For dads tired of the same old board games, the Family Game Night series is worth a try. Earlier editions were video game versions of classics like Mousetrap or Clue, where you moved your game piece around a video board with some extra animations and touches thrown in. Now
FAMILY GAME NIGHT 4The Game Show, for Xbox 360 (with Kinect functionalty), PlayStation 3 (with Move functionality), and Nintendo Wii, combines familiar games with more of the functionality possible in a video game.
Nintendo already announced it will roll out the next Wii gaming console at the E3 2011 conference in L.A. this week, and now a reliable source confirms much-rumored details of the new Wii’s unique controller, depicted in the graphic mockup above. [From Nintendo Wii 2 Touchscreen Controller Confirmed [REPORT]]
I was just about to post about a “new Wii to be announced at E3 in LA this week” when this popped up. I can’t say I’m really jazzed about this new controller. We like the Wii because it’s communal and bringing it back down to the controller, like PSP and XBOX means less time watching the same screen. We’ll have to wait and see how it works.
It’s a very vague launch date given that they plan to have a working prototype to show at the E3 Expo in LA in June.
The update, though still a long way off, is none to soon, with the xBox Kinect fast on the Wii’s on the Wii’s heels. Wii still owns the mindshare for the interactive, family-friendly games, but Kinect looks like it still has a year before Nintendo can come back with a response.
We love the Wii, and it’s still a hit in our house for games we can play together and for Wii Fit, but technology moves so fast that’s it’s surprising that an update is still so far away, not too mention, apparently after the holiday season.
Take Mario Party 8 and remove the tedium of waiting between mini-games and use your own avatar rather than playing as Mario and you have a good idea what 
Wii Party is about.
We loved it. It’s simple to play. People can move in and out, and games are short enough that no one gets bored.
Wii Family Game Night 3 from EA is the ultimate game for city-dwellers who can’t store lots of boxes, or for harried parents who are tired of keeping track of lots of games pieces. Packed into a simple Wii package are Wii versions of old-time family favorites Clue, MouseTrap, The Game of Life, and Yahtzee. Dads who haven’t played these games in 20 years will recognize familiar rules and playing strategies for all of them, except Twister which resembles the down-on-the-floor human tangle in no way whatsoever.
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