Wii Warm Up: With the kids

by Alisha Karabinus { Nov 23rd 2008 at 10:31AM }

Have kids, or maybe younger siblings or cousins? If so, it's likely that, sometimes, you play games with them -- but what to play? The Brainy Gamer has a list of actually-good games that are also kid-friendly, and while this set is definitely a great place to start, we're betting you can add some more. Obviously, Wii Sports will always be good family fare, but with the holiday season kicking into gear, we'll probably be playing more and more games with the family. So what do you choose?

Tags: family-friendly, kids-games

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Bowser Rogozhin @ Nov 23rd 2008 10:54AM

I agree with the original article on his view of De Blob. Painting the drab city polychrome is a real joy that never ceases to lessen, a joy heightened when I saw it dancing across my sister's face. 'Whoa', she was like.

I'd add DDR and Boogie. The latter is a poorly made game, but it's that same poorness that makes the game more fun than it actually should be.

Hamster @ Nov 23rd 2008 11:01AM

Mario Kart Wii and Wario Ware: Smooth Moves are usually very good for the whole family as they are very easily accessible for all (our parents are useless at games whereas all the younguns in my family are keen gamers). When the parents are gone we'll carry on with those two, but also Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Mario Strikers Charged and sometimes (if someone has their GBA SP with them) break out the old Pac Man VS (the most underrated multiplayer game of all-time).

PS. I could do without seeing those cheesy "fake family pretending to enjoy Wii party-games" promo shots. Look at their cold, dead eyes! And what the hell is "Dad" doing on the right?! 'Wii Squatting'?! 'Wii Take a Dump'?! Why the hell would anyone play a Wii like that?!! You can imagine the Nintendo marketing droid behind the camera shouting "not casual enough dammit!"

Bowser Rogozhin @ Nov 23rd 2008 11:11AM

False or not, they look a lot happier than you.

You bring gloom to that Mario Galaxy avatar of yours.

smcn @ Nov 23rd 2008 12:56PM

The worst part is NONE of them are using a wrist strap, and there's a glass coffee table between them and the TV! I can just smell the lawsuit.

blueduck08 @ Nov 23rd 2008 11:14AM

My nephew enjoys Exite Truck even though he's not very good at winning he loves just driving around and crashing into things. On the 360, Burnout Paradise is perfect because they can just drive around the city and don't have to enter any races that they would probably lose.

Luke @ Nov 23rd 2008 11:15AM

AC is an obvious one; haven't played it on Wii yet, and I'm disappointed by the lack of innovation in the series, but it's definitely worthy.

Smarty Pants finally dropped to $20 on Amazon recently and I picked it up...it's the best trivia game on Wii and I have a lot of fun playing it with a few people.

Mr Khan @ Nov 23rd 2008 12:47PM

kids, especially young boys, seem to love Mario Strikers Charged

That at least is the consensus among my little cousins

ExternalFireInt @ Nov 23rd 2008 1:13PM

We'll probably be playing Wii Sports, WarioWare, the new Bond, Naruto: CoNR2, and Smash Bros, among others.

Char6296 @ Nov 23rd 2008 2:08PM

Well, Brawl and Mario Kart gets played by both of my siblings and I, while Metroid Prime Hunters is more of a my younger brother and I thing.

Sonic_13 @ Nov 23rd 2008 2:13PM

Wii Sports is always the most popular title, but this holiday season I plan on adding Mario Kart and Tetris Party to the gameplay mix with family.

TX2 @ Nov 23rd 2008 3:52PM

We played Bomberman 93 to death when we got it on the VC. Never understood the appeal of bomberman until then. Brawl and Mario Kart are always good. We also tried playing Resident Evil 4 together, but since we already did that on the gamecube, I ended up just playing it alone.

pjsingh @ Nov 23rd 2008 4:06PM

My whole family likes to play Mk: Wii. However, only my parents and the adults dont like ssbb, only the kids do.

This is off topic, but why didn't anyone on this blog mention zelda: ocarina of time's 10th anniversary on Nov. 23? This may be wii fanboy, but it is NINTENDO wii fanboy

pjsingh @ Nov 23rd 2008 4:08PM

btw, its still nov 23, so its not to late (hint hint)...........

pjsingh @ Nov 23rd 2008 4:08PM

btw, its still nov 23, so its not to late (hint hint)...........

LordD @ Nov 23rd 2008 5:44PM

My 2-year old love Mario Kart. He laughed insanely when he found out that pressing A makes the driver peek back at him (oh, and start backing, but the peeking was the appeal).

I wish a wii ware devoloper would make a keyboard-basher type "game", where waggling or pushing any buttons make cool things happen. You know, shapes/coulors/music/letters etc would pop up. Not that I have a need to engage my son in videogames just yet, but he loves to play with the wiimote and it could be a nice way for him to get to be "in on the action" so to speak.

Stalin @ Nov 23rd 2008 7:38PM

gross. i hate how all Wii adverts show annoying people playing the games. it's kind of sickening, and almost puts me off the games they're advertising. only Japanese commercials can get away with being that cheesy.

simon @ Nov 23rd 2008 11:37PM

i just got "diego safari rescue" for my 2 year old. she loves diego on the DS so we'll see how she goes with this one :)

im waiting for the dora game. everyone wrote that game off but i tell you now, its target audience (i.e. 3-6 year olds) will love it.