[KillerGremlin]

The Wii is a Gamecube with a gimmicky controller. There, I said it. Same rehashed series and characters, and at the end of the Wii's run maybe we will see a total of 10 new innovative games from the few 3rd party companies that still care about Nintendo. The Wii's target audience are little kids and the same Nintendo fans who have been buying the same Nintendo crap since Nintendo innovated 3D gaming with the N64.

The Nintendo marketing team is brilliant. A new 3D Mario or Zelda game is going to be good no matter how uninspired it is; although I maintain each new Zelda game since Ocarina and Majora's has been less inspired and has held my interest for a shorter period of time. The same can and should be said for Mario, Metroid, ect. ect.

You can't argue about the Wii's price...oh wait, you can, because it's inflated due to supply and demand. Is that Nintendo's fault that there aren't enough consoles to go around? Yes, yes it is. You could also argue that the low price is due to the low graphics, but Nintendo is about style and gameplay, not pixels.

As far as online play goes, well Nintendo sucks at it, but so does Sony and Microsoft. PC gamers get a laugh at online console gamers. We really do. //arrogance//

Anyway, the Wii is what the Wii is...a typical Nintendo console. Nintendo fans don't want innovation, they want their bi-annual Zelda and Mario game. Bless their hearts.

Nintendo has become the company that doesn't take risks with games, but they make a really polished final product. Nintendo and Blizzard are my two favorite rehash companies, although both Nintendo and Blizzard used to be innovative back in the day.