Quote Originally Posted by Nintendork View Post
What would be a good game (or two) to pick up to get us started? ... Ideally we would like to play some fun games together, but I also would indulge in a good sports game, a good adventure game, and I'm also intrigued with the concept of the Virtual Console.
I don't know what your favorite series are or what types of games you enjoy, but these are the ten highest rated Wii games so far:

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition
Super Paper Mario
Wario Ware: Smooth Moves
Madden NFL '08
Trauma Center: Second Opinion
The Godfather: Blackhand Edition
Mario Strikers Charged
Rayman Raving Rabbids
Tiger Woods PGA Tour '07

Also worth checking out:

Excite Truck
Elebits
SSX Blur
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
Scarface: The World is Yours
Metal Slug Anthology
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
Chicken Little: Ace in Action
Super Swing Golf
Call of Duty 3
Need for Speed Carbon
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon

The two of you should have no problem finding fun games to play.