Should I ask for a Wii for graduation?

I'm not a gamer--everything I know about video games comes from Zero Punctuation and Penny Arcade--so forgive me if I seem ignorant here.

I'm about to graduate from high school and my mom wants to get me a graduation present. Her idea? $600 earrings. I'm thinking of asking for a Wii instead, something to play with over the summer and take with me to college. I hear Wiis are good for casual gamers, and it would be something nice to do with friends. Do you guys think I should ask for a Wii? And if so, what games should I get for it?

Graduation at 16? Congrats!

Mario Party
New Super Mario Bros

are a start

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Originally Posted by thedeparted

Graduation at 16? Congrats!

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Yeah wondering about this as well, xD Although she may be from the UK where their school system is different (not 100% sure just heard bits and pieces of it.)


Don't go about it as "Could I get a Wii instead?" I can kinda see where your mom is coming from. She wants to get you something nice, that will last, and be more of a sentiment; a keepsake. You want something more practical that will be used. Totally understandable. Explain that how I did (I'm the suck-up king ;) ) and just show you want something you and others can enjoy, blah blah etc.


Casual fun games would be like thedeparted said Mario Party, New Super Mario Bros. We've done quite a bit of playing on the Wii with my girlfriends younger sisters, their friends, our friends, etc, and we've found a ton of games we all like.

-Super Smash Bros. (fighting game)
-Mario Kart Wii (racing)
-Just Dance (any of them, they're fun to play. I still like 2 the best. TUNAC TUNAC TUN ooo DAH DAH DAH)
-Trivial Pursuit
-Family Feud
-Wario Ware
-Karaoke (Disney Sing It was pretty awesome. The cartoon one, not Hannah Montana, Jonas Brothers crap. All the "Sing It" games are fun though)
-Rock Band/Guitar Hero (little more expensive however.)

Hope that all helps!

Wii is great fun especially if you are not into "hardcore" games and have someone to play with. Wii = party console :P

Well Wii has Hardcore and mostly Casual games to offer. For someone like you it'd be very fitting.

Recommended Games:

New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Mario Party 9
Kirby's Return to Dreamland
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Rayman Raving Rabbids
GoldenEye 007
Mario Kart Wii
NBA Jam
and Wii Sports Resort should make a good start for Wii.

Hardcore Games for example are:

Conduit 2
No More Heroes 1/2
Mad World
Xenoblade Chronicles
Super Mario Galaxy 1/2 (it was for me personaly more hardcore than most shooters)
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Metroid Prime Trilogy.

Don't have much to add to what the others have said. If casual is what you're after you'll find no shortage of casual games on the Wii. Keep in mind though, that it's nearing the end of its life cycle; The Wii U, Nintendo's next gen console, is coming this year and will become their main focus.

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Don't go about it as "Could I get a Wii instead?" I can kinda see where your mom is coming from. She wants to get you something nice, that will last, and be more of a sentiment; a keepsake. You want something more practical that will be used. Totally understandable. Explain that how I did (I'm the suck-up king ;) ) and just show you want something you and others can enjoy, blah blah etc.

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Or, ya know.. Let mom buy the earrings.. Then sell/return the earrings, buy a Wii and pocket 450 bucks >:]

Thanks, everyone! I asked my mother about it and she said yes, as long as she can use it for yoga sometimes. I think I'll get Mario Kart and a dancing game to start with.

Also, I would be graduating at 17, since I have a summer birthday, but I skipped 10th grade. That's why I'm graduating early.

Yea but u should just go for a xbox if u want cuz thats pretty much the same with the kinect but then again u gotta pay extra for the kinect and u dont got mario party to yea id say go for the wii

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Originally Posted by Tails

Yea but u should just go for a xbox if u want cuz thats pretty much the same with the kinect but then again u gotta pay extra for the kinect and u dont got mario party to yea id say go for the wii

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The problem with Kinect is simple: There are, in my opinion, no good games other than Dance Central and Kinect Sports (R.I.P. Rare Ware). Also it seems that all wanna-be-hardcore(i hate that name)-games fail terribly.

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Originally Posted by Tails

Yea but u should just go for a xbox if u want cuz thats pretty much the same with the kinect but then again u gotta pay extra for the kinect and u dont got mario party to yea id say go for the wii

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The problem with Kinect is simple: There are, in my opinion, no good games other than Dance Central and Kinect Sports (R.I.P. Rare Ware). Also it seems that all wanna-be-hardcore(i hate that name)-games fail terribly.

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Originally Posted by Mordry

Hardcore Games for example are:

Conduit 2
No More Heroes 1/2
Mad World
Xenoblade Chronicles
Super Mario Galaxy 1/2 (it was for me personaly more hardcore than most shooters)
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Metroid Prime Trilogy.

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Isn't Donkey Kong Country Returns the game that lets you autopilot through sections that are too hard for you? How exactly is that hardcore?

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Isn't Donkey Kong Country Returns the game that lets you autopilot through sections that are too hard for you? How exactly is that hardcore?

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For me personally it's hardcore because of four reasons:

I haven't used that feature once, more interesting then (I'm an old-school gamer^^).
You don't get any rewards from using that level-helper.
You don't keep any items if you use it.
The game marks that level as "not finished" which is teasing.

But sure, you can use it however you want, that doesn't change any of the difficulty and also you need to die 5-7 times in that one level before you can use that helper. The game is hard as hell and if you are a 101%er then you'll bite your own lips off your mouth, just saying.