Tis Not about female video gamers. It's about girls, 13 years and younger, playing video games.

Thank-you to everyone who contributed. After perusing what was left at the local EB Games, I picked up Mario Party 8. Its Mii integration and sturdy cast of iconic Nintendo characters eventually swung me.

Also, I figure that this'll encourage them to pick up the (cheap) Big Brain Academy and Wii Play game/remote packs for more multiplayer madness. I guess that's also what swung me away from getting Big Brain Academy. Super Mario Galaxy, Petz 2: Horsez and Zelda: Twilight Princess might have been good if this was just a gift for one of the girls. WarioWare seemed to be trying to hard for that cross-age hip appeal. I liked the idea of Cooking Mama, but it seemed too... stereotypical? I have a copy of it for the DS, and I know it's not quite an "Imagine: xxx" title, but yeah, it still seemed like something that might scare my brother-in-law off.

Thanks once again for your suggestions. Everyone was so very helpful, and I appreciated all of the advice.

Glad to help and I hope they enjoy the game =)

Give mario party 8 a miss, wario ware is much better. Mario and sonic at the olympics, is wii sportish.

Cooking mama is a great game, will teach her the necessaties for when she grows up and gets a man of her own to tender two. :)

I'm going to have to un-recommend Horsez, as every version of the game so far released has gotten abysmal reviews. I am about 99.99% sure that the person recommending it did so based on the fact that he thought it was "girly" and not because he actually played the thing.

If anything I would suggest Warioware, it is a ton of fun in multiplayer, and a lot more frantic than Mario Party 8, which I thought was pretty mediocre and slow going, overall.

 Edit- Ah I see you've already made the purchase! Ahhhh welll