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So my 6 year old really wanted a wii so i caved in for her bday.  Can anyone think of games I might enjoy (zelda/donkey kong/Mario kart)? Or should I just stick with the ps3?

What sort of games are you into? Muramasa: Demon Blade and Xenoblade Chronicles are two non-Mario games that spring to mind as excellent Wii titles.

I like arcade, arpg and some strategy.  I dont think I have done a console shooter since duck hunt, so i might be interested in a decent shooter (even on rails) but I do have a move so maybe the ps3 might be better for that.

I really enjoyed Chocobo's Dungeon for Wii.  It plays a bit like a rouge-like in that it randomly generates the dungeons, but it's also like a FFV kinda game with jobs. 

Xenoblade is one of the best JRPGs in the last decade.  The Zelda game was okay, but didn't hook me due to the controls and aged graphics.

No More Heroes

Probably my favorite game for the Wii.  Really depends on how much suda51 insanity you can take.  Don't play this around the kid.

As a long time Zelda player, I couldn't play Twilight Princess with the waggle crap at all.

Good games:

Super Mario Galaxy (if you liked Mario 64)
New Super Mario Bros: Fun side scroller Mario (+ pretty decent co-op if you like that).
New DK Country: see New Super Mario Bros, but with DK.

Also, grab a classic controller and embrace the virtual console, lots of good stuff in there.

Zelda and Fire Emblem are obvious must-plays.

Also don't forget that Wii plays Gamecube games, so Twilight Princess can be played with the GC disc if you don't like the motion controls.

Gamecube games I'd recommend are Zelda obviously(Wind Waker, Collector's Edition, Four Swords), as well as Evolution Worlds, Skies of Arcadia Legends, and Harvest Moon games.

The Wii is also the easiest console to softmod if you're into the whole Homebrew thing. You can do things like cheat codes and make the console play DVDs(a feature that should have been there in the first place, but wasn't), among other things.

Don't bother looking too hard for Xenoblade, it's out of print, and goes for more than it retailed for currently.

I'm going to second chocobo's dungeon, it's cute and interesting.
Little King's Story was also interesting.

Since you like shooters, you should get the Metroid Prime Trilogy.  All three games are good, they play great with the wii pointing controls, and it was a great deal when it was released (I have no idea what it goes for now.)   I can't recommend Metroid: Other M.  Skyward Sword was much better than Twilight Princess, in tone, graphics, controls, everything.

Metroid Prime Trilogy is another one that sells for significantly more used than it retailed for.  Too many good games on the Wii got massively short runs.

Seems to me like old school HotD on rails would be perfect for the wii as a mindless shooter...

There are a couple HotD games on the Wii; can't speak to their quality since I'm not into rail shooters. There are also a few RE rail shooters.

Monster Hunter Tri?

EDIT: Boom Blox is tremendous fun.

Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition.

It's literally one of the best games ever made, and the Wii version is the best version available.

If you like JRPGs then Baiten Kaitos on the GameCube was surprisingly good.

If it's a new enough Wii, it no longer has GC backwards compatibility.

House of the Dead: Overkill is great fun, but it's very short (a playthrough takes just an hour or two).  For me it has best worked as a co-op party game, with it's B-movie style and humor it's best enjoyed while slightly intoxicated :) Also, IIRC about every second word of the dialog is "fuck".

Some time ago they released an improved (extended?) version for PS3+Move though, so you might want to get that instead. I have both but have only played the Wii version so far.

I really enjoyed playing Mario Kart online.

What is the best gun to use?

edit: I was tempted by "Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles Magnum/Knife Bundle" when I saw it but something tells me it might be better to have a gun that holds both controllers like the resident evil blaster does.

edit2:  I did buy Mario Kart as I have been wanting a driving game that allows for multi-player on the same console, only played it a bit, fun so far.

The Nintendo-brand or Nyko guns will work.  If you need the nunchuk, then Nintendo brand.