Good video games to play with mom?

[DaGamingMonkey]

I like that story. Touching


As for the OP
For my mom
Legend of Zelda Link to the past
and final fantasys are her thing.
SNES Rpgs
ff7,8,9

Secret of mana though was the game we really bonded over.
So i'd suggest Secret of mana since there is a story you can experience together since it's 2 or 3 players.

[ubelaffe]

My mom's favorite, that she still quotes the only move she could do, was MTV Snowboarding - N64. We rented it one weekend and she got guilt-tripped into playing.

"TUNA SALAD!"

[Zeonik Freak]

For me and my mom/bro, we used to play 2 games (or the last 2 i remember) which was Donkey Kong Country and Mario Kart 64.

Fun times...

[Ivo]

Bubble Bobble is cute, but it is not particularly easy.

I recommend Pac-mania (it's sort of 3D pac-man with jumping) and other nice Pac-man clones. We have an article on site with several good ones. There are some ports but you can just go with the Arcade version, perhaps.

Zany Golf is also a nice game for some fun mini-golf rounds that should have success with the parents.

Other than that, Tetris and other games of that sort are good games regardless of their "casual" reputation.
And loads of stuff on the Wii, like WarioWare, is fun and accessible.

Ivo.

[Niode]

My mum and I always used to play games together, she was very supportive of my gaming obsession even from a young age. She, like a lot of parents got addicted to her son's Tetris game. She completely whoops me at it even though I have no problem completing it, she just gets much higher scores than I do.

I remember once when I had first got Zelda for the NES my mum got completely addicted to it and she had a game paused that was just before the last dungeon. My dad accidentally corrupted the save by turning the system off. My mum nearly divorced my Dad that night, literally swung for him, she was mega pissed. We have a laugh about it every now and then and joke that that was the night she decided to eventually get a divorce so many years later. I just laugh at the thought of having "lost a final dungeon save on NES Zelda" as the reason to file for divorce.

My mum likes to play Boom Blox on Wii and any of the Guitar Hero games. She's never been a fan of games that require lots of dexterity or gaming skill. She still lifts the controller when she tries to jump on Mario.

Things like adventure games were we could co-operate on puzzle solving were always fun. She liked to watch me play games like Tomb Raider just so she could help work out the puzzles. Violent games never interested her though.

I know it's not multiplayer but my mum loves the Ace Attorney games on the DS. She's done every single one of them, I tried to get her into Trauma Centre but she doesn't like the hand eye co-ordination required for the game.

I think the Wii or DS are the best ways of getting casual or even non-gamers into gaming. Pretty much anything on those systems are great for people to pick up and play. You want to avoid games with steep learning curves. Don't try and talk about perseverance or reward to people who don't game, they're just not interested, they want instant satisfaction, they don't want to have to work for it.