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Minecraft Dungeons HELP

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drspouse · 04/11/2021 16:28

DH and I are fairly clueless except what we have won't work...
DS is 9 and not very tech savvy (he has SEN) but liked playing Minecraft on my old Ipad except that he always wanted "what he saw on YouTube" to work immediately (kept mentioning The Floor is Lava and Bedwars)

We have now switched to Android. He also has an old Wii but we know that's pointless.
We are not totally averse to getting him a new device or allowing him to use my laptop (or even me getting a new laptop). But we have no idea what would be best except we know that the Switch (what a family friend has) isn't going to work much longer.
Basically, HEEEELP.

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drspouse · 04/11/2021 18:09

Thanks, we have been told that Dungeons is not going to be supported any more on the Switch and we aren't sure about an Xbox yet because of the games ,- the old Wii games are nice and tame.
I think it might be better to play on a TV BUT he's more likely to use a PC for other things.
It's so hard!

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PineappleIceCream · 04/11/2021 16:38

We have minecraft dungeons on Xbox. It is a pretty different game to actual minecraft. The look is the same sort of style and the mobs/monsters are the same but you work your way through different levels.

We have an Xbox and switch and both are great, expensive though. I’m not sure about minecraft dungeons on the switch but you can play normal minecraft on it. I think you need to look at the use of it(e.g. do you want it to connect to a tv, do you want it to be portable, how much you want to spend) and what games your son wants to play as this can be limited by which device you have.

You mention bed wars, this is accessed through normal minecraft. If you have a console rather than a PC the edition of minecraft is bedrock rather than Java. On consoles there are a limited amount of servers available to play including bed wars. My son is forever moaning he can’t ply the full range but honestly there’s more than enough options on the bedrock edition!