Ps2 games for a 3 years old.

[klipton]

I have a nephew and i'd like to introduce him to gaming. Im looking for games to play with him in my ps2. Something very simple for him to be able to understand it. Please i need some recommendations.
Plus, feel free to share your experiences with kids and gaming in general.

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

There's the Sly Cooper games, and then you got PaRappa the Rapper.

Also, the Rayman games are on there too.

Oh! And Crash Bandicoot!

I hope this helps!

 

[LooK iTz Jinjo]

My girlfriend has a 3 year old son, I tried giving him a few games to play (simple things like Crash Bandicoot) but I found 2 problems - no matter how hard I tried to explain, or how long I let him play he never seemed to grasp the concept of what he was actually doing - never got that he needed to jump over holes and spin to kill enemies. I figured maybe he was just too young. I also noticed that whenever I would take him off it, for whatever reason, he would always erupt into a rage and he would be next to impossible to console for a fairly long period.

She bought him a pre-owned DS a while back and a Disney Cars game for him - she wanted him to have something to do on long car rides and while I played football - despite the fact that he never really grasped how to play it properly it was easily the object of his affection and he would refuse to let it go, having tantrums when it was taken away from him or even when it would go flat. After only a few days of this we took it off and resolved not to let him play games anymore (which in turn affected my ability to play games with him around) she gave it to him again last night as a bit of a test after him not playing it for 2-3 months and we saw nothing different from our previous experiences.

So I guess what I'm saying is be careful, I never liked to admit to such things as 'gaming addiction' even existing or that games had that much of an effect on the human mind, but I learnt that at least with very young children there can be some scary effects. By all means try and teach your nephew about games but make sure he understands from the start that he only gets a limited time to play and when that time is up there is no more, if he can't grasp that I wouldn't be giving him any games yet.

 

[AWAR]

I would agree with the above post. From my experience with a younger sibling, 3 is just way too young to even understand the basic concepts of a videogame. I would say 7 is more appropriate. Try finding different and more creative ways to keep your nephew occupied ^^

 

[Caiphus]

I know my first proper game was given to me on my 5th birthday; Mario Kart 64. I remember enjoying the stuffing out of it. And playing it with my younger siblings, who were both 2 and 4. So I'd probably recommend a cutesy racing game with not a lot going on, but I can't think of any for the PS2? Possibly the Crash Bandicoot racing games? They're roughly the same sort of deal as Mario Kart, but a bit more complicated/mature.

Otherwise, Jak and Daxter? Ratchet and Clank?

The Lego games, perhaps? Those are pretty easy going, and you can play along with him? Lego Star Wars was decent fun with my brother.

Edit: And we were probably 15 and 11 when we played. So I don't know about a 3 year old . I'm just saying you could have a lot of fun with your nephew.

 

[Smertnik]

Why not just play "proper" games with him? There's nothing video games can do that you can't do better by other means, at least as far as little kids are concerned. No need to let him ruin his eyes and imagination just yet.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

Crash Nitro Kart is fun, and it's really just about steering while holding down X for speed. It doesn't get much more basic than that. Three years might be too young though. I started playing games around 5, and even then something as Super Mario World was difficult to grasp.

 

[Resetti's_Replicas]

I know you want to have your own little Player 2, but you need to think about what's best for him. He hasn't even learned to read, and already you want to push him away from books? Not trying to be judgmental, but geez. Screentime is not the stimulation that a child of that age needs. Get him some crayons or one of those children's activity books. He'll appreciate them much more. Someday he'll discover video games on his own, and his parents will miss the days when he was "uninitiated."

 

[Batou667]

Get a chessboard instead and coach him a couple of hours a say. Gotta start young if you want him to be able to compete with the Russians.

 

[TehCookie]

I know you want to have your own little Player 2, but you need to think about what's best for him. He hasn't even learned to read, and already you want to push him away from books? Not trying to be judgmental, but geez. Screentime is not the stimulation that a child of that age needs. Get him some crayons or one of those children's activity books. He'll appreciate them much more. Someday he'll discover video games on his own, and his parents will miss the days when he was "uninitiated."

He needs a game that auto advances text so he has to learn to read faster if he wants to know what's going on. Though 3 is too young for that, it did help me as a kid. Besides it's not like playing games makes you hate books, I loved reading and gaming as a kid. However reading/coloring is something I did on my own, while for family game night my family would play videogames together. They're not evil brainwashing things, it's a fun way to spend time together.

If he's 3 years old he'll be happy with anything. At that age I apparently loved sidescrollers (not that I remember my parents told me). They're very simple, you push forward and a button. The PS2 does have Sega classic collections, and there are other older games on there and older games tend to be simple. Don't force him to play the "correct" way, let him have fun pressing buttons. Most kids I know are happy just to control something and don't bother actually playing the game. Driving and Flying games are good too. Car/plane moves! WEEEE~