Nintendo 64 or Gamecube for my daughter?

[trmiv]

Get her the Gamecube. Cheap, and there are still a ton of games for it even with the Wii coming out.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: Andy22

Originally posted by: jdini76
Gamecube. The controlers are smaller and better for little hands. N64 controlelers ar bulky and hard to use. also, there are games you would like to play on gamecube when she goes to sleep.

That may be the kicker there. She is on the small side and has small hands and I wondered if she would be able to punch the buttons comfortably. Thanks for the feedback.

you can get a "kids size" controller for gamecube, it is even smaller , we got our gamecube when my youngest daughter was 6 and so i got her the smaller controller

 

[Andy22]

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: Andy22

Originally posted by: jdini76
Gamecube. The controlers are smaller and better for little hands. N64 controlelers ar bulky and hard to use. also, there are games you would like to play on gamecube when she goes to sleep.

That may be the kicker there. She is on the small side and has small hands and I wondered if she would be able to punch the buttons comfortably. Thanks for the feedback.

you can get a "kids size" controller for gamecube, it is even smaller , we got our gamecube when my youngest daughter was 6 and so i got her the smaller controller

Great to know...thanks.

 

[amdhunter]

Get her a PS360.

 

[Firebot]

You should get her a Gamecube with Animal Crossing, or better yet, a Nintendo DS with Nintendogs and Animal Crossing. The DS would probably be more fun for her overall.

 

[Andy22]

Originally posted by: Firebot
You should get her a Gamecube with Animal Crossing, or better yet, a Nintendo DS with Nintendogs and Animal Crossing. The DS would probably be more fun for her overall.

I thought about the DS but then I could not play with her as easily. She would go nuts over the Nintendogs game.

 

[Vette73]

Dreamcast FTW!!!


Or wait for WII

 

[Canai]

Originally posted by: amdhunter
Get her a WiiS360.

fixed

 

[blazerazor]

Originally posted by: drinkmorejava
Personally, I like the N64 because I grew up with the thing. If you're concerned about her breaking the Gamecube disks then get the 64. Then again, if you pull out a cartridge while the N64 is on, you lose all your data...so you're choice. I do agree the Gamecube controller might be easier for her to use; there are also a lot more academic/kids games for the gamecube, as well as a bunch of games you'll like.

For me, Donkey Konga would make a whole gamecube worth it.

DONKEY KONGA FTW! My gf has a 4 yr old and he loves that game. And he loves to play my DS, so I am getting him one for christmas, even thou I know he is young for it.

btw, that same 4 yr old, loves to sit in my lap and (think) he's playing WoW.

 

[SViper]

Originally posted by: hypn0tik

Originally posted by: Andy22

Originally posted by: hypn0tik
Neither.

Tell her to go outside and play with her friends.

I knew that was coming. She practically lives outside but with the time change she has very little time to play outside with her friends before it gets dark. Her time on the system will be monitored and she will not have the ability to play whenever she feels like it. I think their are enough advantages for kids to have some access to video games so long as it is not a substitute for social interaction.

That is very important. When I was a kid I would get between 1-2 hours at most per session. If I was really close to beating a level or losing all my lives, my parents would watch me play for another 15 minutes before turning it off. If I refused to turn it off on my own (i.e. save my game and do all the other pre-turning off stuff) they would do it for me (which was highly undesirable).

I don't mean to steer this too far off topic, but how did the limited time to play games affect you? Do you think it was worth it?

I ask because I got caught up in the EQ craze and my parents just let me play as much as I wanted to because my grades never went down in school. I have had some social anxiety hurtles to overcome because of it. I just wanted a different perspective on things.

 

[ponyo]

My 3 yr old daughter loves Nintendogs for the DS. I think she loves her virtual dogs more than her real life dog.

 

[secretanchitman]

gamecube...or a wii to play all the past nintendo games! heh.

 

[tweakmm]

Either one, she's 5 and a half, she's not going to care.

 

[episodic]

Unless you want to babysit the delicate disks - I say nintendo 64. You can pick up a 'lot' of games for the price of 1 gamecube game, and they are built like tanks. . .

check out deals like this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Nintendo-64-Sega-Dr...16QQcategoryZ62054QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[Fenixgoon]

no need for an N64/GC (yet)... maybe at 7 or 8. kids should be kids - that means playing outside with friends until X o clock,w here they have to come in, do hw, etc. (was 5PM for me )

 

[TecHNooB]

Get her a wii.. or ps+FF7. Those are your only options.

 

[pcnerd37]

I got my first console at the age of 2, so I see it as that you are already behind on having a kid that turns out to be a gamer. I have a GC and never play it. I would say you are much better off with the N64. I still play that on occasion for games like Zelda, the best game of all time. There are more classics for the N64 which could give her more of an appreciation for games if that is the oldest console you want to go for. Getting a current gen console as a first console doesnt teach the kid true game appreciation. The older the console, the better off the kid will be.

 

[Triumph]

I'm a big fan of letting kids start from the beginning and earn their way to 128 bit. Start her with an Atari 2600, then a brief stint with the 7800, then NES, then another brief stint with TurboGrafix16 until you throw that out the window, then on to SNES/Genesis, and finally stepping up to the N64. Each of these steps should take about 6 months to a year for her to fully appreciate them. By the time she graduates high school, she should be about current with whatever is out there at that time. Which is as it should be.

 

[Duddy]

Wii, duh. Does this remote look complicated to you?

Or the Leapster Learning System

 

[eits]

neither. get her a basketball or soccerball or something.

 

[Dumac]

Have you thought about a handheld, like a nintendo DS? Great, fun games for both kids and adults. It is a little fragile though, so I would becareful if your girl likes to go on random roid rages.

Also, a Wii would be nice. A large variety of games and maybe more interactive (?) gameplay.

Between a GC and an N64, I would get an N64. Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask FTW!

 

[Andy22]

Ohhh...N64 is making a comeback in this thread. On the DS, I could see her either breaking it or losing the the stylus...quite often.

And please...no more comments about her needing to go outside (EITS: She plays on a soccer team of which I am the coach). If you want to take the time to reply in a thread you should at least read the thread.

 

[Firebot]

Originally posted by: Andy22

Originally posted by: Firebot
You should get her a Gamecube with Animal Crossing, or better yet, a Nintendo DS with Nintendogs and Animal Crossing. The DS would probably be more fun for her overall.

I thought about the DS but then I could not play with her as easily. She would go nuts over the Nintendogs game.

That's why you buy 2 DS. Imagine playing with your daughter with Nintendogs and having her dog play with your dog. Or have her visit your town in Animal Crossing. I've played with each system including both of those games, and I can assure you that both of you will have a great time, moreso then with a gamecube or N64. She doesn't need to play with the stylus either, she can use her fingers.

On the breaking part, just tell her that if she breaks the DS, she killed the dog. She'll take care of it!