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Video Game Gift Ideas for Kids

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

I asked my children to tell me what they’d consider to be their favorite video games. In case there are people out there still looking for last minute gift ideas, below are some recommendations.

I recommend going to Game Stop to buy video games since they’re small stores that you can find anywhere. If you’re looking online, you can also try Amazon.

Here are my teenage son’s favorite games:

For the Wii:

Super Smash Bros Brawl

For the DS:

Mario Kart DS

For the PC (Computer):

Spore
World of Goo (It can also be downloaded onto the Wii*.)

For the N64 (Some old N64 games can be downloaded onto the Wii* – that’s how my son played it):

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Here are my 7 year old daughter’s favorites:

Disney Princesses: Enchanted Journey – available for the PC, Wii and PS2
Littlest Pet Shop Video Game – available for the PC, Wii and DS

Bratz Baby Ponies – this is free online – all you need is a Flash player! You choose a pony and style its hair. Great for girls!

Frogger – another game that has a free version online – good for boys and girls (My daughter played it on the GameCube – which is an older system.)

For the DS:

New Super Mario Bros.

For the PC:

World of Goo (It can also be downloaded onto the Wii*.)

Most kids seem to like games in the Mario Bros. franchise. You can see that Mario games are on both of my kids’ lists and I’ve bought them for many other children in our lives who have enjoyed playing them.

If you’re interested in stuffed animal and robotic animal gifts you can click the link to see an earlier post I wrote with recommendations.

Feel free to let us know about the games the kids you know like in the comments below…

Mama Lisa

*A Note About Downloading Games onto the Wii: There’s a Wii Shop Channel on the Wii Menu on the Wii. You can buy a Wii points card at a video game store or you could by points through the Wii Shop Channel. To use the card you just enter the code on the card into the Wii Shop Channel and search for a game. If it’s there it should come up. Most games cost $15 or less. 100 points costs $1. You can get old games on it and some games that are programmed specifically for it. The old games are from NES, SNES, N64 and some other systems.

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What’s the Big Deal about the Wii?

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Wii, Wii, Wii, Wii, Wii! That’s all we’ve been hearing around our house for the past three months. My 12 year old son has been saving up for one since the fall. It reminds me of when I saved up for my first stereo at the same age.

When my son finally determined he had the right amount of money, there were none to be found in the stores. He went on a hunt on the internet. Day after day he’d check different sites that would tell him where they were getting Wii’s in stock. Finally, about two weeks ago, he found out that a lot of nearby stores were getting them in. He got my husband to leave his cozy bed at 7:30 am one Sunday morning, and out they went with my son’s friend, to stand on line for a Wii. Would they be there early enough? Yes! They were! His quest for a Wii was finally over.

Now that my son owns a Wii, he spends as much time as he can on it. Meaning, when he’s not at school, at a club, doing household chores, homework, or letting his sister, father or friend have a turn!

You might think this is a bad thing. You’re probably imagining him sitting there with a joystick, inert on the couch. But no! The Wii is a very active video game. I see him standing in front of the TV with a wireless remote, swinging it like a bat, or a golf club, or a bowling ball. In another game, he’s jumping up and down, squatting down and doing side bends. He looks like he’s doing a workout video.

The Wii seems to signify the change in gaming that finally gets our kids up and about in the middle of the winter in a fun creative way.

What’s more, there are many games intended for play with more than one person. So instead of your kid sitting there in front of the TV alone. S/he can get up and play and move around in the company of a friend.

Admittedly, when the springtime rolls around, I’ll be hoping the furor over the Wii dies down enough that my kids will run around outside a bit too!

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