good party games

Party games in essence should be about everybody being able to join in, so I’ll start out with these games. Later on you’ll find games for more experienced players

Family Games:
Mario Party (Any Mario Party, except 8!)
Wii Sports
Mario Kart! (Especially the Wii version seems to be lenient towards the inexperienced )
Guitar hero (Or Rockband)
Singstar
Bomberman

More experienced:
Halo
Super Smash Brothers
Super Mario Brothers Wii
Goldeneye 007
Toejam and Earl: Panic on Funkotron
Timesplitters 2
Secret of Mana
Smash TV
Streets of rage
Wonderboy in Monsterworld