Mario Kart 8 & Donkey Kong Country Wii U games be OK for a 6 year old ??

chaparral · 4 Oct 2014 at 20:18

Do you guys/girls think that the Wii U games Mario Kart 8 & Donkey Kong Country : Tropical Freeze will be good games for a 6 year old to play and not to hard or difficult ??

vanandjuanunited · 4 Oct 2014 at 20:19

short answer - yes

Showboat · 4 Oct 2014 at 20:20

My kid was playing mario kart on the wii pretty well at 4. Beating me by the time he was 5

chaparral · 4 Oct 2014 at 20:24

Thanks for the quick replys...

Wishing I bought them today now..

I picked them both up in my local game shop about 5 times and thought I better ask on here before spending about £75 buying them..

megalomanic · 4 Oct 2014 at 20:36

Shouldn't have a problem with Mario Kart 8, especially if he/she can get the hang of power sliding around corners.

Donkey Kong can be a difficult game though as it requires some patience and precision from a fairly early point. I think he/she could enjoy it, but may have trouble progressing far through the game.

chaparral · 4 Oct 2014 at 20:46

If I buy the digital download versions of these games from the Nintendo store can they be play by all the different accounts I have setup on my Wii U ?

As I just been thinking kids have a real bad habit of scratching game discs really easy so digital download versions would be a far better option..

megalomanic · 4 Oct 2014 at 20:50

chaparral said:
If I buy the digital download versions of these games from the Nintendo store can they be play by all the different accounts I have setup on my Wii U ?

Yes

budge1972 · 4 Oct 2014 at 21:05

Rayman Legends and Super Mario 3D Worlds would be easier than DK for a 6 year old. Both are fantastic games.

Begbie · 5 Oct 2014 at 07:36

Yep, agree with the above. I still think Rayman legends is one of the best games on the wii u.

Donkey country is hard for an adult with patience.

Kreeeee · 5 Oct 2014 at 09:32

Begbie said:
Donkey country is hard for an adult with patience.

No it's not, it's no more difficult than the old SNES era Donkey Kong games which I played and completed when I was 8 (and again 3 weeks ago as it happens).

cheesyboy · 5 Oct 2014 at 09:49

My 4 year old played Mario kart on the in-store demo system with reasonable success. Mario land he found more tricky. At 6, I would think platformers should get easier

chaparral · 5 Oct 2014 at 10:23

Ok I just bought the Mario Kart 8 game off the store and downloading it now..

Think am going leave the DK game for now..

budge1972 said:
Rayman Legends and Super Mario 3D Worlds would be easier than DK for a 6 year old. Both are fantastic games.

I Already have these Wii U games below

SUPER MARIO 3D WORLD
New Super Mario Bros. U
Wii Party U with Remote Plus
Nintendo Land
Sonic and All Stars Racing Transformed

Kreeeee · 5 Oct 2014 at 10:54

Where's Pikmin!!!

If you've completed Mario Bros, the Luigi expansion pack is pretty awesome.

chaparral · 5 Oct 2014 at 11:13

Kreeeee said:
Where's Pikmin!!!

If you've completed Mario Bros, the Luigi expansion pack is pretty awesome.

I owned my wii U for over 18 months now and I never even played a single game on it...... :eek:

I Bought it mainly for the kids & family to play & use and they love it so am happy...

Plus I have far far to many PC ,PS4, PS3 , PS vita & Xbox360 games to play first that I haven't had time to play yet..

Begbie · 6 Oct 2014 at 00:10

Kreeeee said:
No it's not, it's no more difficult than the old SNES era Donkey Kong games which I played and completed when I was 8 (and again 3 weeks ago as it happens).

I forget how amazing awesome you are at games, so obviously it's not difficult to you. To us mere mortals, it's difficult though.