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What games would you recommend for DS Lite & GameCube for 50 y/o female?

Just getting back into video games after about a 27-year hiatus, except for like Solitaire on the PC. I have a GameCube originally bought for my grandkids who aren’t here much so I’d like to put it to use. I also just bought a DS Lite system. I have ordered the original Brain Age and will soon get BA2. Also had winning bid for Trauma Center and will have that soon. Have heard Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is good. In general, I like mystery, solving things/brain-tears, and I guess probably some shooter type games would be fine. When Atari first came out I loved a duck shooting game I had. Anywho, I want to buy some used games for either DS Lite or GameCube but the packaging designs on so many look like they are for young kids. Could I please get some recommendations from some of you in my age range (or knows what someone of my age would like)? I’m sure this question has been asked many times before and I apologize for that. Thanks so much for your time!!!

I’m 33 and a huge puzzle game addict, these are the ones I play constantly:

Puzzle Quest – totally addictive, seriously.
Clubhouse Games – another totally addictive one.
I just got Zelda:Phantom Hourglass and I’m hooked.
Lost in Blue 2 is pretty good, so is the first one.
Contact would probably be one you’d like too. It and Zelda are RPGs but made up mostly of puzzles you have to solve.

Tetris, good grief, I spend so much time playing, that and Mario Kart are also on my list of faves.

The neat thing too is that all of these games have wi-fi play capability. If you don’t have wi-fi set up in your house you can buy a 30.00 adapter that will allow you to connect to other players and play against real people over wi-fi or you can play face to face with another DS player without wi-fi.

Another fave of mine is Animal Crossing:Wild World. It’s a cute little sim/rpg with no end of things to do. I also have it on very good authority that the GC version of Animal Crossing is just as fun

If you want to know more about these games try these two sites:

http://ds.ign.com/index/games.html

http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/ds/

They both have a variety of reviews, boards, blogs and cheats/FAQs/walkthroughs to help you along should you get stuck!

Have fun!

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