Nintendo's Big Hitters for 2009 and a comparison.

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I honestly think it is a poor strategy as far as core gamers are concerned. Sure it can lead to frustration, but that does quickly give way to disinterest. The result as time goes by is that the console and its library seep into the background. Not a consideration for casual gamers. Who are basically looking for small fixes, or a family gaming device. However it is crippling for core gamers who see nothing, and go look elsewhere.

I am not a huge fan of what the Wii has had to offer thus far. I expected to see more of my favorite core franchises. Mario Galaxy may be a fine game, but I never get my value from platforming games so its always a poor investment for me at full price. I also had my fill of Smash Brothers years ago, and well I have two versions of Mariokart. I was really hoping that the Wii version would resolve my lingering gripes, but that was apparently not to be. Mind you I want a dozen battle modes, and very tight controls. Not a knock just not what I wanted.

Here is hoping that Nintendo can bring those other time tested franchises forward. Titles such as Pilotwings, Starfox, WaveRace, and I would love to see a return of Mario RPG, and Star Tropics. Those could definitely get my dusting off my Wii. Those were some seriously addicting games.

I hope to see a more core oriented Wii this year if for no other reason then it livens up the conversation, but I have serious reservations. I am a little too confident that it will be another peripheral mini game collection, or worse something like Music.