Familiar games like dodgeball, paper airplanes, slot cars, and a new one called kick (it's like a vertical game of soccer shootout) are available from the beginning and all are solid and fun. My kids complained that they had to use the EA kid characters when they'd rather use their Mii's. but this isn't a Nintendo game, it's from EA, so that limit is understandable. If you're looking for solid minigames for kids and families, look no further than EA's solid new... Read more

A collection of kid-focused games loosely based on the Wii release.

EA Playground is the epitome of a "solid" experience. Nothing about it is amazing, but it's not bad…and it's certainly fun as long as you keep yourself in the mindset that these games skew a bit younger than your hardcore gamer. This collection could have had a better focus on multiplayer and utilize the DS system's Download Play option so more people could enjoy it, but as it stands this game's pretty enjoyable for the market it targets. Read more

EA Playground

As you can gather from those descriptions, EA Playground isn't a very deep game at all. It is 100 percent kid-friendly, and it better hope that kids like it because it sure won't be making many friends outside that demographic. As a minigame collection for young'uns, it's solid. The colorful visuals and easy-to-grasp games will certainly appeal to elementary school Nintendo DS players, which is good because an elementary school is probably the only place where the two or... Read more

EA Playground DS

Exactly what you’d expect after the Wii version. The games here range form rubbish (like hopscotch which is essentially a simple rhythm game done badly) through not bad (such as trampolining) to excellent fun – which includes most of the challenges and sees you playing games as diverse as mini racing, basketball, dodgeball and gobbing spitballs at other kids in the playground. Especially good is that the games are graded so you have to play the same kid several... Read more

Developed by EA Canada, this NDS title is aimed at a younger generation of players and coexists with its Wii counterpart. Molded around the theme of a child’s playground, EA Playground transports the player to a fictional school and it’s surrounding area for recess. Additionally, the player can travel to a couple nearby parks for more fun and games. The game is surprisingly light on presentation considering the source. EA games are typically filled with stylish,... Read more