Continue with the rant, now compare the first year of the NES and on with the Wii, the classics such as Battle city, Exerion, donkey kong, Mario Bros(not the super mario one), bomberman, lode runner, arkanoid, ninja boy, etc... and compare it to carnival games, mario and sonci and game party.
I think these minigames on the Wii same as tetris NES will be the standard in years to come till a video game defining game will change the gaming world same thing what super mario 3 did, BUT... it takes years to do it.
Before, even platform games when the original SMB was just a rehash of the original like Adventure Island. In Wii's lifespan, we will be bored with ports, remakes and minigames before we even seen those defining games days on the Wii...
I think we will see the real change till 2010 but as of now the core gamers will be bored out with the Wii till then...
end of core gaming days prediction:
E3 2006-The beginning of the end. Wii introduced
E3 2008- Armageddon. Wii motion plus introduced. Wii Music. Reggie says Animal crossing was a core game. Massive disappointment. many Wii core gamers selling their Wii.
E3 2010- Tape runs out
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