Originally Posted by Amanah (Post 1524009)

It is rated "E" for everyone and looks innocent enough to me. But you would actually need to see the game in person to judge it.

Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa (Post 1524010)

No one knows your child as you do. Time waster? Well, that's up to you. Where you place your limits on her wasting time. Do you have anything else you would like to do with her instead of playing that game? Then take her to do that. More time you spend with her the less time she has with video games.

Originally Posted by Jason B (Post 1524055)

It's an innocent game, which is hard to find these days. My girls loved it. Only thing I'd suggest is monitoring the time you allow on it. It can go on forever. They can save their game, so even if they only play 20 minutes to an hour on occasion, they can enjoy it.

Originally Posted by Tithesmeister (Post 1524176)

Any games that interact with others online are a concern.

God bless your parenting efforts.

Originally Posted by votivesoul (Post 1524062)

Animal Crossing New Leaf is for the Nintendo 3DS, which has a 3-D function to it, that can be used or left alone, controlled by a slider on the right hand side of the machine. Depending on your child's age, it is important to make sure the system is not placed in 3-D mode, per Nintendo's own instructions:

http://en-americas-support.nintendo....intendo-3ds%3F

Secondly, there are a lot of things within Japanese culture that are considered innocent or mild, or okay for children, that you might find objectionable as a Christian. Having never played the game, I cannot speak to specifics, but if you see any mention of things like "yokai", please understand that that is a Japanese word for demons or spirits, as in the game Yokai Watch, which is a Nintendo product for the Nintendo 3DS:

https://yo-kai.nintendo.com/

Also look for words like "tengu" or "kami", as these also relate to Japanese demonology and deities within the Shinto religion.

See:

http://yokai.com

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Tengu

https://www.ancient.eu/Kami/

Originally Posted by Jason B (Post 1524344)

I never let my children interact with anyone online, until they were 15. Then only people they knew from church or family.

The internet is a cesspool.

Originally Posted by votivesoul (Post 1524062)

Animal Crossing New Leaf is for the Nintendo 3DS, which has a 3-D function to it, that can be used or left alone, controlled by a slider on the right hand side of the machine. Depending on your child's age, it is important to make sure the system is not placed in 3-D mode, per Nintendo's own instructions:

We talked it over, and if we decide to get one, it will be the 2ds model. Thank you and God bless!

Originally Posted by votivesoul (Post 1524062)

Animal Crossing New Leaf is for the Nintendo 3DS, which has a 3-D function to it, that can be used or left alone, controlled by a slider on the right hand side of the machine. Depending on your child's age, it is important to make sure the system is not placed in 3-D mode, per Nintendo's own instructions:

http://en-americas-support.nintendo....intendo-3ds%3F

Secondly, there are a lot of things within Japanese culture that are considered innocent or mild, or okay for children, that you might find objectionable as a Christian. Having never played the game, I cannot speak to specifics, but if you see any mention of things like "yokai", please understand that that is a Japanese word for demons or spirits, as in the game Yokai Watch, which is a Nintendo product for the Nintendo 3DS:

https://yo-kai.nintendo.com/

Also look for words like "tengu" or "kami", as these also relate to Japanese demonology and deities within the Shinto religion.

See:

http://yokai.com

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Tengu

https://www.ancient.eu/Kami/

Originally Posted by berkeley (Post 1542200)

Originally Posted by Jenny (Post 1548116)

Thank you for responding. I did not realize until I did more research that manga and anime often depict gay relationships and there are all these magical powers involved. Thank you so much for bringing this up. My little girl no longer plays. There was a fortune teller who comes to town every week and the goal is to have her tell your fortune so many times and then she can build a regular office next to the nightclub or someplace in the town. Well, Mary said she was going to run that fortune teller out of town, and there weren't going to be any whiskey joints there either! She sounded just like her grandmother!

She eventually gave it up because it was too stressful. She would get to a stopping place in the game, she thought, and another little animal villager would want her to run an errand. Conscientious little thing that she is, she would try to get that done. It just got to stressing her out, and she and I and her dad decided that her personality and the game just didn't mesh. We did get her another game for the 2DS though, Happy Home Designer. You can quit in the middle of redecorating any house and just leave it for as long as you want with no consequences. That works out much better. Old Maid, anyone?

Originally Posted by berkeley (Post 1542200)