game boy was one of the first handheld games I played as a kid and it was great.

 

[MP!]

Kirby triple Deluxe... my 3 year old daughter loves that game... and its perfectly suited for young kids... Also mario maker cause why not?

 

[AdmiralMikey]

New Super Mario Bros. 2.

It's not the best in the series, but Mario in general is usually a great and easy introduction to the mechanics of console gaming.

 

[DeceptiveAlarm]

My boys have access to my entire library and all they play is face raiders. They laugh and laugh taking funny pictures.

 

[shouamabane]

Robobot

 

[Luigison]

It's been said, but is worth repeating: ANIMAL CROSSING!

 

[PrinnyBomb]

Ever Oasis and Mario Kart? Maybe Mario Sports Mix and the upcoming Party too?