Once again, a hearty LOL at the posters suggesting long and complex games and games such as GTA, MGS or GoW. Not everyone enjoys ultra-violent, and those are not immediately accessable. Plus at least one of the games I listed is much more fun to watch than to play....
1. Wii Sports (something athletic... to dispel a myth)
2. Tetris (something cerebral... to dispel a myth)
3. Mario Kart Wii (Uses an actual wheel, easy to pick up)
4. Ms. Pac-Man (the best of the series)
5. Portal (actually more complex than #6 or 7, but it ties up the positive aspects of gaming well so its in the first batch)
Now, after that (and this person was hooked a bit more) then I would get into the more complex so....
6. Frogger (arcade version)
7. Geometry Wars (to introduce more complex controls needed for later games)
8. A music game (based on what genre they liked - Rock Band or EBA will do)
9. Super Mario Bros 3
10. Zelda AlttP
