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We are buying a Wii Mini as a birthday gift for a 10 year old boy. What games should I get him? He is already getting MarioKart.
On his PS2 he really enjoyed Dragon Quest VIII. So he seems to enjoy games with turn based fighting. He also loves sports and lego's. He does play a Star Wars lego game on his DS.
Any suggestions for Wii games?
Also can MarioKart be played without the steering wheel or do we need to buy that?
Also can MarioKart be played without the steering wheel or do we need to buy that?
Yes, Mario Kart Wii can be played without the WiiWheel. Just hold the WiiMote on it's side. However, if you'd like to purchase the wheel you can usually find it used for about 5 bucks.
Some good games to purchase are: Super Mario Galaxy 2, LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and maybe New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
Thanks for the game suggestions. I looked into the Wii U but don't see the appeal, and certainly don't want to spend the money. I'm planning on buying the Wii used.
If you are going Nintendo, you should be buying a WiiU. It's not the greatest, but it is the latest, and all the new games are being released on it.
I agree. WiiU is what anything new will be released to, and it also still plays all Wii games as well. It is like two consoles in one. ONLY drawback is that it doesn't play Game Cube games like the original Wii did. (Actually later models of the Wii also don't allow for that. Stupid). And then there is the Virtual Console to which you can download games from older systems.
Get him a 3DS XL instead. 3DS has plenty of turn based games and has plenty of interesting games including the Lego games and still releasing new games. It is backwards compatibility with DS games on the 3DS as well. Then you can get Mario Kart 7 for the 3DS. 3DS also includes Virtual Console mentioned above.
If you insist on sticking with the Wii, I also recommend Super Mario Galaxy 2. Punch Out is a underrated game. You have a few of Lego games on the Wii such as Batman, Indiana Jones, Star Wars and Lord of the Rings.
Get him a 3DS XL instead. 3DS has plenty of turn based games and has plenty of interesting games including the Lego games and still releasing new games. It is backwards compatibility with DS games on the 3DS as well. Then you can get Mario Kart 7 for the 3DS. 3DS also includes Virtual Console mentioned above.
If you insist on sticking with the Wii, I also recommend Super Mario Galaxy 2. Punch Out is a underrated game. You have a few of Lego games on the Wii such as Batman, Indiana Jones, Star Wars and Lord of the Rings.
Isn't the 3DS XL a tiny little screen....where the Wii would be on the giant screen TV in your home?
In my humble opinion, it's much wiser to purchase a GameCube compatible fat Wii than the newer Wii Mini. The fat Wii's support component cable output which makes the console's output look much nicer on an HDTV. You can also buy those cables dirt cheap at Monoprice.
We arleady have the Wii mini..just still looking for games. I dont much care about the HDTV thing, I already read about that but I dont have any High Def Tv's in the house anyway so no biggie.
As far as the 3DS suggestion, he already has a DS and now we were looking for a wii because he plays it on the TV, not a handheld.
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