Good kids games on Xbox 360?

Master Skooter

Master Skooter

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Bought my 8 year old son a 360 for Xmas.

Came with Lego Batman, Lego Indiana Jone 2 & Pure.

Looking for a few titles for him but don't have a clue which are any good? (I'm a bit of a die hard PC gamer)

He likes Platforms, shooters, puzzle games....most really (but i dont think huge on driving ones for some reason - I love em!)

A lot of titles on the 360 seem to be 15 - 18 age ratings, don't want anything that will rot his brain. My wife watched some TV program about how violent games cause kids to have lack on empathy last night & has banned him playing the games he loved (Star Wars Battlefront, Battlefield 2, CS & TF2...blame me!)

Poor kids got nothing to play!

Multiplayer/online games would be good.

Cheers in advance.
 
Master Skooter said:
Bought my 8 year old son a 360 for Xmas.

Came with Lego Batman, Lego Indiana Jone 2 & Pure.

Looking for a few titles for him but don't have a clue which are any good? (I'm a bit of a die hard PC gamer)

He likes Platforms, shooters, puzzle games....most really (but i dont think huge on driving ones for some reason - I love em!)

A lot of titles on the 360 seem to be 15 - 18 age ratings, don't want anything that will rot his brain. My wife watched some TV program about how violent games cause kids to have lack on empathy last night & has banned him playing the games he loved (Star Wars Battlefront, Battlefield 2, CS & TF2...blame me!)

Poor kids got nothing to play!

Multiplayer/online games would be good.

Cheers in advance.
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I'm crap at platformers but I couldn't be bothered with Kameo. It might be better for your son if he likes platformers though. Banjo kazooie nuts and bolts on the other hand I had fun with and that's something I'd reccomend a kid.
He could try Blue dragon too, it's a traditional JRPG (so very easy to play) and it's very child friendly with the graphics and story. Being a turn based game it's not like he has to pick his moves in 10 seconds either.

Since you mention shooters Halo 3 should be good. It's got a real easy difficulty if you play on easy mode and it's brightly coloured so not as grim as other shooters.

EDIT / Also look into the sega mega drive collection. Tons of good but old games. Still bang for buck it'll keep them distracted and be quite good fun still.
 
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Even though it's meant for adults (;)) Viva Pinata is a fantastic game for kids. If they get stuck you can always hop in with a second controller to give them a hand. It remains one of my top 5 Xbox games.
 
Up and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs are quite fun kids games with minimal violence :)
 
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