So we borrowed The New Super Mario Bros from my brother-in-law and while it’s totally fun, it’s a bit hard for E. He has been picking it up little by little but I see how it’s hard for him having never played the original Mario Bros. For instance, at first he expected the Wii remote to guide his little dude completely. It’s really like a flashback to when we first got an NES when I was little. I remember my mom doing huge arm motions when trying to jump Mario over something. But apparently once we train our brains to know that it’s just our fingers doing the walking, Nintendo has to come out with something like the Wii. :P

So, anyway. E is pretty competitive and he tends to get upset when he loses. It’s something we’re working on, really, but in the meantime, sometimes I just want him to win so he’ll be quieter. He now has full reign of the game with Worlds 1 through 8 unlocked and all but two levels beaten on the first 7 Worlds. Of course, every time his lives run out, his inventory is cleared and the mushroom houses reset themselves. So he heads there first.

The red mushroom houses have a little mini matching game. Does it make me a bad mother that I look up the cheats and tell him which boxes to pick so that he wins all the stuff and doesn’t hear the bad guy laughing at him? At least then he does the victory dance and that’s just way beyond cute. :P

This game was totally designed with me in mind, though, I know it. I am just not coordinated enough to play the truly 3D games out there!