Must Haves for 10 year old's iPod touch?

[Jengerbread88]

What games are must-haves for my 10-year-old brother? We've already got every variation of Angry Birds, but that's about it.

Any suggestions? We're getting ready for an 18 hour car ride, so... help

[DawnMarch]

We are all hooked on Plants vs. Zombies. Oh, and my kids love The Moron Test.

[Leila]

I asked my sons (8½ & 11½) and they said:

Plants vs Zombies
Plants vs Sticks
Words with Friends (my 11 year old really like this one)
Pocket Frogs
Pocket God (I loathe this one, but they boys love it.)
Air Hockey
Cut the Rope
Dizzypad
Fruit Ninja
Fling!
Chuzzle
Paper Toss/Paper Toss World Tour
Mr. AahH
World of Goo
Burn it All
Nano Panda
Balliland XL

[jessica31876]

I love Land-A-Panda and Tiny Wings

[lovely1m]

We play a lot of Angry Birds & Fruit Ninja. Both my 4 year old & I play, so I would assume a 10 year old would.

[Jengerbread88]

Okay, we already got all the Angry Birds versions and we got Plants Vs Zombies, so as soon as he lets go of the ipod, we'll add some of the others y'all suggested.

We still want more suggestions, though!!! Seriously. Anything. 18 hours is a LOT of time to fill.

[jessica31876]

ok dont laugh but I also got smoothie moves on my ipod from webkinz. It was my favorite game when my son was into webkinz so when I saw it on app store I had to get it. Ten isnt to old for webkinz is it? I think they have like three or four other webkinz based games as well

[Jengerbread88]

Originally Posted by jessica31876

ok dont laugh but I also got smoothie moves on my ipod from webkinz. It was my favorite game when my son was into webkinz so when I saw it on app store I had to get it. Ten isnt to old for webkinz is it? I think they have like three or four other webkinz based games as well

Hmm. He's never done the webkins thing, but I'll check those out!

[sugirox]

I just wanna add cover orange and doodle jump

[Kenzi]

I love second Tiny Wings, Fruit Ninja, Pocket frogs, Cut the Rope, & The Moron test. But I would also add:
Mighty Fin
Doodle Find
NinJump
Dizzy Bee
Beyond Ynth
and Clumsy Bob

[dana]

if you are interested in something educational - we are big fans of stack the states/countries - great for learning about geography and it's fun too!

maybe read a book w/ the kindle app?

[ColleenSwerb]

What about going to the library? And getting some puzzle books from the grocery store? The battery isn't going to last 18 hours on that thing, and really, should he be playing it for that long anyway?

[jessica31876]

yea that is true...my battery runs down FAST when I play games. Itll last a long time with music though. I would get some books to read and maybe like some coloring books or a blank notebook with markers/pencils/pens for car games & for him to draw in.

[Jengerbread88]

Originally Posted by ColleenSwerb

What about going to the library? And getting some puzzle books from the grocery store? The battery isn't going to last 18 hours on that thing, and really, should he be playing it for that long anyway?

We have movies and books, of course... he won't be playing it the full 18 hours. His attention for it doesn't last that long anyway. I guess I'm more looking for variety. Lol. He will play a game for 10 minutes and then put it away, but then decide he doesn't want to play that game when he picks it up again, so I wanted to get a wide variety of games.

I'm not even going to be in his car-- he's riding with mom and dad, and I'm riding separately. So I have no idea how long he'll *actually* be playing it. He hates coloring, and only reads when he's forced to, so I know they're taking books and everything. They have some car games that will fill up some time, but if anyone has suggestions on those, it'd be great!

Trust me, I doubt he's playing it for the full 18 hours. Mom just wants to make sure he has as much variety as possible... especially because he's ALREADY exhausted some of the games I downloaded today. :: sigh ::

[jessica31876]

what about knex? does he like those? My boys would build with knex for hours. Or Legos? Maybe taking a bucket of one or the other if he enjoys those because he can hold the bucket and build over it so it doesnt spill then replace the top along with his creations into the bucket if he gets bored of it.

[Milmomma]

Bejeweled, Old school blocks, Word Warp, Contraptions, Tower Madness, Monopoly, Scrabble, Farkle(kinda like yatheez), Or some of the card game apps, like solitare or hearts, or some drawling apps like Life Sketch, or Doodle buddy. Does he do sudoku or any word scramble type games? Those can help stimulate his brain some.
We have a lot of the popular ones too, like cut the rope, angry birds, tiny wings, fruit ninja, and stuff. We also have movies, music and audiobooks on the one for the kids.

[davec777]

Maybe the free kindle app plus some e-books? That's what I use mine for.

Stephanie

[Jengerbread88]

Originally Posted by Milmomma

Does he do sudoku or any word scramble type games? Those can help stimulate his brain some.

Lol, maybe he's just a difficult child? He won't do any sort of things like that. *Sometimes* he can be coaxed into doing mazes, but after 1 or 2, he's done. He really doesn't like any of that sort of stuff, won't listen to audiobooks, nothing. I have no idea. Personally, this is why I want my baby to stay away from the video games for as long as possible, but, Jeffrey's not my son :P

He's good at avoiding the video games, etc, when he can go outside and play... but in the car, he can't really go outside and play. That means hours upon hours of I Spy, and everyone gets kind of sick of that. I've tried coming up with other fun games for him to play, but, hasn't happened yet.

[Davita]

Originally Posted by dana

if you are interested in something educational - we are big fans of stack the states/countries - great for learning about geography and it's fun too!

maybe read a book w/ the kindle app?

We love Stack the States here too and all of the others listed!

[Aggie Aviso]

Cut the Rope (accdg to my 10 year old).
They also love Soosiz and Bop It.
Archie comics too.

[HeatherKS]

Cut the Rope
Monkey Flight
Slice It

[Lauramarie]

He might get carsick playing the games and moving or maybe that is just me. I cannot even read anything in the car.

How about giving him a project to do....he has to draw 20 things he has seen on the road and create a story about it. Give him some pencils and paper and let his imagination do the rest.