Best Games for a 9 Year Old
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Yo-Kai Watch
Build your own supernatural entourage with Nintendo's latest
Genre(s): Role Playing Game (Turn Based Battles)
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Disney Infinity 3.0: Marvel Battlegrounds
The Avengers disassemble each other, in this four player brawler expansion
Genre(s): Action (3D)
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Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Bros.
A double dose of Bowsers spells card-tastrophy for the Mushroom Kingdom
Genre(s): Role Playing Game (Turn Based Battles)
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Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance
Build the perfect team to conquer evil overlords, and undercover the truth behind the growing invasion of The Lost Army!
Genre(s): Role Playing Game (Strategy)
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Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below
A storied role playing game gets an action based makeover - but wait! This is actually pretty good!
Genre(s): Action (3D)
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5
The father of all skating games is back. Grind, ollie and kickflip your way to success in this extreme sports revival.
Genre(s): Sports (Extreme Sports)
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Disney Infinity 3.0
This "toys to life" adventure mixes real world toy collecting with a great Star Wars themed co-op adventure, and an open ended level editor, with plenty of expansions available too.
Genre(s): Adventure
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Goat Simulator
Four player split-screen goat related insanity
Genre(s): Action (3D)
Pazuru
Budget-priced puzzle solving on the 3DS downloadable store
Genre(s): Puzzle (Logic and Brain Teasers)
Atelier Ayesha Plus: The Alchemist of Dusk
Everyone's favourite alchemical role-playing game goes portable
Genre(s): Role Playing Game (Turn Based Battles)
Tetris Ultimate
It's Tetris, Jim - and exactly as we know it
Genre(s): Puzzle (Falling Blocks)
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Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures 2
Pac-Man may have been around longer than I've been, alive but he's no intention of fading away.
Genre(s): Platform (3D)
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Big Hero 6: Battle In The Bay
Holding out for a hero - or six.
Genre(s): Platform (2D)
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Penguins of Madagascar
Everyone's favourite 00 penguins hit consoles this Christmas
Genre(s): Adventure
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Shovel Knight
Retro styled platformer reminds us how they used to make 'em tough.
Genre(s): Action (2D)
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Fantasia: Music Evolved
Sparks fly, arms wave and notes play as you bend music in this Kinect exclusive
Genre(s): Music (Dance)
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FIFA 15
Football, football, football. What you men see in it, I don't know.
Genre(s): Sports (Football)
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Fantasy Life
Life may be short, but Nintendo's latest 3DS RPG gives you twelve
Genre(s): Life Simulation, Role Playing Game (Real Time Battles)
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Pokemon Art Academy
Learning to draw like Pika-so, Marill-angelo and Andy Wartortle
Genre(s): Other
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Worms Battlegrounds
Worm raiders of the Lost Ark
Genre(s): Strategy (Turn based)
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Mario Golf: World Tour
Birdie or Bogey?
Genre(s): Sports (Golf/Mini golf)
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2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil
Our only hope?
Genre(s): Sports (Football)
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HomeTown Story
Who will buy my special purple fruit?
Genre(s): World Building
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Invizimals: The Lost Kingdom
A minotaur, tigershark and ocelotl walk into a bar...
Genre(s): Action (3D)
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Doodle Jump Adventures
Get ready to jump, don't ever look back
Genre(s): Platform (2D)
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Angry Birds Star Wars
Bringing the same addictive, easy to learn, tricky to master Angry Birds gameplay to consoles, Angry Birds Star Wars is an out of this world catapulting tale.
Genre(s): Mini-game
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WWE 2K14
Deadman Walking
Genre(s): Sports
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Knack
Platforming, piece by piece
Genre(s): Platform (3D)
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Contrast
Illusion and dream
Genre(s): Platform (3D)
Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games
Chill out with the plumber and the hedgehog as they hit the slopes once more
Genre(s): Mini-game
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Ratchet & Clank: Nexus
Escaped space witches, extra dimensions and a gun that shoots Christmas
Genre(s): Platform (3D)
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Moshi Monsters: Katsuma Unleashed
Take a spin through the world of Moshi on 3DS
Genre(s): Platform (2D)
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Harvest Moon: A New Beginning
Old MacSarah had a farm, E-I-E-I-O
Genre(s): Life Simulation
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Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD Remix
When you wish upon a star, a Disney adventure game you'll get
Genre(s): Role Playing Game (Real Time Battles)
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One Piece Pirate Warriors 2
One piece against them all
Genre(s): Action (3D)
Pokemon Rumble U
This arcade take on Pokemon swaps turn-based battles and levelling for button mashing arenas, as up to four players take on stages full of 'mon in battle.
Genre(s): Beat 'em up
Pikmin 3
A spaceman came travelling
Genre(s): Strategy (Real time)
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Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity
Town building and dungeon-crawling all rolled into one
Genre(s): Role Playing Game (Dungeon Crawling)
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Monster High: Skultimate Roller Maze
Get your scary skates on with this ghoulish racing game
Genre(s): Racing (Arcade)
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NightSky
Rolling and puzzling
Genre(s): Puzzle (Mazes)
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? That would depend on which part of the race you're in...
Genre(s): Racing (Arcade)
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Sugar, Spice and Not So Nice
Building your way out of a sticky situation
Genre(s): World Building
The Curse of The Zombiesaurus
Keflings gets a spooky add-on for Halloween - but is it frightfully good, or a nightmare?
Genre(s): World Building
Worms: Revolution
A new infestation of worms hits consoles. Watch out for those Super Sheep!
Genre(s): Strategy (Turn based)
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Brave
Merida gets her hands dirty, as she tackles Mor'du in this platformer tie-in
Genre(s): Platform (3D)
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Crash Time 4: The Syndicate
Ihr revier ist die autobahn
Genre(s): Racing (Arcade)
Quarrel
Savour Scrabble? Relish Risk? Then Quarrel's right up your street!
Genre(s): Puzzle (Word and Number), Trivia, Card or Board Game
It Came From Outer Space
Aliens have landed in this latest add-on for the kingdom-building game
Genre(s): World Building
Mercury Hg
Heavy metal tilty puzzle game for a bargain price - what's not to like?
Genre(s): Puzzle (Mazes)
Driver: San Francisco
Tanner returns to the streets
Genre(s): Racing
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Leedmees
Use your body, and save the little people.
Genre(s): Puzzle (Mazes)
From Dust
An entire civilisation needs your help
Genre(s): Strategy, World Building
Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Reverie
It's about slime I got round to reviewing this...
Genre(s): Role Playing Game (Turn Based Battles)
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Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters
Turns out, being a superhero's a lot of fun!
Genre(s): Action (3D)
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DoDoGo Robo
Evolve with me
Genre(s): Puzzle
Beyond Good & Evil HD
Chilli con carne!
Genre(s): Adventure
Gray Matter
They don't make them like they used to...
Genre(s): Point & Click
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Ridge Racer 3D
Drift it to win it.
Genre(s): Racing
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Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition
Fight!
Genre(s): Beat 'em up
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Stacking
How does it stack up?
Genre(s): Adventure, Puzzle
Bookworm
PopCap's take on Boggle - easy as A-B-C
Genre(s): Puzzle
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Donkey Kong Country Returns
Monkeying around is not an option
Genre(s):
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DoDoGo Challenge
If survival's this tricky, no wonder Dodos are extinct!"
Genre(s): Puzzle
Worms Battle Islands
It's an invertibrate invasion.
Genre(s): Strategy (Turn based)
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Darkstar One: Broken Alliance
Space. The final frontier...
Genre(s): Adventure, Flight Simulation
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Wheel of Fortune
Would you like to buy a vowel?
Genre(s): Puzzle (Word and Number)
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Kinect Joy Ride
Controller free - but is that a good thing?
Genre(s): Racing
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Kinect Adventures
Exhausting and exasperating in equal measures.
Genre(s): Mini-game
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Kinect Sports
Jack of all trades?
Genre(s): Mini-game, Sports
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FIFA 11
The march for realism continues
Genre(s):
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2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
Long name, good game?
Genre(s): Sports (Football)
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Sonic Classic Collection
Sonic's first four adventures in the palm of your hand
Genre(s): Platform (2D)
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Unravel 2
The woollen wonder returns, with more physics puzzles, and new co-op support
Genre(s): Platform (2D), Puzzle
Onrush
An ambitious arcade racer, with flawed delivery
Genre(s): Racing (Arcade)
Pokken Tournament DX
Everybody was Pokémon fighting - ha!
Genre(s): Beat 'em up
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Arms
A new contender steps into the ring on the Switch - but can Arms last the whole nine rounds?
Genre(s): Beat 'em up
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Harvest Moon: Skytree Village
Long-running farming-come-life-sim Harvest Moon returns to the 3DS - but is it any good?
Genre(s): Life Simulation
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Jump Stars
Mini-game madness comes to non-Nintendo consoles in this multiplayer mash-up
Genre(s): Mini-game
Disgaea 5 Complete
Watcha gonna do, when turn based strategy runs wild on you?
Genre(s): Strategy (Turn based)
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Mario Sports Superstars
...the question being, is this Nintendo themed sports collection actually any good?
Genre(s): Sports
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Steep
A snowboarding game with added wingsuiting, skiing and paragliding, Steep is more than a jack of all trades - but let down by an always online requirement
Genre(s): Sports (Extreme Sports)
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Silence
Daedelic's dreamy point and click adventure whisks you away into a fantasy world
Genre(s): Point & Click
Uno
The classic card game is back, but is it worth picking up?
Genre(s): Trivia, Card or Board Game
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The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes
Multiplayer mayhem in the fashion-forward kingdom of Hytopia
Genre(s): Adventure
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World of Warships
The World of Tanks studio turn their attention to the high seas in this free to play naval battle
Genre(s): Simulation
World of Tanks
Cross platform, free to play tank blasting hits consoles - but is this worth sinking time into?
Genre(s): Simulation
Disney Infinity 3.0: Toy Box Speedway
Disney Infinity's racing expansion takes you to familiar worlds, in unusual vehicles
Genre(s): Racing (Arcade)
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Guitar Hero Live
Guitar Hero is back with a bang - but is this the new king of music games, or one encore too many
Genre(s): Music (Band)
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Minecraft: Story Mode
Save the world in this story-driven Minecraft-themed point-and-click style adventure
Genre(s): Point & Click
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Etrian Mystery Dungeon
If you go down to the dungeon today, you'd better not go in alone!
Genre(s): Role Playing Game (Dungeon Crawling)
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Mario Party 10
As S Club 7 once said, this ain't no party like a Mario Party
Genre(s): Mini-game
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WWE 2K15
The grapple fest makes the jump to next-gen, and loses a few features along the way
Genre(s): Sports
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Rabbids Invasion: The Interactive TV Show
Camera powered antics with the lovable rabbids
Genre(s): Other
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Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F 2nd
Vocaloid rhythm action comes to a PS3 and Vita near you
Genre(s): Music
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Tropico 5
Put on your dictator's hat, and come with us, as we take over an island paradise.
Genre(s): World Building
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Disney Infinity 2.0 Marvel Superheroes
Real life toys, Disney and Marvel combine in this bundle that delivers two figures, a co-op adventure, and a level editor
Genre(s): Action (3D)
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Infamous: First Light
"Fetch" gets her time to shine, as the rebel rousing super heroine stars in her own downloadable game
Genre(s): Adventure
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One Piece Unlimited World Red
When it comes down to button mashing, place it all on red.
Genre(s): Action (3D)
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Disgaea 4: A Promise Revisited
Grid based strategy and animé silliness combine in this PS Vita re-release
Genre(s): Role Playing Game (Strategy)
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Picross e4
More puzzling fun on the 3DS download store
Genre(s): Puzzle (Logic and Brain Teasers)
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