Kids say the darndest (classic gaming) things...

[BillyHW]

So whenever my 6 year old nephew, who was brought up on the Wii, comes over, we play old school games together. These are some of the cute and hilarious things that come out of his mouth. Do you have any similar stories?

 

1. "What sort of frog is it that can't swim?" -- My nephew, disgusted with Frogger.

 

2. "No, let's not play that game. That game cheats." -- My nephew, disgusted with Ghosts'n Goblins.

 

3. "No, I don't want to play Mario Kart. You always win. You've had way more time to practice that game." -- My nephew, disgusted that his Mario Kart Wii skills do not translate to the SNES.

 

4. "Ohhhhh, this is one of those games where you press up to go down." -- My nephew, disgusted with the pilot controls of Zaxxon (and Star Fox).

 

5. "What's a Pac...Man?"

 

He seems more interested in crappy Flash games than in some of the classics like Pac-Man and Donkey Kong, though. Though he really did like Mega Man 1 and 2. He seemed to know intuitively which order to fight the bosses in, and which weapons would work against which enemies. Don't ask me how.

 

[SoulBlazer]

I've always wondered about #1 and #2 myself.

[jaybird3rd]

Once, while my nephew was watching me play Jr. Pac-Man on the 5200, I was explaining that the ghosts were chasing Pac-Man when my nephew asked me, "How do the ghosts know where he is in the maze?"

 

It's a pretty good question, come to think of it.

[LidLikesIntellivision]

In Frogger's manual it's written you need to pass a fast moving river. Flimsy excuse??

 

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[jaybird3rd]

I've always wondered about #1 and #2 myself.

I always tell my niece and nephew that there are deadly fish under the surface that eat Frogger if he jumps into the water (and that the fish can't eat the otters and crocodiles and turtles because they're too big).

[+save2600]

When my 20-something y.o. cousin (who was a major NES nerd growing up) comes over, he can't for the life of him play an arcade game such as Missile Command, Asteroids or Space Invaders because of their "goofy" control panel schemes.

 

It's funny (and painful at the same time) to see him get so frustrated and cussing while trying to play those games. He's *that* uncoordinated due to using a pad all his life... talk about a handicap!

[sqoon]

Some of this almost sounds like making up Santa Claus stories

[Fixitguy74]

I've always wondered about #1 and #2 myself.

Well you see, when you use the bathroom.....

[A_Locomotive]

2. "No, let's not play that game. That game cheats." -- My nephew, disgusted with Ghosts'n Goblins.

 

My nephew said a more explicative laden version of this when I let him try it.

[SoulBlazer]

2. "No, let's not play that game. That game cheats." -- My nephew, disgusted with Ghosts'n Goblins.

 

My nephew said a more explicative laden version of this when I let him try it.

 

That's nothing, you should have heard me swear as a kid at this game.

[Arkhan]

When I was 6, I think the only question I remember asking was "why the hell can't Simon swim? what a dumbass!"

 

I got yelled at.

 

Really though, you'd think the most badass vampire killer around would know how to frigging swim. Instead, he sinks to the bottom like he's got cinderblock shoes on.