The Top Wii Games on the Market

It's that time of year again! The kids are busy making their Christmas lists and it's time for us, as parents, to review that list and determine what's worth spending money on and what's not...

I have to admit, it was a little more difficult to come up with a list of favorites this season. It's almost as if, with the release of the Nintendo DS3 console, that the release of Wii based games slowed down.

This year, my 10 year old only had one major game that he wanted and after looking into it, it quickly became my number 1 too! The game is Skylanders Spyro's Adventure.

☞ Why It's My Top Choice

❖ It's Family Friendly - I'm a big fan of anything that's muti-player capable and friendly for family members of all ages. This game is listed as a 10+ game, but I think that's more due to the difficulty of the game as opposed to violence or anything like that. Younger kids would actually find the game figurines rather cute and loveable.
❖ The Figurines store your progress - This is HUGE plus. In the past, all Wii games stored the progress of your game directly on the console itself or on an SD card meaning you couldn't just take your game disc to a friend's house and play a multiplayer game that picked up where you left off. You had to start all over again and store your new progress is a new user account on their machine.

Disney Universe

I was a fan of Epic Mickey when Disney released it since Disney is one of those brand names that you can count on releasing more family friendly titles. The problem with Epic Mickey was that it was a bit too complicated for children to play -- it was more geared toward an "advanced" wii game crowd.

I am thrilled, however, that Disney has released a more kid friendly title for this holiday season in Disney Universe.

Disney Universe is a puzzle game which allows players to dress their little blue "mii" up in Disney character costumes and complete tasks in a score of iconic Disney worlds which have been taken over by evil robots. It's rather simple to play, so is good for newbie wii players and kids will enjoy being able to dress up as their characters from their favorite movies.