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Fall Themed Gift Guide

Gaming Chickadee — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:12:00 +0000

Fall has fallen and with it a new gift guide! In this Fall Themed Gift Guide I’ll list some great games for cozying up with and plushies and more! I hope it helps you out.

Video Games

Nancy Drew

Nancy Drew: Warnings at Waverly Academy is one of the many great games in the Nancy Drew video game series. In this game, people have been receiving threats and Nancy goes undercover to solve the mystery.

Twinkleby

This Game is absolutely adorable! In the game you decorate different islands and help make the villagers that arrive happy. It also has a feature where you can change what season it is, including fall!

Animal Crossing

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a great game to cozy up with in the fall. In the game you decorate your very own island and meet all sorts of cute villagers. They even have events in the game like Halloween and Thanksgiving!

Yoshi’s Crafted World

Yoshi’s Crafted World is such a cute game! In the game you play as Yoshi (or Yoshis) as they try to save the day in a side scrolling adventure.

Other Cozy games

Here are some more cute and cozy games!

Plush Toys

Here are some cute, snuggly plushies for Fall!

Board and Card games

Here are some great choice for family games to play during the Fall season.

Other fun stuff

Here and some other fun things that are Fall themed!

I hope you enjoyed my list! Happy Halloween, Thanksgiving or just Fall!

Fall Themed Gift Guide brought to you by Gaming Chickadee

Chickadee loves to have family gaming days. She loves birds, unicorns, ponies She also likes the Nancy Drew Games. She loves to play as Princess Daisy in the Super Mario Games, Her favorite games change a lot but right they are: Mario Party Superstars, Super Mario Bros. Wonder and Pretty Princess Magical Garden Island.

LEGO Fans Gift Guide

Gaming Chickadee — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:04:00 +0000

LEGO is well known for their building sets but they also have some games too! If you’re a fan of LEGO or know someone who is, this gift guide will help you with the perfect LEGO themed gifts!

LEGO Video Games

LEGO has several video games, including:

You can also but level packs for LEGO Dimensions like Sonic the Hedgehog Level Pack for example.

Sonic Superstars also had DLC which include LEGO version of Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Amy!

LEGO Sonic The Hedgehog

LEGOs and Sonic together is a great combination! All these sets listed below are great for both kinds of fans.

LEGO Super Mario

Mario also has LEGOs! You can interacted with them via the app as well. Below is a list of some of my favorite Mario LEGOs!

LEGO Friends

LEGO Friends is one of the series included with LEGO. In my opinion the sets are adorable!

LEGO Animal Crossing

If you like the game Animal Crossing: New Horizons, then you’ll love these LEGO set themed after the game!

3 in 1 LEGOs

These set include 3 different things you can build with the same bricks!

Other fun LEGOs!

I hope my gift guide helps!

LEGO Fans Gift Guide brought to you by Gaming Chickadee

Top 10 Games like Animal Crossing

Gaming Chickadee — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 00:01:00 +0000

Animal Crossing is a great series of games like Animal Crossing: New Horizons. In this post I listed 10 games that share similarities to each other, I hope you enjoy it!

If you like the games here, then you might also enjoy a list of cute and cozy games by David! view it here.

Pretty Princess Magical Garden Island

Pretty Princess Magical Garden Island is a great game and one of my favorites. Animal Crossing and this game both have gardening, fishing, decorating and crafting things. You can read more about it in my review here.

My Sims games

My Sims/My Sims Kingdom are great games. They come in a bundle for Switch and Steam but they are two different games. In My Sims you fix up a broken down town and in My Sims: Kingdom you fix the kingdom. Animal Crossing and the My Sims games both have you building and decorating.

LEGO Worlds

We always have lots of laughs with LEGO Worlds. LEGO Worlds is like Animal Crossing because in both games you build and decorate.

Welcome to my home

Welcome to my home is one of my favorite apps to play. It’s also cute, cozy and fun to play. In the game you can decorate your own workshop, craft stuff, dress up and more, It’s also free!

My Little Pony: Magic Princess

My Little Pony: Magic Princess is also an free to download app. It’s one of Unicorn Gamer’s favorite apps and in the game you collect ponies, decorate towns and more!

RollerCoaster Tycoon games

The RollerCoaster Tycoon games are a little bi like Animal Crossing. The same idea being decorating and building things. You can read about three of them from David’s posts (below are links).

Calico

Calico is a great game. We got it free from Amazon Games and then loved it. In the game you decorate and play with cute animals, what could be better?

Pretty Princess Party

Pretty Princess Party is really fun game and it’s one of my favorites. In the game you crafts, decorate, dress up and play fun minigames. It may be mostly 1-player but the minigames you can play 4-players. Read more about it in my review and guide (links are below).

Minecraft

Minecraft is like LEGO Worlds. Both games have similarities to Animal Crossing because you build and decorate.

Cozy Islands

Cozy Islands is a fun and cute game. How it looks reminds us of Cailco but the gameplay is even more like Animal Crossing. You collect things so you can craft stuff just like Animal Crossing. Cozy Island is also a free to download app.

I hope you enjoy these games I listed like we do. If you have any games that are like Animal Crossing you’d like to share, feel free to comment below!

Top 10 Games like Animal Crossing brought to you by Gaming Chickadee

5 Best Cute and Cozy Switch Games for the Family

David M. — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 04:13:48 +0000

While gaming usually revolves around intense action and competition. Gaming for relaxation and comfort is another good reason to break out the Switch. There are many cute and cozy Switch games to play while curled up on the couch with a warm blanket.

Winning isn’t everything. Soothing games are just as rewarding as getting a new personal best at Mario Kart. Watching someone else play an incredibly cute game is just as entertaining as watching someone else play Fortnite.

If you’re looking for relaxing games to pass the time then we’ve got you covered. The following is a list of the best cozy and cute Switch games.

Yoshi’s Crafted World

This has to be the cutest looking game I’ve ever seen. Everything looks like it came right out the kindergarten craft supplies. The construction paper, straws, popsicle sticks, cardboard, and string looks incredibly real.

It’s as much fun to watch as it is to play. Nobody could accuse this game of being intense. But that’s why this game is so appealing. It’s easy without being boring.

There’s something soothing about figuring out the simple puzzles blocking your path, finding the flowers, and shooting eggs at effortless targets. The audio is also well done. The sounds and music are perfect for this cute game.

Paper Mario: The Origami King

While this game shares some visual aspects with Yoshi’s Crafted World, the Paper Mario series has been around a long time. If you’re looking for a cozy game with a great storyline Paper Mario: The Origami King is a great choice.

The story is absolutely captivating. Be prepared with some tissue’s when playing this game. No spoilers, but it is a tear jerker. It’s hard not to get immersed in the new character’s and their storyline.

While their world is 3D, paper Mario is flat. This game is very creative with the 2D Mario. Taking advantage of paper Mario’s flatness and lightness is essential to making it through this game.

Instead of cozying up with a blanket and watching a movie, put in this game and enjoy a Saturday afternoon.

Kirby and the Forgotten Land

Another cute and cozy game to play instead of watching a movie is Kirby’s Forgotten Land. This is another game with a fairly good storyline. Elfilin, like most Kirby characters, is the definition of cute.

If you’ve played other Kirby games then you’ll know how colorful they are. This game is no different. It is different in that it’s a 3D world to explore.

Making your way through the worlds while freeing trapped Waddle-Dees and battling bosses is a good way to spend a relaxing evening. It isn’t the hardest game I’ve played but isn’t a walk in the park either.

Be sure to visit the Waddle Dee town if things get too difficult. There are some good minigames to play, power ups, and cutscenes to watch. Overall, we think of Kirby and the Forgotten Land as a cute and cozy Switch game.

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker

Playing this game is a great way to spend time cozied up on a couch. It’s much less intense than most games yet still offers some great gameplay. Who would think a game without jumping would be fun, but Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker is an enjoyable puzzle game.

It’s kind of a maze game, only it’s 3D. Figuring out a path to the star while also avoiding being hit is the goal. It isn’t as hard as it sounds. In fact, I find it strikes a good balance between skill and enjoyability.

The puzzles aren’t stress inducing. Nor do the obstacles give you anxiety. Some levels are more challenging than others. But overall, it’s a good way to spend time keeping your mind engaged.

If you find puzzle games soothing and relaxing then Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker is a good option.

Animal Crossing

What would a list about cute and cozy games be without Animal Crossing? You live on an island with other animal characters. There’s plenty of things to do and items to collect on this island.

Sell items and fruit to collect bells. Then get a house and items to fill the house. No money is involved, only bells. This game is like life on easy mode.

If you’re looking for charming, then Animal Crossing fits that description. We enjoy spending time singing or dancing with other characters on the island. Remodeling a house is as easy as pressing a few buttons.

It’s hard to believe bugs and fish could be cute but Animal Crossing does a good job doing so. Even Tom Nook and his cronies grew on us. Animal Crossing is definitely a good game to spend time curling up with a blanket on a couch.

Summary

While there’s no shortage of intense games to choose from. Sometimes you just want to play a cute game that’s relaxing. Games that aren’t too intense without also being very boring are hard to find.

In my experience the games listed here are the cutest games for a Nintendo Switch. Yet are also relaxing and fun to play. A tall order to fill but Yoshi’s Crafted World, Paper Mario: Origami King, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, and Animal Crossing are made to order.

If Cute and Cozy is your thing, then you should try checking out my daughter’s games like Animal Crossing post here.

Cute and Cozy Switch Games brought to you by David M.

I’m David M. I’ve been playing video games a long time, my pong game was fire. Now, my kids run circles around me but we always have a good time. We mostly play party and family games. Strategy and battle games are still among my favorites. I like writing about games almost as much as I do playing them. My favorite games are: Moving Out 2, Out of Space and Overcooked All You Can Eat.

The Best Family Friendly Four Player Games: Nintendo Switch

Unicorn Gamer — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 10:00:00 +0000

With things like online play and multi-Nintendo Switch local connectivity, it can sometimes be hard to tell how many people can play together in the same room on one console (aka couch co-op or couch versus).

Because of this, we’ve compiled a list of some of our favorite games that we know for sure can be played with four players on one Nintendo Switch console. Please note that to be able to play these or any other games for the Nintendo Switch with four players, you’ll need to have at least one controller or set of controllers for each person playing.

Moving Out

In Moving Out, you and your friends can become Packmore’s “best” moving team and save the world (along with everybody’s stuff). The concept is fairly simple; carry everything from one place to another as fast as you can. Of course, you’ll have to avoid ghosts, guava-lava, giant crushers, oil slicks, and oncoming traffic while you do it! You’ll also occasionally have to chase down your cargo and keep it from escaping the truck while you load everything else on! We have a more in-depth review of Moving Out. We also have a gameplay guide that lists out all the levels, and we have an achievements guide that tells you how to get 100% on every level in the main campaign.

Moving Out 2

Moving Out 2 is the sequel to Moving Out, and it includes even more locations than the first. In this game, the F.A.R.T.’s (Furniture Arrangement and Relocation Technicians) will be traveling to new dimensions and will leave no box unmoved. This game also has more types of levels, such as score attack, and moving in, which is now a type of level rather than a mode like it was in the first game. You can read more about what we think of the game here in our review of Moving Out 2.

Overcooked!

In Overcooked! You save the world by cooking! Chop, scrub, dash, and deliver orders as fast as you can to curb the hunger of the Ever Peckish! Master the many challenges that each dynamic kitchen has to offer as you cook your way to victory. You’ll have to make orders such as soup, fish-and-chips, hamburgers, and pizza, in some of the most unimaginable places like outer-space, inside volcanoes, and even in multiple trucks driving alongside each other on the highway! You can read more of our thoughts about this game in this review of Overcooked! right here on Family Game Squad.

Overcooked! 2

An amazing sequel to Overcooked, Overcooked! 2 takes the principles established in the first game and manages to refine and improve upon them. It even introduces new mechanics, such as the ability to throw ingredients! This game has some of the same recipes as the original, but it also adds in sushi, cakes/pancakes, and more! This time in the Onion Kingdom, the Onion King has accidentally unleashed a hangry horde of Unbread monsters! While you don’t really need to have played the first game to understand the story of this one, I still recommend getting both since they’re both great games.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Just like most other installments in the Mario Kart series, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe offers lots of high-speed fun and madness for all. Up to four players can participate in Grand Prix, Battle, and VS Modes with just a single console and four controllers. It’s our number one most played game on the Switch, so all of us here at Family Game Squad can highly recommend this one! We’ve had plenty of fun times with this game, and you can about some of our best moments in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe here.

Super Mario Party

With a whopping eighty two mini-games that support four players on a single Nintendo Switch, there’s lots to do in Super Mario Party! Not to mention all the game modes, such as Mario Party, Partner Party, River Survival, Sound Stage, Mariothon, and Square Off. As a side note, this game does not support Pro-Controllers, meaning that you’d need four individual Joy-Cons to be able to play with four players.

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020

Go for gold in these super-powered sports events starring your favorite characters from the Mario and Sonic universes! Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 features real-life olympic sports events such as equestrian, relay, rugby, football (soccer), table tennis, and many others. In Addition, there are “Dream Events”, which are events that are somewhat based on real life events, only with some unique twists thrown in, and some of them even take place in iconic locations from Mario’s and Sonic’s other adventures, such as the Mushroom Kingdom from Mario Odyssey or Metropolis from Sonic Forces!

Disney Tsum Tsum Festival

Play as the adorable Tsum Tsum versions of characters from popular Disney movies in lots of fun mini-games! In Disney Tsum Tsum Festival, there’s mini-games like Tsum Maze (Pacman), Tsum Curling, Spinner Battle, and more! Plus in each mini-game you can choose to play in either co-op or competitive mode, which completely changes how the game works! This game also includes challenges for each mini-game via Bingo Challenge Cards which provide more opportunities to earn coins (which you use to unlock characters), adding just that much more to the already fun-filled mini-games!

Team Sonic Racing

How could you go wrong with a game where the fastest thing alive teams up with his friends and drives some of the fastest race cars on the planet? In Team Sonic Racing, you don’t just share your points in grand prix. You can also send your items to your teammates to help them take down the competition, or help them with a slipstream boost if they’re going a little slow by driving near them, or they can follow in your tracks to build up a small speed boost! All of which adds points to your Team Ultimate meter that, once full, lets your whole team perform a Team Ultimate speed boost that makes you all invincible!

Carnival Games

Have a fun day at the carnival without ever leaving your living room! In Carnival Games, you can take part in twenty fun mini-games, ranging from flying mini-rockets through outer space tunnels to bouncing around collecting bananas! You even play each game as your own custom made avatar! And if you want to just jump into the action without having to make a character the first time you play, the game comes with some premade characters ready for you to choose from.

Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury

Race the clock together in these purr-fect 3D platformer games! In Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury, Bowser has captured the seven Sprixie Princesses, and up to four players can team up and play as either Mario, Luigi, Toad, Peach, or (later) Rosalina to save the day! In Bowser’s Fury, Bowser is on a rampage that even his own son, Bowser Jr., can’t stop alone! Explore the various islands around Lake Lapcat to find and collect Cat Shines to clear the goop and calm Bowser down!

Kirby Star Allies

Make friends wherever you go in this side-scrolling adventure! In Kirby Star Allies, player one plays as Kirby, while the other players control Kirby’s friends and enemies-turned-allies. All players can harness elemental abilities that affect the environment and enemies in unique ways, and each player can combine their powers to get new abilities, such as combining the sword ability with Burning Leo’s fire breath to get a Sizzle Sword that can slice and burn obstacles at the same time!

Kirby Fighters 2

Battle for glory with (or against) your friends in Kirby Fighters 2! Win battles to level up and unlock more stages, abilities, and headgear to choose from! With four players, you can do either free for all battles or team battles where you could do two versus two, two versus one versus one, or even three versus one! And if you have save data from Kirby Star Allies (listed earlier in this post) or Super Kirby Clash (a free download on the Nintendo Switch eShop that can also be done with up to four players on one console), you can even unlock exclusive headgear for some of the abilities!

Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Build the island paradise of your dreams in Animal Crossing: New Horizons! Amass a fortune to decorate and upgrade your home and island to make it a nice place for you, your family, and up to ten animal neighbors to call home! Time in the game is synced up with your Nintendo Switch’s system clock, so you can watch the seasons and time of day change on your island at the same time as your own backyard! You can even catch two hundred different kinds of bugs and fish that can be donated to your island’s museum where you can learn some interesting facts about the real-life counterparts!

Snow Moto Racing Freedom

Pull off crazy stunts as you zoom through gorgeous snowy landscapes on your snowmobile in Snow Moto Racing Freedom! You can choose between three different modes when doing four player split-screen mode; Snocross, Sprint, and Leisure. Each of which can take place on one of the three expansive maps where you can even set things like the time of day and weather!

Mario Tennis Aces

Tennis just got a whole lot more intense in Mario Tennis Aces! Fill up your power gauge to pull off impressive feats like Zone Speed to slow down time, or Zone Shots that can weaken or even break your opponents’ rackets if they don’t counter it right, or save up all your power to do your character’s Special Shot and send the ball rocketing toward your opponents’ side of the court with enough force to instantly break their rackets if they counter it wrong, if they can even get there in time!

Snipperclips Plus – Cut it out, together!

Work together to cut the paper pals Snip and Clip into keys, gears, hooks, and whatever else you can come up with to solve lots of challenging puzzles! In Snipperclips Plus – Cut it out, together! You catch creatures, pop balloons, and more in Party mode. Or get competitive in Blitz mode with mini-games like hockey, hoops, and territory! There’s also a relaxing Stamp mode where you can use your characters as stamps to make beautiful masterpieces!

Sonic Mania Plus

Sonic Mania Plus is a retro-styled 2D pixel art platformer where you race through vibrant levels going for the best time and most points. Collect rings, destroy robots, and break power-up monitors to help you in your quest to save the world from Dr. Eggman’s (Robotnik’s?) latest evil scheme! If you have the Encore mode DLC (included in the “Plus” edition of Sonic Mania), you can race with up to three other players in Competition mode, where you can play through most of the levels available in the main story mode! Each playable character has their own set of unique abilities that open up possibilities for different routes, even in Competition mode!

Super Mario Maker 2

Ever wanted to design your own levels for a Mario game? Well, now you can! In Super Mario Maker 2, you can make your very own courses inspired by games like Super Mario 3D World, Super Mario Bros. 1 and 3, New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, and Super Mario World! Even if you’re not the creative type, if you have an online membership, you can play courses made by Nintendo and other players from all over the world! While you can’t make courses or do story mode with four players at once, you can still play already made courses with four players.

Game Builder Garage

While actually making games is limited to single player (though multiple controllers can be connected to control the pointer on the screen, we find that it’s a bit hectic to try and collaborate on making a game in that way), the number of players in the games you make is essentially only limited by your creativity and skills. In Game Builder Garage you can make basically any kind of game you can dream up if you have the imagination, problem solving skills, and patience required to make it a reality. You don’t even need to have any coding experience! All the logic and visuals are created by placing and connecting things called “Nodon”, and there are several helpful lessons that teach you how to make good use of them to make the game of your dreams.

Hello Kitty Kruisers With Sanrio Friends

In Hello Kitty Kruisers With Sanrio Friends, you race in adorable cars, boats, and planes in this game starring Hello Kitty and her friends! This is a great first racing game for younger players who might have trouble with a more complex game such as Mario Kart or Team Sonic Racing, as this game has fairly simple controls and straightforward courses.

Pretty Princess Party

Experience a day in the life of a magical princess in Pretty Princess Party! Race your horses, pick flowers, dance, and more to restore magic to the kingdom! You even get to dress up your own pretty princess and make her look however you want! While story mode is only single-player, all the mini-games can be done with up to four players on one console. Chickadee especially loves this game, and has even written a guide on it!

I hope that this list has helped you find some games that you and your family can enjoy together.

Is Nintendo Switch good for family of 4?

Yes. There are lots of fun family friendly games that allow four or more people to play together; just check out the list of suggestions above.

Can you play 4 player on Nintendo Switch?

Yes. Some games even allow up to eight players.

Is Nintendo Switch a good family game?

Yes; the Nintendo Switch is a good family gaming console. There are a plethora of fun games suitable for the whole family that you can get for the Nintendo Switch.

What is the easiest game on the Switch for kids?

Pocoyo Party is very simple and easy, and it has one minigame that allows up to four players to participate in a race as characters from the show. Hello Kitty Kruisers is an excellent simplified precursor to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for those who are new to racing games.

The Best Family-Friendly Four-Player Games for the Nintendo Switch brought to you by Unicorn Gamer

Unicorn is Cool and really good at video games. She likes to play with her family and is really good at finding secrets, doing hard things and things like that. Her favorite games right now are: Sonic Frontiers, Super Mario Odessey and Kirby And The Forgotten Land.

Five Tips for Sharing an Island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Unicorn Gamer — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 00:34:32 +0000

Animal Crossing: New Horizons for the Nintendo Switch is a great game, though I’ve seen many people complain about how you can only have one island per console, especially those who have to share their Switch with multiple people (like us). While it is a bit disappointing, I don’t think that it has to be a deal-breaker. I’ve come up with a list of the five most helpful tips I could think of when it comes to sharing an island with multiple people.

1. Make it a family project

This game really does provide a great opportunity for everyone to get together and work on the fun project of building up an island as a family, so long as you make sure that everybody gets to voice their ideas and puts in an effort to making your island the best it can be for everyone involved. I highly recommend that you get your whole family (and/or whomever you’re sharing your island with) together as often as possible and do Party Play (via the Call Resident app on your Nookphone, unlocked as soon as at least one other person has set up their house on the island), since it makes sure that everyone gets a chance to give their input and to work on projects together when designing your island. Plus it’s just more fun that way!

2. Share your resources

If you have extra resources in your storage or your pockets that another player needs and you don’t, share with them! Or if you have lots of Bells and another player wants to purchase something that won’t be available the next day, give them a loan! Of course, you should also make sure that it never gets to where one player is doing all the giving while the other is doing all the taking. Try writing down what you loan a player and when to keep track and make sure things don’t get out of hand.

3. Be mindful of the others on your island

Don’t take someone else’s decorations and sell them without permission, and don’t purposely tell their favorite villager to leave. The Golden Rule is a very, very important thing to keep in mind when playing this game. Especially if you want to stay on speaking terms with whomever you’re sharing with.

4. Divide up the island

While I think that it would be ideal if everyone could all work together to build up their islands, I realize that it might not be a possibility for some people to do that. If you feel that things just wouldn’t be able to work out with treating your island like a family project, or if you’ve tried and found that not everyone was enjoying themselves, you could divide up your island and give each player their own section to work on like they would if they weren’t sharing the island with anyone else. You could put fencing, rivers, cliffs, custom designs, or anything else that could help you distinguish the borders of each player’s section and make sure that you don’t accidentally decorate/terraform somebody else’s section.

5. Keep things fair

No matter how you decide to view your island, try to make sure that things stay fair for everyone. I recommend that everyone be allowed to have at least one animal villager’s house that they get full control of (or at least as much control as the game allows). Meaning that only they can decide to kick out whoever moves into that house, and have everyone else ask their permission before they do something like changing their villager’s catchphrase or giving the villager an item that would affect their clothing/home décor, and if a player wants their villager someplace else on the island, the resident representative should move it for them (the player who wants their villager moved should still give them the Bells needed to move the house, though). You could also set aside certain fruit trees for each player to harvest from by labeling them with custom designs or by keeping them near their houses. I also suggest that once the resident representative unlocks the pole vault and ladder, that they craft one of each for each player, since it saves them from having to buy the recipe themselves and it doesn’t have to cost the resident representative anything other than the time it takes to make them, since the other players could supply the materials for their tools if necessary.

Ultimately I think that whether having to share an island is a strength or weakness of this game is up to the people playing it. I hope that you found these tips helpful and that they’ll make your experience with the game that much more enjoyable. If you have any other tips or advice that you’ve thought of while playing, feel free to share them in the comments below.

Five Tips for Sharing an Island in Animal Crossing brought to you by Unicorn Gamer