Good video games for girls?

[foxbatkllr]

These are some of the first games my wife played as a newbie to video games (no she wasn't 9 years old lol)

Viva Pinata - kid friendly and actually very deep
Fable 2 - it's a good introduction to basic RPGs with a lot of hand holding and it is pretty funny.
Dragon Age Origins - maybe a bit too mature for your daughter depending on your personal views

 

[Wes R]

Yeah Dragon Age might be a bit much for a 9 year old as it gets pretty racy but Fable's generally pretty good. What about the Metroid Prime trilogy for the wii? They're FPS but not gory and the character's a girl so that's a good thing. The Best of Playstation Network vol 1 is pretty good, it's a 4 pack with 3 kid friendly games, the fourth contains some violence as you're an animal in a post apocalyptic land and would need online settings adjusted. if she was older i'd suggest the Disgea strategy rpg games. She might like the Kirby games too not to mention the various megaman collections. If she were into retro gaming there's also the atari flashback vol 1 and 2 for the ps4 and maybe the ps3. If they have handhelds from nintendo that's where the gold mine of kid friendly games is.

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

Thanks for the suggestions! I forgot they do have Minecraft. I've played SOOOOOOO much Minecraft with them that I don't want to ever play it again. :sick My nephew has been trying to get her to play Skyrim and some COD game he has. She killed him a few times and he told her she would probably like something else better. I made him keep playing. :lol I forgot about Viva Pinata, but they have it and Trouble In Paradise (I think that's the name). My nephew played it like crazy for a long time. I don't think she's tried it though.

 

[rebelyell]

Try Eternal Sonata.

 

[Wes R]

There's also the Rare Rewind collection for the ps1 if they have it. If she was older i'd suggest the Trails of Cold steel jrpg series as it's really fun and rewards you for playing thru more than once plus they're fairly cheap on the ps3. I guess skyrim isn't the worst game a 9 year old cold be playing, i got caught off guard by watchdogs and that content lol. You could always get them one of those 40.00 sega genesis systems with 60 games on it but none of the dollar stores have them this year.

 

[PrincessJ]

For the Wii: My girls loved Just Dance, Wii sports, Kirby (Kirby's Epic Yarn), Mario Party & Wii Party when they were at age...they got a little into Raving Ribbids since their older cousins loved them so much...lol kids were so cute playing & often beat me!

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

She cheers and has done dance in the past so Just Dance might be a good one. She will be playing that with friends though, not me. :lol

 

[JediG60racer]

My 9 yo daughter loves all the Halo games (Halo Reach is her favorite), Forza Motorsport 4, Lego Star Wars, and Minecraft.

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

I've tried to get her to play the two SW Lego games (the one with Prequel/OT and Clone Wars) and she's not into it. She likes Ahsoka and that's about it. She would only watch ANH and ESB and stopped because "they're boring." So that's a fail for me.