Best Nintendo DS Games for Kids

Whether your kids are into sports, animal, art, adventure, puzzles, or simulation games, there's something on this list of great Nintendo DS games for kids that they're sure to love.

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  • Dora's Big Birthday Adventure Review
    Dora's Big Birthday Adventure

    Variety and fun in perfect preschool adventure.
    AGE
    4
     
    Learning 4
    Platforms: Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 2
  • Dora's Cooking Club Review
    Dora's Cooking Club

    Fantastic, fun math game baked into a cooking sim.
    AGE
    4
     
    Learning 5
    Platforms: Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi
  • Team Umizoomi Review
    Team Umizoomi

    Math-based adventures well-suited to preschoolers.
    AGE
    4
     
    Learning 4
    Platforms: Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi
  • Magical Zhu Zhu Princess: Carriages & Castles Review
    Magical Zhu Zhu Princess: Carriages & Castles

    Adorable toy-based game is well-designed for young players.
    AGE
    5
     
    Learning Select
    Platforms: Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi
  • Backyard Sports: Sandlot Sluggers Review
    Backyard Sports: Sandlot Sluggers

    Fabulous baseball game promotes exercise, sportsmanship.
    AGE
    7
     
    Learning Select
    Platforms: Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi, Nintendo Wii, Windows, Xbox 360
  • The Magic School Bus: Oceans Review
    The Magic School Bus: Oceans

    Hooks kids with fun games and loads them with knowledge.
    AGE
    7
     
    Learning 5
    Platforms: Nintendo DS
  • Art Academy Review
    Art Academy

    Thorough, fun lessons will genuinely help your art.
    AGE
    8
     
    Learning 5
    Platforms: Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi
  • Kirby Mass Attack Review
    Kirby Mass Attack

    New twist on sidescrolling action games with easy controls.
    AGE
    8
     
    Learning Select
    Platforms: Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi
  • Pokemon Black Version/White Version Review
    Pokemon Black Version/White Version
    Intriguing story has slew of online features.
    AGE
    8
     
    Learning Select
    Platforms: Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi
  • Harvest Moon: Grand Bazaar Review
    Harvest Moon: Grand Bazaar
    In-depth farm sim is great entry in popular series.
    AGE
    9
     
    Learning Select
    Platforms: Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi
  • Super Scribblenauts Review
    Super Scribblenauts

    The ultimate puzzle game for imagination and creativity.
    AGE
    10
     
    Learning 5
    Platforms: Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi
  • Professor Layton and the Last Specter Review
    Professor Layton and the Last Specter

    Captivating puzzle game makes doing brainteasers a blast.
    AGE
    12
     
    Learning 5
    Platforms: Nintendo DS
  • Professor Layton and the Unwound Future Review
    Professor Layton and the Unwound Future
    More great brain-teasers, with a dark but exciting plot.
    AGE
    12
     
    Learning Select
    Platforms: Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi

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ON: Content is age-appropriate for kids this age.
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