That's actually a pretty fair assessment.
Even if you want to quibble over whether it's 45% 40% or whatever, it's pretty clear by looking at the Wii best seller's list that a sizable chunk of the Wii audience is clearly buying games like deca sports, carnival games, etc. Most are buying Wii Play, which is pretty much the definitive casual game that virtually no one plays by themselves.
And despite being quality titles, Mario Kart and even Smash Bros to a lesser extent, still fall into the same demographic. Not in terms of quality, but in terms of easy to pick up and play with multiple people on the same console (ie. party game).
Nobody realistically claims the Wii is the favored console of the core gamer; they're just aren't that many split between three platforms (four including PC) to sell the kinds of numbers the Wii has been seeing.
A lot of people buying them are buying them to play party games or light games, and in many cases, looking for the most entertainment for the least amount of change. Most of these people aren't particularly tuned in to what the hottest game of the month happens to be, which probably explains why a lot of Wii games tend to sell longer than most.
Let people buy what they want. If they're casual gamers, recommending the latest Zelda or Metroid game probably isn't the best advice.
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