fumanstan

I will believe this once I start seeing posts about how their mom's or grandparents had long sessions of Super Smash Bros. or Zelda.

SteveOVig

I swear I'm the only guy around the net who actually enjoys my Wii wholeheartedly. I was just in Best Buy today looking at all the games I'd like to purchase one day like...

Baroque
Nights
Octomania
CruisN'
RE: Umbrella Chronicles
Pinball Hall of Fame
House of the Dead
Ghost Squad
Okami


Not to mention the following games coming out soon...

Castle of Shikigami 3
Blast Works
Star Soldier
Heavenly Guardian
Boom Blox
We Ski (if it's anything like Alpine Racer)
Mario Kart

The Wii library features games that aren't available on the dark lineups of the PS3 and 360. All that I ever see come out for both are dark, super serious action games. Where's the games for gamers like me? I only care about Time Crisis 4 and Beautiful Katamari, respectively. The Wii is working on a whole other level and I love it. Give me bright, colorful, creative, fun, affordable games anyday. I'm tired of FPS games and shitty hack and slash stuff.

dvdsteve2000

XBL arcade has lots of cool, fun, bright games for a mere $10...and they're in HD!!!

SteveOVig

That would be a fair point but from what I remember, there aren't that many games that look too good and play good as you'd think. If the games are anything like the original stuff on the PSN, then count me out. Rez is the only remarkable one that comes to mind.

superdeluxe

moms and grandparents are not playing super smash bros, and zelda :P

Thats for the 'hardcore' gamers.

Moms and grandparents are playing wii sports and mario party heh.

msdmoney

I don't feel any wiigret from my Wii purchase. I've played a lot of great games so far and have a lot more to get through. Super Mario Galaxy was a close runner up to Portal last year for my GOTY. I've also had some new gaming experiences with games like Kororinpa: Marble Mania and Wii Sports that I really don't think would have been possible without the Wii. I aslo think the addition of waggle improves many games for me. I would much rather swing the wiimote to throw a punch in a multiplatform game like the Godfather, than just press a button.

One area I do agree with the author on is the Wii's online experience. Although I don't think it has hurt the Wii yet, I think if Nintendo doesn't get it's act together in the online space they risk losing a lot of customer's to the community aspect offered by their competitors (console and pc). I think we are seeing two huge markets emerging in games, casual games and community games (like a youtube/myspace/facebook of gaming). Right now the Wii has the casual games market cornered (on the console), but it lacks an online strategy to build a community around. The 360 has a huge community built around its Live service, but I think the demographics of the 360 are too narrow for broader appeal.