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Advocates of hard line parenting strategies that preclude video games are starting to loosen the ban in the face of entertaining, family oriented titles for the Wii. A story from the online version of Halifax News tells the tale of one Canadian mother who never thought she would enjoy video games, especially with her kids.

Kelly Bearne, wife and mother of two, now enjoys Wii games on family night with her children and husband. The new gamers are responding to easy to learn titles that have caused the console to become so popular among non-traditional gamers.

The Big Brain Academy series focuses on math and cognitive skills, and it’s also been released for Nintendo’s portable system, the DS. Alzheimer patients have even reported that playing these kinds of games have helped to delay the degenerative effects of the disease.

While the general idea of doing math for fun doesn’t really appeal to me, I found the DS version of Big Brain Academy really quite enjoyable. There were several glitches in the user interface which I heartily blame for my abysmal brain age rating (seventy two, pathetic). I may imbibe one or six more alcoholic beverages than is critically necessary on occasion, but I refuse to believe that I have somehow killed forty decades worth of brain cells. Not possible.

The author of the article also does a good job of listing and defining the Wii titles that are multiplayer and well suited for family game night. Here’s the list:

Wii Sports WarioWare Smooth Moves Wii Play Mario Party 8 Big Brain Academy Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Cooking Mama: Cook-Off EA playground

Read [Halifax News]