Video Game Mom

I have to say without a doubt, I believe Saturday has to be one of my favorite days of the week. This is the day when I get to sleep in (try to at least) and wake at my own leisure. So, I suppose Saturday is usually a day of rest for me.

Once I am awake, I go to the kitchen and fix my coffee, spend some time with the Lord, read my bible a bit and thank the Lord for all He has done for my family and me. He has been so good to my family! Then … I turn on the Xbox 360.

My little girl and I enjoy playing some of the arcade hits from Xbox Live or her favorite, Lego Star Wars. It is relaxing to me to play video games, and when I play with my little girl, we have tons of laughs. Saturdays are anticipated in my home, and hopefully I am able to spend some time with the 360 , but if not, it is okay. There are more Saturdays that are yet to come. 

If you don’t have an Xbox 360, you really should try it. Then you too will look forward to the upcoming Saturday in hopes of being able to spend some one-on-one time with your new toy.

Playing video games has been one of my favorite things to do for so many years now. The more time passes, the less time I seem to have to play them. Because of this, I try very hard to make Saturday a day of rest for myself. 

Now, Saturdays is not always an option for me, but I try to arrange things to allow me to prevail with the Xbox 360 and my favorite video games. Once I get to start playing, time goes by so fast that it is already time for me to go to bed for the night. 

Being a video game mom is fun, but finding the time to enjoy the fun of it is a whole other thing. I’m sure hoping to have fun with our Xbox 360 this coming Saturday, and if not, I can play the Nintendo DS a bit when I am lying in bed, which I usually do. 

In Super Mario 64 DS for the Nintendo DS, you have the option to play the mini games. The mini games offer a bit of a change for the game play, plus it gives you time to rest from the long journey to find Bowser and the kidnapped Princess Toadstool (Peach). 

Find the keys

Toad is responsible for the keys to the secret drawers in Princess Toadstool’s room. He seemed to have lost them for some reason or another, and he has asked Yoshi, Mario or whomever you are playing at that moment to find the missing keys, so he doesn’t get into trouble. The more keys you find for the drawers, the more of the mini games you will be able to play. 

Mini games

In one of the mini games, you match items (cards, sounds, pictures, etc.) to eliminate them - I like to play this one. I can sit there for the longest trying to match the mushrooms, stars and clouds.

Another one, you try to find hidden Luigi through the many faces on the screen. In another mini game, you have to match the heads of Mario and Yoshi to their other half on the ground below. You have to strategize with this one, because you have to figure out the best path to travel by drawing a line to help you get there. The more you complete, the more it can become quite the pain.

Watch those colors

My favorite mini game is the one with the Bob-ombs. Red and black bombs come out of two doors, and you have to drag them into the colored carpeted rooms where they belong. If you put the black one in the red room, your game will be over and vice-versa. If the red and black meets outside the rooms, boom! It’s a lot of fun to play!

I enjoy Super Mario 64 DS for the Nintendo DS, especially knowing we can take it anywhere we want to when we want to play Mario. There are no limitations, because it’s portable and can be taken anywhere - Mario to go!

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My daughter plays Super Mario 64 DS, which is like the Nintendo 64 version. Except, you can play as Mario, Luigi, Wario and Yoshi.

The game starts out with Mario, Luigi and Wario heading to the castle, of course where Bowser is hiding, while Yoshi is snoozin’ with a big bubble coming out of his nose. Mario, Luigi and Wario don’t come back, so Yoshi has to go after them.

I was watching my daughter play Super Mario 64 DS the other night, and she was playing as the always adorable Yoshi. As I watched her maneuver Yoshi here and there to catch a rabbit, I started to laugh. It was funny to watch. 

Needless to say, she caught the rabbit. Yoshi has to stick his tongue out, not swallowing the rabbit but spitting him out. The rabbit bounces out of his mouth and begins to talk to Yoshi then gives him a key. When she kept going to the rabbit, he would tell Yoshi he wasn’t his lunch - to leave him alone.  

The Super Mario 64 for the Nintendo DS is cute and amusing. I like being able to play as Yoshi. I think he makes the game more fun, and so does my daughter.