What games would you recommend to a family buying the Xbox for a child?

It is very easy to reconmmend a spectacular list of games on the Xbox for adolescents and adults such as GeoW, Halo, BioShock, Dead Rising, GRAW, R6V, Oblivion,and so forth.However, I am having troublelocating games for a younger audience. The only one thatstood outwasViva Pinata,a game that I own. Are there any other excellent games out therethat are more suitable for children?

Duh, Viva Pinata! And pretty much any of the child movie cash-ins.

Oh, and who could forget Kameo!

Kameo... it is colourfull, kid safe, fun to play, and can be found in a bargain bin these days.

How is Gears of War not suitable for the younger crowd?

In all seriousness, what the previous posters mentioned are all great picks. If you do choose to buy Lego Star Wars, however, wait a few months because they are compiling Lego Star Wars (Episodes I-III) and Lego Star Wars II (Episodes IV-VI) together. So it's like two games for one. That would be a great choice because it will take a while to complete, and after that there is a ton of replayability in trying to unlock all those cute little lego characters.

I think the guy up top.(op) Would be better off with a Wii for kids. Not bashing. It's a great system for children and families. Lots of easy to understand gameplay concepts, and keeps them moving, and active. Of course with limited play time, any video game system can be a positive thing. But Wii's wand is really quite nice for kids and senior citizen's mental and physical health.

Also. If I had a son, of gaming age. I would show him a E or teen rated RPG or tactic FPS. No human killing. A game that promoted constructive thinking. Not mind-numbing button pushery. Make him think.

As for a daughter, of gaming age. Same thing, but maybe more kick ass oriented. Like a Street fighter or soulcauliber. Teach her a bit about fighting and kicking ass. Show her that chicks can hurt too. Since I would be extremely over protective for my daughter. Don't need to worry about developing a female mind. She would be crazy smart anyway. Giving her a male's idea of physical pain, would make her a navy seal!

Don't know you and your family. I would actually buy a 360, PC or PS3 to game on for my family. I'm just L33T that way. :lol:

NFSMW

Sonic the hedgehog.

Crash of the titans.

i seriously say that u should hold off buying an xbox till ur kids at least 11..

get a wii or just use ur PC to play kids games:: most kids games for the 360 suck.

viva pinata, rockstar table tennis, geometry wars, TMNT acrade live, and a bunch of other live games.

Dead rising would be good for older kids....all kid dependant though...its violent, but not really scary and its really cartoony and not serious at all.

viva pinata, rockstar table tennis, geometry wars, TMNT acrade live, and a bunch of other live games.

Falserthan

also I have all these games and it only cost me like 40 bucks and thats a lot of fun awesome kid-friendly gaming with endless replay, and also games you can enjoy to and play them with them.

gears of war. unless the kids are 4 years old playing gears is fine, its just bloody. i see no problem letting children play it.shoeman12

I disagree... anyway, i'd recommend:

Lego Star Wars 2
Viva Pinata Party Animals (mini-game expansion)
Rayman Raving Rabbits
Sports game, I guess (Madden, ect)
Kameo
Some Racing Games (Arcade)
XBL arcade games
Thrillville: Off the Rails
Sonic
Movie Games (pirates of the caribbean, ratatouille)

Hope that helped ;)

Well if he is belove 13:

Viva Pinata, Kameo, Sonic, Arcade Games, Dead Rising, Rayman Raving Rabbits, Lego Star Wars II, Need For Speed MW/Carbon

If he is above 13:

A lot of games here.

Eternal Sonata is a good one. Great game, great combat, but NO BLOOD, so it should be good.