Yes. That’s right. I am listing the Nintendo DS Lite and DSi as an idea for a Mother’s Day gift. And I’m gonna tell you why. But first, let me tell you the difference between the two. The DSi is brand new and it has wifi capabilitiy.
Both of them are small and compact and well, personal game systems. So why would a mom want to play video games? Well, video games have come a long way…. In fact, you don’t even need to play video games on them at all.
Nintendo was gracious enough to send me a DS Lite and two games, Personal Trainer: Cooking & Professor Layton and the Curious Village. I was never much into video games before, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. Well, here’s what I thought:
Personal Trainer: Cooking is the modern version of a cookbook (you probably saw those Lisa Kudrow commercials). Not only are there a ton of recipes – the DS practically holds your hand and walks you through the cooking process. It goes through everything, step by step, audibly. Yep. It talks you through it. And gives you visual demonstrations. Seriously.
Professor Layton and the Curious Village is full of puzzles and some of them had me second guessing myself. You’re solving a mystery at the same time. If you liked playing the board game Clue or ever wanted to go to one of those murder mystery dinners, you’ll enjoy this game.
The ultimate compliment is that I went to my local game store this weekend and purchased 2 games! So that says a lot! Can you believe I found Snood for the DS? Yes. Snood. The most addictive game ever… (I used to play the shareware version on the PC). And I bought Cooking Mama.
Yep. I’m enjoying the DS.
@Sam HArr I don’t agree your thoughts. You might want to take that set of thinking not here.