Casual gaming for us old folks

[garbage]

I'm looking for Wii and WiiWare games for groups of 2-4 people. Readily accessible and easy to learn is the key. I've had success with the following:

• Wii Sports (until everyone got saturated with it way back in '07)
• Boom Blox - A Jenga-like thing
• Tetris Party - Tetris with a bunch of different modes
• Bomberman Blast - Top-down "blow each other the hell up" sort of game
• Contra Rebirth (with number of lives jacked up to 7, it's surprisingly accessible!)
• New Super Mario Bros. Wii (with limited success, as you can't drill "THE RUN BUTTON" into some peoples' heads)
• Wii Party - A minigame-driven game like Mario Party, but even more accessible

Co-op games are especially great, as are those that allow you to set handicaps. Because some of us are just more hardcore than others.

What say you? Any recommendations?

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But more generally, what sort of casual, multiplayer games have you enjoyed--for any system, new or old?

 

[sprinkles]

I played Animal Crossing on the DS for a while... but that's less like a game and more like a virtual life.

My big problem with more casual games is that if I'm not kicking someone's butt then I start to feel obligated to have fun and make things fun for them even if I don't feel like it, then I start to dislike playing. This happened with Minecraft creative... we built an awesome underground city with aqueducts and giant gardens and stuff. It was beautiful. And a lot of work. But afterward I was kinda just blah because I gave away all my energy so to speak.