The Nintendo Switch is one of the best consoles to enjoy with the family and that is why there are all kinds of titles and games for any age, from a young age. Cooperative or classic games like Pokémon with which children can have a good time. We collect some of the best Nintendo Switch games for children of all ages with which to get the most out of both the classic console and its Lite version.
From the classic Mario Kart to some big sales hits like Animal Crossing, for all ages and from a very young age. If you have a gift to give or your children, nephews or grandchildren have asked for the Nintendo Switch, these are some of the best video games we can buy.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Even if you are the age you are, you will like to play Animal Crossing, it is one of the best games if there are small children at home. It never ends and you cannot “die” so anyone can play even if they have no video game experience. It is a series of video games in which we will move to a desert island where we will start to create our home, find new neighbors, get fruits, fish, hunt bugs. All kinds of activities in a game in which we can spend hours and hours improving our island, building, designing new clothes for the character or earning money that we can exchange for accessories, for tools. The island is full of possibilities and it has some advantages like the possibility of learning about fossils, insects or fish are Socrates, for example.
One of the most successful games of recent years on Nintendo Switch and ideal for the whole family. In addition, they can play multiple players on the same console without having to have several different games. Both at the same time as each one in their own game or user.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
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EUR
54.90
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
The classic Mario Kart arrived more than twenty years ago and is still one of the best video games for kids on Nintendo Switch today. There are dozens of characters to choose from (Mario, Luigi and all the others) and a total of 48 circuits among which we find great classics but also other unpublished ones. In addition, several modes according to your level and experience so it will adapt perfectly to races of all ages.
Allows online or multiplayer play with up to eight players. It is fun and suitable for any age. We already know the mission: to arrive first and get ahead of the others with the possibility of using the power-ups that will make the others fall behind or we will gain positions. There is also a battle mode that will allow us to fight each other or escape from enemies while transporting a sun that they must steal from us.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
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59.00
Pokémon Let’s Go Evee and Pikachu
Pokémon Lets Go Eevee and Pikachu is the usual Pokémon, in the Kanto region and with the original creatures . A remake of the Yellow Pokémon but in a modernized , adapted, current version. Better graphics and some new features but the essence of always in an ideal title for the little ones to begin to familiarize themselves with the franchise.
One of the best Nintendo Switch games for children and easy to handle … In it, as always, we will have to advance through a world in which we will be able to form our team and train them to achieve the highest level. We will have to catch new Pokémon for the Pokédex, beating the trainers of the different gyms and ending the High Command as you did twenty years ago but now in a version with 3D graphics and with great detail.
Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu
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64.39
Pokémon Let’s Go Eevee
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43.80
Super Mario Party
Super Mario Party is a board game in digital format and with a board where all kinds of things happen. To advance on the board we must not only get the best number on the dice but also win minigames . The video game series released its first title at the end of the nineties with Mario Party 8 for Nintendo 64 and even today it is still a good option among the little ones in the house or to play with the family. We can make teams, play individually and win mini-games to get money and prizes that we will exchange for stars. Super Mario Party has several modes available such as online multiplayer, for example, or the option to only play the minigames in the order we want.
The Joy-Con have all kinds of possibilities so we will have to run, jump, crash or feel the vibration to win all the games. There are around 80 mini-games available so the hours of fun are practically unlimited. Up to four players can play on a single console.
Super Mario Party
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48.34
Just dance
One of the most recommended for children of any age , from babies to teenagers, is Just Dance. Up to six people can play on a single Nintendo console, and there are several different games depending on the year of their release. One of the strengths is that Just Dance offers a “Kids” mode with songs they know, with simple dances and with an easy interface so that they can handle it themselves. We find here titles like Baby Shark or the Frozen OST.
Just Dance also has an Unlimited payment package that allows us to access hundreds of different songs from all the titles released since the beginning, which will allow us to have a wide catalog of music to choose from. And one of the undoubted strengths of this game is that not only will we have a good time with the family, but it will also help combat sedentary lifestyle or help to stay active in times of staying at home.
Just dance
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EUR
34.90
Overcooked 2
You have to have dexterity and patience so that the food comes out on time in Overcooked 2. A cooperative game where the different participants must pass ingredients, cut food or prepare it so that it comes out on time. You will have to prepare the dishes that each level indicates but it will not be easy to do so if the kitchens are separated, if there is water between you or even if there is a truck crossing the road that runs over you every time you try to cross.
A very fun, cooperative game to play as a family and have a good time disconnecting all together. You will have to agree so that everything goes well and we do not promise that you will not lose your temper more than once trying to get the plate to the tape.
Overcooked 2
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35.99
Moving out
From the creators of Overcooked (Team17) we have Moving Out, a moving game in which the participants must agree to get all the objects out of a house before time runs out. You will advance through different scenarios or houses where you will have to load the truck with everything that is inside.
Some heavy objects require cooperation between several people and it is not always easy to remove all the junk if there is a dog, a chicken or any other type of animal that bothers you. A very fun game and somewhat simpler than Overcooked 2. Ideal for playing with children of eight or nine years old and learning to cooperate and collaborate all together so that the game ends up going well.
Nintendo Labo
Nintendo Labo is not as such a video game but a video game kit and DOIY. The company released these packages that include a series of cartons that we can make things with. A fighting backpack, for example, or musical instruments. Throughout the game you will see step by step instructions to assemble the different devices or utensils.
Once they are created they can be used to play games, program actions and all kinds of possible ideas. There are many sets according to the tastes of each of the children and with a totally different experience than usual when playing a video game.
Nintendo Labo
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EUR
59.49
Pikmin 3 Deluxe
Pikmin are small creatures capable of helping you on any adventure to dig up fruit, transport gold nuggets or build bridges. This game comes as a legacy of a saga that we already knew on Nintendo GameCube and Wii U and now, since October 2020, it returns in a title where we will have to carry out missions so that its protagonists recover the ship that takes them back to their planet.
We can play cooperatively in the Story world to advance with help and in a simpler way, but there is also a cooperative mode to collect fruit , to kill villains. Or a Bingo Battle mode to see who gets first all the objects or fruits that are asked for.
LEGO Worlds
All LEGO games for Nintendo Switch or any other console are good options to play with children. In the case of LEGO Worlds, it is a game with several different modes in which you can use the famous toy pieces to create a world from scratch .
You can also use it to advance in the adventure mode where they will go looking for possibilities and opportunities to advance, getting tools or talking to the different characters in the story to advance. Castles, vehicles and all kinds of scenarios in a game that also allows multiplayer option.
