DS Games for Pre-readers?

[wraggster]

ProfJonathan writes

"My daughter just got a DS from the grandparents for her 6th birthday. She's only beginning to read, but wants a bunch of games of her own rather than just playing her older brothers' games. She got Nintendogs with the DS, so that's taken care of, but other relatives are asking what she might want. Can anyone recommend some good DS games that don't require reading skill, that might be age-appropriate and interesting for a 1st grade girl?"

Wouldn't it be creepy if the kid had a really good brain age?

http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/02/1427241

[wiggy fuzz]

i keep big brain academy away from my siblings... wouldn't want them cashing in on stuff, now would i?

[lightningquickguy14]

Hmm... all my games require reading. Can't think of any.
Maaaaybe Animal Crossing.

[ICE]

My sister started with Animal Crossing and that game pretty much forced her to learn to read so she did. Nintendogs is a good one though.

[rokobungi]

I don't think that Kirby: Canvas Curse requires any reading and the tutorial gives visual examples on how to play the game.

[socalpunkroc]

My daughter is 4 she plays the following without any assistance from me:

Smart girls playhouse (her favorite)
Mario Kart DS
Warioware Touched
Kirby Canvas Curse
Super Mario 64
New super Mario Bros

[lightningquickguy14]

My sister started with Animal Crossing and that game pretty much forced her to learn to read so she did. Nintendogs is a good one though.

Hey, maybe the forced learning is a good thing. I'd go with Animal Crossing.

[AngelicLiver]

Contra 4 doesn't require any reading... (lol)

No, in all seriousness I'd say Cooking Mama or Super Princess Peach. Animal Crossing is great but your animal neighbours are a talkative bunch and a lot of the gameplay is gleamed from appeasing them with letters and dialogue. My niece (who is 7) loves Cooking Mama and short stabs at Electroplankton.

[johnnyside]

maybe you could try this one
1621 - I Did It Mum! Girl
also you should download this program : offlinelist

http://offlinelist.free.fr/
with this
http://www.advanscene.com/offline/datas/ADVANsCEne_NDS.zip

so you will see a complete list of all ds game(with auto update if your want and you can download screenshot too)

[paul3100]

what about those 3 story book carts for the ds? not sure there is any game as such to play but they are designed for pre schoolers .

paul

[crookedmouth]

She may be too old for the Dora and Diego games but they have spoken instructions, specifically for the non-readers.