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Old 01-22-2020, 02:36 PM   #1
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Multi-player family game system

When we were younger parents, my wife and I loved to play video games with our kids. We had some hand held controllers that plugged into our big tower of a PC and we would compete in racing games, etc. One of our favorites was a deluxe version of Frogger by Hasbro (I think). I remember hours of laughter as our kids tricked us into 'hopping' in front of cars, or sat on us until we couldn't avoid getting squashed by a semi, or submerged on the back of a swimming hippo. Sounds violent, but it was just silly animation.

Anyway, all these happy memories now make me wish for something similar to play with my young grand kids. Anyone have any experience using the gaming systems of today for this kind of 4-player family gaming? If so, I'd appreciate your recommendations.
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Old 01-22-2020, 02:53 PM   #2
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A few years back, I purchased one of the original Nintendo Wii units (after it was already out a couple years) - it is really wonderful. Our kid is out of the house now, but younger nieces and nephews love it when they visit.

The nice thing with the Wii - it is a family entertainment unit more than the PlayStation or Xbox are. Though I'm sure both PlayStation and Xbox do have some similar titles for the family, they are targeted more towards the hardcore gamers.

Nintendo has newer devices out since the Wii, but I think you should check into their lineup. They've stayed pretty true to the lower-end family entertainment that I think you're looking for.
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Old 01-23-2020, 11:51 AM   #3
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Nintendo has newer devices out since the Wii, but I think you should check into their lineup. They've stayed pretty true to the lower-end family entertainment that I think you're looking for.
Thank you. I haven't used a Wii much, and not for many years now, but I do remember being underwhelmed by the 'action' games like tennis, bowling, golf, boxing, etc... Of course this may be directly related to how terrible I was at them. To me the difference between a winning move and a losing move always seemed very arbitrary and unrelated to the real activity that was being simulated. And I always assumed these hand action games were all that the Wii could do, but maybe I am wrong about that. I will look into Wii to see if there are more traditional, console style games available.
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We have the Nintendo Wii and just bought the Nintendo Switch and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for Christmas. On the Nintendo website, you can view trailers for many of the games.
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I bought one this Christmas - an Xbox S all-digital for $149 on sale.

The Playstation and Xbox both have versions with Blue-Ray players as well as other entertainment options - like Playstation's cable service. I believe Playstation and Xbox can also use the Oculus Rift VR goggles for totally immersive games. The graphics on these systems is amazing!

You can also buy a digital only version of the Xbox and buy games online - or better yet, subscribe to one of their online services that allows you to play any game on the service. EA has their own service too. (they're like Netflix for games) Highly recommended!

They are both developing the next generation of consoles for release next Christmas.
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You might enjoy the Nintendo Switch, which functions as either a portable unit, or a TV gaming console when docked. Nintendo makes a lot of family oriented multi-player games.



My suggestion is to figure out what multiplayer games you want first, and then buy the console that is used to play those games.
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