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16 Responses to “Gamers?”

1. 1 Olive Nov 26th, 2007 at 11:51 pm

   I thought Super Mario 64 was pretty sweet on the Nintendo 64, and I think they put out a similar version for the DS. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_64_DS I haven’t played the DS one, though.

2. 2 Anne Nov 27th, 2007 at 1:58 am

   For DSLite:

   Does he have Big Brain Academy or Brain Age 2 (or 1, for that matter)?

   I’d say for his level, go with Big Brain Academy — but you’ll even want to ‘play’.

3. 3 Arwen Nov 27th, 2007 at 2:05 am

   Metacritic is a good site for comparing. Mario’s always fun and age appropriate: Mario Kart is one of MY favorites, for example. Also Mario Party out there. Legend of Zelda has shown up on the DS, too.

4. 4 dr. b. Nov 27th, 2007 at 2:12 am

   The new Marios are pretty good, then there is Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, or if he likes sim-type games there is My Sims. Lots of new and good stuff for the DS this time of year.

5. 5 evil_fizz Nov 27th, 2007 at 9:11 am

   Another vote for the Mario games and Zelda for the DS.

   For the Game Cube, Lego Star Wars!

6. 6 norbizness Nov 27th, 2007 at 9:54 am

   It’s Wii time, baby. Nice and aerobic.

7. 7 Roy Nov 27th, 2007 at 10:29 am

   I’m going to agree with everyone who suggested that New Super Mario Brothers is a blast, and evil_fizz is right- Lego Star Wars is awesome. I was just playing that yesterday, in fact. Mario Kart DD and Twilight Princess are both great GC games, too.

   What kinds of games does E like?

8. 8 David Schraub Nov 27th, 2007 at 11:52 am

   This may be totally idiosyncratic of me, but I loved Luigi’s Mansion for GameCube.

9. 9 Lauren Nov 27th, 2007 at 12:19 pm

   He has the Zelda and Mario games, and Big Brain Academy (which I love). On the GC he’s addicted to Windwaker, Mario Party, and Animal Crossing.

10. 10 Anne Nov 27th, 2007 at 1:11 pm

    Games NOT to get him:

    - Nintendogs of any sort

    - Hannah Montana DS

    - Cooking Mama

    Can there be any more vapid games?

11. 11 Lauren Nov 27th, 2007 at 3:12 pm

    I’m seriously resisting the Nintendogs game. They look dumb but they’re really heavily advertised.

    Also, we got the Sims pets (?) game (whichever one where you’re a vet) and none of us can figure it out after having it for a year. No more pet games.

12. 12 astronautgo Nov 28th, 2007 at 9:09 pm

    For the Game Cube, I thought Super Smash Bros. was all kinds of fun.

13. 13 Valerae Nov 28th, 2007 at 11:50 pm

    Does he have the Zelda Phantom Hourglass game for the DS?

14. 14 Onymous Nov 29th, 2007 at 2:02 pm

    While they’re kinda old, the Pikmin games for the gamecube are cool (the upside to being kinda old is that you can find them cheap, you could probably get both of them for the price of one new game for either). Although Pikmin 1 has timer that can be kinda frustrating.
    Beyond Good and Evil (also GC) is an excellent zelda style adventure/actionRPG thing.

15. 15 Lauren Nov 29th, 2007 at 6:36 pm

    His Grandma bought him the Phantom Hourglass game. It is a new favorite.

16. 16 Zenmasterw Nov 30th, 2007 at 10:55 am

    It might be harder to find, but if you can snag a copy of Trauma Center for the DS, it is weird and awesome. It’s like Guitar Hero for surgery.

    It does get extremely difficult, though.

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