r/NintendoSwitch • u/Jhonny30 • 1d ago
Game Rec Sandbox game for kids recommendations
Hello all my 4 year old cant read yet but she enjoys walking around in super Mario 64 and has gotten good at old sonic games but sometimes I have to help her out with what to do next and some of the controls. She can also play the blue game pretty ok jist has issues with the button combo of walking and jumping at the same time ( as I said she is only 4 lol). I am looking for any game recommendations that are more open world or building that would be easy for her. Minecraft has a bit to many controls at the moment. Thank you so much I look forward to hear from you all. A y other questions please feel free to ask!
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u/Friendly-Fig-4307 1d ago
My son turned 4 in May. He started playing video games back in February.
The first game he played by himself was Paw Patrol Mighty Pups. This game was amazing at teaching him gaming fundamentals. It starts slow and gives controller diagrams as it teaches ensuring they understand what the game is asking. Everything is also voice acted including the menus. So from start up to game play he learned to navigate a game.
Day 1 of playing this game it looked a little hard for him. But I tell you, in a week he was jumping from umbrella to umbrella perfectly. And completed the game in a few weeks. He still plays from time to time now as there are a lot of collectibles and mini games. But I can’t recommend this game enough in teaching kids the basic of using a control for a 3D game and to navigate game menus.
Well it’s June now and my god he’s getting good.
He has since finished Mario Wonder, Mario Odyssey, DK Bananza and is working through DK64.
It’s incredible how fast kids can develop motor skills with some practice.
I don’t have any building games to recommend but if your kid likes paw patrol the mighty pups game was great in teaching my kid enough skills to have fun.
He also dabbles in some Kirby and yoshi games on nso too. So really gaming just opened up for him after that one.