OT: Leapster games??

[sl_underwood]

My mom bought my 4 yo ds a leapster for his birthday along with a Diego game and a nemo game. I am thinking of buying him one more game for our trip, any suggestions?

 

[ChristaDeVil]

My mom bought my 4 yo ds a leapster for his birthday along with a Diego game and a nemo game. I am thinking of buying him one more game for our trip, any suggestions?

The Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends game is super cute and a lot of fun, but it might be too advanced for a 4 yo. (I can't remember the ages on it.)

The NASCAR game is fun, also.

Check out your local K-Mart. My son's teacher told me last night that she gets all of the Leapster games for his class at K-Mart because they mark them down pretty often. You might check your local store, because you might be able to get a good deal!

 

[sl_underwood]

Awesome, will check there!

 

[MomAndrea]

My 5 year old son loves the Cars game and another game called Letterpillar. We get them at Walmart.

 

[Ariel8676]

My girls love Pet pals, Ratatouille and Letter Factory...

 

[mom2aredhead]

I'm starting to think I am the only one completely underwhelmed with the Leapster. Santa brought it for my 4 year old, and he's played with it only a handful of times and quickly lost interest in each game he tried.

He has the L-Max with the Cars, Nemo, Diego, and Letters on the Loose games. All of which may be on e-bay soon.

 

[Disney Brat]

DD has it and loves it! She has the Cars, Princess, letters and a couple of other games for it. It was a great time passer for her on the plane, and when we were delayed at MCO!!

 

[cigarboo]

My 4yo son likes the thomas and Cars game. Overall though, he's never been that interested. I have about 14 games and none hold his attention for more than a few minutes. For the last couple of years, the leapster games were buy 1 get 1 free after christmas, so that's how I ended up with so many. But I don't buy them anymore, because of the lack of sustained interest.

 

[tiggger1]

my dd loves hers. we have petpals, madagascar, spongebob and backyardagens..pet pals gets used most often..

 

[Kimberly Hill]

Pet Pals is probably the most favorite here as well. The rest go in spurts - the puzzle game, Letter Factory, Ratatouille, and of course the Princesses.

 

[danielle782001]

Both my guys love Animal Genius... They have learned so much about animals from it and they "think" they are just playing a game they love

 

[Scrappin'Maniac]

My boys love the leapster. Most played... NASCAR, talking word factory, animal genius, kindergarten.
It definately goes in spurts of interest. We have two, the L-max and the original.

 

[sl_underwood]

I must say my son loves his leapster. I realize its new and all but he has a very short attention span and this seems to hold his attention for long periods (took it to run errands today and it was a life saver) He loves the nemo game alot more than the diego one. I will check the games you all suggested. I thought the cars one looked interesting but it says its for k-2 and I didnt want to get something that might be to hard for him.

 

[luvmy3]

These are my 4 year olds favorites in order.
Pet Pals, Backyardigans,Nascar,Learn to draw and write, letter factory. We have others but these are his favs.

 

[hoosiergirl7]

DS 4 is getting one in his Easter basket. We've been wanting to get him one for awhile and had thought about it at Christmas but bought him a VSmile learning system instead. He loves his VSmile so I have no doubt that he'll love this and it will keep him entertained while we are flying to Orlando next month. Glad I saw this thread because I haven't purchased any games yet but need to in the next few days.

Thanks for the heads up about games 4 yr olds like!

 

[cruizie]

My dd loves Learn to Draw & Write, Pet Pals and Princesses. She has Nemo and a Dora one that she never plays. She also has a Bratz one that she plays some - of course, not for a boy! If you have Big Lots, check there. I bought the Bratz game for $5. They also had some boy game for same price - maybe Batman or some other superhero.

 

[lucigo]

I'm starting to think I am the only one completely underwhelmed with the Leapster. Santa brought it for my 4 year old, and he's played with it only a handful of times and quickly lost interest in each game he tried.

He has the L-Max with the Cars, Nemo, Diego, and Letters on the Loose games. All of which may be on e-bay soon.

You aren't the only one, my son liked it until he got his hands on a game boy...now he has no use for it.

 

[dspads]

Get the puzzle game! I think it's called Get Puzzled. It's a great logic game and lots of fun. My 3 & 5 year old both play it.

Their favorites are that, Deigo, Thomas, Sonic & Creature Create.

 

[Omma]

My Kid's favorite is Letter Factory!

 

[Kanga+2Roos]

The biggest hits at our house are the Cars & Letterpillar games--this is for my DS6 & DS2 (almost 3). A close second are Dora & Backyardigans. I do believe that the Cars game is for 4-6 year olds but the Nascar game is for K-2--your DS4 will love the Cars game! I have had the Leapster since Christmas 2006 & my DS, then 4, didn't play with it as much as I hoped. When my other DS was 2 1/2 he got his hands on it & can't get enough of it! Of course that makes it more appealing to big brother so they now fight over it --looks like I'll be trying to find a second one at a garage sale or on ebay this year!