Wii or will a DS do afterall?

[bfar]

It's the gfs birthday next week, and having heard her mention something about wanting to try out Brain Training, I went out and picked up a DS with said IQ increasing title, and a copy of Mario Kart to boot.

Now I'm wondering if I shouldn't have picked up a Wii instead. Gaming is a big hobbie of mine, and I think Nintendo is a good way of introducing her to it. I'm thinking the DS might loose the social aspect of the whole thing - I wonder if it would be better if we could play together?

DS are very good, my sister loves hers, but would a girl get more value out of a Wii I wonder? It's not an outragous difference in price - €130 if I factor in an extra Wii mote and Big Brain Academy. It would only be a small matter of exchanging the unopend products at the shop

Suggestions very welcome.

btw, PS3 or 360 not an option

 

[Vonhelmet]

I love the Wii, but the DS is a better bet at the moment. The Wii is still sparse in terms of great games. The DS has loads.

 

[matt1]

With smash bros and mario kart out in the near future I'm really looking forward to some more Wii action, it's not easy to advise though. I've had a quick go on the DS so can't really comment from that side, great thing about the Wii is the social side of gaming.