[BrandiDup]

My son is 5, my daughter is 3 but they both are very much into gaming and are VERY good at it. I used to be a little expert at them and could beat just about any game on my super nintendo (old skool ) but they are already better than I could ever be. Sad, right?

Anyhoo, I'm looking for something pretty child oriented b/c I seriously doubt my husband or I will really play much on it, besides playing the kids games with them. I have heard that Nintendo tends to offer more in the way of games for young kids.

We have a regular GameBoy Advance and my son LOVES his, but it basically boils down to me getting two Nintendo DS plus some games for them to share, or the Wii.

Wii is at the very top of my list right now and it looks like for the console plus an additional remote plus 4 or 5 games, I'm going to spend around $600-$700. So, I want to be sure it's going to be something my kids would enjoy.

One of my biggest questions is- I know the Wii is the really interactive console where the kids will be standing up and moving around (Which is another big reason why I favor this one versus the traditional controllers) but is there an OPTION to use a standard controller with it? Or do you have to use the interactive ones? I think it would be kind of cool to alternate, but I'm not sure if the system is made to be used with the regular controllers.

Right now, Wii is the front runner from what I know about it. It's so much money to invest though, I guess I just have to pray that we'll all enjoy it