15 Best 3DS Games for 4 Year Olds

With Super Mario 3D Land, younger children can find excitement and entertainment in this world filled with fun enemies and interesting level designs. There are natural 3D visuals that can aid them in their journeys, making it easier for kids to see depth and distance so that they can time their jumps properly. Mario has plenty of moves in his arsenal too besides just jumping and simply running. Rather, he can perform cool rolling somersault attacks on enemies or even dash at them.

What’s even more exciting about this game is that the fan-favorite Tanooki Mario makes his return. This suit doesn’t just let Mario look even cooler, but it’s crucial to help Mario tackle the challenges ahead of him. Kids can utilize the tail on the suit to help Mario float safely down from heights or to even attack enemies.

Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World is an adorable and unique side-scrolling game. It’s filled with enough challenges to inspire creative thought in children, such as having to toss yarn to create platforms to jump and move across. Players can even power up their characters too so that they can uncover more secrets and quickly get the knack of beating levels.

With Mellow Mode, unraveling secrets is even more exciting as there are cool Poochy Pups that help solve the mysteries. Kids can become increasingly excited as the more that they uncover, the more rewards they can unlock. Besides that, children can also get creative with the game by designing their own personal Yarn Yoshi to play as.

For kids who enjoy a game that’s sure to make their hair stand on end, then Luigi’s Mansion is the perfect game for them. Luigi’s Mansion is full of awesome and spooky ghosts, with a creepy setting that doesn’t go too overboard to completely frighten young children. Instead, the graphics still have a kid-friendly vibe to it that is instantly appealing, especially seeing as children work to power through these levels so Luigi can capture these pesky ghosts.

Luigi is equipped with more than enough fun tools to let him step up to the challenge like the amazing Poltergust 3000. There are plenty of puzzles for kids to work through, as well as trying to handle the consequences of Luigi’s typical clumsiness.

In Yoshi’s New Island, kids can guide Yoshi as well as baby Mario through incredible stages on a truly fantastical island. The pair embark on a fun quest to save Luigi, discovering various secrets and collectibles along the way. Yoshi’s world is fully immersive with awesome and versatile levels so that nothing remains stagnant, keeping kids completely entertained the entire time.

There is a lot going on as well, with many cool controls and features for kids to experiment with. They can, of course, jump their way through levels. However, they can also use the incredible Mega Eggdozer (essentially a giant Yoshi egg) to plow through levels, clearing out a path so that they can uncover new parts of the level, full to the brim with surprises.

The Nintendogs + Cats: Toy Poodle and New Friends is the go-to pet simulation game for any child that has ever begged to have a pet of their own. Now they can do so in a more contained area that lets them live out their pet owner dreams, without the mess! There are 27 breeds, and the puppies and kittens feature unique designs so that they are as authentic as possible to the real breeds. Thanks to the 3D graphics, they are even more expressive.

With the touchscreen, camera, and microphone, the pets will react to touch and the sound of your child’s voice. Kids will be able to not just take care of their pets through bathing and feeding, but they also get to play with them and enter them in competitions.

Players don’t have to be old fans to find enjoyment in Sonic Generations. The modern-day Sonic races through time to save his friends and encounters the older, classic version of himself. They must work together to rescue their friends and defeat their enemies. Kids can choose which version of Sonic they wish to play as though.

A cool thing they’ll notice is that both the classic Sonic and the modern Sonic can perform their trademark special moves. Each of them will also race through levels designed specifically for them. Whenever any of their friends are freed, players can then go back and re-do the levels to discover new challenges and secrets, but this time, their friends will be battling at their side.

Mario Kart 7 is a joy for any young racer to practice their skills. This fantastic game is absolutely packed full of diverse and interesting tracks, in which kids find themselves racing through the sky or even diving deep under the ocean. Mario Kart 7 even has several cool racing karts to choose from, allowing kids to further express themselves and race with their favorite characters and vehicles.

When racing, there are awesome abilities for them to try out, letting them race defensively or offensively to race to the finish first. They don’t have to just race against the computer either. Instead, they can meet up with friends either locally or online for even more friendly competitive racing. A game that will inspire as many laughs as it will tears of joy at finishing first, Mario Kart 7 is a family-friendly game that kids adore.

Tomodachi Life is a wonderful, safe game to introduce young children to the world of simulation. This is simple for children to express themselves and dive into their imagination with a beautiful island world. They can create numerous Mii characters, making them look however they’d like and wear whatever they want. This includes making versions of themselves or their friends and family.

From there, children serve as the directors of the game. They can have the characters do whatever they wish, such as play some games, hang out with friends, or even form deeper relationships. These cool characters can even indulge in music, rocking or rapping their way to success. Or they can have a laidback day of just shopping for new items and clothes.

Spongebob Hero Pants: The Game is a wonderfully fun game for any young fan of the popular and long-running cartoon show. Their favorite characters are transformed into superheroes thanks to SpongeBob’s ever-active imagination. Inside this new vivid world, players will encounter unique villains such as the Lollipop Creatures, working with SpongeBob and his friends with their new superpowers to overcome the enemies.

Characters don’t just stick with their starting abilities either. Rather, players must gather up enough coins so that they can upgrade the characters so that they can defeat the tougher bosses. There are various obstacles to get through as well as several puzzles to solve. All of this takes place in cool new environments such as Prehistoric Bikini Bottom.

Frozen: Olaf’s Quest centers on the fan-favorite character from the always popular Frozen series. Players take over the role of the lovable and carefree snowman, and because of Olaf’s design, kids get to experience some truly unique gameplay. Olaf has a more fluid form, and this type of movement makes it easier for him to get out of tricky situations, fitting for the game at hand.

This game balances platforming gameplay with some puzzle solving woven in between. The design gives children more than enough to work with to stay entertained. There are 60 levels in all, but beyond that, players can unearth some additional challenges and hidden collectibles to track down. Throughout the game, they can even unlock some customizable items.

In Kirby Planet Robobot, players embark on a mission to save Kirby’s world from being dominated by invaders who wish to mechanize it. Kirby, however, must utilize all of the robotic power he can acquire if he is to stop the enemies. This armor is just as colorful and pink as the bubbly character, but it’s cool and easily stands out.

The awesome armor is equipped with everything players need to stomp out these invaders. Kids will enjoy being able to shape-shift the armor to suit different modes. It works to scan and copy enemies too so that Kirby can throw their moves right back at them. Moves are copied the traditional way that Kirby fans love: by inhaling them. This isn’t just a single-player game though. Rather, once the world is saved, players can then join in with others in Team Kirby Clash mode that supports up to four players.

Mario Party Star Rush features a simplified version of the cult-classic Mario Party that younger children will be able to enjoy. Four players can dive into this game simultaneously as well, keeping up with the group aspect Mario Party is well known for. There are eight characters in the game to pick from, allowing players plenty of options to choose their allies as they play. This includes the likes of Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Toad.

There are several maps for kids to explore, from haunted mansions and castles to beautiful island worlds. The game also includes a handful of standard minigames as well as boss-centered minigames, each of them being distinctive in their own way to keep kids on their toes and eager to play through to the next game.

Worlds collide within Scooby Doo & Looney Tunes Cartoon Universe: Adventure! Kids who adore the classic cartoons will be thrilled to see all of the recognizable characters and locations from the shows. Before that though, they can customize their character, mixing up their clothes so that they can truly fit into the loony world they find themselves in.

From there, kids can join along with Scooby and the gang to solve a mystery, or ally with Bugs Bunny and his friends to discover the secret behind the defective MOCME products. There are fun puzzles to solve and even cooler enemies to face down. Not only that, but players can fully immerse themselves into the crazy cartoon world as they can use the likes of an umbrella to protect themselves from massive falling objects.

In Disney Magical World, kids will jump headfirst into the glorious, enchanting world of Disney. There are so many worlds to explore that any fan will recognize. They can dive into the fantastical world of Alice in Wonderland and join in with the fun tea party or explore with Aladdin and the Genie. In fact, they can meet more than 60 Disney characters in total.

Not only can they hang out with these characters, but players can also help them out. There are different ghosts they can battle so that these characters can find some special missing items. Besides that, players can work on managing their own café in the Disney world, making it a hotspot for other famous characters to come and visit.

Snoopy’s Grand Adventure dives deep into Snoopy’s imagination as he ventures through a fantastical world to find Charlie Brown and friends. Woodstock is, of course, along for the ride. If kids decide to play the 2-player co-op multiplayer mode, then both Snoopy and Woodstock can work at the same time to beat the levels and find their friends.

As players go through the game, they will collect a variety of items. These items will help them unlock more abilities to help them through the levels, as well as grant them additional rewards. Besides that, kids can have a laugh at seeing the Peanuts comic strips that come up in between each of the levels.