[Johnoo]

Wife wants a DS, she is in her 70's do you think it's the best choise.
What are the best games?
She likes playing Mario on plane journeys, is there a best one of these?
Also is there a best "Brain Trainer"

[reevesy]

...just one quick suggestion
....42 classic games.......card games...darts,bowls etc etc....i'm sure she'll have fun with that one.
cheers.

[daveh48]

I'm an older player, lets just say I've got got my bus pass and have just bought a DSi. It came with the Sherlock Holmes game which I'm enjoying albeit that some puzzles are a little ilogical. I'm also looking at the Professor Layton and Broken Sword games as they are similar to the adventure games I used to play on the PC years ago.

I too can recommend the 42 Classic Games collection which is something you can dip into and Scrabble of course always gets the old grey matter working.

[The Fuggler]

I'd certainly look at the Professor Layton series. Great fun and an engaging story in each game.

The pick of the Mario games is probably new Super Mario Brothers, which is in the traditional platform style.

As mentioned the 42 Classics is a great compilation. The Brain Training games also have Su Doku built in, which keep me busy!