Either download play or multicart multiplayer is fine. I've already picked up a second copy of Mario Kart 7, but I'm curious if there are any other DS or 3DS games that are both fairly simple and have fun local multiplayer.

I'm not sure he would enjoy strategy games or games with complex mechanics (he's mostly a 'press B to jump/hold A to accelerate' gamer, it takes him a very long time to decide to learn things such as running in platformers or drifting in racers), so I'm going to automatically rule out the often-suggested Monster Hunter. I'm up for any genre, but he's mostly only played platformers and kart racers on the SNES, Wii, and Wii U.

Minecraft is the ultimate sandbox game where you can build anything you want. I've never played multiplayer games on a DS with the exception of Mario Kart 7 online multiplayer, so I'm rather out of the loop about what games have good local multiplayer modes. minecraft 3ds multiplayer starttext This will generate a new / Minecraft is the ultimate sandbox game where you can build anything you want. We have access to two DS Lites and two 3DS XLs, so all we need are some ideas of games to play. My family is traveling in a couple of weeks, and my dad and I are going to need something to keep us entertained on the flights.

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