My son loves Mario Kart and Animal Crossing. Our original launch Wii finally died so we got this. It's a nice upgrade but there are two annoying issues - first porting virtual console and saved game data from the original Wii is a NIGHTMARE. Second, there is A LOT of initial setup needed. Parents should do setup themselves the night before your child sees it so they aren't complaining for a half hour or more just to get the games going.