Cosmic Family (Wii, 2007)

I was in a hissy to get my hands on this game after Family Magazine raved and raved about it. When we got it our kids ranging in ages from 12 down to 3 were VERY excited to play it. The oldest was intrigued to help the younger ones accomplish puzzles (that were at times too difficult for the 5 year old and impossible for the 3) and our 8 year old finished the game in a week (which is truly a downer). The game is rechargeable, meaning it can start over and over again without any changes, but the down side is that each kid doesn't get their own file to go at their own pace. That could be resolved with separate memory cards, yup. Otherwise, the game's colorful, involving, and has a plethora of challenging, thought provoking and downright hilarious games & hide & seeks. Our kids love it but it's since lost it flare, I'm not being hit-up for "please, please can we?" in over a day! ;)
One thing I as a mom didn't enjoy is that the introductions at the beginning game show the daughter flat chested & she looks down all dissed, then POP! out come two perfectly raised bumps & she looks up proud. This caused a bit of reddened faces and little girls asking, "why?"
The End.

Fun intuitive gameplay – Using the Wii remote, Cosmic Family features easy point and click play which is perfect for even the youngest gamer.

Over 20 early learning mini games – Kids will develop various learning skills by playing mini games that focus on things like colors, shapes, puzzles and more.

300 interactive animations and sounds – Essentially every object in the Cosmic Family rocket is interactive in some way. By pointing and clicking you can unlock music, sounds, animations and more!

Different modes of play – With 3 difficulty levels (easy–medium–hard) kids can either play in ‘adventure mode’ which is a treasure hunt consisting of challenges and rewards or ‘direct access’ mode which allows kids to play all of the mini games at once.