Game Crazy's Top Ten Family-Friendly Games

January 14, 2005, 11:09 am EST
Total comments: 9

Nintendo owns the family-friendly market, apparently.

Game Crazy Announces Top Ten Family-Friendly Video Games of 2004 Holiday Season; Nintendo's DualScreen Super Mario 64 Tops the List

WILSONVILLE, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 12, 2005--Game Crazy, the nation's fastest growing video game retailer, reveals the top ten family-friendly video games purchased at Game Crazy during the 2004 holiday season. Game Crazy offers the industry's broadest selection of new and used video games and consoles from classic systems to the latest releases and is committed to positive family entertainment. This holiday season the ten most popular family-friendly video games were as follows:

Top Ten Family-Friendly Games of Holiday 2004

1. Super Mario 64 (Nintendo DualScreen)

2. Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (Nintendo Game Boy Advance)

3. Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (Nintendo GameCube)

4. Pokemon FireRed (Nintendo Game Boy Advance)

5. Mario Party 6 (Nintendo GameCube)

6. Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls (Game Boy Advance)

7. Donkey Konga (Nintendo GameCube)

8. Kirby & the Amazing Mirror (Nintendo Game Boy Advance)

9. Pokemon LeafGreen (Nintendo Game Boy Advance)

10. Super Smash Brothers Melee (Nintendo GameCube)

"This has been one of the best holiday seasons we've seen yet for family-friendly video games," said Randall Baumberger, president of Game Crazy. "We've found that parents and children respond to options like being able to try games before they buy them and having access to friendly, knowledgeable staff who can speak to what both parents and kids want. Parents want to know about the age-appropriateness of the games they are considering, while children appreciate having someone on hand who can show them some tricks that will help them enjoy the game to the fullest."

Helping Families Make the Most of Their Entertainment Dollars

Game Crazy is the only video game retailer that offers parents and their children the opportunity to try any game before purchasing, ensuring it is age-appropriate and the buyer is completely satisfied. Game Crazy also offers parents the ability to significantly stretch their entertainment dollar by offering the most popular used games at substantial savings and the ability to trade games for the highest value. All new and used video games come with a quality guarantee.

Game Crazy is committed to positive family entertainment and employs individuals who are experienced and knowledgeable gamers who can educate, inform and interact with customers; a unique benefit for parents seeking advice on various video games.

Game Crazy has over 720 stores nationwide; the majority located next to neighborhood Hollywood Video stores. Most locations are open 365 days a year, Sunday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. To find the location nearest you, visit www.gamecrazy.com.

Talkback

Hostile CreationJanuary 14, 2005

Huh, very cool. They certainly make the best.
It's funny that Melee manages to be on the last after several years and being rated Teen. Impressive.

Avinash_TyagiJanuary 14, 2005

Problem is people are going to use this to add to the mentality that GC is a "kids console"

MonkeyManJanuary 14, 2005

Hello all, this is my first post. Thats kinda big for me considering how long i've been visiting this site. I found this news article very compelling though. I used to work at a Gamecrazy a little over 2 years ago and I was only there a few months till I found a better job. From the very beginning, I could tell something was different about this place. I live in the Socal area so maybe it only applies to my area. I was interviewed by the regional manager, he asked what my favorite system was and I said Gamecube. He then asked me if owned an Xbox, i lied and said yes. He then proceeded to ask me about Halo, we spent the rest of the interview talking about how great Halo is. So I got the job. From that I began to notice why this place smelled a little fishy. From the big Green X in the middle of Gamecrazy, to the way when you first walk in the store the color motif is green, to how the first games you see are xbox software, and at the other end of the store is the gamecube software. From the very beginning our managers let us know, "we push the xbox console and its software over all other systems". I know this is quite a bold statement, but its true. Anytime we were seen selling a system over the xbox, we werent scolded, but in a subtle way reminded that we should sell the xbox. This setup went for all other stores in the area. This was over 2 years ago so maybe things have changed a bit, but this is honestly the way it was. This isnt just some fanboy rant. I am a very happy owner of an xbox now with abox live and a ps2 which coincidently is being repaired by Sony at the moment because of disk read errors. In closing, I love this site! and Resident Evil 4 rocks!!1

mantidorJanuary 14, 2005

Im going to trust you in what you said, because Its not really surprising that microsoft or even sony love to encourage the idea of the GC being a kids console. Its a great market idea despite the irony it has which is really amusing, since games are basically aimed at people underaged. If someone really believes that the majority of people that play halo 2 or GTA are adults they are delusional.

EDIT: I finally understood from where the "I LOVE HALO 2" thing comes from, LOL

MarioJanuary 14, 2005

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Originally posted by: Avinash_Tyagi
Problem is people are going to use this to add to the mentality that GC is a "kids console"

That isn't a problem at all.

NinGurl69 *hugglesJanuary 14, 2005

A kid, I am not.

JonLeungJanuary 14, 2005

If MonkeyMan is right, that might make conspiracy theorists suspect Microsoft using dirty tactics to keep people away from Resident Evil 4...

I'm surprised Kingdom Hearts made the list. Sure it has Disney characters, but it doesn't feel like a family-type of game. Or maybe I'm confusing family-friendly with games meant to be played with the family or something. With Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts on the list, that can't be too bad of a thing, and only the truly stupid think a game with Mario would be bad.

DjunknownJanuary 14, 2005

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Game Crazy is the only video game retailer that offers parents and their children the opportunity to try any game before purchasing, ensuring it is age-appropriate and the buyer is completely satisfied

That statement alone makes me want to go the nearest 'Crazy store and start sampling. Since the 'Cube is devoid of Demo discs, I usually have to go on faith that the my next purchase is worthy of my cash.

Just about all those games are high caliber quality, not just 'for kids' titles. I'd rather have the 'Cube described as an 'All ages' system as opposed to TeH tiku tiku tiku! !

CaillanJanuary 14, 2005

It's really nice to see a list designed to encourage family-orientated gaming that doesn't suck. Biased towards Nintendo or not, this is the sort of thing that will actually help gaming's image, as opposeed to a media storm sweeping GTA3's sales far into the sky.

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