tammyw Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 My son is getting a wii U for his 7th birthday. We've never owned a game system but he loves games like Plants vs Zombies for the iPhone. I'd love some suggestions for games he might love! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenn- Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Mine want a Wii U so they can get the Lego City game. I told them we weren't spending that kind of money for 1 game. We have a regular Wii and Xbox 360 Kinect, so it isn't like they are deprived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeeterbug Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Mine love MarioKart and Wii Sports (bowling, tennis, etc). They are both good family games as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 The Scribblenauts series is really good. It's a logic puzzle type of game designed for children. I've seen it recommended on here before. The original games were created for the Nintendo DS. I'm glad to see they have one for the Wii U. It seems to have a multi-player functiion but I'm not sure how that would work. When my family plays the one for the DS, we talk about the puzzles together to decide what to create so it's good for family togetherness imho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2att Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 My boys like Nintendoland and Super Mario Brothers for WiiU, but their very favorite is Scribblenauts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Mine want a Wii U so they can get the Lego City game. I told them we weren't spending that kind of money for 1 game. We have a regular Wii and Xbox 360 Kinect, so it isn't like they are deprived. We told our son the same thing for the same reasons. He has come up with about 6 more games that interest him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenn- Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 I will say that my kids absolutely love Scribblenauts on the DS and iPods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammyw Posted June 6, 2013 Author Share Posted June 6, 2013 Thanks for the recommendations so far! Is there a place to go and try games before you buy? GameStop maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammyw Posted June 6, 2013 Author Share Posted June 6, 2013 Mine love MarioKart and Wii Sports (bowling, tennis, etc). They are both good family games as well. Do you need different controllers to go with Wii Sports? This is all so new to us since we've NEVER had a family game system. We resisted for a long time but finally caved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeeterbug Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Do you need different controllers to go with Wii Sports? This is all so new to us since we've NEVER had a family game system. We resisted for a long time but finally caved. Just the Wii remote, and nunchuck for some of the games (boxing needs it). One remote and one nunchuck should come with your system. Well, we have a Wii so I am not sure how the Wii U might be different. I know they sell tennis rackets for the Wii but we've never used them, just using the remote works fine. For driving games it is nice to have the steering wheel, you can get them separately quite cheaply, but I've noticed my kids haven't been using them lately. I prefer to have one to grip rather than just the remote (the remote clicks into the steering wheel, so you can use just the remote for driving if you prefer). FWIW we have been happy with off-brand remotes, the Wii brand are expensive. The only one we don't like is the one that requires a screwdriver to change the battery, it's annoying. But the other off-brands we bought weren't like that. We also bought a charging station where we can charge the remotes/battery packs between uses. That was a later purchase, you don't need one to get started. The Wii is the only game system we own, we chose it because of the games we can play together. Hope this helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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