My daughter who is 9 going on 10 wants a 3ds. Is it suitable for her age? also will i have to purchase additional cartridges or something?
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This is a suitable gift for children. It has parental controls so you can limit what she does, such as browsing the Internet. 3ds Internet has Safe Browsing enabled. You can buy games online, or buy the cartridges. I would suggest buying games online, so your child doesn't accidentally lose or damage their game. The cartridges are a bit small and easy to lose track of if not taken care of. Also if you lose your stylus, you can order new ones for cheap. Those are also easy to lose.
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In my open honest opinion, buy it for you daughter. It is very well built, with all the extra's that you get with the bow set it is well worth the price. I bought this set for my 5 year old grandson, it is almost a little advanced for his age. I would say it would be perfect for your 9 year oldgirl. She would have lots of years of use before having to advance to a more complex bow. Matter of fact, I like using this bow myself. It ismost definitely not a toy. It's a powerful little bow. Bear makes a very high quality archery bow and equipment. I hope I didn't overly answer yourquestion. However, I believe your child would have years of use and enjoyment with this bow set............... In my open honest opinion, buy it for you daughter. It is very well built, with all the extra's that you get with the bow set it is well worth the price. I bought this set for my 5 year old grandson, it is almost a little advanced for his age. I would say it would be perfect for your 9 year oldgirl. She would have lots of years of use before having to advance to a more complex bow. Matter of fact, I like using this bow myself. It ismost definitely not a toy. It's a powerful little bow. Bear makes a very high quality archery bow and equipment. I hope I didn't overly answer... » Read More In my open honest opinion, buy it for you daughter. It is very well built, with all the extra's that you get with the bow set it is well worth the price. I bought this set for my 5 year old grandson, it is almost a little advanced for his age. I would say it would be perfect for your 9 year oldgirl. She would have lots of years of use before having to advance to a more complex bow. Matter of fact, I like using this bow myself. It ismost definitely not a toy. It's a powerful little bow. Bear makes a very high quality archery bow and equipment. I hope I didn't overly answer yourquestion. However, I believe your child would have years of use and enjoyment with this bow set............... « Show Less
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Jewel train, Sugar Bugs and Alphabet Stew are the titles geared toward the older children. There are 2 new Discovery videos geared toward the 5-9 age group. Other than that, the selection may be limited and your son may find it interesting a few days and they he may quickly outgrow the product. I hope that Leapfrog expands their library toward the 7-10 age range. There are maybe 3 to 4 cartridge games also for the 5-9 age range like X-Man and NFL Rush Zone. If I was in yours shoes, I would perhaps consider buying a Nintendo DS as they also have good educational titles and also play some of the leisure games with the same device. Our 6 year old is getting the LeapPad as well as the Nintendo DS Lite (same price now). Hope this is helpful.
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Go with the DS all the way. There are plenty of educational games out there for it plus a ton of regular games he/she would enjoy playing!
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I agree that the InnoTab is going to be a little too easy for her. My son is six and it's not as fun/challenging for him. My four year old loves it. The games for this machine top out at age 8, and especially if she's bright I think she'd be easily bored by the games you can buy for this. Leap Pad2 I think is a little more appropriate for that age, but also she's going to top out pretty quickly. DS is probably a good option for her, though the games are not always geared towards learning if that is a concern. Good luck!
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You can't unfortunately. The 3DS cartridge has a little notch that prevents it from fitting into older systems
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I agree wholeheartedly that it depends on the child. Our daughter received her ds at 5 and had no problems using it right away. Our son just turned 3 and we're considering purchasing something similar for him because he already knows how to do some things on the computer and work portions of my iphone. If you think the stylus may be too difficult for him to handle at this age, go with the leapster or let them try an old gameboy perhaps.
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It comes with games already installed, and you can download games as well, and even track your child's learning progress online. But you can and will probably want to buy some cartridges as well :-)
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Not sure what the requirements are for your 9 year old, but the bat has the stamp on it necessary for league play, so I'm assuming it would be fine for you as well. This really is a great-hitting bat.
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I got it for my 4 yr old for christmas and i also have 2 other children ages 6 and 8, and they love it and play it all the time.. I think its great for any age up to 8 .I recomend it totally. Its a great item and has alot of different cartridges for ages for you child too..Hope i was helpfullDeb :)
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I think so, Beatriz. I bought this for my daughter who is 9, and it's perfect for her. I hope this helps!
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I see your post is a year old but I'll answer in case someone else is curious. my daughter is the same age and reading very well. I would say skip the Dora and Princess games - they get zero play here. The games's my daughter seems to come back to over and over again are Pet Pals, Puzzled and Junie B Junes (they no longer make it but you can find it on ebay for under $15)
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If you can find the right drivers for it yes. But I had a hard time finding them and have no idea where to look for them anymore. I would say your better off buying something that is designed to work with a 3DS.
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Yeah sure of course, it's not a problem. My daughter was 1 yr and a half old when we bought her the Nabi and she was able to use to it. There's this Nabi mode and Mommy mode, you can choose which one to use. All the games are good to start with for learning. Now my daughter is 2 years old and she is still using it...the battery is good and we haven't had any problems with it so far. The games are good, really, it's good to start now, you don't need to wait. I hope i am a bit of a help :). My daughter loves her Nabi and so do i :D
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I buy apps instead of cartridge so that we don't lose games, and so that both of my kids can play the same game at the same time on their own leappads. We have a few cartridges and they fight over them all the time. The apps are way better if you have up to 3 kids (you can have up to 3 leappads per account). You have to take up space on the console for the apps, but we have 25 apps on ours and aren't even using half the storage on it.
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I would suggest getting her the bamboo to start, as it is cheaper and if she really enjoys it it will teach her the small learning curve as well as the care for a tablet. If she keeps up with it, the investment of only about a hundred bucks (which is still a lot to me, mind you) will seem small, and when next birthday comes around, you could grab her a bigger better version. Truly, if she does spend a lot of time doing it, this is completely preference here, I would maybe get her the intuos 4 and let her really step into the world of using an intuos. That is from the point of view of someone who was a 13 year old who would love to have had the "big guns" to play with. It may not be ery realistic, though. Something to note is that the pen tips, the "nibs" on the new intuos, are made of a black plastic material that wears down. The new drawing surface of the intuos 4 is slightly rough, so that it feels like paper. When you use the nibs on this surface, it grinds them down quickly, and you are stuck buying replacements like blades for shavers. The previous intuos 3 versions did not have this problem. The intuos 3 surface is smooth, and the tips last forever. A thirteen year old may not be quite ready for an intuos 4 that requires a bit of finesse to use in said circumstance, as worn down nibs apparently can damage your drawing surface, leading to buying replacements for that. Get her a decent bamboo and if she sticks with it, upgra
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I think it would work fine for a ten year old. I don't recall anything too racy on the cards. Though some of the cards could go over the kids head and might need skipped to get something that s/he actually knows what it is.