My 9 and 6 year old dd's have gotten into pokemon. The ds game and the card game. Seems the 6yo is just as good ad the 9 yo and it has given 9yo a new respect for lil sis. Anyone else have kids who enjoy pokemon? Is it good for them? We r going to a game shop todday to hang with other players. Is this something I should encourage? It doesn't seem there are many other girls who play this. Some play the ds game but not a seriously as my dd's.
My 9 yr old daughter likes Pokemon, but she's not a serious gamer. My 8 yr. old nephew, who's always been a tech whiz, LOVES it. Both kids are seriously into science, but different fields. The game is good fun. On an educational note, my little brother Nic, a college sophmore, is taking Japanese this semester for the first time, and is by far the most advanced student in the class. When the professor commented on his vocabulary and asked from whom he'd been learning the language, Nic said he'd learned it all from Pokemon games.
Well, we did it. The girls became league members and want to go back. It's just so nice they can do something together.
DD9 loves Pokemon! She tries to teach DD4 how to play but she's not interested in sitting still long enough to play, but she seems to get the idea of the parts she's listened to.
We are looking for more friends for her to play with.
My DS11 has liked Pokemon cards for 4 years. He says no at school can beat him. We call him the king of pokemon.
You might check around at libraries and see if they will have some pokemon kid get togethers.
My 8 year old daughter is Pokemon obsessed. I wish I could find a local group for her to play with, the nearest one is 35 miles away. She loves both the DS game and the cards, a lot of her school friends have the cards but none of them seem to understand the point of the cards or the game, they just collect them to look at.
My husband likes playing those kinds of games so they play together, it's a nice bonding time for them. But man, it never seems to end with how many there are, and how many you need.
It doesn't seem there are many other girls who play this. Some play the ds game but not a seriously as my dd's.
When my son was into the DS game I got Pokemon Yellow and beat the game. A local mom I know took over for her son when he went away to electronicsfree summer camp sohe wouldn't fall behind in digging for jewels. That's 2 females who I would say were into it seriously....
Ugh, yes both of my kids ds6 almost 7 and dd8. DS particularly likes to play the DS game Pokemon Black.
Ummm grinity. Sounds like you might be suggesting that I learn how to play. Lol. I guess I'm glad they have eachother! Hmm. Wouldn't that just excite them beyond words. If mommy started playing pokemon. I'll consider it. Dd9got her ds for Christmas when she was six. That is how she learned that Santa was real because "Mommy and Daddy sure didn't buy thus nintendi ds! They would NEVER do that! Well if any of with kids who play live in Connecticut let me know. The league they joined today is an hour away, but it was well with it. Especially cuz my dh drove!.
You can live in a Pokemon World without having to play the DS or card game. Rent a few Miazaki...My Neighbor Totoro is a good one to start with a watch a few Pokemon TV shows to get the idea. We even read a few of the books based on the TV show. The DS games have guidebooks associated with each game which are quite fasinating in and of themselves.
Smiles
Grins
My DD will never get to play the card version of this or any other similar game, because of the economics of the thing. A kid who gets really passionate about it will keep buying cards obsessively, searching for those rare and powerful ones.
I was in the military when the first card game based on that model came out: Magic The Gathering. I had a roommate who became obsessed with the game. Every payday he'd run off to the store to buy a couple hundred dollars' worth of fairly worthless cards.
I'm fine with a DS version.
My son plays and I like it because he needs to read the cards and do some simple math when the guys get damaged... He's 5 so it's challenging for him at the moment. I agree that at a point he may want specific cards and stuff but I suppose he could use his spending money on that if he wants. I wouldnt buy them for him. He also likes video games so I like when he does something else for fun sometimes =].