Life With Frenchie

For Christmas, MM got a Nintendo DS and a couple of games. Our concern, when deciding which games to buy her, is the appropriateness of the games for her age. It turns out that she ends up getting the games that involve taking care of a pet of some kind. What I’ve come to realize is that those games are pretty much all the same, except for the animal. There really isn’t much challenge to them and MM doesn’t really seem to stay too interested in them for long.

When I heard about GoPets: Vacation Island, I really liked the concept. There seemed to be a lot more to it than the other pet games. As soon as we got it, MM opened up and stuck it in her DS. We were headed to Girl Scouts and she did not divert her attention away from the game for one second of the ride. It’s almost like the Webkinz because she gets to earn “money” for doing things and, in exchange, she can purchase stuff for her pet. She really likes that she’s able to communicate and find friends for her pet, and it’s all safe because they can only communicate using symbols.

So far, MM has given this game a solid “two thumbs up” and said she enjoys it much better than her other pet games! Keep the good stuff coming Nintendo!