Wii: Backyard Baseball 2010

Winner is #25.... Kelly!!!!

To be very honest, my children aren't big gamers. We have a Nintendo DS that we use for travel and a Wii that is gathering dust. We aren't ready to purchase violent games for either system so the children have used the Wii for the occasional bowling game.

Since they have not shown an interest we have not purchased any new games and the Wii has been tucked away in our media consul.

This past weekend, we had a chance to play Backyard Baseball 2010. It was the perfect time to introduce a baseball game since our two eldest ages 6 and 5 are starting T-Ball next month. The video game had realistic baseball action which even announced the kid's names. My daughter spent most of the time picking her team and changing the player options and my son got really into the batting. I thought it was easy to bat as the Wii-mote was pretty accurate. Even our youngest, age 2, had her chance to swing a couple of times before it was ripped out of her hands, by the eager older siblings.

I thought the graphics were incredible, the stadiums were so realistic. There are many options which leaves the opportunity for endless amounts of play time. It was a nice video game for children ages 5+ that are bored with the standard bowling/tennis the Wii comes with. I have a feeling that our Wii might get used a little more on future rainy days. Backyard Baseball was a big hit!

Backyard Baseball will be released April 7th, 2009. I have ONE COPY to give away to one of you. Leave me one comment before April 2nd and you can have it in your hands before anyone else!!! You can tweet about the giveaway and leave me your 2nd comment with the tweet. Good luck.