Want to get my girlfriend into games, thinking about a Wii?

im not in that situation but i would recommends a wii and im sure the wii sports will keep u both sync. =]

I would suggest getting a Wii for starters... it includes Wii Sports and that should give you an idea if she'll really be into games. There are plenty of interactive titles both of you can play. There are also the Nintendo-specific games like Super Mario Galaxy (single-player), Smash Bros. Brawl (multiplayer), Zack & Wiki and so on. Mario Kart Wii hits the streets on the 27th. If she';s into action, there's always Metroid, No More Heroes, Resident Evil 4 and Bully.

I guess the question to ask is this: what games does she really get into. If she's an action-packed kind of girl, maybe you need to look into the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3. If she'd enjoy carnival games or bowling, the Wii might be the ticket. If she likes the older classic stuff (Street Fighter etc), you could always download them from the Wi-Fi Marketplace.

I got my balls kicked in by a 6 yr old playing Wii boxing. Actually...I don't even think he was 6....I am still ashamed...

Anyway...I know a lot of girls that like to play the Wii. It is more of a social game where you don't have to be an expert to have fun. ^ I agree with evilonigiri...get SMB for sure but depending on your GF's taste, it might be too involved for her to like but that game is like Mario Kart...instant classic.

As a side note, my GF loved Kingdom Hearts. Pretty much just because it was Disney and stuff but it ended up getting too hard for her to finish. She is definitely not a gamer either...I was shocked that she liked it. She also likes to play Mario Kart and even Guitar Hero. Girls love the "cute" and social type of games though from what I find.

mmorpgs are what got my wife into gaming. Of course now I get nagged to log in and help her with x,y,z

Wii's are awesome. My fiance and I (I'm 27, her 26) are always playing mario and guitar hero. But she also really likes DDR and super monkey ball. I would HIGHLY recommend Wii play for the women. I can't get my girl to stop wearing the batteries out on Tanks and the wii version of Duck Hunt. They are a total blast. And wii sports rules too. Bowling is alot of fun. And Zelda is a blast. The Wii is just awesome and perfect for casual pick up the controls and game for a bit type of game play. And the Wiimote batteries do last forever. I play the CRAP outta my wii and only charge the batteries about twice a month.

My g/f switches off a the mere mention of anything even remotely connected to computers, gaming or technology. So I do kinda envy someone who gets to jam and find something fun together.

Never going to happen for me but I recommend the Wii for its ease of use and successful results of a mixed target audience ( even though I have and always advocate the 360 ).

I would be wary of trying to get your g/f hooked on a MMORPG like WoW etc as some of my mates have had pretty disasterous results in terms of actually losing them to the MMO. Google gamerwidows & Ihatewow before embarking on that journey

I think that these are more of the types of games that I'll be playing. She doesn't like shooting at all and makes me put on the headphones when I'm playing pretty much anything from Valve

That's sort of what I'm thinking too.

Haha, I'm really looking forward to the boxing then. But, like you, I'd be completely shocked if she got into something like Kingdom Hearts. I'm not sure she'd be into Guitar Hero either, but we're definitely going to find that out damn it. As for Mario Kart, I'm getting it regardless. She wouldn't try Crash Team Racing when I put it in a few months back.

I'd rather she get a total hysterectomy as prevention. That game goes nowhere near us!

Is there anything like King's Quest out there now that she can try? I was going to get her the Myst series because I saw the quadrilogy cheap a few months back, but personally I like KQ better. Looking forward to trying the new Sherlock Holmes when it comes out.

Ooooh, Monkey Island. I wish there were an updated The Curse of Monkey Island for her to try. I was thinking Grim Fandago after I saw it in the bargain bin...

I hear you on the correlation between decreasing alcohol use and increasing video game play. In school, I helped a buddy recover from steatorrhoeic hepatosis after many years of drinking before it progressed to cirrhosis by playing PS2 multiplayer games instead of going out

Just put it in her, it's much more fun than videogames.

good luck finding a wii =]
i found one

There are plenty of Wii's available in my area. I haven't checked online or anything but the gamestops around STL all have them regularly. So does Wal-Mart.

I checked out that Dance Dance Revolution game on gamespot.com and in some Youtube videos. The girlfriend wasn't exactly impressed. Many of those DDR songs that come with the Wii version of the game (Hottest Dance Party or whatever they call it) are stupid euro techno songs. That entire genre just bites. She is more interested in Spanish music and R&B that's easy to dance to. The dance styles depicted in the videos weren't her style at all. I'm not even sure whose style that crap was, I've never seen people dancing like that at clubs or wherever!

Guitar hero on the other hand... is a blast.

Definitely checking out Mario Party 8 as a relaxed way to have some fun.

Guitar Hero is a definite must.

It would be nice if we could put our own songs into DDR, but it would only be worth it if the game could intelligently program the steps to each song based on the beats. I think it would take way too long to program all that in ourselves. Like how it takes forever with Guitar Hero to do that. Games just aren't that smart yet.

Don't get me wrong, I like doing that too. Generally enjoy gaming on my own as well but, for the last year, we've been living in the middle of nowhere where it rains all the time and there's nothing to do besides work.

do you want to get her into wii games or get her into games a gamer would play? like FPS RTS RPG adventure action and every perverted mix of them.

if its the ladder, than the wii is not the best choice.

I just found this by accident: Dance Factory for the PS2. "Dance Factory delivers every dance mat gamer’s dream thanks to its unique feature: the game can take any track from any music CD in your entire collection, play it and automatically generate incredible dance routines, played out on-screen for you to groove to on the mat."

I've already got a PS2 so I guess I should pick up that universal mat for her (only 20$) and she'll be able to use whatever songs she wants to dance to.

Unfortunately you'll need both styles of controllers, the wiimote for NES, the classic controller for SNES and N64, the gamecube remote for gamecube games. You can use the classic controller for NES games as well.

Okay then, I think that Gamecube controllers are the way to go. I'm not interested in playing NES, SNES or N64 games on the Wii at all. If I did, that's what we have emulators for.

Thanks for the help

I play games a lot and I normally play on my PSP and PC. My gf does not seem to understand what is so fun with games until I bought a Nintendo DS Lite for her. Well, DS Lite may be different from Wii but I believe that Nintendo games suits girls better than Playstation games.

If she's not already pro at video games, I'd say don't do it, cause you're just gonna have to go slow for her to keep up, and any game that a girl would be into is probably boring. Nothing worse than having to explain for the 5th time how to click on an NPC, and explain wtf an NPC is to a girl. There's a reason she's gone her whole life without really being into video games.

He sums it up best:

Why do I get the feeling that we're quite a bit older than some of you?

Mind you, I don't think I'll ever have to explain what an NPC is to her, especially not while we're bowling 1 on 1. I think it was fairly clear what we want to use the Wii for, if you read the thread. Casual 1 on 1 gaming mostly. As for me, of course I'll be playing Zelda and other games on my own.

I just picked up mario kart and an extra wheel, plus i pre-ordered wii fit... can you guess which one is for me and which one is for her LOL. even though i will probably mess with wii fit a little myself.

You know... comments like this one, and all the ones saying you should just schtoink her are just short sighted and immature. The first one had a bit of sarcastic wit about it, not much, but some. The rest of these are devolving into outright misogyny. What the hell makes you think your relationship will last long if all you ever want your significant other to do is cook, clean, and screw?

The entire reason to get your girl into gaming is to have a fun activity to share together. In our fast paced world of 40+ hour workweeks and hour long commutes it isn't easy to get out all the time, so an enjoyable at home activity other than simply watching TV is a very good thing for a relationship.

I'm not sure if most of you just think you are being funny or just quite simply do not have a clue, but it stopped being remotely funny the second time.

My wife and I typically play tetris or an actual board game over most video games. But she gets the "bug" to sit down and frag people on counter strike once in a while. She's not as good as me but that doesn't mean anything seeing as how I have many many many more hours playing counter strike than she has. Shh don't tell her but I even let her kill me sometimes. Or I let her whoop my butt in nascar. I get more satisfaction out of enjoying the game with her than winning. But if i told her that she'd get pissed lol.

I have to say, I'm pretty damn sick of Scrabble, Monopoly and Pentago. I prefer something on a screen moving at a fast pace any day. I wish they'd make Bohnanza and its expansions for the computer, you're supposed to play that with more than two people. And it's a rare day when there are more than two of us to play