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Recommend a game for my 11 year old niece

mjn6172mjn6172 King of the Lurkers, also secretly a Freemason (shhhhh.)Registered User regular
edited January 2009 in Games and Technology
This should be a fun thread :lol: My niece is turning eleven in a few days and I haven't figured out what to get her for her birthday. Her parents just got her a DS Lite for Christmas, her first real video game system. I want to get her a game for it, but I'm stumped for ideas so I'm opening up a thread for suggestions. Some advice/parameters:

She's eleven, so nothing too violent/vulgar.
She loves animals and other cute things.
I only have a few days to find it, so preferably nothing too rare or obscure.


Thanks in advance for any advice :)

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  • InterpreterInterpreter Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Nintendogs or Animal Crossing. I got my own niece a DS Lite for Christmas, and she couldn't put either of those down.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Animal Crossing?

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  • schussschuss Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Dead Space?

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  • AmpixAmpix Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    schuss wrote: »
    Dead Space?

    Noooo it's DS only stupid!

    Dementium: The Ward obviously
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    but seriously, if she likes cute stuff nintendogs is the way to go. Especially since this is her first real console, nintendogs is a great easy "game" to get started with.

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  • Satanic JesusSatanic Jesus Hi, I'm Liam! with broken glassesRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Enchanted? Seems like a good girly game. Especially if she liked the movie.
    Pokemon?

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  • SixfortyfiveSixfortyfive Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Pokemon fits the bill and is a good intro to RPGs.

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  • EndomaticEndomatic Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    My sister really likes Mario Kart, and the Sims (she's 15)

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  • mynameisguidomynameisguido Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Nintendogs is an obvious suggestion, I think.

    New Super Mario Bros. isn't a bad idea either. And then there's always the Hannah Montana games (the second one is supposed to be less terrible from what I hear) or generally anything from a movie she likes (DS has tons of licensed games).

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  • redfenixredfenix Aka'd as rfix Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    barbie horse adventures?

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  • lowlylowlycooklowlylowlycook Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Nintendogs is the obvious answer if she doesn't have it yet.

    Hana Montana Music Jam is pretty cool if she's in to that.

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  • Bosshog78Bosshog78 Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Prof Layton?

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  • KlykaKlyka DO you have any SPARE BATTERIES?Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    My niece was 11 when I gave her Kirby's Canvas Course and she was in love with that game for months.

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  • MundaneSoulMundaneSoul fight fighter Daehan MingukRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    COOKING MAMA FTW!!!!!

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    My 7 year old daughter has this and loves it.

    And, uh...I do too.

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  • TK-42-1TK-42-1 Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    chrono trigger? in addition to one of the more casual games. she might get into it and she might not. the art is cutesy enough atleast at first

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  • SlagmireSlagmire Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Super Princess Peach
    Pokemon
    Cooking Mama
    Professor Layton
    Animal Crossing
    Rocket Slime
    Kirby (any of them)

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  • IvarIvar Oslo, NorwayRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Soul Bubbles

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  • truck-a-saurastruck-a-sauras Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Slagmire wrote: »
    Super Princess Peach
    Pokemon
    Cooking Mama
    Professor Layton
    Animal Crossing
    Rocket Slime
    Kirby (any of them)

    Follow this advice and I would possibly add Elite Beat Agents to that.

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  • That_GuyThat_Guy I don't wanna be that guy Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Because Pikapuff is not here yet I will say it. Hawt pedobearyi2.png

    On a more serious note, though, Brain Age might be fun. Also take a look at Meteos. It kicks ass

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  • DrakmathusDrakmathus Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Professor Layton and The Curious Village

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  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    TK-42-1 wrote: »
    chrono trigger? in addition to one of the more casual games. she might get into it and she might not. the art is cutesy enough atleast at first

    Good call. I was 11 when I first played CT. That was good stuff.

    Are there any decent Mana games for DS? Rabites and stuff are cute.

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  • MalechaiMalechai Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Gah beat me to the suggestion of Chrono Trigger. But for fun non violent games that arn't chores, I'd say monkey ball would be a good way to go.

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  • GogoKodoGogoKodo Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I'll suggest
    Zoo Keeper
    It's probably much harder to find than some of the more well known games listed here. But if you happen upon a used copy in your search it might be worth it to pick up. It's basically bejeweled with cute animal faces. Between myself, my mom and sister we've put hundreds of hours into that thing trying to beat each others top scores.

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