The Nintendo Wii was known for being a family-focused console with interactive gameplay thanks to its innovative Wii controller. The top-selling game was Wii Sports, with 82.9 million sales.

Why parents like it: It gets the kids off the couch and swinging for the fences, together. This is the game that created the initial Wii buzz. And if it has managed to please even octogenarians in ...

While skill plays a role, the games are random enough that young children can compete on the same level as teenagers or parents ... bored with them too quickly. Wii Sports is a collection of ...

It can use old Wii accessories and play old Wii games You can use old Wii remotes as extra controllers. For families with a lot of kids, that cuts down on some of the Wii U's overhead cost.

Starting this year, all Nintendo games rated CERO C and up (that’s 15+) will be packaged with black boxes. The black boxes are meant to be another warning for parents, on top of the colorful ...

The Wii console, due to its extensive gesture-based controls and ability to move continually while playing a video game, enjoys success in promoting 'health boosting' and exercise-based games ...

Here’s a quick look at 10 fantastic educational kids’ games for Nintendo DS and Wii. My Spanish Coach. In just 15-20 minutes of game time per day, your kids can learn a heck of a lot of Spanish.

To find out whether active video games make kids less likely to be couch potatoes, researchers gave 78 kids between ages 9 and 12 Wii game consoles and monitored them for 12 weeks. The kids were ...