The only games you'll ever need

[MaxwellGT2000]

Basically anything with a lot of content 

Console - Wii, because it has a great number of content filled games you can play for a long time as well as the VC

Games -

1) Earthbound

2) Pokemon Soul Silver/ Heart Gold

3) Super Mario All Stars World

4) Monster Hunter Tri

5) Red Dead Redemption (to have an open world game to keep things from being all RPGs and platformers but still having a lot of content)