(NBC NEWS) -- Is there a Wii under your tree? Or maybe some new video games?
A flood of news games for Nintendo Wii are out for the holiday season, and the vast majority are geared to families who spend their game nights around a video game console.
The corporations dictating pop culture know that hearts and minds are won in the living room, and it starts with the youngest of kids.
It should come as no surprise that a "standard" of family entertainment, the circus, has been recreated for the Wii as "Ringling Brothers And Barnum And Bailey" march out "The Greatest Show On Earth" for action compatible with the balance board and standard controllers.
It's not the Gunter Gebel Williams stuff of your childhood, but there's plenty of variety here to keep small kids interested.
Meanwhile, Nickelodeon's Dora The Explorer and that shrill parchment The Map help lead the way for "Dora Saves The Crystal Kingdom".
It's colorful, reasonably challenging, and one of a handful of options for young girls.
Nickelodeon's "Kai-lan" is making her video game debut in "2k Play's" "Ni Hao, Kai-lan Super Game Day", a collection of mini-games for those just old enough to hold the controller.
While building the coordination needed for games like "Konami's Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party 3", bundled with a dance mat and packed with 50 party hits, they're even touting a workout mode to join in on the "Wii fit" craze.
For something less loud than all of the above, and certainly more brooding, "Scene It? Twilight" is a trivia challenge that tests your knowledge about the movie.
The Wii controller helps you buzz in, so don't expect to style Robert Pattinson's vampiric hair in the game as you answer hundreds of multiple voice questions.
